Faculty Personnel Committee

Division A Mark Brodie
Division B Becca Livingstone (Chair)
Division C Sal Meyers
Division D Chad Timm
At-Large Tenured Jacy Downey

*Spring 2025 replacements: Heidi Berger for Mark Brodie, and Amy Doling for Sal Meyers

2024-2025 Faculty Personnel Committee Timelines

No first year faculty information

SECOND YEAR FACULTY FORMATIVE REVIEW SCHEDULE 2024-25
*DEADLINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES
(Faculty Handbook Part III, Section 2)

Candidates for review in 2024-25: Bradi Darrah, David Foshee, Jeremy Griffin, Tim Luttermoser, Rachel Terlop, Taylor Vargo

*Candidate will be required to upload their materials to Interfolio.

Deadlines Pre-Review Action Items
10/25/2024 Department Chair meets with faculty member to review handbook policies and procedures, determine provisional dates of the review, and discuss possible members of the review committee.
11/01/2024 Candidate being reviewed provides the chair with the names of (3) possible tenured faculty members from outside the department and up to (3) tenured faculty members from within the department.
11/08/2024 Department Chair select the members of the review committee, including: 1 tenured from inside dept., 1 tenured from outside dept. (if tenured person is not available in the dept., 1 tenured from the division), finalize dates of review, and inform the candidate being reviewed. This information is

submitted to the dean’s office and to the chair of FPC.

12/06/2024 Review Committee meets by this date.
01/24/2025 Candidate must submit self-evaluation, current vita, syllabi, and any other supporting material for the file. Teaching evaluations for the candidate will be added by the dean’s office into the candidate’s file.

 

Deadlines Review Action Items
01/24/2025 File closed. All the materials to be used in the review should be in the file.
02/21/2025 Review Committee has reviewed the file, observed at least one class, and met with the candidate.
03/21/2025 Review Committee discusses the substance of their findings and summarizes it for the letter.

Department Chair drafts the formal letter.

03/28/2025 Department Chair has drafted the formal formative letter to the candidate, has received approval from the committee, and has sent the letter to the candidate.
04/11/2025 Review Committee has met with the candidate. After the meeting, the review committee may or may not choose to revise the letter as it deems appropriate.
04/25/2025 Department Chair sends final formative letter to the academic dean’s office to be placed in the file.

 

SECOND YEAR FACULTY REAPPOINTMENT SCHEDULE

The process for reappointment is described in the Faculty Handbook, Part III, Section 2.2.0.

 

02/07/2025 Department Chair shares the reappointment letter with the candidate, and then submits reappointment letter to the division head for review.
02/28/2025 Division Head writes and submits a letter affirming or questioning the decision of the department chair along with the letter from the department chair to the dean’s office.

Teaching Specialists (and One-Year Visiting)

Sabbatical Application (Word document) deadline is September 20, 2024 (third Friday in September)

Sabbatical Leave Guidelines (Refer to Faculty Handbook Part II, page 24, Section 13)

Procedures for Sabbatical Review (Refer to Faculty Handbook Part III, page 15, Section 8)

Fall 2024 Sabbatical, reports due October 25, 2024 (last Friday in October)

Spring 2024 Sabbatical, reports due March 7, 2025 (first Friday in March)