Academic Policy 1474.10
Faculty Service Award Process
Colleges, schools, and the library should each have a process and calendar by means of which Faculty Service Award recipients are identified and recognized. The type of recognition is left to the discretion of the college, school, or library. The criteria for such awards are as follows:
1. Awards for faculty service should be given, at a minimum, beginning with an award for ten years of service and then in increments of ten, with following awards at 20, 30, etc. years of service. Units may offer awards at more frequent intervals at their discretion.
2. An appointment in one of the official ranks for faculty (as established by Board of Trustees policy 405.1) is required for each year of service toward an award. Contingent appointments or
other unpaid positions do not count as service toward such awards.
Awards will be made to all eligible faculty members, including those whose years of
service or current appointment includes service in an administrative position, so
long as faculty rank is concurrently held.
3. At a minimum, units should recognize tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track faculty with full-time status (100% appointment) for each year (or partial year) of service that is counted, though the unit may choose at their discretion to recognize part-time appointments and count part-time service as credited service.
4. For the purposes of these awards, a full year is assumed for each year of service
that is counted. However, any partial year may be counted as a year of service at
the discretion of the school, college, or library making the award.
For nine-month employees, the standard academic year (two semesters) from mid-August
to mid-May constitutes a full year of service toward an award. Summer session employment
is not required.
For twelve-month employees, the standard fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 constitutes
a full year of service toward an award.
5. Faculty members with a break in service may be considered for a service award for which the initial year of appointment is counted as the first year with the years spent during the break in service counted at the discretion of the unit.
6. Time spent on leave-without-pay may be counted as service toward an award at the
discretion of the unit.
The criteria above are utilized by colleges, schools, or the library for service awards only. Calculation of university service for other purposes, including but not limited to off-campus duty assignments, retirement eligibility, or tenure and/or promotion, is described in the appropriate university policies for each individual purpose.