3357:12-16-06-Emeritus

Purpose

To recognize outstanding services and contributions of selected faculty to the College, the Board of Trustees may grant such individuals emeritus status.

1. Statement of Policy

1. Proposal for Granting Emeritus Status

The proposal that a faculty member be granted emeritus status may be initiated by the appropriate academic dean of the unit in which the nominee has his/her appointment or by a fellow faculty member to the dean at the time of retirement or within one year of retirement by the nominee. Proposals for emeritus status shall be made in writing and shall describe the full history of service and contributions of the individual to the college.

Proposals shall be submitted to the Chief Academic Officer who will call meetings of both the Academic Deans and the Faculty Senate. A recommendation to approve or deny emeritus status shall be determined by the combined committee. If approved, the recommendation will be forwarded for presidential approval. If approved, the President will then ask the board to make the final appointment.

1. Criteria for Emeritus Status

The following are the minimum criteria for consideration for granting emeritus status. However, meeting the minimum criteria should not be considered complete justification for granting emeritus status.

1. At least 15 years of full-time teaching employment with the College. This may be waived under special circumstances, such as premature retirement due to permanent disability or death. In the event of a faculty member’s death and criteria for emeritus status has been met, a posthumous faculty emeritus status may be granted.
2. Clear evidence of outstanding teaching.
3. Retired status under regulations of state teachers’ retirement system, including permanent disability or death. This criterion shall be waived for those faculty

members who resign and are at the end of their teaching careers and who have attained the rank of professor.

1. Must have achieved at least associate professor status, except as noted in (2)(c) above.

1. Made significant non-teaching contributions to the College such as committee involvement, community service, scholarship, etc.

1. Privileges and Responsibilities of Emeritus Status
   1. Privileges

Individuals with emeritus status are eligible for special assignment by the College at the discretion of the President. Specifically, the President may grant individuals with emeritus status the following privileges as well as rights and privileges of retirees (usual employee discount at the College owned bookstore, use of the College library, use of the on-campus Muskingum Recreation Center at the employee rate, and discounts at participating community retailers):

1. Recognition of emeritus status in appropriate College publications.

1. Tuition waiver for college classes, up to eight credit hours per semester.

1. Priority consideration for part-time teaching assignments for course sections in areas of expertise as needed by the College. A faculty emeritus/emerita with a part- time teaching assignment may be provided with an office, dependent upon availability. The part-time pay rate will be at the rate of professor regardless of the last rank achieved.
2. Keys to office and classrooms used, when teaching.
3. Participation in college committees of the emeriti’s choosing with approval of the college administration.
4. Zane State College Faculty Emeritus ID card.
5. Zane State College parking tag.
6. Lifetime Zane State College e-mail account.

1. Right to participate in and walk with faculty at yearly graduation, as well as, College events that faculty are routinely expected to attend.
2. Employment letters will recognize emeritus status as title.

1. Certificate granted will state highest academic rank held, as well as, emeritus status.
2. Responsibilities