UTMB Faculty Senate Minutes
Monday, April 8, 2024
Teams Virtual Meeting
4:30PM-6PM
Open Senate Meeting:
Call to Order – Shannan Rossi, PhD, MBA, Faculty Senate Chair
- Attendance “Roll Call” & Establishing Quorum
- GSBS – Dr. Maria Micci
- JSSOM – Dr. Kelly Carmichael
- SHP – Dr. Crystal Douglas
- SPPH – Dr. Brian Downer
- SON – Dr. Shinu Joy
- Agenda Adoption
- Consent Agenda Adoption – Approved
- Review & Approval of Minutes– March minutes are approved and uploaded to Faculty Senate website.
- Guest Speakers
- Dr. Susan Chubinskaya, PhD, MS, FIOR
VP and Executive Vice Provost, The Office of Faculty Affairs Topic: The Future of the UTMB Faculty Affairs
- Vision: To become a National Leader in Faculty Affairs across academic medical center, faculty-friendly policies, innovative professional and leadership development programs and activities, and nationally recognized scholarship.
- Mission: To create a supportive, nurturing, respectful, equitable, collaborative, and inclusive environment for the UTMB faculty through the academic lifecycle by ensuring professional satisfaction with:
- Career advancement, fulfillment, and academic success.
- Recognition and Appreciation
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Career, Leadership, and Skills development
- Work-life harmony.
- Comprehensive institutional support in faculty professional pursuits.
- Faculty & Staff satisfaction survey
- This survey will be in development in the coming months.
- Potential question examples:
- Are you satisfied with the environment within your work unit?
- How is your day allocated for Academic or Clinical Missions?
- Do you have enough time to fulfill duties in your mission areas?
- How satisfied are you with the faculty promotion process?
- Interest in development of a Faculty Senate Advisory Committee.
- Upcoming Provost Lecture Series on May 7th.
Featured speaker, Dr. Archana Chatterjee
- Unfinished Business & General Orders
- New Business
- Announcements: None
Adjournment