Faculty Senate
Annual Report
Charlotte Wisnewski,
PhD, RN
September 14, 2009
Faculty Senate 2008-2009
Executive Leadership
David Hudnall (SOM)
Chair (Sept 2008-June 2009)
Charlotte Wisnewski (SON)
Chair-Elect 9/2008- 6/2009
Chair 6/2009-8/2009, continuing
Tom Albrecht (GSBS)
Immediate Past Chair
Faculty Senate 2008 - 2009
10 SOM
6 GSBS
5 SON
Charles Holzer
Cindy Wigg
Anne Hudson
Jones
Susan Rosenthal
John Bauer
Nitza Cintron
Nancy Wills
Gayle Olson
William Au
Robert Fox
Giulio
Taglialatela
Stanley
Watowich
Nisha Garg
Robert Leonard
Kay Sandor
Charlotte
Wisnewski
Virginia Brooke
Diane Heliker
Mary O’Keefe
5 SHP
Suzanne
Peloquin
Michelle
Kanuth
Carolyn Utsey
Debra Munsell
Acad. & Adm. Affairs / Faculty Quality / Governance
Recognition of Outgoing
Senators
Faculty Senate 2008-2009
Support from the Provost Office /
Office of the Vice President of
Education
Financial
Secretarial
Mary Schlobohm / Julie Parrish
Meetings 2008-2009
– Faculty Senate: 2nd Monday of every month, 4:306pm, 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. Watsonmonthly as needed
– Senate leadership with Council of Deans (COD)
– Senate Leadership with Chancellor (twice)
Meetings: 2008-2009
Faculty Senate Chair and Chair-Elect are
members of the Faculty Advisory Council
(FAC) of the UT System.
Four 2-day meetings in Austin
(October, December, March, May)
with faculty governance leadership from
all 15 UT Components
(9 Universities – 6 Academic Health
Institutions)
Activities / Involvements/
2008-2009
• SACS updates/QEP
• Letter of support posted to Riff’d
Faculty
• Report from Mr. Elger, Executive Vice
President, regarding financial status
of the University. Continued updates
on quarterly basis to occur
Activities / Involvements
• Monthly updates from Dr. Anderson on campus
plans post Ike
• Updates from Dr. Anderson regarding Shriner
Burns progress
• Updates from Dr. Watson regarding Educational
activities including Synergy, SACS,
• Updates from four Deans regarding the Schools,
their activities, news, concerns, issues
• Updates on Faculty Advisory Council meetings at
Austin from Senate Leadership
Activities / Involvements
• Special called meeting with Carolee
King, UTMB legal counsel December
2008, all faculty invited, good
participation. Minutes posted on
website.
• Report on IT services/responses/
challenges post Ike from Mr. Farr and
Mr. Slocum
Celebration!!
We are entering our 11th year
as a Faculty Senate!
Faculty Senate 2008-2009
Committee Reports
• Faculty Academic Affairs CommitteeChair, Dr. Nisha Garg, SOM
• Faculty Quality Committee- Chair, Dr. Kay
Sandor, SON
• Faculty Governance Committee- Chair, Dr.
Robert Fox, GSBS
• Faculty IHOP Committee- Chair, Dr. Debra
Munsell, SHP
UTMB Faculty Senate
Faculty Academic &
Administrative Affairs
Annual Report
September 14, 2009
Academic & Administrative
Affairs Committee
Members
John Bauer
Nitza M. Cintron
Diane Heliker
Barbara Doucet, Co-chair
Nisha J Garg, Chair
Nancy Wills
SOM
SOM
SON
SHP
GSBS
GSBS
Activities 2008 - 2009
Need
• Develop an ability to contact the
faculties that were RIF’d, and to
gauge the impact of RIF on the
institution.
