Distinguished Professor Program
NUMBER: IV-16
(Formerly Policy IV-C-03)
The Distinguished Professor Program provides
special recognition to professors of high achievement.
1. Distinguished professorships are
awarded on the basis of sustained high-level achievement in the scholarly
activities of teaching, research, or other creative endeavors, and service. The
rank of distinguished professor is honorific and persons so designated will
enjoy the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of the rank of full
professor.
2. The rank of distinguished professor
will be used to identify selected individuals who meet all requirements for the
rank of full professor and, in addition, have distinguished themselves by:
A. performance that gives evidence of a
high dedication to teaching as demonstrated by recognition from colleagues and
students; and
B.
achievements that exemplify high quality research or other scholarly
creative endeavors through recognition from peers of national and international
status; and
C.
accomplishments that include evidence of high‑quality, sustained service
to the institution, community, region, or nation.
3. Not more than five percent of persons
qualifying as faculty may be designated as distinguished professors.
4.
Nomination for designation as a distinguished professor may be made by
the appropriate department head and submitted to the Provost/Vice President or
Academic Affairs before October 5th . The Provost/Vice President will
prepare a recommendation of proposed action and forward his recommendation,
along with the material provided in support of the nomination, to the
appropriate Promotion and Tenure Committee by November 5th.
5.
The Promotion and Tenure Committee will provide a recommendation of
appropriate action regarding the nomination for distinguished professor to the
President by February 1st.
6.
The President will announce recommendations to the Board of Regents for
approval of the awarding of the rank of distinguished professor by March 1st.
Contact: SDSMT Policy
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