Emeritus Status Procedure

Procedure

  1. Unit head submits nomination to the Dean/Division Head prior to the academic faculty member’s retirement. Nominations must include:

  • An attachment that describes the professional excellence and exemplary service of the academic faculty member to the university and its programs; and 

  • An attachment with the academic faculty member’s retirement letter. 

  1. Unit Head routes nomination to dean/division head for for approval. 

  2. Unit/college routes nomination to the Academic Human Resources Officer at [email protected] in Human Resources for review.

  3. Academic Human Resources Officer routes nomination to the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs for final approval (as the Provost’s designee) and processing of letters from the President and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. The Unit Head and Dean/Division Head will receive a copy of approval letters. 

Additional Information

  • Emerit/Emerita/Emeritus status requests for specific academic executive administrators (at the level of Dean, Vice Provost, Vice President, Provost, and President) are initiated by the Office of Faculty Affairs. 

  • Employees who receive this status will be informed by the President and Vice Provost through a letter. A copy of the letter will be provided to the employee’s unit, college, and the Academic Human Resources Officer. Upon receipt of copies of the letters from the President and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, the Academic Human Resources Officer will process designation into the HR systems.

  • Nomination packets become part of the employee's permanent personnel file in University Human Resources. 

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