Faculty Senate Annual Report

Carol M. Wiggs, PhD, RN-CNM, AHN-BCFaculty Senate Chair, 2012-2013

September 09, 2013

Our Senators

Faculty Senate Leadership 2012-2013

Carol M. Wiggs, RN, PhDChairSchool of Nursing

Associate Professor, SON Baccalaureate Program; RN-BSN Track Administrator

Lisa Cain, PhDChair-ElectSchool of MedicineAssociate Professor, Neuroscience and Cell BiologyDirector, Medical School Enrichment Program

Sharon A. Croisant, PhDPast-Chair

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health

Faculty Senate 2012-2013

10 / SOM

John BadalamentiPaul Boor

Werner BraunLisa Cain, Chair-

electShannon ClarkJ. Chad DavisSaleh Elsaid

Richard RuppTony Wen

Dayton Young

6 / GSBS

Bill AmeredesAnne Hudson

JonesBruce LuxonJere McBride

Andres Oberhauser

Sushil Sarna

5 / SON

Safa’a Al-ArabiPatricia Crane

Rachel EllisBruce LeonardNonie Mendias

Carol Wiggs, Chair

5 / SHP

Steven Fisher James Graham

Laura LawrenceHolly WestDana Wild

Faculty Senate 2012-2013

Support from the Provost Office /

Office of the Vice President of Education

Secretarial / Financial

Mary Schlobohm / Julie Parrish

Meetings: 2012-2013

• Faculty Senate: Meetings are the 2nd Monday of every month, 4:30-6pm in the Marie Hall Room (4th floor SHP/SON). All faculty are welcome.

• Faculty Senate Executive Committee: Chair, Chair-elect, Past Chair, Faculty Senate Committee Chairs. The meetings are periodically and/or by email

• Senate Leadership meets with Dr. Callender/Dr. Watson - monthly

• Senate Leadership with Council of Deans as needed

• Senate Leadership with UT System (Sys FAC) 3X per year [4X during legislative years]

Meetings: 2012-2013

• Faculty Senate Chair and Chair-Elect are members of the UT System Faculty Advisory Council (FAC).

- 2 day meetings in Austin (September, January, April) with faculty governance leadership from all 15 UT Components (9 Universities – 6 Academic Health Institutions)

- Opportunity to meet with:• UT System Leadership• Regents• Legislators

• Lisa Cain is co-chair of the Health Affairs Committee

Activities / Involvements

• At each monthly meeting, the Faculty Senate Members receive:

- Updates from Dr. Jacobs, Provost- Updates from Dr. Watson as Vice

President for Education - Updates from the four Deans (Drs. Jacobs,

Cooper, Protas, and Watson) regarding each of the schools, their activities, news, concerns, and issues

- Updates on Faculty Advisory Council meetings at Austin from Senate Leadership, as appropriate

Presentations at Faculty Senate 2012-2013

October—- Legislative Session – Dr. Ben Raimer, Senior Vice President, health Policy and Legislative Affairs

November—- Business Operations and Facilities Update – Mr. Mike Shriner,

AIA, MBA, Vice President, Business Operations and Facilities

December—- Diversity and Inclusion – Adeola Oduwole, M.Sc., Director, Diversity and Inclusion

Presentations at Faculty Senate 2012-2013

January—- Dr. Jacobs, EVP and Provost and Dean, School of Medicine

February—- ASG Outplacement – Cameron Slocum, MBA, VP and COO Academic Enterprise

- Business Operations and Facilities Update – Mr. Mike Shriner, AIA, MBA, Vice President, Business Operations and Facilities

March—- Legislative Update – Ryan Micks, Director of

Communication, Health Policy and Legislative Affairs

Presentations at Faculty Senate 2012-2013

April—- Marketing and Communications – Steve Campbell,

M.H.S.A., Vice President, Marketing and Communications

- Innovation Challenge – Suzanne Tomlinson, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

May—- Dr. Jacobs presented the UTMB Proposed Faculty Compensation and Incentive Plan

- You Count Survey – Dr. Robert McKinley, VP Human Resources and Employees Services and Dr. Ian Barrett, Associate VP, Human Resources, Expert Services

Presentations at Faculty Senate 2012-2013

June—- Research Futures Task Force Committee Report – Dr.

Bernard M. Pettitt, Chair of the Research Futures Task Force Committee

July—- Recap of “burning issues” progress, future directions and concerns

August—- Concept of Research Development – Ms. Brenda Boyko, Associate Director of Research Development, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Faculty Business

• Addressed major faculty concerns through development of policies related to:

- Post-tenure review- Abandonment of programs and positions for

academic reasons and financial exigency- Conflict of Commitment and Conflicts of

Interest including intellectual property [still being discussed]

• Election for Chair-elect!!!

