Minutes of the USU Council 1May2014

Board of Regents Conference Room

Members

Present: Dr. Charles Rice - Chair Dr. Marguerite Little-Kearney Dr. Regina Armstrong Dr. Jeffrey Longacre Dr. Simon Auster (Rep for LTC Woodson) Ms. Arta Mahboubi (Rep for Mr. Rice) Dr. Sandra Bibb Dr. Joseph McCabe (Rep for Dr. Pollard) L TC Jess Calohan Dr. Eleanor Metcalf LTC Shad Deering (Rep for Dr. Lopreiato) COL Lisa Moores Dr. Teresa Dunn-Giroux CAPT Glen Munro Dr. Robert Friedman Dr. Alison O'Brien Dr. William Gilliland COL Francis O'Connor Mr. Joshua Girton (Rep for Mr. Kaar) Dr. Paul Pasquina Col Kevin Glasz COL Jeffrey Quinlan COL Jamie Grimes Dr. Gerald Quinnan Dr. Jeffrey Harmon Mr. Tim Rapp Dr. Paul Hemmer (Rep for Dr. Pangaro) Dr. Brian Reamy Dr. Vincent Ho Dr. Carol Romano (Rep for Dean Hinshaw) CDR Arlene Hudson (Rep for CAPT Dean Patrick Sculley (On Conference Call)

Szpisjak) CAPT Mark Stephens Col Lester Huff Mr. Robert Thompson Dr. Udy Katona Ms. Patricia Kenney COL Mark Kortepeter Dr. Richard Levine

Proceedings

Dr. Robert Ursano Dr. David Welling (Rep for CAPT Elster) Dr. Christopher Zahn

The meeting was called to order at 0730 by Dr. Rice.

VPR Search Update

Dr. Charles Rice stated that he continues to discuss the VPR salary concerns with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness. Dr. Seymore Garte was recommended by Dr. Collins from NIH. Dr. Collins stated that Dr. Garte would be an excellent temporary solution until we can recruit a permanent replacement. Dr. Rice has met with Dr. Garte and will work on this temporary solution to filling the VPRposition due to Dr. Levine's upcoming retirement. Dr. Rice also thanked the VPR Search Committee for their continued efforts working through this complicated candidate search.

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USU Commencement Exercise

Dr. Charles Rice announced that the USU Commencement will be on 17 May 2014 at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall. Secretary Jessica Wright, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness will be the guest speaker. The U.S. Marine Corps band will provide music for the event. All faculty and staff are invited to attend and support our graduating students.

USU Research Days

Dr. Richard Levine reminded everyone that USU Research Days will be 14-15 May 2014. He also asked that all attendees register for the Research Days events. Ifyou miss the online registration you can register at the event when you attend. The USU Research Days events are to promote research by faculty, staff, and students at the University and its affiliate institutions.

Bushmaster Exercise

COL Francis O'Connor stated that the Bushmaster Exercise advance party had arrived at the exercise location. Students depart at 0600 on 4 May for the exercise and there are currently enough volunteer patients to complete the training. COL O'Connor expects a successful exercise and is looking forward to all the staff and faculty coming to support the event.

USU Alumni News

Dr. Charles Rice announced that some of the recent 0-7 selectees for all three services are USU alumni. COL Bert Providence (USA), CAPT David Lane (USN), and Col Bob Miller (USAF) are USU alumni that were recently selected for 0-7. This has never happened before in the University's history. Also, the Chief of Staff of the Army has selected Major General Joseph Caravalho as the Deputy Surgeon General of the Army. MG Caravalho is a USU graduate and the University looks forward to working with him in his new position.

Around the Table Update

• Dean Patrick Sculley stated that he recently met with the Army Dental Programs to bring the personnel at Ft. Gordon up to speed on faculty appointments. He also discussed the status of the Post Graduate Dental College.

• Dr. Carol Romano welcomed the 65 new Class of 2017 GSN students. The 2014 GSN graduation cohort will be smaller than usual due to the transition to the new three year program.

• Dr. Eleanor Metcalf invited everyone to attend the Graduate Student Colloquium on 14 May from 1300 to 1600. Everyone is also invited to the Bullard Lecture which will be Dr. Douglas Lowy, Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute. There will be a poster presentation session at the end of the day.

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• CAPT Mark Stephens announced that a new Memorandum ofUnderstanding has been signed between the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the University covering the University Family Health Center.

• Dr. Brian Reamy stated that Dean Kellermann has officially formed a search committee for the Chair of Pathology. The committee will be Co-Chaired by CAPT Eric Elster and Dr. Harvey Pollard.

• COL Lisa Moores announced that the entire class of 2016 has completed Step 1 with only two failures in the entire class. The mean score was at 230 which is above the national mean. The University has never been above the national mean so this is a great accomplishment. Of the two that failed, one has already taken and passed. On 15 May at 1100 in Sanford Auditorium will be the Graduation Awards Ceremony. Also, a final reminder of the USU Dining Out event will be on 30 May at 1800 in the large dining room.

• COL Francis O'Connor stated that he just returned from Lackland AFB after investigating the death of a trainee due to sickle cell trait. COL O'Connor's team provided some recommendations to improve training. His team will also be visiting the Army Ranger Training School to observe and provide recommendations to their training.

• Ms. Arta Maboubi stated that NSAB changed the light bulbs in the USU Garage to an energy saving bulb and President Rice has not been pleased with the results. NSAB did substitute some higher wattage bulbs in a test area of the garage with little to no success. There have been numerous complaints by USU faculty and staff on the limited lighting in the garage due to the change. USU Facilities and NSAB will continue to work this issue.

• Mr. Tim Rapp expressed his appreciation to all the personnel involved in the Registrar' s Information Work Group. The work has paused temporarily while paperwork is completed and processed. The Work Group will begin again in approximately three weeks. We are currently about two weeks ahead of the scheduled timeline.

• Col Kevin Glasz announced that he and Mr. Robert Thompson attended the recent retirement ceremony for General Ted Wong. The USU Medal was presented to General Wong at the ceremony. Col Glasz reiterated that award submissions be forwarded to the Brigade in time for the award to be presented here before the military member retires or departs.

• Dr. Richard Levine announced that Dr. Toya Randolph is the new Assistant Vice President for Research Administration.

• Dr. Marguerite Littleton-Kearney invited everyone to the 2014 Faye Abdellah Lecture which will be at 1000 on 7 May 2014. The speaker will be Dr. Ann Burgess, from Boston College, an expert on sexual assault.

• Dr. Gerald Quinnan stated that the Army has approved an ALP billet for an Army member to join the faculty. Dr. Rice voiced his appreciation for this accomplishment.

• L TC Shad Deering announced that the Simulation Center will be accepting 5,000 square feet of surgery space. Also, Simulation Center personnel will be going out to Bushmaster to support the exercise with simulations, cut-suits, etc.

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Meeting adjourned: 0825

Charles L. Rice, MD President & Chair

Prepared by: Mr. Ron Riddle (30 I) 295-9428 ronald.riddle.ctr@usuhs.edu

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