Promotion and Tenure

The promotion, tenure, and reappointment processes can seem daunting at first thought. We’re here to help provide resources and workshops to help you feel confident about the promotion and tenure processes. If you have questions, please contact Marcia Dixson, associate vice chancellor for teaching and learning, at 260-481-6558 or dixson@pfw.edu.

Folder Access Directions

Learn how to access promotion and tenure documents online with the following guides:

Workshops

Interested in taking one of our workshops made to get you familiar with the promotion and tenure processes? Find out when our next workshops are taking place by looking at the 2019–20 Workshop Schedule [PDF].

Campus Subcommittee

Below is the current roster for the Campus Subcommittee. It includes seven faculty and one administrator:

Nodir Adilov, 2016–19
Denise Buhr, 2017–20
Carl Drummond (ex officio, nonvoting)
Craig Humphrey, 2017–20
Steven Stevenson, 2018–21
Terri Swim, 2018–21
Richard Weiner, 2016–19
Nash Younis, 2017–20

You can view the appointment memorandum [PDF] for more information.

Timetable

Take a look at the timetable for promotion and tenure [PDF].

Dossier Format Guidelines

View the guidelines related to dossiers:

Campus-Level Policies and Criteria

Get to know our campus-level policies and criteria with the following documentation:

Documenting and Evaluating Faculty Work

Find guides and examples of documenting and evaluating faculty work:

Recommendations from Previous Subcommittees

Here are our recommendations about building promotion and tenure cases and dossiers from previous subcommittees:

Reappointment

Use the Reappointment Recommendation Form [PDF] when recommending a faculty member be reappointed. Reappointments for the 2018–19 academic year are due to the vice chancellor for academic affairs on the following days:

November reappointments: September 28, 2018
February reappointments: December 7, 2018
May reappointments: March 1, 2019

The following documents are guidelines and timelines for reappointment: