UTMB
Faculty Senate
May 10, 2010
4:30 – 6:00 pm
MINUTES
Present: Drs. Wisnewski, Chair, G.
Anderson, V. Brooke, J. Broussard, Y. Davila, S. Gerik, E. Hannigan, S. Higgs, S.
Jain, C. Jansen, M. Kanuth, J. LeDuc, L. Massey, N. Mendias, D. Munsell, M.
O’Keefe, S. Petronella, D. Powell, K. Sandor, P. Singh, D. Solanki, H. Spratt, A.
Torres, C. Utsey and P. Watson
Absent: Drs. E.
Smith, S. Watowich and C. Wigg
Special Guest: Dr. Vince Loffredo, Mr. Mike Shriner and Mr. Mike
Mastrangelo
I. The meeting was called to order at 4:30 pm by
Charlotte Wisnewski, Faculty Senate Chair.
II. Approval of Minutes of April 12, 2010. Minutes of April 12, 2010, were accepted as
written and approved at the meeting.
III. Provost’s and Dean’s Report – Dr. Garland Anderson
· Dr. Anderson handed out the April 2010 report from
AAMC on the Relationship between Tenure and Guaranteed Salary for U.S. Medical
School Faculty. The conclusion of the
report was that “4 in 10 medical schools offer no financial guarantee”
associated with tenure.
· Discussed the AAUP report briefly, if censored it will
be the UT system.
· AAMC publication Volume 9, No. 6, April 2010 entitled
“The Relationship between Tenure and Guaranteed Salary for U.S. Medical School
Faculty” was distributed.
· We are still making our financial targets.
Dean,
School of
Nursing Dean’s and UTMB Vice President for Education Reports (click on link for
report).
Dean,
School of Health Professions Dean’s Report
(click on link for report).
Dean, Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences – report provided by Dr. Cooper.
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Dean’s Report (click on link for report).
IV. Emergency Preparedness – Dr. Vince Loffredo,
Associate Vice President for Student Services, presented a report regarding
plans for students. UT System is presently
also putting together a System wide plan.
The documents have been sent to the Deans. Mr. Mike Mastrangelo has joined UTMB, he came
from UT System. We are setting up some
key areas for our students including Austin, San Antonio and working on off-island
housing and student wellness for medication refill and direct deposit. The University of California, Berkeley has
received a grant to design an emergency plan that will be shared with every
business community and we will implement on this campus. The residents are in place, we have contacted
the hospitals. Our student information
system needs updating and we are putting in a new Oracle based system which
works with PeopleSoft. We have back up
sites with Lone Star System and the Woodlands, we could house our classes, and we
have off-island student health. Students
would like an avenue for life activities, a place for students to
congregate. Our next step is for the
Council of Deans to see our plans. FYI,
from Ike, we had 485 students needing housing and after we made arrangements
with Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG), only 40 students signed up,
probably since the TAMUG plan was that the students would had to pay for their food.
V. UTMB Rebuilding
Process – Mr. Mike Shriner, Vice President, Business Operations and Facilities
In Mr. Shriner’s PowerPoint presentation, he updated
the Senators of the rebuilding process. Some highlights from his presentation:
The Road ahead in our rebuilding efforts include: Faculty Recruitment, Health System Capacity
Management and Facilities Restoration and Expansion. Since Ike, we have about 1 new clinic opening
monthly on the mainland. 15% of space on
main campus was affected and most of the damaged sustained by Ike was in
buildings constructed 30+ years ago.
Response and Recovery: Education: our students were
back within 2-5 weeks; residents placed within 2 weeks. Guiding Principles for Mitigation: What to put back and where, mission critical
functions, located above 20 feet in existing buildings and located above 25
feet in new buildings. Our uses below 20
feet are: classrooms, conference rooms, lobbies, and non-critical support.
Ike Recovery Projects Overview: Academic and Business Buildings,
$162,105,000, Health Care Buildings, $271,668,000, Infrastructure, $146,032,000
and Research Buildings, $87,195,000 for a estimated total of $667,000,000. Funding from FEMA, private insurance and
State Matching Funds approved by 81st Legislature and Scope for each
project includes renovation and mitigation in multiple buildings and
infrastructure. FEMA mitigation policy
is that for every dollar of damage they allow up to another dollar to protect
the element. We are looking into
changing from steam to a hot water central heating system and we will have to
elevate equipment in most buildings.
Elevators: Repair group and Modernization group. Repair: Create mechanical room above 20 feet for
pumps. Modernization: put in new
elevator mechanisms or replace old and modernize 40-50 elevators. The time frame is 2011-2012. Total elevators in service: 64 of 128 = 50%
and Total critical elevators in service 49 of 75 = 65% (10 of the 133 elevators
were not damaged and 5 others will be de-commissioned).
Projected Development for
Existing
Projected
clinical 39% 26%
research 19% 25%
academic 7% 9%
parking 19% 20%
other 16% 20%
Growth Corridors:
Custom house for technical training, student housing, perhaps nearby the
strand.
Projected Development for
Projected
clinical 19%
academic/research 8%
parking 44%
other 31%
Questions from the Senators:
Old Red - Old Red has some mechanical, electrical and
safety issues. Duct work is in bad shape-but
the building will be returned to service.
Childrens’ Hospital - Ground floor will be converted
into conference rooms and classrooms
Rebecca Sealy – the master plan will be to demolish
the center part and reconnect with a corridor
Beautifying the campus, to help with
admissions/recruitment
Faculty Lounge - perhaps can be replaced back in Old
Red
Coffee Shop – MOD café perhaps for
the library site.
Mike Mastrangelo – Program Director, Institute
Preparedness
Plans are to develop and increase resilience and he is
working with Dr. Loeffredo’s office.
They are meeting with UT Austin;
IV.
Reports by Faculty Senate Officers/Chairs
· Dr. Jansen reported for the Academic and
Administrative Affairs Committee: They
presented a PowerPoint presentation on Grading.
There is inconsistency with our four schools. They worked with Dr. Fiandt and in
conclusion; the Grading system objective was met and the most current
definitions of the grading system were identified and the main concern was
addressed, faculty input was requested by the AAC and incorporated. In the future, all involved will need to work
together to review policies to see if adjustments are needed. Dr. Wisnewski stated that they need to make
sure the bullets are correct. A motion was made, seconded and approved for
“When grading changes are proposed, the Faculty Senate and faculty will provide
input to the Council of Deans.”
·
Dr. Munsell
reported for the IHOP Committee: Faculty
policies will be sent out today by e-mail.
Dr. Petronella suggested that we send to all faculty
all changes.
· Dr. Sandor reported
for the Faculty Quality Committee: AAUP report
and UT system report are posted.
· Dr. Utsey announced that the Faculty Senate website
now has a link for anyone with questions will be linked to her and Dr.
Wisnewski and they will draft up and post on the UTMB announcement.
· Dr. Wisnewski announced that at the June meeting,
health benefits will be discussed. She
will send out an e-mail regarding benefits, costs, etc. Also elections are coming up. Since the chair elect is from SHP, GSBS is
the next school in line for having the chair elect
position; theoretically according to bylaws the SOM could also have the chair
elect position. Everyone should start thinking about elections.
A motion for adjournment was
made, seconded and approved. Meeting
adjourned at 6:14 pm. The Committees met
following the meeting.