President Teresa Davidian called the meeting to order at 3:30 P.M. Twenty senators were in attendance. Allan Nelson and Randy Hines were absent.

I. Minutes of the January15, 2002 meeting were approved.
II. The treasurer reported a balance of $3095.45.
III. Announcements
     A. Spring Luncheon will be April 2nd in the Travis Room--no speaker, just music and conversation
     B. Committee Requests - Senators will distribute forms to the departments
     C. Arthur Award - completed packets are due Feb 26th
     D. IRB Rules - a memo was sent to all senators and feedback was requested from affected departments
     E. Advising - Teresa Davidian met with Javier Garza and Gary Peer to discuss advising problems in general. This will be an on-going discussion.
     F. Budget hearings have started. The Senate will send representatives to each of the budget hearings.
IV. Faculty Discussion: Advising Freshmen during Summer Orientation
Survey results: About half the respondents said only faculty working during the summer should advise. About half said that compensation should be provided for faculty not working summer to help, the other half said that no compensation should be given. Some Killeen faculty are paid for advising during semester break.

Faculty comments were made about peer advising problems. A suggestion was made that peers should be there to discuss the major and what it's like, but not to do advising. Another suggestion was aimed at department cooperation. Another suggestion was that faculty with fewer students should help those with more.

V. University Committee Reports
   A. University Planning Council (Davidian)
    Mark Shipman and Teresa Davidian are members of a sub-committee who are drafting a document on teaching mission.

     B. Academic Council (Davidian)
     * Criteria for Promotion and Tenure
    The Senate's proposal to recognize on-line teaching and research for purposes of promotion and tenure passed Academic Council.
     * Faculty Development Leave Policy
     The developmental leave policy will be considered at the next meeting.

     C. Administrative Review Committee (Mollick)
     Members: Walter/Zelman/Davidian/Mollick/Higham
     The committee is working on a policy and a form. There should be a draft by the next meeting.

     D. Faculty Load Committee (Petronis)
     Janis Petronis passed out a draft copy. She would like comments from the senators on the hard copy in two weeks.

     E. Grievance Committee (Simpson)
     The committee has met 3 times including meetings with Dr. Peer and Dr. McCabe. Right now it appears as though the procedure will be informal, up through the      ranks. If there is no resolution, then a formal motion to the committee will be made and thence to the President.

     F. Distance Learning Advisory George Mollick
     This is an advisory committee only, no voting. There is a separate DL evaluation form. A copy was passed out. The form should only focus on the technology,      but it does not. The committee is also working on possibly another form for teacher evaluation for distance learning courses. There was a suggestion to have      Joann Wheeler to address the senate.

     G. Diversity Advisory Committee Richard Sale
     There has been one meeting with Dr. Peer. This committee will discuss issues as they arise and provide suggestions and feedback.

    H. Other committee reports
     By-Laws - currently on hold

     Benefits - one meeting, interpreted some rules in response to questions. There is a discrepancy between ERS and TRS; ERS gets pay for unused sick leave,      TRS doesn't.

VI. New Business
Approved travel for Faculty Senate members to attend the Council of Faculty Senates meeting in Austin.

Kelli Styron asked for clarification of the attendance policy. Teresa Davidian will discuss this with Dr. Peer.

It was mentioned that perhaps we should consider discussing the calendar now if we want to have input on it.