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Schedules in 2006:
December 12, 2006 December 11,2006 October 10, 2006 October 9, 2006 September 12, 2006 September 11,2006 August 17, 2006 June 13, 2006 June 12, 2006 April 25, 2006 April 24, 2006 March 7, 2006 March 6, 2006 January 24, 2006 January 23, 2006 January 11,2006


 

Board and Committee Meeting Schedule
January 11,2006 Time                Schedule                                     Location
8:00 am Student Affairs Committee Blazer Hall, Blazer Private Dining Room
January 23, 2006 Time
4:00 pm
6:00 pm
6:30     Dinner ~ President Tom Layzell, Council on pm      Postsecondary Education, guest
Schedule
University Hospital Committee
Social Time
Location
Wethington Building, Room 317A
Johnathan at Gratz Park, 120 West Second Street
Johnathan at Gratz Park, 120 West Second Street
January 24, 2006 Time                 Schedule                                      Location
9:00 am Investment Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 10:30 am Student Affairs Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room C 11:30 am Finance Committee            18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
12:00 pm Lunch                               18th Floor Patterson Tower, Rooms F & G
1:00 pm  Board Meeting                   18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
Schedule
Investment Committee
Time
1:30 pm
4:00      University Hospital pm        Committee
6:00
pm
Social/Dinner
March 3, 2006
Location
Student Center Annex, Room 203
Wethington Building, Room 317A
M. I. King Library, Special Collections, Great Hall


 

March 7, 2006 Time                    Schedule
8:30 am University Relations Committee 18th Floor 9:00 am Academic Affairs Committee 18th Floor 10:00 am Student Affairs Committee 18th Floor 11:00 am Human Resources Committee 18th Floor 11:15 am Finance Committee                    18th Floor
12:00 pm Lunch                                       18th Floor
1:00 pm  Board Meeting                          18th Floor
Location
Patterson Tower, Room C Patterson Tower, Room A Patterson Tower, Room C Patterson Tower, Room A Patterson Tower, Board Room Patterson Tower, Rooms F & G Patterson Tower, Board Room
April 24, 2006 Time                   Schedule                              Location
4:00 pm University Hospital Committee 317A Wethington Building
April 25, 2006 Time              Schedule                                   Location
9:00 am   Investment Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 10:30 am Audit Committee         18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room C 11:30 am Finance Committee      18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room 12:00 pm Lunch                         18th Floor Patterson Tower, Rooms F & G
1:00 pm  Board Meeting             18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
Schedule
Investment Committee
Time
1:30 pm
3:30     Hospital Design pm       Announcement
4:30 pm
6:00 pm
Reception
Social and Dinner
June 12, 2006
Location
Room 203 Student Center Annex
The Atrium ~ BBSRB Building, South Limestone at Virginia Avenue
The Atrium -- BBSRB Building
Jonathan at Gratz Park, 120 West Short Street


 

June 13, 2006 Time                    Schedule                                          Location
8:30 am Academic Affairs Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 8:30 am Human Resources Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room C 9:30 am Student Affairs Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 9:30 am University Relations Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room C 10:00 am Finance Committee                    18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
11:30 am Executive Committee                 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
12:00 pm Lunch                                       18th Floor Patterson Tower, Rooms F & G
1:00 pm  Board Meeting                          18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
August 17, 2006 Time              Schedule                                  Location
12:30 pm Nominating Committee Donamire Farm, 4151 Old Frankfort Pike 1:00 pm  Board Retreat               Donamire Farm, 4151 Old Frankfort Pike
6:00 pm  Reception                    Donamire Farm, 4151 Old Frankfort Pike
September 11, 2006 Time                   Schedule                                         Location
1:30 pm Investment Committee              Student Center Annex, Room 203
4:00 pm University Hospital Committee 317A Wethington Building 6:00 pm Social                                     Red Mile Clubhouse, 1200 Red Mile Road
6:30 pm Dinner                                    Red Mile Clubhouse, 1200 Red Mile Road
September 12, 2006 Time                   Schedule                                        Location
9:30 am Academic Affairs Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 10:00 am Human Resources Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room C 11:15 am Finance Committee                18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
12:00 pm Lunch                                   18th Floor Patterson Tower, Rooms F & G
1:00 pm  Board Meeting                       18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
October 9, 2006 Time                   Schedule                              Location
4:00 pm University Hospital Committee 317A Wethington Building


