Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSResearch Council.Evaluations - The Vice President for Research will present to the appropriate Research Council allnominations with the supporting documentation and the comments of the academic unit chair/director andcollege dean. In addition, the Vice President for Research will present to the Research Council theexternal evaluations and his/her own evaluation.Selection ProcedureFinal Nomination - The Research Council shall recommend to the President, through the appropriateSenior Vice President and Provost, all those nominated faculty deemed by the Research Council to fullymeet the criteria for selection as George Lynn Cross Research Professors. The Council also shall transmitall substantiating materials pertaining to all nominees. The Council on Faculty Awards and Honors willbe informed of those recommended by the Research Council.Selection - The Senior Vice President and Provosts will review the nominees and forward theirrecommendations, along with all nominations and all substantiating materials pertaining to all nominees,to the President, who will make the recommendations to the Board of Regents.PerquisitesIn the year of designation as a George Lynn Cross Research Professor, the person receiving theprofessorship will receive a one-time cash award of $6,000 and a permanent salary increase of $6,000starting in the subsequent fiscal year. Persons named George Lynn Cross Research Professors on or afterSpring 1996 are not eligible for consideration as Presidential Professors. On the Norman Campus eachyear, the appropriate Vice President for Research, in consultation with the Research Council, shallestablish a fund from which only George Lynn Cross Research Professors can request support for theirscholarly and creative activities.Term of the AwardThe term of a George Lynn Cross Research Professor is continuous until retirement.(RM, 5-11-78, pp. 14956-7; 3-15-89, p. 20938; 6-27-95, p. 24481; 9-26-95, p. 24589; 1-27-2004, p.28924)PRESIDENTIAL PROFESSORSHIPSCriteria for SelectionPresidential Professors are those faculty members who excel in all their professional activities and whorelate those activities to the students they teach and mentor. These professors inspire their students,mentor their undergraduate and/or graduate students in the process of research and creative/scholarlyactivity within their discipline, and exemplify to their students (both past and present) and to theircolleagues (both at the University and within their disciplines nationwide) the ideals of a scholar throughtheir endeavors in teaching; research and creative/scholarly activity; and professional and Universityservice and public outreach.To support this charge, nomination materials will include:1. The nominee’s mini-vita and faculty evaluations for the previous three years (or since beginning at theUniversity if the nominee has been at the University less than three years) and the nominee’s completevita.THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 79