UTMB
Faculty Senate
December 12, 2011
4:00 6:00 pm
MINUTES
Present: Drs. S.
Croisant, Chair, S. Al-Arabi, B. Ameredes, K. Beal, L. Cain, C. Cooper, R.
Daugherty, S. Elsaid, L. Farmer, J. Graham, A. Jones, J. LeDuc, J. McBride, N.
Mendias, H. Pine, E. Protas, T. Riall, S Sarna, C. Utsey, P. Watson, H. West, C.
Wiggs and D. Wild
Absent: Drs. J.
Badalamenti, B. Bryant, P. Crane, J. Davis, C. Houston, C. St. John and D.
Young
I. The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm by Dr. Sharon
Croisant, Faculty Senate Chair.
II. The Approval of the November 14, 2011 minutes. The minutes of November 14, 2011 were voted
and approved by email on December 6, 2011.
III. Provost, VP and Deans Report
Interim Executive Vice
President, Provost and Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences report provided by
Dr. Cooper
· Korn/Ferry International was
selected as the firm for the EVP and Provost search.
· Kim McKay last week showed a
mock-up of Old Red first floor identifying areas for study and meetings.
Dean, School of Health
Professions report provided by
Dr. Protas
Dean, School of Nursing and Vice President for
Education report provided by Dr. Watson
III. Reports by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
·
Dr.
Croisant stated they met with Dr. Callender on November 22 and he suggested
that the Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee may want to meet with or
query department chairs, deans, etc. as to their development plans. Also discussed was the faculty lounge which
is still planned but the location has been difficult to pin down. They want something central to campus and
thus convenient for use. He also
suggested Ms. Carolee King to provide the Faculty Senate with an update on the
background checks.
·
Dr.
Croisant reminded the Senators to send to Mary a one-page bio and a recent
photo so that she can compile these into a directory to be sent to faculty and the
Department(s) you represent to increase the likelihood of bidirectional
communication.
·
Dr.
Croisant inquired if there was any interest in holding a separate Executive
Committee meeting.
·
Dr.
Croisant stated that the next UT System Faculty Advisory Council is next month
and if you have any input send her an email.
Dr. Wiggs added that they represent the faculty at these meetings.
IV. Newly Revised Standards of Conduct Guide: Working with Integrity Toby Boenig,
Associate Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer and Holly Jolin,
Compliance Training Manager
Mr. Boenig
and Ms. Jolin distributed copies of the Standards Conduct
Guide: Working with Integrity. The old guide was 60 pages long and dense. The new guide will be easy to read. The guide will also contain many links to
websites for UT System, Texas Government, Laws, Research Related links and etc.
The new guide will be distributed early
next year.
V.
Revised UTMB IP Rule for IHOP Jason Abair, Associate Vice President,
Office of Technology Transfer
Mr.
Abair distributed copies of the revised draft IHOP policy
1.1.4 Intellectual Property and the Office of Technology Transfer. He asked that the Senate review the policy
and provide a resolution for its support.
The IHOP Committee will review and report back to the Executive
Committee and Mr. Abair as soon as possible.
VI. Reports by Faculty Senate Committee Chairs
Dr.
Croisant provided the Committees with the list of issues as prioritized by the
Senate. She asked that the Committees
review the issues and determine which, if any, they would focus on in the
coming year. Committee chairs will be
asked for updates via email following the days meeting to provide an update at
the Faculty Leadership meeting with Dr. Callender later this month.
The meeting was adjourned at
5:52 pm. The Subcommittees met following
the general meeting.