The Faculty Senate met on Oct. 13. Below are bullets from the meeting. The complete minutes of the October meeting can be found at:
www.uthscsa.edu/facultygovt/minutes/oct2004.html The complete minutes of the September meeting can be seen by visting:
www.uthscsa.edu/facultygovt/minutes/sept2004.htmlUniversity Updates: Steven Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president for academic and health affairs and dean, School of Medicine- In addition to recruitment activities intended to fill various leadership positions in departments around campus, ongoing searches are underway for President/CEO of the CTRC; Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs/UPG Chief of Medical Staff; Director, School of Medicine Teaching Academy; Associate Dean for Student Affairs for the School of Medicine; Assistant Regional Dean for Medical Education (RAHC); Associate Dean for Students for the School of Nursing; Director of SACI.
- 13th Annual San Antonio Cancer Institute Research Symposium will be held Nov. 11.
- Office of Academic Space Allocation, Planning and Scheduling is converting to a new software package (Resource 25 by CollegeNet of Portland, OR) that will dramatically improve their ability to serve the needs of the university.
Report from the Institutional Committee on Committees- Dr. Keith Krolick in his role as Chair of the Institutional Committee on Committees informed the Senate that the system of institutional standing committees is healthy, and when used properly, allows the faculty numerous opportunities to have a voice in institutional affairs. A continuing goal of the COC will be to encourage greater communication between the various committees and the UTHSCSA community in order to provide greater awareness of committee activities, and therefore allow increased committee responsiveness to the needs of those who they represent. In addition, Dr. Krolick stressed the importance of enhancing communication and collaboration among the standing committees (as well as with key ad hoc committees) in order to insure thorough examination/action with regard to important institutional issues, while avoiding redundancies of committee efforts.
Faculty Advisory Council (FAC) Update- Dr. Krolick provided the Senate with brief summary of the October meeting of the Faculty Advisory Council (FAC), a UT System Committee made up of the Chairs and Chairs-Elect of Faculty Senates from all UT component campuses around the state. Dr. Barry Norling, Past Chair of our Faculty Senate, is currently Chair-Elect of the FAC.
Procedural Issues- Dr. Krolick named the members of the newly formed Ad Hoc Senate Bylaws Review Committee; the Senate Bylaws are to be reviewed and revised this year in order to increase their usefulness. The core of the ad hoc committee will include:
Tod Sloan, Senate Chair 2000-2001, Medical School
Judy Teale, Senate Chair 2001-2002, Graduate School
Karin Barnes, Senate Chair 2002-2003, School of Allied Health
Barry Norling, Senate Chair 2003-2004, Dental School
Keith Krolick, Senate Chair 2004-2005, Graduate School
Margaret Brackley, Chair Elect 2004-2005, School of Nursing
- Based on discussions with each chair of the senate committees, Dr. Krolick described a tentative list of the UTHSCSA Faculty Senate Priority Goals for 2004-2005.
