Senate Events
The Faculty Senate host several events each year, including the David Packard Lecture, the triannual Faculty Assembly, Research Week, Education Day, New Faculty Orientation Day, and the Staff Appreciation Assembly.
The David Packard Lecture
This most prestigious lectureship of the university is named in honor of the former Deputy Secretary of Defense (1969 to 1971), co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company, and the second president of the Uniformed Services University, serving from 1976 to 1981.
Packard Lecturers
Year | Lecturer | Lecture Title |
1985 | Enrique Mendez, M.D. | Teaching Humanism to Medical Students |
1986 | Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D. | The Complexity of Biological Systems |
1987 | C. Everett Koop, M.D. | The Current Crisis in AIDS |
1988 | Robert Petersdorf, M.D. | Some Issues in Graduate Medical Education |
1988 | ADM James D. Watkins, USN, (Ret.) | AIDS: The Political, Ethical and Social Aspects |
1990 | Arnold Relman, M.D. | Scientific Misconduct |
1991 | VADM James Zimble, MC, USN | Navy Medicine Goes to War, A Time for Evaluation, Reflection and Discussion |
1993 | Philip R. Lee, M.D. | Re-Inventing Public Health |
1995 | David A. Kessler, M.D. | Accelerating Approval for Drugs for Serious and Life Threatening Diseases |
1996 | Joseph A. Califano, Jr. | Radical Surgery: What's Next for America's Health Care |
1997 | Michael DeBakey, M.D. | History, the Torch that Illuminates Lessons From Military Medicine |
1998 | Francis D. Moore, M.D. | New Kinds Of War: New Kinds of Peace |
1999 | Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker | The Federal Advisory Committee on Gender Integration in (Military) Training and Related Issues |
2000 | David P. Stevens, M.D. | The Future of Medical Education: Bytes, Ticks, and Finding Your Way |
2001 | Wayne Hockmeyer, Ph.D. | Perspectives in Biotechnology |
2002 | Kenneth M. Ludmerer, M.D. | The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education |
2004 | Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. | Advances in Crossing the Quality Chasm |
2005 | Gregg Anders, COL, MC, USA | Storms in the Ethosphere: Medical Ethics and War |
2006 | David Rutstein, M.D., CAPT, USPHS | Interagency Collaboration During Public Health Emergencies: A New Paradigm |
2007 | Sydney Brenner, Ph.D. | Humanity's Genes |
2008 | Gerald R. Crabtree, M.D. | Understanding the Words of Chromatin Remodeling |
2009 | Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. | The Future of Military Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead |
2010 | Floyd E. Bloom, M.D. | From Molecules to Minds: The Unfolding Saga of Neurobiological Circuits in Neurologic and Psychiatric Diseases |
2011 |
Lena M. Napolitano, M.D. |
Blood and Blood Product Transfusion: Current Evidence and Clinical Outcomes |
Faculty Assembly
Faculty Assemblies are held in the fall, winter, and spring of each academic year. The assembly is a forum through which officers of the senate and senators report senate activities to the faculty, and where all faculty may provide input, participate in goal and priority setting for the senate, and discuss and deliberate university and school policies. Fall Faculty Assembly will be held on Thursday, October 7 2010 at 3 PM in USU Bldg C, Lecture Hall E. The Winter Assembly is scheduled for February 17, 2011, and the Spring Assembly is scheduled for June 23, 2011. Please check the Senate Calendar of Events for any updates.
Research Week
Faculty Senate Research Week is an annual forum for the entire USU community to share research achievements, foster collaborations, and stimulate intellectual exchange. Research Week includes poster presentations, invited speakers and panel discussions. It is a part of USU Research Week, which also encompasses the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN) Research Colloquium and the Graduate Student Colloquium. Research Week promotes research by faculty, staff and students at USU and its affiliate institutions, provides opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, and facilitates communication among USU graduate students and faculty. These events serve to inform the local scientific community, collaborative institutions, and other federal agencies about significant research projects conducted across the health sciences at USU and its affiliates.
Research Week 2011
Education Day
The Faculty Senate Education Day event is sponsored by the Education Committee and was first held in 2008 to promote continuing education of faculty, staff, and students at USU and its affiliated teaching institutions, provide interdisciplinary discussion of innovative and effective strategies used in health science education, facilitate transfer of strategies across disciplines, and to foster optimal teaching and learning opportunities through the use of technology.
The theme of Education Day 2008 was 'Best Practices in Health Sciences Education', which showcased the considerable experience of the USU faculty in teaching learners across the spectrum of health science education. Education Day 2009 focused on 'Building Bridges: Integrating Basic and Clinical Science Education', providing information on different approaches to creating an integrated curriculum for medical education. Education Day 2010 was held on Friday, June 25, and focused on "Obstacles & Opportunities in Curricular Reform". Education Day 2011 is scheduled for Thursday, June 16.
Education Day 2011 (http://www.lrc.usuhs.mil/educationday/ )
New Faculty Orientation Day
The Orientation Day for New Faculty event is sponsored by the Faculty Senate Mentoring Committee and debuted in April, 2009. It is a series of informative presentations to help new faculty understand USU procedures, policies, and opportunities. While it is designed primarily for faculty who joined the university recently, it is open to all faculty who are interested in attending.
The next New Faculty Orientation Event will be held on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 0800-1600 in Lecture Hall A, and will be followed by an All Faculty reception in the Hall of Flags from 1600-1730. A registration link will be posted.
All attendees must register in advance.
Staff Appreciation Assembly
The Faculty Senate held the inaugural Staff Appreciation Assembly in November, 2009. The purpose of this one-hour assembly is for faculty to publicly acknowledge the critical role of staff in the operation and success of USUHS and to express the faculty's sincere appreciation of the staff. The event was a great success, enjoyed by all, and the second annual Staff Appreciation Assembly will be held on November 10, 2010 at 1500 in the Sanford Auditorium.