POLICY 4.5.2 - Dean Emeritus

The title of Dean Emeritus may be conferred on a dean who has served as dean for at least five years. The title can be conferred at any time after the expiry of the term as dean.

Any five members of the university community (including current or past faculty, staff and students, as well as members of the public who serve or have served on Shenandoah University governing bodies) may nominate a former Dean who is deemed to have served with distinction for the title of Dean Emeritus. The candidate’s nomination is supported for this honorary title in writing by faculty colleagues in the department or division, and by the provost. After the president approves the candidate, the president will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs Committee, who will vote on the recommendation.

The privileges of the Dean Emeritus position include office space and secretarial service where available and appropriate for those persons continuing to provide active service to the institution, access to faculty parking areas on the campus where available, continuation of selected insurance programs as approved at the time of retirement, and guarantee of available tickets for events on campus at the same rate as that guaranteed full-time faculty.

Persons selected for this honor will be included in the listing of faculty for all main events on campus and in all publications. The rank at the time of retirement will be listed with the individual’s name and discipline in these publications. The appointment of Dean Emeritus is for life.

Additional privileges to include:

1. same library borrowing privileges as regular faculty
2. issuing a permanent ID card indicating status as an emerita/emeritus member of the faculty
3. listing of the name of emeriti faculty in the campus commencement program at the time of retirement;
4. awarding of a certificate of emerita/emeritus status at the time of retirement
5. opportunity to receive printed cards which designate emeritus status
6. attendance at public university functions and celebrations
7. affirming the academic mission of the university, such as commencement
8. invited to serve in a consultative capacity to the school or university