- Dr. James GrahamAssistant Professor, Rehabilitation

Sciences, School of Health Professions

Recognition of Outgoing Senators

Faculty Senate 2012-2013

Committee Reports

Faculty Senate 2012-2013 Committee Reports

Quality Committee – Chair, Patricia Crane, SON

Governance – Chair, Jere McBride, GSBS

IHOP – Chair, Bill Ameredes, GSBS

Academic & Administrative Affairs – Co-Chair, Tony Wen, SOM

Faculty Quality Committee

Members 2012-2013

Patricia Crane, SON, Chair

Dana Wild, SHP, Co-Chair

John Badalamenti, SOM

Paul Boor, SOM

Werner Braun, SOM

Bruce Leonard, SON

Andres Oberhauser, GSBS

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 2012-2013

Major Activities 2012-2013

Abandonment of programs policy

Update

It is currently with the Council of Deans.

In compliance with UT Regent’s Rule 31003.

Currently a 2-pronged policy addressing

Abandonment of degree granting programs and positions for academic reasons, and

Abandonment of degree granting programs and positions for reasons of financial exigency.

UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Awards

Faculty Quality Committee, solicited, reviewed and selected applications in conjunction with the Academy of Master Teachers.

Nine of the 24 applications received were forwarded to UT Regents.

The committee has received no news on potential space possibilities other than in the new hospital being constructed and will continue to pursue the return of the Faculty Lounge.

Faculty lounge location possibilities

Governance Committee

Members 2012-2013

Jere W. McBride, GSBS, Chair

Steven Fisher, SHP, Co-Chair

Rachel Ellis, SON

Anne Jones, GSBS

Bruce Luxon, GSBS

James Graham, SHP

Richard Rupp, SOM

Governance Committee

The Committee shall deliberate on issues of governance and, from time to time, will assess the scope of Faculty responsibility over governance in UTMB and each of the Schools.  When necessary, the committee shall recommend to the Executive Committee of the Senate that appropriate Faculty-elected governance organizations be charged with assuming primary responsibility over designated areas that currently appear outside their jurisdiction.

• Periodic Performance Evaluation of Tenured Faculty Policy [5.5.2]

• Abandonment of Programs Policy

• Faculty Grievance Policy [5.3.8]

• Security Clearance Policy

Committee Activities

• A revised UTMB Post Tenure Review Policy has been drafted to clarify Regents Rule as it applies to the institution. Policy presented to IHOP on September 5th.

• Abandonment of Programs Policy presented to Council of Deans (Aug 28th).

• Faculty Grievance Policy is under review by UTMB Legal.

• Criminal Background Check Policy approval is pending in HR.

Progress and Status

Proposed Governance Activities

• Review and make recommendations regarding Faculty Senate bylaw revisions

• Assist with Faculty Development activities

• Work with IHOP Committee on any policy revisions.

IHOP Committee

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.

Members 2011-2013

• Bill Ameredes, GSBS, Chair 2012• Camellia St. John, CLS, Past Chair 2011• Carol Wiggs, SON, Chair-elect, ex officio• Safa’a Al-Arabi, SON• J. Chad Davis, Pediatric Critical Care

Major Activities 2011-2013

• Continued identification of all policies and procedures directly affecting Faculty, and those in need of revision.

• Review and minor modification of UTMB IHOP Intellectual Property policies.

• UTMB Post-Tenure Review policy: general wording clarifications, updates, and revisions*

• Harmonization of wording of UTMB IHOP Post-Tenure Review policies with UT System IHOP Post-Tenure Review policies*

*Done in collaboration with the Governance Committee, with special thanks to Dr. Jere McBride.

Major Activities 2011-2013

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

Major Activities 2011-2013

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

Academic and Administrative

Affairs Committee

Members 2012-2013

• Holly West, SHP, Chair

• Tony Wen, SOM, Co-Chair

• Salah Elsaid, SOM

• Nonie Mendias, SON

• Sushil Sarna, GSBS

• Dayton Young, SOM

Purpose

The committee shall deliberate and make recommendations to the Senate for the dissemination and exchange of information on institutional academic matters/issues/affairs at UTMB and in each of the Schools.

The committee shall deliberate and make recommendations to the Executive Committee of the Senate on strategic planning, operational budget planning, performance appraisal of administrators, and other university-wide administrative activities.

The committee shall monitor university-wide administrative policies and priorities.