 

October 10, 2006 Time                   Schedule                                       Location
8:30 am Student Affairs Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 9:30 am Human Resources Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room C 10:15 am Academic Affairs Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 11:15 am Finance Committee                18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
12:00 pm Lunch                                   18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room F & G
1:00 pm  Board Meeting                       18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
December 11,2006 Time                   Schedule                              Location
4:00 pm University Hospital Committee 317A Wethington Building
December 12, 2006 Time                  Schedule                                         Location
8:30 am   Investment Committee           18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room H
8:30 am   Student Affairs Committee    Main Building, Visitor's Center, Plaza Level 10:00 am Academic Affairs Committee 18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room A 10:15 am Nominating Committee          18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room C
10:30 am Finance Committee                18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
12:00 pm Lunch                                   18th Floor Patterson Tower, Room F & G
1:00 pm  Board Meeting                      18th Floor Patterson Tower, Board Room
2:30 pm   Senate Holiday Reception      Art Museum 6:00 pm  Holiday Dinner                     Maxwell Place


 

AGENDA
Meeting of the Board of Trustees University of Kentucky
1:00 P.M.
January 24, 2006
18th Floor, Patterson Office Tower
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes - (Consent)
Minutes - December 13, 2005 President's Report and Action Items
PR 1       President's Report to the Trustees
College of Medicine Report - Dean Jay Perman PR 2       Personnel Actions (Consent) PR 3       Appointment of Provost PR 4       Proposed Amendment to the Governing Regulations (Ethical Principles and
Code of Conduct)
PR 5       Proposed Amendment to the Governing Regulations (Student Affairs Section) PR 6       Report on Results of Alumni Member Election PR 7       Honorary Degree Recipients
Finance Committee Report
FCR 1     American College of Chest Physicians and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals
Gifts (Consent)
FCR 2    Barnstable-Brown Diamond Derby, Inc. Pledge (Consent) FCR 3    Louise Harrison Shouse Gift to the Gatton College of Business and Economics
(Consent)
FCR 4    Louise Harrison Shouse Gift to the College of Fine Arts (Consent) FCR 5     Judith M. Janssen Gift and Pledge (Consent) FCR 6    Pledge from the Estate of Janet H. Koller for the Janet H. Koller Research and
Development Endowment (Consent) FCR 7    Pledge from the Estate of Janet H. Koller for the Priority Research Endowment
(Consent)
FCR 8    Barbara N. Slevin Gift and Pledge (Consent) FCR 9    Gifts and Pledges to the Clifford J. Swauger, Jr. Summer Graduate Fellowship
Endowment Fund (Consent)
FCR 10  Zantker Charitable Foundation Pledge (Consent) FCR 11   Establishment of College of Agriculture Tobacco Settlement Quasi-Endowment


 

FCR 12  Approval of Lease FCR 13   Sale of an Investment
Investment Committee Report Student Affairs Committee Report University Hospital Committee Report
Other Business Adjourn


 

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky, Tuesday, January 24, 2006.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington time) on Tuesday, January 24, 2006, in the Board Room on the 18th Floor of Patterson Office Tower.
A.        Meeting Opened
Mr. James Hardymon, Chair, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. and asked Ms. Barbara Jones, Assistant Secretary, to call the roll.
B.         Roll Call
The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: Mira Ball, Stephen Branscum, Penny Brown, Dermontti Dawson, Jeff Dembo, Marianne Smith Edge, Rebecca A. Ellingsworth, Ann Haney, James Hardymon (Chair), Billy Joe Miles, Roy Moore, Phillip Patton, Frank Shoop, Myra Leigh Tobin, JoEtta Wickliffe, Billy Wilcoxson, Russ Williams, and Barbara Young. Absent from the meeting were Pamela May and Steven Reed. The university administration was represented by President Lee T. Todd, Jr., Interim Provost Scott Smith, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Frank Butler, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Michael Karpf, Executive Vice President for Research Wendy Baldwin, and General Counsel Barbara W. Jones.
Members of the various news media were also in attendance.
Mr. Hardymon announced that a quorum was present. He noted that Mr. Reed may be arriving late; however, Ms. May would not be attending the meeting. He declared the meeting officially open for the conduct of business at 1:03 p.m. and asked the Board to refer to their agenda.
C.         Consent Items
Mr. Hardymon called attention to the consent items on the agenda: Minutes of the December 13, 2005 meeting, PR 2 - Personnel Actions, and ten items, FCR 1 through 10, listed under the Finance Committee. He asked for a motion for approval of the consent items. Mr. Miles moved approval. Mr. Shoop seconded his motion, and it carried without dissent. (See PR 2 and FCR 1 through 10 at the end of the Minutes.)
Mr. Hardymon said that there would be a minor modification to the agenda. He said that he was going to have Ms. Wickliffe, Chair of the Finance Committee, make the committee's report last on the agenda. He then called on President Todd for his report.


