The Faculty/Staff Newsletter at The University of Texas

FALCON
The Faculty/Staff Newsletter at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
September 2013, Vol. 1 Iss. 1
Welcome Falcon Family!
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the FALCON. Here
at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, there are
so many exciting changes and unprecedented growth, we
wanted to share with those who make this possible- you!
As we discuss the accomplishments of the University
today, we’ll also revisit the inaugural years of UTPB to see
truly how far we’ve come since the doors opened in 1973.
In our 40th year, the University is poised to take the
next giant step forward. Mechanical and Petroleum
Engineering prepare students for immediate careers
in energy. Our new BSN degree in Nursing provides
registered nurses for the rapidly growing health care
industry and the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center
continues to transform the cultural landscape.
Over half of the public school teachers and
administrators in West Texas have received degrees
or certifications from UTPB. The University has an
$160,404,200 net economic impact on the Permian Basin.
As a valued member of the UTPB community in
your role as faculty and staff, you recognize the impact
of UTPB on the workforce, culture, and educational
enrichment in the Permian Basin. We hope you enjoy the
connection to campus and your colleagues.
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Enrollment
1,112 students
vs.
4,100 students
Athletics
Three teams
vs.
Thirteen teams
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin logo from
the past. In 1973, “Chargers” was the name chosen to typify the
attitude of the young university, seen above in the rugby team
logo. The rugby team was used as a recruiting and publicity
tool to bring more attention to the young instituion.
1973
vs.
2013
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Books
130, 616
vs.
250,000+
Budget
$7,027,891
vs.
$26,754,030
PAST TO PRESENT
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1. Backers of UTPB gather on April 18, 1972 to celebrate the beginning of construction on the permanent buildings
by releasing countless orange and white balloons. 2. Officials break ground on June 3, 2013 for Phase VI, the final
phase of apartment style student housing. Phase VI includes 198 bedrooms and is expected to be completed by
Fall 2014. 3. A member of the 1973 Chargers basketball team attempts a shot. The Chargers played in the Industrial
League. 4. UTPB point guard Xavier Martin puts up a shot. Martin was selected as All-Heartland Conference men’s
basketball honorable mention. 5. Student Sonny Ryerson identifies unknown compounds in organic chemistry on a gas
chromatograph. 6. UTPB students today have much more modern technology, including laptops, available to help
with similar scientific tasks. 7. Construction on Phase I on campus begins. Architects meant to achieve a “mesa” look
designed to be a giant piece of sculpture, a work of art. 8. The Mesa Building today remains the anchor of UTPB’s
campus. 9. Student Bob Palmer puts the finishing touches on his oil painting. Art students were housed in a warehouse
building near campus while the permanent facilities were under construction. 10. A group of students admire a piece
of art in the Nancy Fyfe Cardozier gallery which opened in 2000. The gallery holds exhibitions throughout the year.
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The world is taking notice of
The University of Texas
of the Permian Basin.
Alumni exceed the
state average salary
one year after
graduation
(College for All Texans’
Report)
$
Greater percentage
of students employed
or attending
graduate school
after graduation than
other Texas Schools
(THECB)
#1
One
One of the least
of 13
expensive Texas
schools in
Texas to
public, four-year
achieve institution for all college
full accreditation
expenses including tuition 2012 & 2013 Kaplan
by the National Council of
and fees
Award Winners,
Accreditation of Teacher
Education for its College
of Education
(College for All Texans’ Report)
awarded to the top first
year medical student in
Texas, are UTPB grads
2013 U.S. News & World Report Public University Rankings
Online Bachelor’s
Master's
Programs
University
1st 1st
&
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Local organizations support the emerging petroleum engineering program
PBIOS
In March, The Permian
Basin International Oil Show
(PBIOS)presented President
David Watts with $50,000 to be
used for Petroleum Engineering
Scholarships.
“We are grateful to the Oil Show
board for this extraordinary support
for our engineering students and
their recognition of the critical role
that our graduates can play within
the energy industry,” said President
Watts.
UTPB partners with Presidio to create first all virtual
early college high school
Texas’ first entirely virtual early college high school – a partnership
between The University of Texas of the Permian Basin and Presidio
Independent School District – has been awarded a $215,000 grant from
The Meadows Foundation.
Early college high school programs give students the opportunity to
earn up to 60 hours of college credit while earning a high school diploma at
the same time. College courses are free to students.
Presidio High School’s Early College High School is not the state’s first
early college high school, but it is the first 100 percent online program,
Students have their own classroom at Presidio High School, and receive
support and supervision from school staff.
About 45 freshmen enrolled last fall, and 100 percent of them passed
their college courses, Watts said.