Activities 2007 - 2008
• Mass mail sent to the faculties, list provided by Chair of the
senate
Dear colleagues
• We wish to ask your help in documenting the impact of
the recent RIF UTMB RIF on our faculty. Would you kindly
inform us as to the current status of your position? If you
were affected by the RIF, have you appealed and what is the
status of the appeal? If you have been RIF’d and would like
to placed on a mailing list to contact other RIF’d faculty,
please send an email address or phone contact
information to AAAC chair. Since time is short, if you are
aware of other faculty who have resigned or left for any
reason since hurricane Ike, could you please send their
names and departments. Thank you
Activities 2008 - 2009
• Total 43 responses
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16 appealed
•
15 did not appeal
•
1 did not decide (was not clear about the
procedure)
•
1 asked for emeritus status
•
10 did not mention anything about appeal
(early retirement)
•
2 asked to be removed from mailing list
Activities 2008 - 2009
• At least 13 additional faculties have
left UTMB after RIF announcements
(this data is not confirmed,
information shared by other
faculties).
Activities 2008 - 2009
• Common theme that we heard from RIF’d faculties:
• Still working at UTMB in their respective position
• Those who appealed have not been able to receive
sufficient detailed information
• Devastation, shocking, effects on family, depression
• Some also lost VISA status, and have to go back to home
country without any benefits, job, and insurance
• Spouse also lost job
• Questions that were asked by the faculties:
• Does financial exigency still exist? Are faculties be rehired
as UTMB receives monies from FEMA and other sources
UTMB Faculty Senate
Faculty Quality Committee
Annual Report
September 14, 2009
Faculty Quality Committee
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Current Members
Kay Sandor SON (Chair)
Stanley Watowich SOM (Co-Chair)
Michelle Kanuth (SHP)
Carolyn Utsey (SHP)
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.
Major Activities 2008-2009
Standardize Faculty Post-Tenure Review (PTR)
Policies
• examine PTR policies for each school to ensure UTMBwide consistency
• examine PTR policies to ensure compliance with UT
Regent’s Rules and UTMB’s SOP
Ensure Compliance with UT Regent’s Rules (RR)
• establish transparent review and arbitration of possible
deviations from RR
• ensure consistent and fair application of RR that
protect faculty interests
UTMB Faculty Senate
Governance Committee
Annual Report
2008-2009
September 11, 2006
Governance Committee
Members
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Robert Fox, GSBS, Chair
Cindy Wigg, SOM, co-chair
Virginia Brooke, SON
Charles Holzer, SOM
Suzanne Peloquin, SHS
Giulio Taglialatela, GSBS
Governance Committee
Accomplishments
• Consideration of criteria for selection
of ombudsman. Committee
recommended that criteria be
broadened to include retired and
former tenured UTMB faculty as
potential candidates. May 2009- The
whole Senate voted to agree with
recommendation.
Governance Committee
• Committee recommended to Senate
to adopt AAUP procedures for the
declaration of financial exigency and
treatment of faculty as long as regent
rules are not violated. Recommend
issue be taken up by 2009-2010
Governance Committee
UTMB Faculty Senate
1st Annual Report
Senate IHOP Committee
2008-2009
Faculty Senate IHOP
Committee 2008-2009
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.
Faculty Senate IHOP
Committee
• This Committee was added to the
Standing Committee list in
September 2008
Senate IHOP Committee
• Current IHOP Committee Members
– Debra Munsell, SHP, Chair
– Mary O'Keefe, SON
• 3 members were lost post-IKE
– William Au, SOM, Co-Chair
– Bob Leonard, GSBS
– Gayle Olson, SOM
Major Activities 2008-2009
• Identification of all policies and
procedures directly affecting Faculty
• Identifying those policies most in
need of revision
• Prioritization of policy revision
• Begin work with Hospital Project
Manager to begin evaluation
Proposed Activities for
2009-2010
• Add additional members per Regents
Rules and By laws
• Continue to review UTMB IHOP
Policies and Procedure, revising as
needed with Faculty Senate approval.
• Goal of reviewing all UTMB Policies
and Procedures by August 2010.
