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Minutes
THURSDAY, November 13, 2003
12:00 PM
DEAN'S CONFERENCE ROOM
IN ATTENDANCE:
David Allen, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs
Summer Balcer, Interim Assistant Dean for Student Services
Gary Collins, R. Ph., Interim Associate Dean for Experiential Programs
Sherry Luedtke, Pharm.D., Associate Dean for Professional Affairs
Arthur Nelson, Jr., R.Ph., Ph. D., Dean
Roland Patry, D.P.H., Assoc. Dean for Patient Care Services and Executive Assoc. Dean
Charles Seifert, Pharm.D., Regional Dean, Lubbock
Thomas Thekkumkara, Ph.D., Interim Associate Dean for Research
David Watson, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration
Sharon Mears, Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Richard Leff, Pharm.D., Regional Dean, Dallas
- Call to Order
- Dean Nelson called the meeting to order.
- Announcements
- Oren Peacock, VP of Pharmacy Relations with Eckerd Drug Company is trying to set up a conference call meeting with hospital representatives and pharmacy representatives with the THECB to discuss the shortage of pharmacists.
- SAC draft report corrected. School of Pharmacy section very positive.
- State Representative Linda Harper Brown and Senator Florence Shapiro willing to sponsor luncheon in December for SOP.
- Met with Jerry Farrington, Chairman of THECB, on November 7 regarding Dallas 4-year plan.
- Discussion with Dean Joe Dean of the Sanford University who is a consultant for the Incarnate Word, who is starting a pharmacy program. December 12 their board will be deciding whether to go forward. There will be 60-75 students in San Antonio, starting Fall 2005 on one of the hospital health system campuses in San Antonio.
- There will be a holiday function on all SOP campuses. The Amarillo campus will have a post-holiday reception.
- Facilities
- Amarillo plans for vivarium – Will obtain preliminary estimate for Dr. Mansoor Khan’s area.
- Dallas 4-year program – Will be working with Trammel Crow representative, Steven Zimmerman, to lease a facility in Dallas. Will go through the sealed bid process for facility.
- November 20 new filters will be installed in two hoods on 4th floor.
- IT Services to help install data ports in Room 208. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas a new switch will be installed.
- Administrative Issues
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- Grand opening for Academic Program building in Lubbock on November 17, 2003.
- Expecting offer for 1400 Wallace Blvd. building by end of this week.
- Clinical Tower in Lubbock to begin in March 2004.
- Amarillo Research building should be completed within 3 years.
- Ms. Shawn Morton is SOP new employee for Office of Assistant Dean for Finance.
- Pharmacy Operations - Roland Patry
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- Working on cash management plans.
- El Paso filled more prescriptions first of month than in June and July.
- 725 flu shots given between Amarillo and El Paso campus.
- Pilot program in process for electronic medical records in Lubbock.
- Chuck Seifert stated that Lubbock wants to expand Research Pharmacy.
- Fiscal Affairs - David Watson
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- No report.
- Program Development/Visionary Ideas
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- No report.
- Academic Programs
- The TTU Board of Regents approved the policy that we shall use ethnicity as part of the decision process for students, within the guidelines established by the Supreme Court of the United States. All the deans were instructed to come forth with first how they would change their admissions processes and then later to send forth a procedure of how to do this and what will be published. This has to be published by end of the calendar year to meet a state law.
- Summer Balcer reviewed the revised policies and procedures for admissions for the SOP. Added bilingualism and race to document. Final document will be presented to SOP faculty at the December 17, 2003 Faculty Meeting for approval.
- Adjournment
- Meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted by Sharon Mears