“We’re delighted with the relationship with Presidio ISD,” he said. “We
hope to turn this into a model that would serve all of rural Texas.
The grant money from The Meadows Foundation, a private
philanthropic institution based in Dallas, will be used for start-up planning
and development expenses and to defray travel costs for Presidio students
and teachers who attend a summer “bridge” program on the UT Permian
Basin campus, Watts said.
C02 Conference
In May, the C02 Conference
presented UTPB with a check for
$32,890. This check brought the total
donation from the C02 Conference
to $120,937, exceeding the initial
$100,000 pledge.
The FALCON is a publication of
the Development Office.
Editor:
Abigail Kauffman
Contributors:
Lee Anna Good
Maribea Merritt
Gina Cole
Ryan Haage
Caron Perkins
Travis Woodward
Shawna Buckley
Rafael Aguilera
To make your voice heard, send
news and notes to kauffman_a@
utpb.edu or call 552-2801.
Submission deadlines are the
third Monday every month.
FALCON SPOTLIGHT
Get to know your coworkers in the Falcon Spotlight. Each month a new campus
community member (hatchling) and a veteran (high flier) will be featured.
Hank Herrick
Derek Catsam
Position and time at UTPB:
Training Coordinator, 4 months
Hometown:
New Martinsville, WV
Family and Furries:
Wife: Tachaunda, 2 daughters: Jasmine & Yasmeen
Astrological Sign:
Gemini
Favorite concert you ever attended?
Waylon Jennings
If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would
you meet?
Hank Williams Sr.
If you could witness any event, past, present or
future, what would it be?
First appearance of Hank Williams Sr. at the Grand
Ole Opry, June 11, 1949
If they were to make a movie about your life, who
would play you?
John Wayne
Who was your first celebrity crush?
Pam Greer
If you could break one bad habit, what would it be?
Taking life a little too seriously sometimes.
Position and time at UTPB:
Associate Professor of History, 9 years
Hometown:
Newport, New Hampshire
Family and Furries:
Wife: Ana Martinez-Catsam, five cats, godson/
nephew: George
Astrological Sign:
Aries
What’s the most played song on your iPod?
Likely something by the Replacement, SleaterKinney, Husker Du, U2 or possibly something
African as my work takes me to southern Africa
If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would
you meet?
Nelson Mandela
What dish do you regularly order at a Mexican food
restaurant?
Having a regular order is boring!
If they were to make a movie about your life, who
would play you?
Clooney? Pitt?
If you could break one bad habit, what would it be?
Late night snacking. Biting my nails.
Hatchling
High Flier
Want to be in the spotlight? Know a coworker who should be recognized? A hatchling and a high flier will be featured
monthly! Contact Abbie Kauffman in the Development Office at kauffman_a@utpb.edu or 552-2801 for submission details.
Welcome New
Falcons
to
Since May, there have been many new additions to our Falcon Family.
We want to welcome you to UTPB and the Permian Basin!
Dr. Perla Abrego, Assistant Professor- Spanish
Ms. Robyn Braun, Assistant Professor- Kinesiology
Ms. Nydia Cabra, Athletic Trainer
Dr. Emily Farris, Assistant Professor- Psychology
Mr. Aldo Garcia, Lecturer-Chemistry
Dr. Rachel Harlow, Assistant Professor- Communication
Dr. Kevin Harris, Assistant Professor- Psychology
Mr. Scott Millichamp, Lecturer- Music
Dr. Michelle Pence, Assistant Professor- Communication
Dr. Douglas Young, Senior Lecturer- Physics
Dr. Quan Yuan, Assistant Professor- Computer Science
Dr. Shih Chou, Associate Professor-Management
Dr. Daniel Haskin, Associate Professor- Accounting
Dr. Robert Morrison, Visiting Lecturer- Management
Dr. Mahmoud ELsharaf, Lecturer- Petroleum Engineering
Dr. Maria Avalos, Assistant Professor- Counseling Ed.