Chair- Elect Position
2009-2010
• Carolyn Utsey, P.T., Ph.D.
• Associate Professor, School of
Health Professions
• Faculty member at UTMB since 1990;
Appointed Chair Department of
Physical Therapy SHP December
2008
Chair-Elect Continued
• Major Interests: Physical Therapy,
Teaching and learning, self-regulation of
learning, motivation and learning
strategies.
• Major Goal: Facilitate open
communication between faculty and
administration to advance the mission of
the University and the Schools
Chair UTMB Faculty
Senate
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Charlotte Wisnewski, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Faculty member at UTMB since 1996
Certified Diabetes Educator, Work with
Stark Diabetes Center as inpatient
educator
• Teach critical care nursing and research,
• Research interests, diabetes
Faculty Senate
Chair’s Comments
• Purpose of Faculty Senate—serve as the
representative voice of the UTMB Faculty to the
UTMB administration and receive and
communicate ideas, reviews, and
recommendations of policies affecting UTMB as
relates to welfare, academic opportunities and
responsibilities of the Faculty.
• Important that Senate leadership keeps lines of
communication open between faculty and
administration
Faculty Senate Goals
(Proposed) 2009-2010
• Foster Faculty Senate input and
involvement at the administrative level by
continued regular meetings with
President, VP for Education, Dean’s
Council and other venues
• Promote faculty communication with
Faculty Senate by survey of Faculty
satisfaction/needs/recommendations
• Integrate Faculty Subcommittees into
executive structure to promote Faculty
Senate goals and objectives for the year.
UTMB Faculty Activity
• Pick up a card from the table
• Write down at least two or three goals that
you would like to see the Faculty Senate
engage in for 2009-2010
• Answer the following questions: What do
you think the Faculty Senate should do in
2009-2010? How can we help you?
• Survey is anonymous
• Leave your card on table after the meeting
Recognition of
Returning/Incoming
Senators
Faculty Senate 2009-2010
10 SOM
6 GSBS
5 SON
5 SHP
Julie Broussard
Susan Gerik
Edward Hannigan
Sunil Jain
James LeDuc
Don Powell
Edward Smith
Daneshvari
Solanki
Heidi Spratt
Cindy Wigg
Istvan Boldogh
Nisha Garg
Stephen Higgs
Pomila Singh
Alfredo Torres
Stanley
Watowich
Virginia Brooke
Mary O’Keefe
Caroline
Jansen
Michelle
Kanuth
Debra Munsell
Lodie Massey
Carolyn Utsey
Kay Sandor
Yolanda Davila
Nonie Mendias
Get Involved!
• Communicate with your Senators
• 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
Speaker:
Dr. Garland Anderson
Faculty Senate Annual Luncheon
Garland D. Anderson M.D
Executive Vice President and Provost
Dean, School of Medicine
September 14, 2009
Office of the Provost
Office of the Provost
Welcoming the first post-Ike baby
Office of the Provost
Bringing our students home
Office of the Provost
Returning to our laboratories
Office of the Provost
Celebrating excellence
Galveston National Laboratory
Dedication
November 11, 2008
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Office of the Provost
The Anatomy Lab
South – August 12
Office of the Provost
North – August 12
School of Nursing
Temporary Simulation Center
SON $2 Million Grant
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Office of the Provost
Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (ICTSA)
Allan R. Brasier, MD
$21.5 M (2009-2014)
Mission: To improve human health by transforming the research
and training environment to enhance the efficiency and quality of
