President Gene Atkinson called the meeting to order at 11:30 A..M.
Eighteen senators were present or represented. Senators Richard Balderas, C.B.Pippin, Richard Winton and Donna Mitchell were absent.

1A. Approval of Minutes
There was one change to the March minutes. Upon motion by Linda Duncan, the Senate approved the minutes of the April meeting.

1B. Treasurer's Report.
The Treasurer reported a balance of $1096.90

2. Introduction of new senators
David Kattes will replace Rob Rhykerd in Agribusiness, Agronomy, Horticulture, and Range Management
Marlin Priddy will replace Sandy Johnson in Agricultural Services and Development
Mark Shipman will replace Mrilyn Robitaiile in English and Languages
Kelli Styron will replace Leslie Stanley-Stevens in Social Work, Sociology, and Criminal Justice
Russ Higham will replace Linda Duncan in Education Administration, Counseling, and Psychology.

Not present, elected later: Mercy Glidewell will replace Charles Walker in Nursing.

3. Committee Reports
A. Senate Recommendations for Committee Assignments
With one change the list was approved and forwarded to the President's office.

B. Appointment of Senate Representatives
The following committee appointments were approved.
1. EEO/AA: Teresa Davidian
2. Curriculum: Janis Petronis
3. Employee Benefits: Allan Nelson

C. Regents Professor Search Committee
The names will be forwarded to the President for his consideration.

D. VPAA Search
The committee has a short list of seven candidates. It will work on cutting that list to five to give to the President. The candidates should be on campus in June. A list of potential questions was handed out that had been developed by the committee. Additional questions were suggested.

4. Proposed Revision of Tenure/Promotion Criteria
There have been suggestions made on revision to Tenure/ Promotion regarding the role of Distance Learning in teaching and scholarship. The committee will meet 1-2 times over the summer. The committee consists of Bill Beatty, Chris Guthrie, Allan Nelson, Linda Duncan, and Chuck Reeves.

5. Election of Senate President for 2002-2003 (President-Elect)
David Weissenburger was nominated by Dennis Jones. No other nominations were made. Richard Sale made a motion to approve and David Weissenburger was installed as President-elect for 2002.

4. Old Business
A. Academic Council had no May meeting and Gene Atkinson again re-iterated that they are basically defunct as a governing body. There are about 40 members making it unwieldy.

B. Faculty Development Day
Gene Atkinson read a letter that was sent to the President on behalf of the Faculty Senate regarding our dissatisfaction with the faculty development activity scheduled for Dead Day.

C. Student Evaluation Form
This seems to have run off-track and no progress is being made. A new committee was appointed consisting of Teresa Davidian, Holly Lamb, and Gene Atkinson to try to make some progress on getting these new evaluation forms done.

D. Grievance Procedure
Gene Atkinson developed a resolution regarding the grievance procedure. Questions were raised as to who is eligible, if it covers all faculty. Discussions ensued and upon motion by Janis Petronis, it was decided to table this item until fall.

F. Resolutions
Where do resolutions that the Senate passes actually go? We have instituted a tracking system, however, after they leave the senate, there is no way to monitor progress. Linda Duncan will do a follow-up on this, Teresa Davidian will attempt to write this into the By-Laws.

G. Developmental Leave Committee
There will be a meeting today at 2:00 PM.

7. New Business
A. New Office
139J in Science Building, keys are available from Sheila Hawkins in the Dean's office.

B. Bookstore transition
Dennis Jones suggested that the Senate track negotiations for a new bookstore contract. Mark Shipman will follow-up on this matter.

C. Faculty Advising - Killeen
Faculty at Killeen have been asked to be present throughout break in order to facilitate student advising. This seems unfair as it has not been done campus-wide. After discussion, dennis Jones moved that the Executive Committee send a letter expressing their disapproval of this as a practice.

D. Distance Learning Evaluation Form
The new evaluation form was developed by the administration with no input from the senate of the faculty.

E. Mandatory Faculty Development Days
After discussion, it was decided that this topic would be discussed with the new VPAA in the Fall.

The meeting adjourned at 12:55 PM.