From the Parking and Traffic Safety Committee to the Biosafety Committee, the Health Science Center offers numerous opportunities for individuals to participate in making decisions and transformations on our campus. Twenty-seven university-wide committees each serve an important function in making the decisions of our future campus.
As the past-chair of the Committee on Committees, I know that these committees are what create our working environment, said Keith Krolick, Ph.D., professor of microbiology. Participation and communication is the only way for you to be heard.
Claudia Miller, M.D., professor of family and community medicine, is the current chair of the Committee on Committees (COC) one of the 27 committees that convene to help develop our campus. Dr. Miller noted that participation in campus committees is strongly considered when a faculty member is applying for promotion or tenure.
Wed like to see more people from the different schools applying to serve on the standing committees of the university, Dr. Miller said.
Health Science Center President Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., has just announced the call for nominations for qualified individuals to join the COC. Each full-time faculty member has the opportunity to nominate two colleagues from their school, and self-nominations are accepted and encouraged.
I encourage all members of our full-time faculty to participate in the nomination and election process to fill upcoming vacancies on the Committee on Committees, President Cigarroa said. Nominations can be processed electronically.
The COC consists of two representatives from each of the five schools, the past-chair, an at-large staff member and the vice president for academic administration. Among many things, the COC is charged with communicating information and suggestions between each committee and Dr. Cigarroa. The representatives are also responsible for filling vacancies on the Health Science Center standing committees that the COC oversees, after approval from the president.
The COC is well-balanced in seniority, ethnicity and gender, Dr. Miller said. We want a wide variety of individuals and were always on the lookout for committee members.
The COC nomination and election process takes place from Nov. 1 through Dec. 20. Faculty nominations to individual committees begin Feb. 1, 2006.
We have some extremely important committees on campus, said Theresa Chiang, Ed.D., vice president for academic administration. So, if faculty members feel like they want to make a contribution, or have opinions or suggestions, then the committees are a great way to be involved.
Below is a list of the committees overseen by the COC, with a link to their Web sites where you can learn about the charge of each committee.
Biosafety Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/biohazard.html Campus Wellness Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/wellness.html Chemical Safety Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/chem.html Committee on Committees
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/comm.html Committee for the Advancement of Women and Minorities
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/women.html Computing Resources Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/compute.html Faculty Promotions Tenure and Appointments Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/tenurelist.html Infection Policy and Education Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/infection.html Institutional Intellectual Property Advisory Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/intellprop.html International Relations Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/intlrel.html Library Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/library.html Parking and Traffic Safety Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/parking.html Physical Safety Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/physical.html Radiation Safety Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/radiation.html Radioactive Drug Research Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/drug.html Student Health Advisory Committee
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/sthealth.htmlFor more general information on our university-wide committees, click on:
www.uthscsa.edu/comm/.
