Appointment Types
- Full-Time Tenure-Track Appointment
- Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Appointment
- Part-time Non-Tenure Track Appointment
- Limited-Term Appointment
- Volunteer/Friend Appointment
- Secondary Appointment (Also referred to as Affiliate and Adjunct Appointment
- Joint Appointment
- Revised Appointment
- Emeritus Appointment
- Visiting Professors
Volunteer appointments are for faculty members who devote a portion of their effort to serve on the UTHSC faculty without monetary compensation or benefits from UTHSC or from an affiliated institution. If an individual is awarded a volunteer faculty appointment at UTHSC, that individual is responsible to the Chair of the appointing department for his or her activities as a faculty member in that department. Volunteer faculty are not eligible for tenure, but are eligible for appointment and promotion to the various faculty ranks with the prefix of “Clinical” for those with a professional degree or “Adjunct” for those not eligible to treat patients (e.g., Clinical Associate Professor or Adjunct Associate Professor). Appointments to the Volunteer faculty will be evaluated for renewal no less frequently than every 3 years. A Volunteer faculty appointment that is not renewed within 3 years after being granted is deemed terminated without the need for notice or other action by UTHSC. Non-renewed volunteer faculty must be terminated in IRIS upon non-renewal.
- Volunteer/Friend and special-pay faculty should have no more than a 3 academic-year span beginning from the effective start date.
- Volunteer/Friend with Special-Pay Appointment
- Special Pay appointment provides short-term installments to volunteer clinical faculty and does not require any job postings or advertising; does not exceed the 3-year volunteer/friend appointment durationFor
- Friend appointment with Special Pay, an additional, separate letter is required listing the specifics - time period, dollar amount, number of students, etc.
- Volunteer Template
- Special Pay Template
- Friend Form
- Any appointment in another department or academic unit is called a "secondary" appointment. Thus, a faculty member may have faculty appointments in two or more departments; collectively, these appointments are called "joint" appointments.
- The appointment is usually without salary or tenure in the cooperating or second department (i.e., the unit awarding the intercampus appointment), and tenure status (if any) and salary continue to be linked with the base department.
Required documents
- Joint FAA signed by the dean(s) and department chairs in each college/department
- Joint Appointment Letter signed by the dean(s) and department chairs in each college/department
- Current CV in UT format updated within 6 months
- Personnel Change Form (PCF)
- Current licenses and certifications
A faculty appointment is considered a revised appointment if there is a change in tenure status, rank, percent effort, department, addition or removal of an additional role that involves additional pay, etc.
Required documents
- Revised FAA
- Revised Appointment Letter
- If changing status due to promotion/position change, a revised appointment letter is needed even if there is no resultant change in pay.
- Current CV in UT format updated within 6 months
- Personnel Change Form (PCF)
- Current licenses and certifications
UTHSC may award emeritus status to faculty members at or after the time of retirement. A faculty member with emeritus status holds an honorary faculty appointment at a specified rank. Emeritus status is granted to those individuals who have distinguished themselves in service to UTHSC and who have received recognition for their academic contributions. The status is not granted automatically upon retirement of a faculty member but rather upon the recommendation of the faculty member's Chair, with the endorsement of the Dean, and subsequent approval of the Chancellor.
Required documents
- Letter of support from Dean to Chancellor/Vice Chancellor
- Letter of support from Chair to Dean
- Retirement Letter
- Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)