clinical and translational research
http://www.its.utmb.edu
The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)
is a registered trademark of DHHS
Office of the Provost
NIAID Clinical Proteomics Center in Biodefense
Allan R. Brasier, MD
$10.9 M (2008-2013)
Mission: To conduct collaboratively designed projects that discover,
qualify, and verify candidate protein biomarkers relevant to infectious
diseases caused by NIAID Category A-C pathogens and emerging and
re-emerging infectious disease pathogens
http://bioinfo.utmb.edu:8088/CPC
Office of the Provost
Clinical Future is Bright at UTMB
UTMB Specialty Care Center at Victory Lakes
John Sealy Hospital
Office of the Provost
Future Surgical Care Towers
UTMB Projected YTD August Financial Update
(000’s)
Health
System
Academic
Enterprise
Operating Revenues:
Tuition and Fees
Net Patient Care Revenue
Indigent Care Fund
Indirect Cost Recovery
Grants and Contracts
Other Operating Revenue
Total Operating Revenues
$
672,221
1,153
20,577
6,651
700,602
$ 17,720
110,632
34,685
179,616
44,081
386,733
Operating Expenses:
Salaries
Benefits
Supplies
Services and Other
Interest Expense
Depreciation
Total Operating Expenses
389,242
97,257
110,421
244,154
318
23,815
865,208
316,503
66,556
26,311
79,850
36
25,617
514,872
74,576
20,533
7,446
93,697
(230)
15,394
211,417
Operating Income (Loss)
(164,606)
(128,139)
(178,622)
(471,367)
199,863
191
(544)
2,008
201,518
107,902
22,883
(4,440)
8,956
135,301
9,407
7,049
(1,741)
2,249
16,963
317,172
30,122
(6,725)
13,213
353,782
(161,659)
(117,585)
Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses):
General Revenue
Net Investment Income (Loss)
Interest Expense for Capital Asset Financings
Gifts
Net Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses)
Contribution Margin
Office of the Provost
36,912
58
7,162
Institutional
Support
UTMB
Institution
$
$
358
(71,118)
15
99,246
4,294
32,795
18,079
711,735
1,153
34,700
299,438
55,026
1,120,130
780,322
184,346
144,177
417,702
125
64,826
1,591,498
Academic Enterprise Projected YTD August Financial Update
(000’s)
School of
Medicine
Operating Revenues:
Tuition and Fees
Net Patient Care Revenue
Indirect Cost Recovery
Grants and Contracts
Other Operating Revenue
Total Operating Revenues
$
8,338
98,217
34,044
157,188
38,395
336,181
UTMB
Austin
School of
Medicine
$
1,080
12,321
15
18,157
35
31,609
School of
Nursing
School of
Health
Professions
Graduate
School of
Biomedical
Sciences
Office of
the EVP Provost
Service
Academic
Centers - Enterprise
Academic
$
$
$
$
$
2,908
168
1,775
196
5,047
2,973
458
2,034
148
5,614
452
(0)
452
1,968
94
383
246
2,692
78
5,061
5,139
$ 17,720
110,632
34,685
179,616
44,081
386,733
Operating Expenses:
Salaries
Benefits
Supplies
Services and Other
Interest Expense
Depreciation
Total Operating Expenses
259,926
53,893
22,108
65,210
19
21,344
422,501
24,680
5,179
705
3,856
3
18
34,440
6,979
1,540
202
1,361
0
320
10,403
5,406
1,204
499
2,039
0
412
9,561
2,739
578
56
504
0
42
3,919
13,666
3,366
606
6,016
12
2,816
26,481
3,106
795
2,135
864
2
665
7,567
316,503
66,556
26,311
79,850
36
25,617
514,872
Operating Income (Loss)
(86,319)
(2,831)
(5,357)
(3,948)
(3,466)
(23,790)
(2,428)
(128,139)
Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses):
General Revenue
Net Investment Income (Loss)
Interest Expense for Capital Asset Financings
Gifts
Net Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses)
84,284
20,450
(4,440)
7,896
108,191
3,084
9
3,092
8,056
550
331
8,937
7,467
321
199
7,988
5,011
212
287
5,510
1,341
243
1,584
-
107,902
22,883
(4,440)