 

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D.        President's Report to the Trustees (PR 1)
President Todd called attention to PR 1 and said he would highlight a few things for the Board.
     The Clinical Psychology program was ranked 151 in the nation. This ranking is 26 among all public and private universities but 15th among public universities.
     The Task Force on Racial Diversity and Equality has been formed. The Task Force has met, and a report is due to President Todd by the end of December.
     The UK Health and Wellness Program won the Everett Koop National Health Award. UK is one of only three universities to receive such an award since its inception. UK's program has some great statistics. There has been a 53 percent increase in the number of women that are having mammograms. There has also been an increase in the number of people exercising. The innovative program has received measurable results.
     Sixty-four physicians at the Chandler Medical Center have been named to the list of Best Doctors of America. UK has more physicians on the list than any other hospital or medical center in the state.
    A network of Drug Endangered Child teams will be created throughout southern and eastern Kentucky to help ensure the safety of children exposed to drug use and production. This is an example of how the university has used its extension program to do health extension throughout the state. This project is a Commonwealth collaborative looking at endangered children exposed to things such as methamphetamine. UK is working with the 5th Congressional District UNITE program established by Congressman Hal Rogers. UK has received a $362,128 grant for this project. This shows that if the university selects problems in Kentucky with which the people of the Commonwealth are passionately concerned, the funding will follow.
    UK's School of Journalism and Telecommunications is one of six schools in the country to partner with the Aspen Institute to take part in the U.S. Department of State Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program. President Todd attended a summit meeting that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings had in Washington. At this meeting the announcement was made of the six schools being part of this program. The University of Kentucky was in the middle of the six schools announced. President Todd said that it gave him a moment of satisfaction, and he is very proud of that effort.


 

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    Under Dr. Michael Karpf s leadership, the Jack and Linda Gill Heart Institute is partnering with Rockcastle Hospital in Mount Vernon to expand UK's knowledge in patient care throughout the state of Kentucky. The expressed goal of helping those communities is to keep their patients in their home communities. When there are severe problems that the home communities cannot handle, patients come to UK.
     The "Wildcat Watch" program is an effort by Don Witt's organization, the Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar, to try to get faculty and staff to become more involved in the university's enrollment process. This effort may even extend to some Board members because personal touch is important, especially for a lot of the top students that UK wants to get.
    Winter College 2006 is going to happen in Naples, Florida. This is the first time UK has offered Winter College in Naples. Some of UK's top faculty members will go to Naples and offer some courses to many of the alumni and friends of UK who live in Naples. President Todd said that there was a lot of excitement about program, and he is eager to attend it.
     The Integrated Resource Information Systems (IRIS) Project implemented the student accounting module one year ahead of the planned schedule. President Todd said that there are horror stories about the implementation of IT systems throughout other universities where programs do not happen ahead of schedule and within budget. He gave Dr. Phyllis Nash and her team credit for how that situation is being handled at UK.
E.        Development Report
President Todd asked Mike Richey, Associate Vice President for Development, to give a report about the development year that ended December 2005.
Mr. Richey said that he was happy to report that the university had a good year in 2005. UK added $138 million in gifts, expectancies, and pledges to the campaign total. UK now stands at $862 million, which is well on the way to the $1 billion goal scheduled to end in December 2007. He noted that it may be possible to finish the campaign a little earlier than that date.
Mr. Richey said he was also encouraged that a five-year annual giving plan had been put in place. The plan started in July 2005, and in the first six months of this fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2005, UK received almost 25,000 in gifts from alumni, friends, corporations, and other sources as compared to 23,000 a year ago. This represents an 8 percent increase.


