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1. Faculty Senate Annual Report

   Carolyn Utsey, PT, PhD Faculty Senate Chair 2010-2011 September 19, 2011
2. Faculty Senate 2010-2011 Executive Leadership Carolyn Utsey PT, PhD (SHP) Chair 9/1/10-8/31/11 Sharon Croisant, MS, PhD Chair Elect 9/1/10-8/31/11 Charlotte Wisnewski PhD, RN (SON) Past Chair 9/1/10-8/31/11
3. Faculty Senate 2010-2011
4. Faculty Senate 2010-2011 Support from the Provost Office / Office of the Vice President of Education Secretarial Financial Mary Schlobohm / Julie Parrish
5. Meetings 2010-2011 Faculty Senate: 2nd Monday of every month, 4:30-6pm, All faculty are welcome. Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Past Chair, Chair, Chair-elect, committee chairs, Periodically and/or by email Senate Leadership with Dr. Callender/Dr. Watson- monthly as needed Senate Leadership with Dr. Anderson/Dr. Watson- quarterly Senate leadership with Council of Deans (COD)- twice Senate Leadership with UT System (Sys Fac) 4X
6. Meetings: 2010-2011 Faculty Senate Chair and Chair-Elect are members of theFaculty Advisory Council (FAC) of the UT System. 2-day meetings in Austin (September, January, March, April) with faculty governance leadership from all 15 UT Components (9 Universities – 6 Academic Health Institutions)
7. Activities / Involvements Monthly updates from Dr. Anderson, Provost, on campus plans post Ike and other matters Updates from Dr. Watson regarding Educational activities including Synergy, Updates from four Deans (Protas, Cooper, Watson and Anderson) regarding the Schools, their activities, news, concerns, issues Updates on Faculty Advisory Council meetings at Austin from Senate Leadership
8. Presentations at Faculty Senate 2010-2011 October— Ambulatory Operations Update – Diana Browning, Vice President for Ambulatory Operations and Faculty and Executive Candidate Experience Coordinator – Sarah Piel November— SECC – Dr. Protas, 2010 State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) Chair What Your CVB Can Do For You – Allison Vasquez, National Association Sales Manager, Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau Frequently Asked Questions on Background Checks – Carolee King, JD, VP Chief Legal & Regulatory Affairs, Legal Office December— Financial Update – Mr. William Elger, CPA, Executive Vice President, Chief Business and Finance Officer Excellence in Professionalism Award (Student Award) – Auburn Human and Cleavon Covington, MS2s, Honor Pledge Committee Members
9. Presentations at Faculty Senate 2010-2011 January— Update on the Ombudsperson Position – Dr. Victor Sierpina, Ombudsperson Search Committee Chair Legislative Issues – Dr. Ben Raimer, Senior Vice President, Health Policy and Legislative Affairs New Student Information System – Dr. Vince Loffredo, Associate Vice President for University Student Services and Ms Vickie Brewer, Director of Enrollment Services and University Registrar February— Strategic Planning Calendar – Dr. Rebecca Saavedra, VP Strategic Management March— SACS Report and Three-Year Data Needed – Dr. Chris McKee, Associate VP, Office of Institutional Effectiveness
10. Presentations at Faculty Senate 2010-2011 May— Academic & Research IT Steering Committee Update – Mr. Todd Leach, MBA, Associate Vice President, Information Services and Mr. Ralph Farr, Vice President, Information June— Road Ahead University Campaign – Ms. Betsy Clardy, CFRE, Vice President and Chief Development Officer Update on Export Controls – Ms. Frances Streeter, JD, Legal Officer and Export Control Officer and Mr. Tobin Boenig, JD, Associate Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer July— Conflict of Interest (COI) Policy for Research – Mr. Williams New, MA, Associate Dean for Research Administration Sexual Harassment and the New Compliance Training – Ms. Carolee King, JD, Senior Vice President and General Counsel August— Dr. Raimer provided an update on the Legislative session for 2011.
11. Motions passed by Faculty Senate 2010-2011 October—In reference to recommended changes to a to a new Regent’s Rule on Exigency the following motion was made and passed in the Senate: Whereas the UTMB Faculty Senate is a duly elected representative body of the faculty of all the schools at the University of Texas Medical Branch, we recommend that the faculty senate be designated as the institution’s faculty governance body referenced above, and that a quorum of the Faculty Senate must be met in order to discharge the functions described above. The amendment passed and the main motion was then voted on and passed.
12. Motions passed by Faculty Senate 2010-2011 December—A motion was made and approved to distribute the survey developed by Dr. Croisant to all faculty. Faculty will be provided the survey by individual email or by hard copy during the different schools’ Faculty Assembly or Faculty Meetings. February--a motion was made and approved to amend the qualification of the Ombudsperson by adding “full-time tenured UTMB faculty member or retired UTMB faculty member.”
13. Motions passed by Faculty Senate 2010-2011 April—Resolution that the Faculty Senate did not support the Hand Guns on Campus Bill. This resolution was forwarded to Dr. Callender and Dr. Raimer. August—approval of proposals that were brought forward from several Faculty Senate Committees
14. Celebration!! We are entering our 14th year as a Faculty Senate!

