Chapter 3: Approval by Faculty Action

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3.1 Senior Faculty Actions that Require Approval

Generate myURHR transaction after you receive the SMD Provost and Board of Trustees action approval summary. The approval document is sent from the Office of Academic Affairs to the department administrator and must be uploaded in myURHR for senior faculty actions. Transactions without this attachment will be returned to the administrator.

3.2 Provost Approval Required

• Administrative post appointments (eg., department chair, center director)
• All appointments without tenure at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor
• Reappointments without tenure at the rank of Associate Professor or above, and reappointment of named appointments
• Promotions without tenure to ranks of Associate Professor or Professor

3.3 Board of Trustees Approval Required

• Emeritus (eligible upon retirement)
• New endowed or Dean’s professorship appointment
• Promotion of tenured faculty to Professor rank
• New appointments with tenure and promotion with tenure