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Minutes

May 26, 2004

IN ATTENDANCE:

David Allen, Summer Balcer, Gary Collins, Sherry Luedtke, Arthur Nelson, Roland Patry, Cindy Raehl, Quentin Smith, Thomas Thekkumkara, Neels Van der Schyf, Chuck Seifert, David Watson, Sharon Mears

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Richard Leff, Jim Tsikouris

  1. Announcements - Dean Nelson


    1. Gary Collins resigning his position with SOP effective June 7, 2004.
    2. Brief overview of the Environmental Scanning Committee Meeting analysis report. Report will be forwarded to the SOP faculty.
    3. University of Florida will be offering a Pharm.D. degree within the State of Texas through internet instruction.
    4. Texas A&M Kingsville SOP moving forward with petition to the THECB.
    5. Reorganization plan for the SOP will maintain two departments. Dean Nelson will be scheduling informal faculty meetings in June to discuss the structure with the SOP faculty.
    6. Staff Member of Year Nominee Certificates given to Lynn Finkenbinder, Cynthia Parker and Sue Ussery at the Executive Committee Meeting.
    7. Lipman Hearne, marketing consulting firm, will be developing a strategy for a marketing plan for TTU and TTUHSC. Members of the firm will be in Amarillo on June 21, 2004 to meet with Deans and Associate Deans and also a separate meeting with Department Chairs of the SOM, SOA and SOP.

  2. Roundtable


    1. Neels Van der Schyf
      1. No report.
    2. David Watson
      1. Moving forward on confocal microscope installation. Microscope will be temporarily located in common equipment room in basement of SOP.
      2. Update on SOP contracts.
      3. June 4, 2004 at 6:00 pm the electrical power will be shut down on the Amarillo SOP campus. All lab and office computers are to be shut down at 5:00 pm.
    3. David Allen
      1. No report.
    4. Sherry Luedtke
      1. No report.
    5. Quentin Smith
      1. No report.
    6. Summer Balcer
      1. Meeting on June 11, 2004 on progressions.
      2. Feedback from Executive Committee members regarding the hooding ceremony and graduation in Lubbock for 2004.
    7. Thomas Thekkumkara
      1. Research Days are scheduled for July 29-30, 2004.
      2. Research Strategy Planning Meeting scheduled for June 4, 2004.
      3. Deadline for research abstracts is July 5, 2004.
    8. Cynthia Raehl
      1. IHA Director of Research candidate, Dr. Paula Grammas will be in Amarillo on June 9.
    9. Roland Patry
      1. Expanding patient care services platforms in Lubbock.
    10. Chuck Seifert
      1. Pharmacy operations moving to main TTUHSC campus in Lubbock.
      2. Telepharmacy possibly expanding to Morton and Earth, Texas.

  3. Committee Member Evaluation Form - Dean Nelson


    1. Executive Committee members made recommendations to Dean Nelson for completion of form.

  4. Meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

Respectfully submitted by Sharon Mears

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