 

Mr. Richey said that there is still a lot of work to do. There is about $36 million on the table for RCTF, and there are a number of proposals out. It is hopeful that by June 30, 2006, most of those dollars, if not all of them, will be committed.
Mr. Richey concluded his remarks by saying that "yesterday is history so we have got to focus upon today and tomorrow. And second, with success come higher and higher and higher expectations for this president and for this Board chairman, but we are o.k. with that because we know UK is worthy." Mr. Richey received a round of applause.
President Todd thanked Mr. Richey and said that he appreciated the good job that he is doing. He said that Mr. Mobley had pointed out that once you get through the first round of investors it gets a little tougher, but to peak again at this time is just tremendous. This was the largest year in UK's history.
President Todd said that he had not heard Mr. Richey reset his goals for the end of 2006. Mr. Richey surprised him last year when he raised the goal to $850,000 and then beat that goal by $12 million. That is a tremendous achievement, and Mr. Richey and his team are to be congratulated.
F.        Update on President Lee Todd's Objectives
President Todd said that he wanted to give the Board a six-month update on his objectives for the academic year 2005-06. He then reviewed and elaborated on the objectives.
Objective 1. Continue working toward the achievement of the six goals that were established in the Strategic Plan
Goal I was to reach for national prominence. He reported that four of the five indicators for this goal have been achieved, with only one remaining, and that is the SAP [IRIS] implementation, which is moving along.
Goal II was to attract and graduate outstanding students. UK's composite score last year for the freshman class was 24.6 on the ACT, the highest in over a decade. This is even in light of the fact that UK has about 1,000 more students in the freshman class than a decade ago.
Preliminary results also show that the first-to-second-year retention rate improved from 78.4 percent to 78.9 percent. Those retention rates are challenging to move up, but they were 77.1 percent in 2003. This is a testament to some of the activities to make this big place feel smaller.
Goal III was to attract, develop, and retain a distinguished faculty. With the Board's, the Governor's, and the legislature's help last year, UK was able to provide a 3.7 percent increase in faculty salaries. This increase will help keep


 

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some of the distinguished faculty. He referred to a hospital report that had been sent out recently from Dr. Karpf. The report lists faculty hired in the Medical Center. Five are from Harvard University, and others are from additional distinguished universities. President Todd said that he would give a more definitive report about faculty near the end of the year.
Goal IV was to discover, share, and apply new knowledge. At the end of December, Dr. Baldwin indicated that UK is up 2 percent over last year's research funding total, which is pretty phenomenal. UK is down 6.5 percent in federal funding, but with NIH budgets being cut and NSF budgets being cut at the national level, to be anywhere close to last year's percentage is very good progress. At the end of December, UK had done $171 million worth of grants and contracts, up 2 percent in total.
Goal V was nurturing diversity. There is apiece of good news here. UK has received the preliminary status report from the Council on Postsecondary Education on its Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) objectives. UK did not achieve the EEO objectives last year. Based on the 2004-05 year, UK appears to meet six of the eight objectives, therefore, being eligible for implementing new programs.
President Todd noted that the formation of the Task Force he previously mentioned represents another effort to achieve Goal V. Several offers are out to African American faculty. UK did receive acceptance of an offer in the College of Law from an African American female who is an attorney with the Job Core in Washington, DC. She will be joining the faculty next year, and there are several other efforts in place.
Goal VI was to elevate the quality of life for Kentuckians. President Todd said that the twenty-four Commonwealth Collaboratives announced will be led by some very distinguished faculty that will be reaching out across the state. He said that he had asked the staff to make a map to show where these collaborators will begin in Kentucky.
This goal also includes some intellectual property activities. UK granted 20 licenses over the last twelve months, doubling the number of licenses a year ago. This shows signs of improvement.
President Todd referred again to Goal V to talk about recruiting African American students. He reminded the Board that eight new positions in recruiting and admissions have been created. Six of those positions have been filled. The seventh is in the final stages of being filled, and the eighth position is the support position for the seventh position. Those positions should close near the same time.


