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August 28, 2002

The Meeting was called to order by Dr. Nelson at 4:00 P.M.

The School of Pharmacy currently has seventy eligible voting members (two-thirds of the faculty constitutes 47 votes). There were 55 faculty members attending the meeting. The following faculty members present were:

Thomas Abbruscato
Fakhrul, Ahsan
Nicholas Blanchard
Cab Bond
Carolyn Bouma
Sara Brouse
Venita Bowie
Gary Collins
Michelle Condren
Craig Cox
Joel Epps
Allyson Gaylor
Shane Greene
Jim Griener
Krystal Haase
Mark Haase
Butch Habeger
Jamie Jolly
Mansoor Khan
Ranee Lenz

Valerie Levi
Eric MacLaughlin
Reza Mehvar
Bala Nadesan
Roland Patry
Cindy Raehl
Kathy Snella
Jim Stoll
Teresa Sterling
Thomas Thekkumkara
Brian Irons
Charles Seifert
Rebecca Sleeper
Jim Tsikouris
Angela Treadway
Maumi Villarreal
Jon Weidanz
Celestin Yovan


  1. Announcements (20 minutes) - Dr. Arthur Nelson

    1. Research Day Poster Award Presentation

      Dr. Thekkumkara presented the Pharm Sci Research Poster Awards to Dr. Jon Weidanz and Dr. Thomas Abbruscato

      Pharmacy Practice awards went to Dr. Jim Tsikouris and Chis Martin in Lubbock

      Dr. Nelson presented the Crystal Apple awards to Dr. Mansoor Khan and Dr. Eric MacLaughlin as outstanding Executive Committee Members

    2. Dr. Nelson announced that Dr. Bob Supernaw will be leaving Texas Tech. He will assume the duties as the Founding Dean of the School of Pharmacy Wingate University, effective October 1, 2002.

      Dr. Sherry Luedtke will be the new Associate Dean of Professional Affairs, effective September 1, 2002. Congratulations, Dr. Luedtke.

    3. Dr. Nelson gave the State of the School address - see attachment

  2. Approval of the minutes from the previous faculty meeting (0 minutes)

    Motion made by Joel Epps, seconded by Dr.Raehl, unanimous approval

  3. Old Business (2 minutes)
    1. Bylaw change-to remove the Department Chairs as Ex-Officio members of the Assessment Committee. The changes had been circulated to faculty members for review. Chuck Seifert moved that the faculty accept the changes as written. Motion passed
  4. Report From Standing Committees (20 minutes)

    1. Student Affairs - Dr. Jon Weidanz (2 minutes)

      The committee will be addressing the issue of plagiarism at their next meeting and have a report at the next faculty meeting

    2. Student Assessment of Learning - Dr. Mark Haase

      Dr. Haase announced that the assessment exam has been scheduled for

      January 10, 2003. The questions for the exam are due in the Assessment Office by October 4, 2002. The review committee will review the questions on Friday Nov. 15 and Sat. Nov. 16, 2002.

    3. Faculty Affairs - Dr. Charles Seifert (5 minutes)

      Dr. Seifert reported that there are several By Law changes that are being proposed. For those chairs proposing changes remember changes have to go through the

      Faculty Affairs committee and circulated to the faculty before the faculty meeting.

      There are five people coming up for promotion tenure, three from the Pharmacy Practice department and two from Pharmaceutical Sciences.

      Announcement = The Chancellors Councils Award are again being awarded this year. These are substantial cash awards of $10,000.00. Each university on each campus have two awards each year, one for a education and one for research. The only requirement that Dr. Seifert is aware of is that you need to be employed for six years or less. Department Chairs need to get nominations to Chuck so he can send those to the committee. Final nominations need to be to the correct committee by October 18, 2002.

    4. Curricular Affairs - Dr. Krystal Haase

      Dr. Haase has some By Law revisions that she will get to the committee so they can be reviewed and faculty can vote on them at the next faculty meeting. Any questions should be forwarded to Dr. Krystal Haase so that she can facilitate the process with the Faculty Affairs Committee.

    5. Faculty Development - Dr. Sherry Luedtke

      The Faculty Development met in July and discussed a variety of things. One topic was not having a full day for Faculty Development but rather doing an "Al A Carte" type thing with several different mini sessions in different areas. Dr. Luedtke will be sending out emails early in September asking for ideas on topics and locations.

  5. Report From Departments (10 minutes)

    1. Pharmacy Practice - Dr. Cindy Raehl

      Dr. Raehl introduced the nine new Pharmacy Practice faculty members.

      From the school perspective, for notice to the entire faculty, the Healthy Aging Institute of Texas Tech has had substantial grant process and have now completed phase one and Dr. Raehl would like to publicly acknowledge Dr. Reza Mevar and Dr. Roland Patry who served as part of the internal review team. The faculty is to be commended for their fine efforts. A great opportunity for each of the faculty is that we now have a Medicine Fellowship at the Amarillo campus.

    2. Phrmaceutical Sciences - Dr. Quentin Smith - (Dr. Mevar reporting)

      Dr. Mevar welcomed new faculty members to the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

      Dr. Mevar recognized department members who received grant funding

      The Pharmaceutical Sciences Department has a number of grants ongoing.

  6. Associate Deans' Reports (30 minutes)

    1. Patient Care Services - Dr. Roland Patry

      Pass in lieu of time

    2. Experiential Programs - Mr. Garry Collins

      The committee had a Joint Commission on intern programs meeting the week prior to this meeting. The Preceptor dinners for all three campuses are complete and Mr. Collins wanted to thank the faculty for not only precepting the students and doing a wonderful job with that, but attending the dinners.

    3. Research Programs - Dr. Thomas Thekkumkara

      Dr. Katherine Sandberg of Georgetown will be serving as a consultant to the School of Pharmacy faculty regarding proposals for research grants.

      Regarding the animal use for research, effective September 1, 2002, Dr. Frank Chapelll will be the director for the animal facilities.

    4. Regional Dean in Lubbock - Dr. Charles Seifert

      The Telepharmacy program is about to go live.

      Dr. Rebecca Sleeper Irons has been elected as Fellow of the American Society of Health Pharmacists. Dr. Jim Tsikouris received a grant from South Plains Foundation.

    5. Regional Dean in Dallas - Dr. Richard Leff

      Pass in lieu of time

  7. Ad Hoc Committees

    1. Technology Advisory Committee - Dr. Bala Nadesan

      The funds for technology has been approved

    2. Continuing Education Advisory Committee - Dr. Shane Greene

      Dr. Greene wanted to remind everyone of the CE Web page that lists the entire current CE programming.

    3. Research Advisory committee - Dr. Jim Tsikouris

      Dr. Tsikouris ask that the faculty consider changing the Research Advisory Committee from an Ad Hoc to a standing committee which would require a change in the By Laws and this will be brought forth at the next meeting

  8. New Business - Issues from the Faculty At large

    El Paso - The Out Patient Pharmacy filled almost 100 prescriptions

  9. Standing Motion to Adjourn

    Meeting adjourned at 5:42 PM

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