Faculty Senate
Annual Report
Christine P. Baker
Chair 2006 – 2007
September 10, 2007
Faculty Senate 2006 - 2007
Christine Baker (SAHS)
Chair
Tom Albrecht (GSBS)
Chair-Elect
Mark Winter (SOM)
Immediate Past Chair
Faculty Senate 2006 - 2007
10 SOM
William Au
Jose Gonzalez
Lee Grumbles
S. David Hudnall
Robert Johnson
Aristides
Koutrouvelis
Helen Li
Gayle Olson
Michael Olson
6 GSBS
5 SON
Tom Albrecht
E. (Tina) Cuellar
Dan Freeman
Shelley Leitch
Karin High/
Carolyn Phillips
Patricia Gallagher
Kay Sandor
Charlotte
Rolf Konig
Wisnewski
Simon Lewis
Scott Weaver
5 SAHS
Salah Ayachi
Chris Baker
Kurt Mossberg
Debra Munsell
Richard Rahr
Melinda S. Moore
Acad. & Adm. Affairs / Faculty Quality / Governance
Faculty Senate
Representation on UTMB
Committees
• IEEC (Wisnewski)
• Diversity Council (Ayachi)
• Research Services Steering Committee
(Albrecht, Weaver)
• IACUC User Group (Weaver, Gallagher)
• On-Line Training (Winter, Baker)
• IHOP (Munsell)
• Academy of Master Teachers committee
(Baker)
Faculty Senate 2006 - 2007
Support from Office of the President
• Financial
• Secretarial
• Sheryl Lashway
Meetings
Monthly:
– Faculty Senate
– Faculty Senate Executive Committee
– Senate Leadership with Dr. Stobo/Dr. Callender
Periodically:
Faculty Senate Chair with Council of Deans
(COD)
Meetings
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
• SACS updates/QEP
• SOM Senators interviewed SOM
Dean candidates; Faculty Senate
chair served on SOM Dean search
committee
• Senate website revised and updated
Activities / Involvements
• 3 senators served on Presidential Search
Committee
• Senate leadership invited to meet with
presidential search candidate finalists
• Periodic updates provided on UTMB
budget
• Monthly reports from CAO on SACS
efforts on campus that involve faculty
Activities / Involvements
• Faculty Compensation Plans posted
on schools’ websites
• Updated on impact of Faculty
Compensation Plan on faculty
benefits
• Updated on UTMB Compact process
for 2008-09
Activities / Involvements
• Updated on campus construction
projects
• Overview provided on Center for
Translational Sciences
• Monthly updates provided to Senate
from Deans and President regarding
variety of concerns/issues
Activities / Involvements
• Proposed that AEDs be placed in all
non-clinical buildings on campus
• Welcomed Dr. Shomaker, Dean of
Austin program, and were provided
review of Austin activities
• Approved institutional mission
statement as required by
THECB/SACS
Activities / Involvements
• Facilitated involvement of SOMAustin faculty in faculty governance
activities
• Sponsored all faculty meeting in
January, hosting Dr. Ken Shine, UT
System Executive Vice-Chancellor
for Health Affairs; Senators also able
to meet with him
Activities / Involvements
• Updated on Critical Incident Response ad
hoc committee; ‘First call’
• Updated on actions of Texas legislature
and how impacts UTMB
• Welcomed Dr. Callender
• Facilitated positive communications about
UTMB; encouraged senators to share
select ‘UTMB in the News’ items with
colleagues
Activities / Involvements
• Overview provided on clinical
enterprise strategic plan
• Endorsed ‘Student Rights and
Responsibilities’ document
• Provided input to FAC document
related to UT system Faculty
Compensation Plan bylaws
Activities / Involvements
• Updates from Research Services
• Ongoing discussion and input
regarding Animal Resource Center
• Created IACUC task force to work
cooperatively with administration
and resolve some perceived
problems
Celebration!!
We are entering our 10th year
as a Faculty Senate!
UTMB Faculty Senate
Academic & Administrative
Affairs Committee
Annual Report
September 10, 2007
Members
Tina Cuellar
Patricia Gallagher
Kurt Mossberg
Gayle Olson
Michael Olson
Charlotte Wisnewski
William Au, Co-Chair
Helen Li, Chair
SON
GSBS
SAHS
SOM
SOM
SON
SOM
SOM
Activities 2006 - 2007
Need
• Better coordination between school
calendars
Accomplishment
• Facilitated adoption of single
calendar for all four schools
Activities 2006 - 2007
Need
• Better access to GSBS ethics course
Accomplishment
• Promoted flexibility in course
delivery to allow easier access
Activities 2006 - 2007
Need
• Clarification of post tenure review
processes
Accomplishment
• Identified variances between
departments, schools and UT
systems
Activities 2006 - 2007
(In collaboration with Faculty Quality Committee)
Need
• Clarification of IHOP Faculty
Grievance policy
Accomplishment
• Collaborated with Faculty Quality
Committee in reviewing / revising
policy
Activities 2006 - 2007
(In collaboration with Faculty Quality Committee)
Need
• Faculty Senate input on Faculty
Compensation Plan
Accomplishment
• Reviewed department & school plans
and made recommendations to
Senate
UTMB Faculty Senate
Faculty Quality
Committee
Annual Report
September 10, 2007
Faculty Quality Committee
Salah Ayachi
Lee Grumbles
Rolf Konig
Shelly Leith
Simon Lewis
Kay Sandor
Scott Weaver
S. David Hudnall (Vice Chair)
Richard Rahr (Chair)
Committee Activities 2006-07
Faculty Grievance Policy
• developed a revised policy in cooperation with
administration (Kathy Shingleton)
Faculty Compensation Plan
• reviewed compensation plans from other
institutions
• developed set of general principles applicable to
faculty in all schools
UTMB Faculty Senate
Governance Committee
Annual Report
September 11, 2006
Governance Committee
Members
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Dan Freeman
Jose L. Gonzales
Robert Johnson
Aristides Koutrouvelis
Melinda Moore
Debra S. Munsell
Carolyn A. Philips
Governance Committee
Accomplishments
• Institutional Handbook of Operating
Procedures Committee participation by one
Senator
• Established liaison with Austin Campus
• Voted to include part time faculty in the
electorate
• Worked with Catering on Faculty Lounge
Concerns
• [Fee for faculty lounge removed]
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
Get Involved!
• Communicate with your Senators
• Attend Faculty Senate meetings as
desired (second Monday of each month,
4:30-6:00 p.m.)
• Volunteer to serve as ad hoc members of
Senate committees when asked
Faculty Senate 2007 - 2008
10 SOM
6 GSBS
5 SON
5 SAHS
John Bauer
Jose Gonzalez
Lee Grumbles
S. David Hudnall
Anne Hudson
Jones
Robert Johnson
Aristides
Koutrouvelis
Gayle Olson
Tom Albrecht
Robert Fox
Rolf Konig
Robert Leonard
Simon Lewis
Giulio
Taglialatela
Virginia Brooke
E. (Tina) Cuellar
Jeanne Ruiz
Kurt Mossberg
Debra Munsell
George Steer
Carolyn Utsey
Gayle Weaver
Melinda S. Moore
Nancy Wills
Kay Sandor
Charlotte
Wisnewski