 

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Those eight positions are targeted toward the African American student recruitment. There has been an additional $500,000 implemented in diversity scholarships this year. These scholarships have enhanced some of the scholarships that UK offers to make it more competitive and to offer some additional scholarships.
Objective 2. Manage costs to ensure UK performs to the budget. That is an ongoing process, with special oversight of the hospital. Those who attended the University Hospital Committee meeting on Monday could see that the hospital is in good shape.
Objective 3. Provide oversight to the Athletics Department. It does not say anything about wins and losses or victories. It just says avoid major NCAA violations, and that has been done. That one is always ongoing.
Objective 4. Fill the provost position. The Board should have read all the positive comments that show the faculty and staff feel extremely good about the appointment of Dr. Kumble Subbaswamy as provost. Dr. Subbaswamy could not attend the Board meeting because of pressures with his current job. He will be coming to campus about one day a week starting fairly soon. His appointment will begin on July 1 officially.
Objective 5. Improve communications with the Board, faculty, staff, and students. President Todd indicated that he was not sure he had all the details on this objective, but major initiatives have been made with this objective this year. There have been small groups and individual Board of Trustees members receiving briefings on the Top 20 Business Plan and on the hospital expansion plans.
President Todd reported that he has met with the faculty and staff of ten colleges. He meets with the entire faculty, mainly to talk about the Top 20 Business Plan and anything else they want to talk about. In addition to these meetings, he and his wife, Patsy, have hosted four breakfast sessions at Maxwell Place. Thirty faculty and staff have been invited to attend each session. The faculty and staff are nominated by the deans. These sessions include 30 minutes of social time and an hour talking about the university.
President Todd said that he had attended ninety-five faculty meetings and forty-seven student-related meetings and activities, as well as a lot of others. His time involved with faculty and staff activities is being tracked better than last year, and he is doing a lot more.
Objective 6. Lead the various groups in resolving the Hilary J. Boone Center restoration questions. President Todd said that he will be getting more active on that issue. He has put it on his list of needs that was sent to Frankfort, but somehow it got dropped off of the list that was proposed by the Governor. He believes that was a


 

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technical issue, along with all of the other food projects that were dropped off the list, too. The staff is now trying to get it back on the list as a technical amendment.
The request was to do two phases of the center's renovation. Phase one is to enhance the footprint of the facility by cleaning it out and putting it back on square to give better seating, better accommodations, and electronic displays, and to make it more appealing so that it will be at least a breakeven situation, if not profitable. His thinking now is to go forward with phase one on that project. He said that he has numbers for it, and he would give the Board a more definitive presentation, probably in another month.
Objective 7. Continue to develop relationships with Kentucky State Government segments. President Todd reported that he had met with over 100 legislators on the Top 20 issue and the Top 20 Business Plan in particular. He met with a lot of them on the preliminary side of it, and several of them after it had been done. In many cases, he has met with them in a one-on-one session throughout the last six months.
Over 70 legislators, along with 45 staff members, attended the University of Kentucky Advocacy Network (UKAN) meeting in Frankfort a few weeks ago. All of the members of the house leadership attended the meeting as well as all but one of the members of the senate leadership. It was quite a marvelous event. President Todd thanked Steve Byars and Rachel Webb for their successful efforts with the event because the legislators had to be bused from the state Capital over to the History Center. It was one of those things that the legislators could easily have chosen not to do.
President Todd reported that he had several meetings with the Governor and several of his cabinet members on the Top 20 issue in particular and the Top 20 Business Plan. He noted that he has spent a lot of time in Frankfort. He mentioned that he would be speaking to the Economic Development Committee the Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. if any of the Board members wanted to attend.
Objective 8. Work with the Development Office to increase endowment dollars and expand the donor base. President Todd said that Mr. Richey had covered the donor base earlier in the meeting. With regard to the endowment, it is now at $587 million, which is a significant increase if you look back prior to HB 1 and the formation of the "Bucks for Brains" program, when the endowment was under $200 million.
To be close to $600 million and triple the endowment in a tough financial time is a real commendation, not only to Mr. Richey and Mr. Mobley but also to the Investment Committee. This achievement was noted earlier with respect to the decisions that the Investment Committee has made in the last several years, and the way the money has been invested. A lot of credit has to be given to Mr. Wilcoxson and the team for getting the endowment where it is today.
Objective 9. After working with outside consultants, Board members, and internal personnel, present to the Board in 2005-06 a plan for obtaining Top 20 status. President Todd said that he has been extremely pleased with the way the business plan


