TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE NAME: Faculty Senate MIMUTES

DATE/TIME/LOCATION OF MEETING: May 1, 2015 12:00 Noon – 1:20 pm Lubbock: ACB260D Abilene: ABSOP 2300 Amarillo: AMAHSC 4717 Dallas: DLSPVA 200A Midland MDPA 01A Odessa: ODHSC 2C12. 11:00 AM – 12:20 pm El Paso: Foster EPHSC 212 ---- Audio Conference --USA Toll-Free:

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HOST PASSWORD: Dr. Margaret Weis

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Dr. Raed Alalawi (absent), Lizabeth Berkeley (absent) , Dr. Fakhrul Ahsan (absent) , Dr. Michael Blanton (absent), Dr. Daniel Hardy, Elaine Hillin, Dr. Jamal Islam, Dr. Shailesh (Bobby) Jain, Dr. Michaela Jansen, Dr. Vardan Karamayan, Dr. Mark Lyte, Dr. Sitratullah Maiyegun (absent), Dr. Raul Martinez-Zaguilan (absent) , Dr. Monica Mathys, Dr. Amy Moore, Dr. Robert Posteraro (absent excused), Dr. Dale Quest, Dr. Leigh Ann Reel, Dr. Mary Rogge, Dr. Paul Tullar (absent excused), Dr. Susan Watts, Dr. Margaret Weis, Dr. Sandra Whisner, Jennifer Whitaker-Ware (absent) Substitutes:

HANDOUTS • Safety Poster (Distributed by email) • Joint Resolution APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 6, 2015 Approved as distributed with minor change to April 3, 2015 April Minutes. Dr. Lyte was present. REPORTS

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Agenda Item A. President’s office announcements and requests for service Dr. Rolfe HSC OP 10.06 – Selection of Grover E. Murray Professorships • Title remains when granted Emeritus status • Nominations review by Council of Deans (vs. Murray professors) • Three year waiting period for unsuccessful candidates removed

REPORTS

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Requirement of most accomplishments must have accrued while the faculty members was on the TTUHSC faculty was removed • Recipient of the TTUHSC University Distinguished Faculty award added as supporting evidence. HSC OP 10.13 – Selection of University Distinguished Faculty • Associate and Full Professors eligible for award (vs. only Full Professors) • Outstanding in at least one of the following areas: teaching, research, service (vs. all the areas) • Nominations requested annually (vs. from time to time) • Dean’s responsible for obtaining supporting documentation HSC OP 10.25 – TTUHSC President’s Awards • President’s Outstanding Professor award removed (since HSC OP 10.13 described process) • Online nomination process developed by Faculty Senate (makes nomination of individual easier) Agenda Item B. OP Review Subcommittee 1. TTUHSC 10.12 – EMERITUS APPOINTMENTS – Update

Dr. Dale Quest

All School of Pharmacy faculty approved the changes. 2. Leave policy TTUHSC has a current Leave of Absence policies but the policies do not cover short-term leaves. The suggestion was made to solict feedback from persons affected by the leave policy such as HSC Global Health Community. Dr. Quest will solicit feedback and also send the proposed short-term leave policy to the Senate for review. 3. Other OPs – Update None reported Agenda Item C. Awards Committee 1. Nominations/awards process – Once awards process for all awards is finalized (rubric, criteria), the changes need to be implemented into the online application.

Dr. Raul MartinezZaguilan – chair/ Dr. Robert P Posteraro vice chair

Drs. Martinez-Zaguilan and Posteraro were both absent. No report. Discussion centered on possibly moving the submission deadline to a later date. 2. Team Teaching Award o

President Mitchell has agreed to fund a team teaching award. The total dollar award for each team member will be

Dr. Raul MartinezZaguilan – chair/ Dr. Robert Posteraro vice chair/ Monica Mathys

REPORTS

Presenter(s): in the same range as for the individual awards, for up to 5 members of a single team. o

The HSC Awards OP will need revision and the online application needs to be modified. Drs. Martinez-Zaguilan and Posteraro were both absent. No report.

Agenda Item D. Compliance Committee

Dr. Mary Rogge

Human Resources is reviewing HSC OP 70.31 and 52.11 regarding requiring employees to disclose if they have been placed on a professional sanctions list. There is no policy revision yet to review. Agenda Item E. Staff Senate •

Joint Resolution by Faculty and Staff Senates Dr. Hardy made the motion to accept the final version of joint resolution; Ms. Hillin seconded, motion unanimously passed by all present. Resolution will be sent to Dr. Rolfe and the President

Agenda Item F. Bylaws Taskforce 2013-2014 – Update • •

Trace Moore Dr. Margaret Weis/ Trace Moore

Dr. Sandra Whisner

Change narrative in section G relating to officers to read, “may not serve more than two terms of office”. No term limit on members Remove minimum 5 years in school or any requirement regarding the amount of time at TTUHSC

Agenda Item G. IT

Vince Fell

None Reported Agenda Item H. Statline - Items for Faculty Senate

Dr. Dan Hardy

None Reported UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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Agenda Item A. Policies and Procedures 1. TTUHSC IOP 70.29 Employment of Postdoctoral Fellows Delete item from agenda Agenda Item B. Issues 1. Senator Medallions -- need to get Dr. Pence's medallion – update

Dr. Margaret Weis

Dr. Dan Hardy

No progress – Dr. Hardy will continue to work on obtaining the medallions 2. TTUS Intellectual Property Policy – RR10 Collaboration with TTU was discussed. Shared commitment between faculty and administration is advantageous. Since RR10 affects the entire TTU System, the consensus was to also include ASU and El Paso

Dr. Dale Quest

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

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in dealing with the wording of RR10 and the Board of Regents. Dr. Hardy will contact Dr. Conn and let Senate know outcome. Agenda Item C. Recommendations 1. FCCRIT – Update Dr. Margaret Weis None Reported 2. Teaching capabilities/classroom technology: review EP and LBB Dr. Amy Moore recommendations - Update (TALC) • Met last month. Classroom technology was discussed. Also, Adobe Pro update is available to all TTUHSC and Adobe Photoshop is coming soon. • Currently, working to update technology at the Amarillo campus • Currently beta testing the ability to run a PowerPoint presentation from an IPad which links to the podium. • Looking at the ability to send TTUHSC e-mail directly from SAKAI • All faculty teaching a distance course were required to sign a Principle of Good Practice form. TTUHSC School of Nursing also has a form. Discussion was centered on having one form across TTUHSC. 3. Faculty advisory committees for Institutional Development, Intercampus Cooperation, and HR Policy None Reported

Dr. Margaret Weis

UNFINISHED BUSINESS Agenda Item D. Leadership and Communication

Presenter(s): Dr. Margaret Weis

1. Pictures for incoming senators to post to website Senators will send pictures to Paula. None Reported 2. New President for next year Not enough votes were received. Paula will send another e-mail asking senators who have not voted to vote. The votes will be tallied after the deadline to vote in the e-mail. NEW BUSINESS Agenda Item A: Other 1. Safety Poster Motion to Approve with the provision of including the Student Government Association input was made by Dr. Hardy and seconded by Dr. Rogge. Motion Passed. 2. Faculty Senate Mission Statement The statement will be sent to Paula to post on the Senate website. ADJOURNMENT Next Meeting Date/Time: June 5, 2015 MW:ps

Paula Simpson

Dr. Margaret Weis

Presenter(s):

Dr. Margaret Weis