Dr. William Kritsonis, Professor- Educational Leadership
Dr. Elizabeth Murakami, Associate Dean Ed. Leadership
Dr. Dorothy Duncan, Assistant Professor- Nursing
Ms. Cassandra McDorman, Lecturer- Nursing
Ms. Catherine Northrup, Assistant Professor- Nursing
Ms. Patricia Stoltz, Lecturer- Nursing
Ms. Sarah Banschbach, English Adjunct
Ms. Margaret Boyd, Kinesiology Adjunct
Mr. Gregory Flum, Geology Adjunct
Ms. Stephanie Fuller, Math Adjunct
Ms. Melissa Graham, Music Adjunct
Ms. Katie Groneman, English Adjunct
Mr. Thomas Hays, Math Adjunct
Ms. Leslie Jones, Math Adjunct
Ms. Abigail Kauffman, Communication Adjunct
Ms. Amanda McCown, English Adjunct
Mr. Jacob Porter, Music Adjunct
Ms. S. Rebecca Sawyer , Music Adjunct
Ms. Stacy Slaten, Art Adjunct
Ms. Sheena Stief, English Adjunct
Ms. Connie Viverette, Music Adjunct
Ms. Katelin Barron, Marketing Adjunct
Dr. Tina Mims, Marketing Adjunct
Ms. Kasey Nieman, Accounting Adjunct
Dr. Abigail Sikes, Management Adjunct
Mr. Stephen Haney, Maintenance Worker III-Physical Plant
Mr. Cornell Hunt, Accounting Clerk II- Financial Services
Mr. Timothy Herrick, Training Coordinator-VPBA
Mr. Manuel Andrade, Grounds- Physical Plant
Ms. Elizabeth Garza, Program Coordinator- Home Visiting
Mr. Steven Larizza, Information Security Specialist-VPBA
Ms. Melissa Coulter, Instructional Developer- REACH
Mr. Stephen Haney, Maintenance Worker III-Phyiscal Plant
Ms. Lindsey Boden, Women’s Soccer Coach-Athletics
Mr. Hrishikesh Regmi, Accountant II-Financial Services
Ms. Lilian Porter, Cont. Education Coordinator
Mr. Douglas Binnion, Internal Auditor- Internal Audit
Mr. David Gonzalez, Accounting Clerk- Financial Services
Mr. Keith Johnson- Administrative Assistant- PASS Office
Ms. Tahnee Taylor, Financial Aid Officer I- Financial Aid
Ms. Randee Stegman, Administrative Assistant- Admissions
Ms. Gina Cole, Development Assistant-Development
ORANGE you glad
it's Friday?
Give a little, give a lot,
Give back with Falcon Flight!
The University’s faculty/staff giving
program to support UTPB’s students,
departments and special projects
The ladies of the Development Office show off their Falcon
pride. Submit your Falcon Friday finest to Abbie Kauffman at
kauffman_a@utpb.edu to be featured in next month’s FALCON.
Want to support UTPB?
Contact Gina Cole at
cole_g@utpb.edu or 552-2800
By THE NUMBERS
A look at giving for the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year
11 New Endowments
(minimum $10,000 gift)
6 endowed scholarships
2 endowed professorships
2 endowed support funds
1 endowed fellowship
15 Private Grants Received
Gifts range from $2,500 to $215,000
FALCON SPORTS
As students begin to return to campus, UTPB’s fall sport student-athletes will have
been hard at work preparing for the start of the 2013 fall athletic season
Cross Country
The women’s cross country team returns four of
last season’s five top runners and the Falcons add in a
number of promising newcomers in 2013.
“Two big newcomers for us on the women’s team
are Michelle Garcia and Jazmin Pereda,” said head
coach Josh Caudill. “As a program, this is the biggest
team we’ve had and the fastest on paper. They have the
experience to move the pack forward.”
Caudill has doubled the size of his team from last
year as 10 additions join last year’s three returners.
“On the men’s side there are lots of new faces,”
Caudill noted. “Coming into this year, it was about
plugging in faster guys but also adding more numbers
of solid guys to help push the pack. There’s a little bit
of unknown entering the season, but I’m hoping to see
the competitiveness flourish in practice.”
Both teams kick off the season Saturday, September
7th at the McMurry Invitational in Abilene, Texas. The
Falcons host their lone home meet of the season three
weeks later on September 28th.
Soccer
Men’s soccer is the lone UTPB team to open the fall
season at home, starting the year off against Fort Hays
State at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 5th.
Head coach Dennis Peterson returns eight starters.
“I have a great nucleus coming back,” Peterson said.
“We have some key places that we need to fill in this
fall, but I’m very excited about some of the players we
were able to bring in this season.”
The Falcons will look to replicate a quick start from
last year when they won five games in a row, outscoring their opponents 9-3.
Women’s soccer opens up the season under firstyear head coach Lindsey Boden. Boden takes the helm
after spending last year as the team’s graduate assistant.
“We’ve got a good mix of transfers as well as a
couple of freshmen coming in,” Boden said. “The
returners need to set the pace for how the season is
going to go and set the team culture.”
UTPB opens the season with a pair of neutral site
games in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, September 6. The
Falcons return home the following weekend for their
first game in Odessa against Colorado Mesa at 5 p.m.