 

has entered into conversations throughout Frankfort and the state. He mentioned several instances in which that occurred. Even while he was Christmas shopping, people stopped him to make positive comments about the Top 20 Business Plan. He said that he had an interview with Bloomberg News, and meetings are set up with the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and The Chronicle of Higher Education in February. He expressed appreciation for the faculty and staff support and said it had been tremendous. He will continue his work in selling the plan in Frankfort.
Objective 10. Complete a Strategic Plan for 2006-09 during this year. President Todd reported that he is working with Interim Provost Scott Smith and Vice President Connie Ray in putting together five subcommittees that will represent the engagement arena as well as the four domains that are being measured in the Top 20 Business Plan. Those groups will be asked to develop strategies that close the gaps in retention, that close the gaps in research, and that close the gaps in the other parameters that have been measured. That plan should be completed by the end of June, and a presentation will be made to the Board.
President Todd expressed pleasure in providing the Board with an interim report about his objectives and said he appreciated for the opportunity to do it. He asked for any questions about any part of his report, and there were no questions.
Mr. Hardymon reminded the Board of the evaluation process. The Board decided to have this mid-year report. Each Board member will be asked to give written or verbal comments to him on the objectives as the year comes to a finish. That will be sometime prior to the June meeting. President Todd will send a letter to the Board commenting on how he has done because the Board will use these 10 objectives for the evaluation for his bonus. Mr. Hardymon said that he will summarize the Board's comments and present them to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will report back to the Board. That is the Board's process, and it is going well. He commented that he feels good about the process.
Mr. Hardymon noted that the Board has to start thinking about next year and other objectives. Some of these objectives like number one may stay on the list. He thanked President Todd for the report.
G.        College of Medicine Report
President Todd asked Dean Jay Perman, College of Medicine, to give a report about the college. He mentioned that this is a continuing series of deans' appearances and expressed appreciation to Dean Perman for taking the time to come to the Board meeting.
Dean Jay Perman provided the Board of Trustees with an overview/update on the College of Medicine (COM). He pointed out that the college is dependent on an outstanding group of people numbering approximately 3,500  faculty, staff, resident physicians, and students  to advance its three missions of education,


 

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research/scholarship, and clinical care and service. The college is fully intent on being a "triple threat" medical school which excels in all of the missions. The college, in other words, will not sacrifice any one mission for the sake of the other two. Dean Perman then reported on progress and challenges in advancing each of the missions.
Education. The college oversees postgraduate (residency) training for approximately 500 trainees in diverse medical specialties. The college has recently achieved full five-year accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for its residency programs. In undergraduate medical education, entering medical students have an average MCAT of 29.4, a number which has steadily risen over the last three years. In addition, the medical students on average exceed national first-time pass percentage and scores following the first two years of medical school and perform near average after the fourth year of medical school. Despite more than acceptable performance and subsequent success of the medical students based on national measures, COM faculty are in the midst of a complete reassessment of the curriculum to be certain that it addresses the question "What does it mean to be a doctor?" The faculty is particularly looking for more optimal ways to integrate basic and clinical sciences; to seek as many opportunities as possible for longitudinal learning experiences with specific patients and families across the four years of medical schools; and ways to assure that they are teaching medical students to be nice.
Research. Total contracts and grants have grown from $70 million in 2001 to $122 million in 2005. Percentage-wise, these numbers represent 40.5 percent and 44.5 percent of the total contracts and grants dollars of UK. Thus, the COM understands and is committed to its responsibility to the overall university's ambition to be a Top 20 research university. The College of Medicine has demonstrated, using the metric of NIH dollars, that Top 20 status is absolutely achievable by the institution. Five basic science and four clinical departments (out of 22 total departments) currently enjoy Top 20 status. Furthermore, COM moved from 35th to 31st among public medical schools this past year in total NIH dollars awarded. It is important to realize that, when measured by total NIH dollars per full-time faculty member, the COM already exceeds the level obtained by the 20th-ranked public medical school. Since total NIH dollars is the metric used in ranking medical schools, the COM will grow in stature principally by a