i. When a chair is to be absent from the campus for a period of less than a full academic year, the appropriate Dean, in consultation with the department faculty eligible to vote for department chair can appoint an acting chair. When a chair is to be absent from campus for a period of a full academic year or longer, the department shall elect an acting chair, in accordance with Section I.B.1.a. ii. An elected acting chair may serve for a period of up to two (2) years. iii. When the chair is to be on leave for more than two (2) academic years, the chair must resign and a new chair be elected. (CBA 2021-2023, Section 12.3.3.) 2. Emerit Faculty Appointments 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-tenured faculty members who have an excellent teaching record. A normal requirement for eligibility to the emeritus 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 WLUs as a member of the teaching faculty. iv. Any eligible faculty member may be nominated, including self-nomination, 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 Board of Trustees with a recommendation of action and the results of the faculty vote and a copy of the recommendation by the dean. c. Emerit status is a privilege and is subject to state ethics laws and the Washington State Constitution. University-related activities that are not part of any part-time employment at the university as described in the CBA are considered “volunteer hours.” These volunteer hours must be reported to the university payroll office by any emeritus faculty member every quarter for insurance purposes and for Department of Labor and Industries reporting.
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