DESCRIPTION OF THE PROFESSOR OF THE GRADUATE DIVISION (PGD) Prepared by Tony Norman in consultation with Kathleen Montgomery on February 26, 2010 APPROVED BY UCR SENATE FALL OF 2010 Introduction: The Professor of the Graduate Division (PGD) is a proposed program that would be available to retiring faculty who are fully engaged in research and/or other departmental and campus activities and who wish to continue to contribute to UC with distinction after their retirement from official active faculty status. There are a number of privileges for individuals who participate in the Professor of the Graduate Division; some of them are as follows. Identification in the campus catalog and elsewhere as of the Graduate “Professor (PGD) instead of Division” “Emeritus/a”. Having an official title rather than Emeritus/a when submitting grant applications. Formal acknowledgement of your professional contribution(s) to a graduate program, your College/School and the UCR campus. The Berkeley Professor of the Graduate School program has been operative since 1991. A description of their program and endorsement by two recent UCB retired faculty is available in the attached Appendix A. On December 8th Tony Norman polled the 60 most recently retired UCR faculty to learn their interest in the PGD program. Only ~ 20 faculty replied and of these 17 were fully in support and highly interested in the PGD; replies were received from CHASS, BCOE and CNAS faculty. OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED UCR PROFESSOR OF THE GRADUATE DIVISION. General Description of Proposed UCR PGD Objectives of the PGD To focus on retiring faculty who are fully engaged in research and/or other departmental and campus activities and who wish to continue to contribute to UCR with distinction. Proposed duties could include dissertation supervision, participation on orals committees, regular participation in graduate seminars, teaching, or performance of administrative service. It would be expected that the PGD faculty member would be in residence during the academic year. Prerequisites Retiring faculty should have submitted a Merit file in the past 3-4 years and, , provide a Self Statement describing how the applicant would benefit from a PGD appointment and what would be to the campus. nominee’s contribution Length of appointment First appointment for 3 years, then renewed annually based on review by the procedures listed below in heading C, 1.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROFESSOR OF THE GRADUATE DIVISION (PGD) Prepared by Tony Norman in consultation with Kathleen Montgomery on February 26, 2010 APPROVED BY UCR SENATE FALL OF 2010 Introduction: The Professor of the Graduate Division (PGD) is a proposed program that would be available to retiring faculty who are fully engaged in research and/or other departmental and campus activities and who wish to continue to contribute to UC with distinction after their retirement from official active faculty status. There are a number of privileges for individuals who participate in the Professor of the Graduate Division; some of them are as follows. Identification in the campus catalog and elsewhere as “Professor of the Graduate Division” (PGD) instead of “Emeritus/a”. Having an official title rather than Emeritus/a when submitting grant applications. Formal acknowledgement of your professional contribution(s) to a graduate program, your College/School and the UCR campus. The Berkeley Professor of the Graduate School program has been operative since 1991. A description of their program and endorsement by two recent UCB retired faculty is available in the attached Appendix A. On December 8th Tony Norman polled the 60 most recently retired UCR faculty to learn their interest in the PGD program. Only ~ 20 faculty replied and of these 17 were fully in support and highly interested in the PGD; replies were received from CHASS, BCOE and CNAS faculty. OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED UCR PROFESSOR OF THE GRADUATE DIVISION. General Description of Proposed UCR PGD Objectives of the PGD To focus on retiring faculty who are fully engaged in research and/or other departmental and campus activities and who wish to continue to contribute to UCR with distinction. Proposed duties could include dissertation supervision, participation on orals committees, regular participation in graduate seminars, teaching, or performance of administrative service. It would be expected that the PGD faculty member would be in residence during the academic year. Prerequisites Retiring faculty should have submitted a Merit file in the past 3-4 years and, , provide a Self Statement describing how the applicant would benefit from a PGD appointment and what would be nominee’s contribution to the campus. Length of appointment First appointment for 3 years, then renewed annually based on review by the procedures listed below in heading C, 1.
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