President Teresa Davidian called the meeting to order at 3:30 P.M.

I. Minutes of the December 6, 2001 meeting were approved.
II. The treasurer reported a balance of $3095.45.
III. Announcements
A. Arthur Award
Forms for selection of the Arthur nominee were handed out. Completed nomination packets are due by February 26, 2002.

B. Criteria for Promotion and Tenure
This proposal will be before the Academic Council on January 29th

C. Summer Teaching Policy
No changes are currently being contemplated.

D. Student Evaluation of Faculty Form
Dwayne Snider is seeing to the production of this. It will be used in Spring.

E. Enforcing Current Attendance Policy
The policy in the Handbook implies that it is up to the individual instructor. There is concern that the University has not backed policies before. Some specific incidents will be documented in order to renew discussion with Dr. Peer on this topic.

F. IRB Rules
One problem discussed was that the forms are complicated. Bert Little and Fred Koestler have offered assistance at any time.
One problem still not addressed is that the board meets infrequently which can delay proposals.

G. The Senate web page has been redesigned by Leah Schultz.

H. Last meeting we had a visit from Javier Garza who discussed summer advising. The executive committee had decided that this was a matter for department heads and were going to refer it. However, Dr. Peer would like faculty involvement on this issue ASAP. He sent a list of questions which will be forwarded to all senators for consideration by the faculty.

IV. Motions to Approve
A. Funding for Faculty & Staff Aerobics
A request for funding for aerobics classes was received. The amount was $625 which was the total we had paid in previous years. It was agreed to pay this if after discussion the treasurer was satisfied.

B. Faculty Development Leave Policy
Recommendations for changes were discussed. Upon motion by Janis Petronis the motion to accept the changes passed unanimously.

V. Senate Discussion: Faculty Development Leave
A. Application
B. Guidelines
Comments on both the above were submitted to the committee for their consideration.

VI. University Committee Reports
A. University Planning Council (Davidian)
Teresa Davidian discussed some of the issues raised at the retreat.
1. There is a new quality enhancement plan (formerly the self-study) for SACS review. The entire SACS process will henceforth be streamlined to 14 months, and the enhancement plan will be kept to 100 pages or less.
2. A report on the six initiatives to promote diversity was given. Grades on TSU's progress ranged from B to D, Avg 2.33.

B. Administrative Review Committee (Mollick)
There will be a meeting on Friday Jan 18th.

C. Faculty Load Committee (Petronis)
The committee is still seeking comments on the draft and will be meeting in the near future.

VII. New Business
Gene Atkinson brought up the topic of the next Senate luncheon. His suggestion was to have a lunch with no speaker to allow for faculty interaction.

Martin Lopez brought up a problem with ROTC access to weight training rooms. He was referred to the appropriate department heads to work out an agreement.