[VPAAEtal] Graduate Faculty Membership (Associate or Senior)

[Academic Affairs]

M E M O R A N D U M


 

TO:                 Texas A&M-Commerce Faculty

 

FROM:           Allan D. Headley, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

 

DATE:             September 5, 2007

 

RE:                  Graduate Faculty Membership (Associate or Senior)

 

The Graduate Council will begin reviewing Fall 2007 applications for
graduate faculty status.  If you meet the requirements for associate or
senior membership, please submit your application to the Graduate School by
Monday, September 24, 2007.  Department heads can also initiate an
application for his/her faculty.

 

Qualifications, as set forth in Procedure A12.04.99.R0.02, are:

 

Associate Member

1.           Full-time faculty;

2.           Academic rank of assistant professor or above;

3.           Highest earned terminal degree, or its equivalent, in field of
specialization;

4.           One year of full-time, university assignment, that includes
teaching graduate courses (two or more different courses or the same course
two or more times);

5.           Evidence of current interest and involvement in scholarly
research and/or creative activity.

 

New faculty meeting all criteria except #4, should apply for a three-year
associate membership. 

 

Senior Member

1.           Full-time faculty;

2.           Academic rank of associate professor or above;

3.           Highest earned terminal degree, or its equivalent, in field of
specialization;

4.           Three years of full-time, university assignment, that includes
teaching graduate courses and, if applicable, service on theses or
dissertation committees;

5.           Competence as a scholar, including research capability and/or
creative activity as evidenced by publications, creative endeavors and
thesis or dissertation supervision.

 

If you are unsure of your Graduate Faculty status, please consult the
departmental roster at the back of the present Graduate
<http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/gradschool/graduateCatelog/2006-07/2006_07cata
log.pdf>  Catalog.  Application forms are available on the Graduate School
web page at graduate
<http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/gradschool/graduateCouncil/forms/gradfassocors
eniorrevisedapplication.pdf>  faculty application. Call Mrs. Louise Skinner
(5162) if you are unable to meet this deadline or need additional
information.

 

 

ls

 

cc:        Interim Provost Hendrix

Deans Klein, Langford, and Vornberg

 

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