a. Faculty, who are retiring from the university, may be retired with the honorary title of “emerit” status ascribed to their highest attained rank or title. i. Faculty with emerit status may refer to themselves as emerit, emeritus, emeriti, emeritum, or emerita. ii. The emerit status is recommended for faculty members who have an excellent teaching, scholarly, and service record consistent with their appointments. A normal requirement for appointment to the emeritus faculty is ten (10) years of full-time service as a member of the teaching faculty. iii. The emerit status is recommended for non-tenure track (NTT) faculty members who have an excellent teaching record. A normal requirement for eligibility to the emerit faculty is for the faculty member to teach at least thirty (30) quarters over a minimum of ten (10) years and have an accumulated total of at least 200 workload units (WLUs) as a member of the teaching faculty. iv. Any eligible faculty member may be nominated, or may self-nominate, for emerit status to the department chair. Nominations shall include a current vitae and may include letters of support. iv. A simple majority of the eligible faculty in a department as defined in I.B.1.a.iv must approve the recommendation of emerit status. Departments must adhere to the simple majority vote. v. The BOT may grant emerit status to any faculty member at their discretion. b. Process: i. The department chair will send the nomination to the college dean with a copy to the nominee. The dean will arrange for a department vote of all eligible faculty. ii. The college dean will then forward the nomination to the Provost with a recommendation of action and the results of the faculty vote. The Provost will then submit the nomination to the BOT with a recommendation of action and the results of the faculty vote and a copy of the recommendation by the dean. c. c. The emerit status ascribed to the faculty member’s highest rank or title provides for the listing of their name in the CWU catalog and CWU Faculty Directory website, use of the library and other university facilities, and participation in academic, social and other faculty and university functions. In addition, emerit faculty: i. shall be issued staff cards and parking permits each year without charge, if budget permits; ii. shall have the same library and computer services, including an email account, as regular faculty; iii. shall receive university publications without charge; iv. shall qualify for faculty rates at university events, if available; v. may be assigned an office, if space permits vi. may have clerical support, if budget permits vii. may serve on any committee in ex officio, advisory, or consulting capacity according to expertise and experience. d. Emerit status is a privilege and is subject to state ethics laws and the Washington State Constitution.
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