Saturday, September 13.
Volleyball
Volleyball returns 11 players from last year’s team,
but the Falcons will start the season looking to fill
some key holes after Danae Eckart and Jamie Rodell
graduated and senior Melissa Lusk after she suffered an
injury over the summer.
“Both [defensive specialists] made progress in
the spring and I expect there to be quite a bit of
competition for the libero position,” said head coach
Steve Aicinena.
Once Lusk returns to action, the Falcons will
feature three of their top four attackers from last
season. UTPB brings back both setters in four-year
starter Ariel Fralick and sophomore Ariana Gallardo.
The duo combined for 90 percent of the team’s sets.
“Setters are the quarterback of the team and I give
them a lot of flexibility,” Aicinena said. “I feel good
about our returning setters.”
UTPB opens its home schedule with a Heartland
Conference contest against Texas A&M International
Thursday, September 12 at 7 p.m.
HR CORNER
Creating the best place to work for the families in our community
Basic Health & Prevention Practices
• Do some form of physical activity and stretching
for 30 minutes daily;
• Eat for better health and performance: More fresh
fruit and vegetables;
• Maintain a healthy weight;
• If you drink caffeine and alcohol, do so in
moderation. Drink plenty of water;
• Avoid smoking;
• Take time to relax every day and get enough sleep
each night;
• Use a yearly health screening to check your
progress on improving basic health; and
• Be wise health care consumer. Establish an open
line of communication with your health care
provider (doctor) or utilize a self-care handbook or
website.
Does the Human Resource Office
have your current contact information?
Follow this link and find out.
https://utdirect.utexas.edu/
We want to hear from you! Tell us when your life
milestones are happening. From birthdays and
anniversaries, to babies and grand babies
and everything in between, we want to say
congratulations to you!
Submit to Abbie Kauffman at kauffman_a@utpb.edu
Did you know...
Did you know that the UT Office of Employee
Benefits has a website called Educate Me? The UTPB
Office of Human Recourses is committed to helping
UTPB employees and retirees stay knowledgeable
about your UT Benefits.
Educate Me offers concise information to help you
understand the many aspects of health insurance,
benefits, retirement, and living well programs
available to employees. You will be able to learn
about your coverage options and how the plan works,
how to use your benefits to your best advantage
during the different stages of your life, and answers to
frequently asked questions.
Visit http://www.utsystem.edu/benefits/
educateme.htm to see what UTPB has to offer.
Did you know that you can save on medical
care with the UTSW Network for UT SELECT Plan
Participants!
The UTSW Network Benefit is a collaborative
pilot program between UT Southwestern and The
University of Texas System Office of Employee
Benefits, providing UT SELECT members a greatly
reduced or eliminated out-of-pocket expense when
receiving care from a UTSW physician or at a UTSW
facility.
FAQs are available at http://www.utsystem.edu/
benefits/pubs/medical_utswnetwork_faqs.pdf .
Visit http://www.utsystem.edu/benefits/pubs/news/
UTSWNetwork_09142012.pdf for more information
on the plan.
CALENDAR
September 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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26
27
28
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31
29
First Day of
Class
Faculty Recital:
Jacob Porter
Rea-Greathouse
7pm
2
1
3
5
4
6
7
Tennis
AWAy
Volleyball
AWAy
Men’s
@ HOME
Joe Satriani
LABOR DAy
8
9
Wagner Noël
7:30pm
10
11
12
Volleyball
AWAy
Women’s
AWAy
Men’s
@ HOME
CC
AWAy
Family Fun
on the Quad
13
14
Women’s
@HOME
Tennis
AWAy
EXILE
Wagner Noël
7:00pm
Women’s
AWAy
15
16
17
18
19
Volleyball
@HOME
Women’s
@HOME
22
3-5pm
Student Union
23
24
Volleyball
AWAy
Volleyball
AWAy
Men’s
AWAy
20
21
Volleyball
AWAy
Men’s/
Women’s
AWAy
Chocolate
Fountain Meet
and Greet
CC
AWAy
Men’s/
Women’s
AWAy
Evening with
Tom Russell
Menopause
the Musical
Volleyball
AWAy
Wagner Noël
8:00pm
Wagner Noël
7:30pm
Men’s/
Women’s
AWAy
25
26
27
28
Volleyball
@HOME
Volleyball
@HOME
Women’s
AWAy
Men’s
AWAy
Eddie Griffin
Women’s
AWAy
Men’s
AWAy
Wagner Noël
8:00pm
CC
@HOME
Tennis
AWAy
Ronnie Milsap
Wagner Noël
7:30pm