15. Recognition of Outgoing Senators: Certificates

16. Faculty Senate 2010-2011 Committee Reports Faculty Quality Committee – Ed Smith, SOM Faculty Governance Committee - Yolanda Davila/Lodie Massey, SHP/SON Faculty IHOP Committee - Camellia St. John, SHP Faculty Academic Affairs Committee- Caroline Jansen, SHP

17. Faculty Quality Committee

18. Members 2010-2011 Edward Smith SOM (Chair) Patricia Crane SON(Co-Chair) Clifford Houston GSBS Kira Beal SHP Susan M. Gerik SOM Dana Wild SHP
19. Faculty Quality Committee The Faculty Quality Committee will deliberate on issues of faculty status, rights and responsibilities, and when necessary, investigate instances of curtailment of faculty prerogatives, infringement of faculty rights, interference in the discharge of faculty responsibilities and/or attenuation of faculty status and welfare in schools at UTMB and will recommend measures to the Executive Committee of the Senate for the protection of faculty at UTMB.
20. Major Activities 2010-2011 Finalize SOP in case of financial exigency that follow Regent’s Rules: Make recommendations for application of RR in financial exigency. Establish policies to ensure compliance with UT Regent’s Rules and formulate UTMB’s SOP. Ensure Compliance with UT Regent’s Rules (RR) when programs are abandoned. Ensure consistent and fair application of RR that protect faculty interests in the case of abandonment of programs
21. Activities Still To Be Completed Modified Qualifications of Ombudsman to get applicants. Since we had no applicants for Faculty Ombudsman, we modified the qualifications but still no Ombudsman has been found. Re-establish the Faculty Lounge. We met with architects but final plans have not been drawn. The 2011-12 committee will have to continue to pursue the return of the Faculty Lounge.

22. Governance Committee

23. Members 2010-2011 Yolanda Davila, SON, Co-Chair Lodie Massey, SHP, Co-Chair Istvan Boldogh, GSBS Barbara Bryan, SOM Lisa Farmer, SOM Don Powell, SOM Carol Wiggs, SON
24. Issue Addressed Criminal Background Check Policy Purpose: to promote a safe and secure institutional environment Conducted on: any applicant under final consideration for a part- or full-time employment position or a current employee who has not had a previous background check, is under consideration for promotion, or for who it is determined necessary. University of Texas System Policy UTS 124
25. Issues IHOP Policy 3.3.2 on Security Clearances Undergoing updating as it currently refers only to new employees to include security clearance policy for current employees hired without clearance check.
26. Issues Subcommittee charged to review both documents and identify potential areas of concern for faculty, overlap, determine additional requirements and/or revisions. How will adverse actions be handled in the event a criminal background check of a current employee reveals a record? How will the future ombudsman be involved in the case of an adverse action?
27. Policy: Status and Plan of Action Status: policy currently being revised by Human Resources and Legal and to be sent to IHOP upon its completion. Plan of Action: 2011-2012 Subcommittee to continue monitoring of policy, review upon its completion, determine what, if any, further action is required, and proceed according to need.

