Dr. Zeigler introduced Ms. Debbie Hamilton, Coordinator of the NE Campus, who will be
attending meetings in the future.

A.  APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES:

The Wednesday, December 6, 2001 meeting minutes were approved.

B.  ACTIONS ITEMS:

Title V - Coordinator for Learning Communities, Mr. Douglas Caballero Sr., reported on
Learning Communities activities. See handout

Curriculum Committee - Dean Larson reported:

The January 29 meeting minutes were approved

The February 12 meeting minutes were approved.

Two proposals were presented for a community college bachelors degree.  One was in
ITPD the other was in Fire Science.  Passage by the Council means this will go forward
to Dr. Loland and the Chancellor who need to work with the THECB and the Legislature
to get approval.  After approval more work will be done on the curriculum.  The motion
from the committee to approve the proposed bachelors degrees was approved by the
Council.

Other - None

C.  INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS:

Competency Committee - No Report

Employee Development - Professor Gary Smith reported:

The theme for the 2002 Employee Development Conference has been finalized.  It is
"Living and Learning in a Changed World" He is seeking suggestions for the keynote
speaker.  He asked that people contact him if they know of someone who would be an
appropriate speaker for the selected theme.

Tuition assistance deadline for spring graduate level courses is March 15.

After a request was made from the floor, Dr. Zeigler said that the District Calendar
Committee will look at the possibility to have the day which is set aside for the
Employee Development Conference on another day but Monday.  There is concern that
Monday classes are adversely affected because of the number of Monday holidays plus
the Employee Development Conference.

Institutional Effectiveness Steering Committee - Dr. Zeigler reported:

The CCSSE survey form to be used in the national survey project was distributed for
review and questions.  The process to be used for administering the survey was
outlined and an opportunity for questions provided.  Results from the survey will be
helpful in Institutional Effectiveness and to tell us some things about ourselves as well
as compare us to other community colleges in the nation.

Faculty Senate - Professor Nacho Orozco reported:

An opinionaire on District services is coming out sometime in March.

Dr. Ramsay will be on campus in VATC 120 at 2:15 on February 20.  The meeting is
with the Senate but is open to others.

The retirement package is still being considered.  It is still with Fiscal Affairs along with
the salary recommendations.

Professor Orozco reported that control of access to parking lots was handled very well
at the beginning of the semester.  Money to pay for the extra people who are controlling
access to faculty/staff lots will soon run out so monitoring will be stopped at the end of
the month (February).

The Presidential Search Committee has met twice.  The deadline for applications is
March 28.  The announcement has already been released to the media.

Senate elections are in April.

Professor Orozco asked if the extension for faculty entering grades on line can be
made permanent.  With the new examination schedule it is difficult to get grades into
the system if a final exam is at the end of the schedule.  Dr. Zeigler said this can be
done.

Dr. Zeigler was asked to invite Mr. Val Santos, District Director of Facilities, to the
Academic Council to discuss maintenance concerns here at the college and Dr. Charles
Burmeister, Vice Chancellor of Information Technologies.

The clocks around campus are starting to be a problem.  Because they are showing
different times, faculty are letting students out of class late which is making them late to
their next class.  Dr. Zeigler indicated the batteries are being checked and changed.

Chairs Council - Professor Alex Bernal reported:

The Council met with Dr. Ramsay on January 17.  Four issues were discussed:

Possible modification of procedures so tenured faculty will be evaluated every two
years instead of every year.

Plans are  to have another Chairs luncheon later in the spring.

It was stressed to the Chancellor that chairs need to be involved any procedure or
policy changes before they are put in place.

The importance of developing an evaluation instrument for staff was also discussed.

Staff Council - Mr. Eddie Granado reported - They are working on the evacuation
procedures for each building on campus and from the whole campus.  More help is
needed from district to get the plans completed.

Student Government - No report

Enrollment Management - No report

Budget Update - Dr. Zeigler reported:

The process of allocating the budget based on the allocation priority list has been
completed.  It will clearly show where the college will be short in funding operational
costs.

Deans' Reports -

Technology equipment requests are needed for reallocating the technology money still
remaining.  Dr. Hyde proclaimed a "last call" for technology requests.

FY03 Planning - Mr. David Mrizek reported:

All members of the Council were given copies of instructions for completing the annual
Program Review.  The one change this year is both Program Review and addressing
college objectives will be accomplished at one time since many of the core measures
identified by the Dean of Arts and Sciences and the Dean of Occupational Technical
Education are also measures being tracked by the college and addressed by college
objectives.

The deadline for completing the annual Program Review is May 31.  This will allow time
to collect the action plans and prepare the Comprehensive College Plan for FY03.

Other:

Smoking Policy: The final version of the Smoking Policy will be sent to all members of
the Council.

Professor Candy Peterson moved: That the smoking policy be changed to read:
"Smoking will not be permitted within 12 feet of any building..."  This is changing the
distance from 10 feet from the building to 12 feet from the building. The motion passed.

Student Services: Dr. Zeigler has formed a committee to look at issues related to
Student Services.  The committee report will be used to identify any problems that can
be easily fixed and to look at broader issues that may require restructuring.

Student Follow-up: OTE chairs deadline for student follow up is due to the THECB next week.

NE Campus Faculty Qualifications: Chairs with faculty at theNE Campus need to
return the request for faculty qualifications to Mr. David Mrizek.  The report is needed to
complete the Substantive Change Prospectus for SACS.

Train the Trainers: Ms. Susan Espinoza announced that the Air Force, as part of its
Education With Industry (EWI) program of the Logistics Civilian Career Enhancement
Program, is going to loan us an "exemplary employee," Dorothy Buckholdt, for the
period of one year.  Ms. Buckholdt has 23 years experience as a civilian in the Air
Force, and 13 years as curriculum development and analysis chief.   She is the one in
charge of MOU's (Memorandum of Understanding) with schools like ours for Brooks Air
Force Base.  She will be working with Title V staff (Dr. Charlotte Wolf and Dr. Thomas
Hoy) to train faculty in alternative learning techniques, and hopefully other SAC staff
who want to set up programs with the Air Force.  She will be working for us starting on
September 3rd.

Certificate of Appreciation Presentation:  Professor Tom Billimek presented a
certificate of appreciation and a specially designed coin to Dr. Hyde for her support of
the men and women in the armed forces.