UNM Faculty Senate. Health Sciences Center Council. Meeting Agenda September 18, :00 P.M. Health Sciences and Services Building (HSSB) Room: 316

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1 UNM HSC Council - Agenda - September 18, HSSB Page 1 of 1 9/17/2014 UNM Faculty Senate Health Sciences Center Council Meeting Agenda September 18, :00 P.M. Health Sciences and Services Building (HSSB) Room: 316 AGENDA TOPICS 3:00 1. Welcome 3:05 2. Introductions 3:10 3. Approval of August 21, 2014 Minutes 3:15 4. Presentation 4:00 5. Meet and Greet proposal 4:30 6. Call for Nominations for HSC Council At Large Vacancies 4:45 7. Motion to Change School of Medicine to College of Medicine 4:50 8. New Business and Open Discussion 5:00 9. Adjournment TYPE OF ITEMS/ PRESENTER(S) Action: All Richard Larson Action: Action: All

2 Faculty Senate Health Sciences Center (HSC) Council Meeting Minutes August 21, :00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Members Present: Ex-Officio: Lee Brown (Chair), Coffee Brown (Vice Chair), Stefan Posse (President-Elect), Kim Cox, Jeffrey Norenberg, Todd Thompson, George F (Geoff) Shuster III,, and Jimmy Windsor Pamela Pyle (Faculty Senate President) Members Absent: Staff Present: Guest Present: Diana Aboytes, William Adler, Bina Ahmed, Charles Bellows, Sally Davis, Sally A Fortner, George Kennedy, Benny Liem, Richard Lynn, Robert McDaniels, Scott A Ness, Diane Parham, Janet L Poole, Frank Ralls, John Rask, Codruta Soneru, Robert Otto Valdez, James A Wallace, Jorge Wernly, Paul Roth, Leslie Morrison and Victor Strasburger Candyce Torres, Office of the Secretary, Administrative Coordinator Rick Holmes, Office of the Secretary, Administrative Officer Stuart Freedman, MPH, Chief Compliance Officer and Monica Wilson, Manager Meeting began at 3:00pm The regular meeting of the Faculty Senate (FS) HSC Council was called to order at 3:00PM on Wednesday August 21, 2014 in Domenici Northeast, Room 2410 with Chair, Lee Brown and Vice-Chair, Coffee Brown. 1. Goals for the year and discussion with Faculty Senate President, Pamela Pyle. FS President Pamela Pyle expressed there are some issues that she wishes to address during her Presidency. Pyle indicated that she wants to create more dialogue between her and the Faculty Senate as well as extend that further (in addition to the regular monthly meetings)

3 so that Senate members can have more open dialogue amongst one another. In addition, Pyle believes that Faculty needs to be the focus of the Faculty Senate. The thought behind the concept of Faculty Focus is to create ideas of how faculty can make their accomplishments known to a wider audience, including Regents. Board of Regents members have been invited to attend Senate meetings. Additionally Pyle has arranged one-on-one meetings with them to further engage outreach. With respect to Faculty Focus, Pyle indicated that this includes addressing the issue of salary inequities with peer institutions. Another topic for Faculty Focus is international initiatives. Pyle provided an update on the China Initiative which President Frank is leading. The initiative embarks on expanding UNM s commitment to international programs and is an important objective for President Frank. The progress on this initiative has been slow; however, a beneficial investment for UNM if successful. Furthermore, Pyle stated that President Frank is also interested in extending outreach to Turkey and announced that UNM opened up a recruiting office in Mexico City on August 20, Pyle recommended requesting a timeline of these initiatives from President Frank. She indicated that a timeline would help Faculty further understand the role of these initiatives in UNM s strategic plan. Pyle noted that President Frank has been invited to the Faculty Senate s first official meeting for the academic year. Pyle discussed the Chancellor for UNM HSC, Paul Roth s Health and Benefits task force. The purpose is to look into possible benefit options for UNM employees that are better than what we have right now. Pyle expressed that Roth is really motivated by the health plan status of post-65 retirees. The task force consists of Paul Roth, David Harris, Executive Vice-President for Administration, and Michael Richards, Chief Executive Physician of UNM Health System. Pyle has been asked to serve on this task force and she has invited Frances Wilkinson, Dean of University Libraries and UNM Professor, Dr. Jorge Wernly. Pyle expressed to HSC Council that she would like help and guidance on this. Pyle expressed that her project idea for Faculty Focus would include a presentation event. Her proposal for Faculty Focus is co-sponsored by President Frank along with the Faculty Senate. The idea is similar to an evening of TEDx Talks plus, for faculty whose work involves music, dance, etc., brief performances. Pyle is in touch with the Regents assistant to confirm a date for this. Pyle is trying to select a Friday night after a Regents meeting. Coffee Brown indicated that there are a ton of things that HSC could talk about such as research and educational initiatives. Pyle is considering a title for this project other than Faculty Focus. Lee Brown recommended talking with Professor of Internal Medicine Sanjeev Arora who leads Project ECHO as he is doing some very neat things with this.

4 In response to Pyle s goals, HSC Council expressed support of her ideas and were in agreement that further attention should be paid to each of these issues. Action- Request HSC Council members to send suggestions for Faculty Focus to Pamela, providing the name of the person(s) involved and project. George Shuster III suggested that with respect to the title add: The First Annual. 1. Volunteer Needed from Allied Health Program for Curricula Committee. Action- Coffee Brown will recommend someone and inform Lee Brown. 2. Volunteers Needed for the following HSC Council Committees: HSC Policy Committee HSC Curriculum Committee Bylaw Committee (ad hoc) Action- Jeffrey Norenberg from the College of Pharmacy, Jeffrey Windsor from the School of Medicine, Melinda Tinkle from the College of Nursing, and from Pediatrics will serve on the HSC Policy Committee. will Chair the Committee. Lee Brown will find a volunteer to serve from Allied Health. Lee Brown will need to confirm Melinda Tinkle s willingness to be appointed. Action- Lee Brown will need to ask for more participation from HSC Council members to serve on the HSC Curriculum Committee. This Committee will elect its own Chair. Action- Coffee Brown will Chair the Bylaw Committee (ad hoc). Todd Thompson from the College of Pharmacy will serve on this committee. 3. HSC Council goals for FY2015. Lee Brown introduced his goals for the year. He listed them for the Council: Discussions about the DO school that has been proposed in Las Cruces, NM and how it might affect HSC. Lee Brown would like to have a presentation by Dr. Paul Roth in addition to some discussion about what HSC Council thinks about it, and whether it represents a danger or opportunity. Lee Brown would like the School of Medicine to be considered for changing its official name to the College of Medicine being that there are several academic units under it. If the HSC Council is in agreement, Lee Brown will take this to the FS Operations Committee. Address the issue of salaries for faculty and staff. Lee Brown has some ideas for lobbying in Santa Fe, NM. He also has suggestions about forming a PAC

5 separate from the University that faculty and staff could join and donate money to be used for lobbying. Address the issues of Clinician Educators at UNM as they do not have any representation on the FS Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. In addition, Lee Brown stated that there should be an opportunity for a tenure track for Clinician Educators with added criteria for tenure based upon: the curricula they write, the teaching they do, and programs they create. 4. E70: Intellectual Property. Action- HSC Council members need to review E70: Intellectual Property policy for the next HSC Council monthly meeting in September. In addition, invite Richard Larson to present on E70 and a new policy being formulated for research funded by commercial entities. 5. HSC Compliance Presentation by Stuart Freedman, Chief Compliance Officer and Monica Wilson, Manager:

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7 Meeting adjourned at 5:07 PM Administrative Coordinator Candyce Torres