28. IHOP Committee

29. IHOP Committee The function of the committee is to: 1) be informed of any and all changes to the IHOP that have direct or indirect effects on UTMB faculty; 2) summarize the changes in terms of the positive and negative effects on UTMB faculty and 3) make recommendations to the full Senate after which the Senate will vote to approve or disapprove the said changes. This Committee was added to the Standing Committee list in September 2008
30. Members 2010-2011 Camellia St. John, SHP, Chair Mary O'Keefe, SON Sharon Petronella, GSBS, Faculty Senate Chair-elect Pomila Singh, GSBS Daneshvari Solanki, SOM
31. Major Activities 2010-2011 Identification of all policies and procedures directly affecting Faculty Identifying those policies most in need of revision All Faculty related policies sent to faculty for comment Comments gathered and reviewed by FS
32. Major Activities 2010-2011 Policies changes voted on by FS or sent for further review with stakeholders Abandonment of Academic Positions or Programs in the Absence of Exigency Abandonment of Academic Positions or Programs in the Presence of Exigency
33. Major Activities 2010-2011 Recommendations for revisions (if needed) forwarded to COD and Institutional IHOP for review Abandonment of Academic Positions or Programs in the Absence of Exigency Abandonment of Academic Positions or Programs in the Presence of Exigency

34. Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee

35. Members 2010-2011 Caroline W. Stegink-Jansen, SHP, Chair Heidi Spratt, SOM, Co-Chair Stephen Higgs, GSBS James Le Duc, SOM Nonie Mendias, SON Harold Pine, SOM Alfredo Torres, GSBS
36. Issues addressed Follow up on “Export Control Program” updates Junior Faculty Development program
37. Export Control Program 2010 A Motion was approvedthat the Senate supports the development of a new campus-wide export control compliance policy and program, including expanded personnel efforts, should it be needed, to ensure the success of the program.  Further, the Senate  requested that it be periodically briefed on progress towards that goal. 2011: A presentation was given June 13, 2011 to update the senate on the export control program by Frances Streeter, JD, Legal Officer and Export Control Officer and Tobin Boenig, JD Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer , entitled “UTMB Export Control Compliance Initiative”
38. Export Control Program Excerpts Streeter presentation Mission statement:“Working together to ensure compliance with U.S. export laws while staying fully committed to working research wonders!” Definition: Exportis any item, such as biological, radioactive and chemical materials, software, and technical data, that is sent from the U.S. to a foreign destination. Export Control Compliance Committee Members Frances Streeter, JD - Chair; Tobin Boenig, JD - Co-Chair Jason Abair, JD- AVP - Director, Center for Technology Development Dr. James LeDuc- Director of Galveston National Laboratory Kyle Barton- Purchasing Manager, Logistics Cindy Stanton- Director, Recruitment Services, Human Resources Domenica Zimmerman- EHS Consultant, Environmental Health & Safety Joe Galvan, JD- AVP and Deputy Chief Legal Officer Appointment by Dr. Cary Cooper- VP & Dean of Graduate School Biomedical Science Appointment by Dr. Garland Anderson- EVP & Provost, Dean of Medicine Chasity Burris- Sr. Finance Manager, Provost Finance Administration Toni D’Agostino- Director of Sponsored Programs Post &Pre-Award Management
39. Export Control Program Upcoming Export Control Compliance Activities Website Assessment for all departments Implementation of Standard Operating Procedures Training classes and seminars Export Control Compliance Committee meeting
40. Junior Faculty Development program In 2002, a Senate position paper was produced entitled: “A Position Statement on Faculty Development” by Contributors: Steve Owen, SON; William Fleischmann, GSBS, Richard Rahr, SHP, Victor Sierpina, SOM, Suzanne Peloquin, SHP. Criteria were developed, but not an action plan. The initiative stalled after hurricane Ike Our charge:Formulate a Junior Faculty development program Our action:A needs assessment, literature review; review of existing UTMB faculty development initiatives and a resolution statement. The senate approved a resolution statement.
41. Junior Faculty Development programNeeds assessment
42. Junior Faculty Development program Resolution (Approved by the UTMB faculty Senate) The UTMB Faculty Senate is proposing the creation of a development program for Junior Faculty that integrates all the programs and activities that are currently available on campus and creates new opportunities that help ensure the success of junior faculty. The Junior Faculty Development Program should be a living program that will both change and grow over time and that should be supported by the administration via the corresponding Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Diversity. It will not merely be a joining of a senior and junior faculty members but rather a collective effort on the part of all dedicated faculty to develop the new generation junior faculty members.
43. Junior Faculty Development Program Action plan categories: Infrastructure Resources Teaching Scholarly activities Clinical and professional service Leadership The final report will be posted on the senate website and is also available by contacting Caroline W. Jansen (cjansen@utmb.edu) Charge for 2011-2012: Develop a relationship with existing junior faculty development initiatives Develop a strategic plan.