8,956
135,301
261
3,580
4,040
2,043
(22,206)
(2,428)
Contribution Margin
Office of the Provost
21,871
59
7,162
Academic Enterprise FY 2010 Budget
(000’s)
School of
Medicine
Operating Revenues:
Tuition and Fees
Net Patient Care Revenue
Indirect Cost Recovery
Grants and Contracts
Other Operating Revenue
Total Operating Revenues
$
11,239
115,031
35,473
210,533
8,016
380,293
UTMB
Austin
School of
Medicine
$
5,008
4,934
9,942
School of
Nursing
School of
Health
Professions
Graduate
School of
Biomedical
Sciences
Office of
the EVP Provost
Service
Centers Academic
Academic
Enterprise
$
$
$
$
$
87
4,514
4,601
$ 22,328
120,040
35,851
220,372
13,027
411,617
4,258
78
1,662
113
6,112
3,249
300
2,229
100
5,878
1,419
1,419
2,162
926
284
3,372
Operating Expenses:
Salaries
Benefits
Supplies
Services and Other
Interest Expense
Depreciation
Total Operating Expenses
268,597
56,504
26,732
68,880
25,537
446,250
7,957
1,424
244
2,837
11
12,473
8,600
1,998
369
2,651
425
14,043
6,075
1,438
372
2,957
555
11,396
2,740
655
36
429
60
3,919
16,226
4,421
654
9,744
2,869
33,915
4,080
876
2,132
1,265
732
9,086
314,276
67,315
30,539
88,763
30,188
531,082
Operating Income (Loss)
(65,957)
(2,531)
(7,931)
(5,518)
(2,500)
(30,543)
(4,485)
(119,464)
Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses):
General Revenue
Net Investment Income (Loss)
Interest Expense for Capital Asset Financings
Gifts
Net Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses)
90,422
19,481
(4,814)
6,154
111,244
-
7,985
560
408
8,953
8,721
626
100
9,446
4,054
102
4,156
518
980
6
1,504
-
111,700
21,757
(4,814)
6,669
135,312
45,287
(2,522)
1,022
3,929
1,656
(29,038)
(4,485)
15,848
Contribution Margin
Office of the Provost
9
9
60
School of Medicine Faculty FTE Effort
FY2008 FTEs
FY2009 FTEs
FY2010 FTEs
(Projected)
Educational
150.5
169.2
152.6
Clinical
329.7
293.1
285.6
Research
272.6
281.7
257.6
Administrative
71.2
78.2
71.8
Total School of Medicine
824.0
822.2
767.6
Office of the Provost
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Hospital Capacity Update
Current
Capacity
62
78
10
0
16
64
8
24
262
Additional
Capacity *
0
0
6
4
0
12
4
4
30
Total
Capacity
62
78
16
4
16
76
12
28
292
TDCJ
108
0
108
Total Hospital Capacity including TDCJ
370
30
400
Area
Women's
Infant's
Children
Pediatric ICU
ACE
Medical - Surgical
Transplant
Critical Care
Total Hospital Capacity excluding TDCJ
* The 30 additional beds will come on-line incrementally as staff are hired. The projection for
hiring full staffing is at least 60 days.
Office of the Provost
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Hospital Capacity Update
Infrastructure
•Engineering Firm has been hired to assess the Hospital infrastructure to
support the operating capacity of the 400 beds
• The assessment will include elevators, life-safety, medical gases, suction
capacity, and building temperature
• R. Waverly Smith Pavilion opening
Patient Care
• The Health System is addressing ongoing issues related to the blood bank
size, pneumatic tube system needs, supply storeroom site, and sterile processing
• Daily monitoring of key indicators (clinic admissions, transfer, length of stay, and bed
utilization)
• Preparing to respond to the pandemic influenza (Novel H1N1 Influenza)
Office of the Provost
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MSRDP BY LAW CHANGES FROM
UT SYSTEM
Must have a member of the Faculty Senate who is also a
MSRDP Member on the following committees:
• Budget and Finance
• Faculty Compensation
Office of the Provost
Questions?
South – August 12
Office of the Provost