Issues Addressed/Activities 2012-2013 Continue developing the UTMB Health Junior Faculty

Development Program

Program Objectives Promote career development for Junior Faculty Create a centralized office with staff to provide

information, resources, and guidance to Junior Faculty beginning at the time of hiring

Develop and maintain a centralized website for faculty development opportunities

Continue to increased faculty outreach and communication with individuals engaged in faculty development at UTMB Health

Junior Faculty Development Program Timeline

• Submitted resolution to Senate• Approved by Senate2010-2011• Developed program design • Met with UTMB Community Leaders for input• Presented to COD2011-2012• Senate Chair-Elect met with Dr. Jacobs to

present plan• Committee continues to advocate for program2012-2013• Goal #1: Approval of Program by UTMB

Leadership• Goal #2: Implementation of Program2013-2014

Faculty Senate Chair2013-2014

Chair 2013-2014

Lisa D. Cain, PhD

Faculty member at UTMB since 1992

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Associate Member, Institute for the Medical Humanities

Director, Medical School Enrichment Programs

Chair 2013-2014(continued)Major Interests:

• Education: Medical and Graduate Education; Gross Anatomy and Radiology course instructor since 1992; Co-Director of Cell Biology Course from 2005-2012; Involved in art and medical education

• Research: Neuroscientist; Establishing research opportunities for medical and undergraduate students

• Establishing collaborative educational programs on local, state, national and international level

• Providing academic enrichment opportunities for undergraduate students

• Faculty development, diversity, and mentoring

• Establishing community partnerships

Faculty Senate Responsibilities2011-2012: Served as Chair of the Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee of the UTMB Faculty Senate

2012-2013:

Represented the Faculty Senate on the UTMB IHOP Committee

Represented the UTMB Faculty Senate at the UT Systems Faculty Advisory Council Meetings in Austin, Texas

Served as Co-Chair of the Health Affairs Committee of the UT System Faculty Advisory Council, Executive Committee

2013-2014 Serve as Principal Co-Chair of the UT System Faculty Advisory Council Health

Affairs Committee (Executive Committee)

Issues Addressed in 2012-2013 UT Systems Health Affairs

Committee• Document - Submitted to Senator Seliger and Representative Branch in

response to the Higher Education Coordinating Board Staff’s recommendation to increase the threshold for low-producing degree programs.

• Resolution - Submitted to the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs stating that the UT Systems should establish start-up or "bridge" funds for young and established researchers who are scientifically productive and show promise for future contributions to science.

• Provided - Significant input to the Chancellor and Vice Chancellors regarding the revision of the UT Systems 180: Conflicts of interest, conflicts of commitment, and outside activities policy.

• Resolution - Submitted to thank Kenneth Shine, MD, past Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs for his work on behalf of the faculty of the University of Texas.

 

2013-2014 GoalsMajor Vision: The Senate will continue to evolve into an entity that effectively represents the voice of the faculty. The Senate will partner with executive leadership to sustain an environment where both faculty and administration can work in unity, address issues, and establish policies that promote excellence in health care, research, and education, thereby, positioning UTMB and its faculty as global leaders.

Goals:• Increase communication/outreach between the Senate and UTMB faculty• Introduce important faculty issues to the appropriate committees of the Faculty

Senate• Provide information on faculty issues that occur on a state and national level • Work in collaboration with the Faculty Advisory Council to address issues that

affect UT System Institutions

The UTMB Senate, faculty, and executive leadership will “work together to workwonders”.It is always a joy and an honor to serve UTMB and its Faculty

Faculty Senate Chair -Elect

2013-2014

Chair-Elect 2013-2014

James Graham, PhD, DC

Associate ProfessorDivision of Rehabilitation SciencesSchool of Health Professions

Associate Member of Graduate FacultyDepartment of Preventive Medicine & Community HealthGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Fellow, Sealy Center of Aging

Been at UTMB since 2006 (post-doc 2006-2008)

Chair-Elect 2013-2014

My primary role is research, but I enjoy all three aspects of academia:

• Research: rehabilitation outcomes, including health disparities, comparative effectiveness, & healthcare policy

• Teaching: core courses in the Rehabilitation Sciences PhD program

• Service: several Division- and School-level committees

Chair-Elect 2013-2014

Faculty Senate roles and responsibilities:

2011-2013• Member of Governance Committee

2013-2014• Represent Senate on UTMB IHOP Committee• Member of the UT System Faculty Advisory Council• Work with Drs. Cain and Wiggs to improve the visibility

and effectiveness of the Senate.

Chair-Elect 2013-2014

Broad goals for coming year:

• Improve two-way communication between Senate and the faculty

• Assist in introducing important faculty issues to the appropriate committees of the Senate

• Help summarize and disseminate important information from UTMB administration and UT System Faculty Advisory Council

Dr. David CallenderPresident, UTMB