44. Looking Forward

45. Officers 2011-2012 Faculty Senate Chair Sharon Croisant, MS, PhD, GSBS Faculty Senate Chair- Elect Carol Wiggs, PhD, RN, CNM SON Past Chair Carolyn Utsey, PT, PhD, SHP
46. Chair 2011-2012 Sharon A. Croisant, MS, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health UTMB Center in Environmental Toxicology Director, Community-Based Research Facility Director, Community Outreach and Education Core UTMB Institute for Translational Sciences Co-director, Community Engagement Key Resource
47. Chair 2011-2012(continued) Major Interests: Environmental Health Public Health Community-Based Participatory Research Translational/integrative Research Community Disaster Preparation and Response
48. Chair-Elect Responsibilities 2011-12 Communications Surveys UTMB Faculty Senators UTMB Faculty Compiled Electronic Portfolio for UT System Prepared UT System Faculty Advisory Council Reports for distribution to Senate Compiled subcommittees for 2011-12 FY
49. Faculty Senate Proposed 2011-2012 Goals Improve communications!! Targeted outreach to SOM and GSBS e.g., updates provided at departmental faculty meetings Current Faculty Senate highlights distributed via email Photographic roster of Senators including bios to be distributed to facilitate bidirectional communications
50. 2011-2012 Faculty Senators SOM (ten) John Badalamenti Barbara Bryant Lisa Cain J. Chad Davis Saleh Elsaid Lisa Farmer James LeDuc Harold Pine Taylor Riall Dayton Young GSBS (six) Bill Ameredes Sharon Croisant, Chair Clifford Houston Anne Hudson Jones Jere McBride Sushil Sarna
51. 2011-2012 Faculty Senators SON (five) Safa’a Al-Arabi Patricia Crane Rachel Daugherty Nonie Mendias Carol Wiggs, Chair-Elect SHP (five) Kira Beal Michele Kanuth Camellia St. John Holly West Dana Wild Carolyn Utsey, Past Chair
52. Get Involved! Communicate with your Senators. Insist that they communicate with you. Attend Faculty Senate meetings as possible (second Monday of each month, 4:30-6:00 p.m.) Volunteer to serve as ad hoc members of Senate committees when asked.
53. Chair –Elect 2011-2012 Carol Wiggs, PhD, RN, CNM Associate Professor, School of Nursing Faculty member at UTMB since 2004; Appointed RN-BSN Track Administrator 2008
54. Chair-Elect 2011-2012(continued) Major Interests: Educator: Promotion of nursing leadership skills of the RN-BSN Student Researcher: Women’s health promotion and aging Major Goal: Facilitate open communication between faculty and administration to advance the mission of the University and the Schools

55. Faculty Senate

    Annual Meeting and Luncheon Dr. David L. Callender, President The University of Texas Medical Branch September 19, 2011 Working Together to Work Wonders
56. A Transformative Year Ended second fiscal year in a row with positive margin to reinvest in mission Achieved four major legislative priorities Regained Level 1 Trauma Center status Received Regents’ approvalfor new Jennie Sealy Hospital
57. Highlights 800+ health professionals (200+ from School of Medicine) graduated in 2010-2011 Almost 3,000 enrolled – 11 percent increase, largest enrollment ever More than $125M in grants/contracts 7 departments in top 25 Faculty honors and awards Media spotlights on faculty
58. Jennie Sealy Hospital:A Mission-Critical Facility Positions UTMB for reimbursementchanges associated with health care reform Addresses critical tertiary/quarternary careneeds Attracts patients with choices in the market Complements growing ambulatory network Matches caliber of faculty, staff and students we must recruit and retain Affords flexibility to support innovations in health care delivery Provides contemporary facilities for education and research
59. Construction Highlights UTMB Campus - Galveston
60. Unique Market Opportunity
61. Our Future Increasing revenue from clinical and philanthropic sources to decrease dependence on state funding Improving efficiency Reducing costs without major programmatic reductions Building the campus for the future
62. Bottom Line We have the right mission, vision and values We have the right plans for the future Our people are smart, skilled and dedicated We excel at innovation, flexibility and adaptability We will continue to face challenges, but the skills and capabilities of our people and continued support of our alumni will ensure our long-term success
63. Questions?