Graduate Faculty Status Forms

Application for Provisional or Regular Status (Adobe Sign e-form)
- Provisional status is for new, full-time faculty members (tenure-track and non tenure-track faculty).
- Regular status is for full-time faculty who have successfully completed a Provisional status period or for new, full-time faculty member hired at the Associate or Full Professor rank.
- This form should be initiated by the faculty member requesting provisional / regular status.
- Prior to starting the form, faculty should collect the following information:
  - The name and email address of your Department
  - Chair/School Director and your Dean's office approver. If you are not sure who should be listed as the Dean's office approver, please see this list.
  - A copy of your department/school's criteria
  - Your vitae (with the specific accomplishments which satisfy the criteria clearly highlighted)
  - In addition, the Department Chair/School Director will be required to attach a letter of support if you do not possess the terminal degree.
  - (PLEASE NOTE: There is a limit of 3 attachments, and each attachment has a 25 page limit. If your vitae is more than 25 pages, please reduce the size and only include the most recent and relevant information.)

Application for Ad Hoc Appointments (Adobe Sign e-form)
- Ad Hoc appointments are for BGSU employees who otherwise do not have Graduate Faculty Status but may be authorized to teach specific graduate courses or serve on a thesis or dissertation committee.
- An example may be administrators or ex-administrators who, because of the demands of administrative duties, do not currently meet the criteria for Regular Graduate Faculty Status.
- This form should be initiated by the faculty member requesting ad-hoc status.
- Prior to starting the form, faculty should collect the following information:
  - The name and email address of your Department Chair/School Director and your Dean's office approver. If you are not sure who should be listed as the Dean's office approver, please see this list.
  - Your vitae (with specific accomplishments which pertain to this request clearly highlighted).
  - In addition, the Department Chair/School Director will be required to attach a letter of support if you do not possess the terminal degree.
  - (PLEASE NOTE: There is a limit of 3 attachments, and each attachment has a 25 page limit. If your vitae is more than 25 pages, please reduce the size and only include the most recent and relevant information.)

Application for Adjunct Appointments (Adobe Sign e-form)
- Adjunct appointments are for individuals who are not regularly and continuously full-time BGSU staff and do not normally receive a salary from BGSU.
- This form should not be initiated by the nominee themselves, but rather a graduate coordinator, or secretary. The coordinator / secretary will fill out the candidate's name and BGSU ID (if known), along with the activities this person will be doing on campus (e.g., teach, serve on thesis committee, serve on dissertation committee). The rest of the information (including CV and current employment) will be uploaded by the nominee. PLEASE NOTE: The Chair/Director cannot initiate this form.
- Prior to completing the form, faculty should collect the following information:
  - The name and email address of your Department Chair/School Director and your Dean's office approver. If you are not sure who should be listed as the Dean's office approver, please see this list.
  - Your vitae (with specific accomplishments which pertain to this request clearly highlighted).
  - In addition, the Department Chair/School Director will be required to attach a letter of support if you do not possess the terminal degree.
  - (PLEASE NOTE: There is a limit of 3 attachments, and each attachment has a 25 page limit. If your vitae is more than 25 pages, please reduce the size and only include the most recent and relevant information.)

Roles	Privileges	Level I	Level II	Level III	Ad-Hoc	Adjunct
Doctoral	Doctoral Dissertation Chair	Yes	No	No	No	No
Doctoral	Serve as Graduate Faculty Representative on Doctoral Committees	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Doctoral	Doctoral Dissertation Committee	Yes	Yes	No	If approved	If approved
Doctoral	Doctoral-Level Qualifying Exams, Preliminary Exams	Yes	Yes	No	If approved	If approved
Doctoral	Teach Doctoral Classes (7000)	Yes	Yes	No	If approved	If approved
Master's	Master's Thesis Chair	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Master's	Master's Thesis Committee	Yes	Yes	No	If approved	If approved
Master's	Supervise Master's Plan II Experiences	Yes	Yes	If approved	If approved	If approved
Master's	Participate in Master's Level Plan II Experiences	Yes	Yes	Yes	If approved	If approved
Master's	Teach Classes (5000, 6000)	Yes	Yes	Yes	If approved	If approved
Council	Represent Graduate Program at Graduate Council	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

Updated: 02/26/2024 04:23PM