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

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSPresidential Professors will be given the option each year of receiving the professorship funding as:- a (taxable) salary supplement plus associated fringe benefits paid in two installments, one in the fallsemester and one in the spring semester, or as a summer salary, or- a faculty development grant within their departmental 122-7XXX account for use in travel, graduatestudent stipends, instructional enhancement, and research development, or- a combination of (1) and (2).Term of AwardThe Professorship is granted for a four-year term with the faculty member receiving the funding each yearbased on faculty rank. (RM, 9-26-95, p. 24589; 1-27-2004, p. 28924)REGENTS’ PROFESSORSHIPSCriteria for SelectionTo qualify for a Regents’ Professorship, a faculty member must have rendered outstanding service to theacademic community or to an academic or professional discipline through extraordinary achievement inacademic administration or professional service.Nomination and Selection ProceduresNominees for Regents’ Professorships shall be presented to the Board of Regents by the President afterconferring with the Chair of the Board of Regents, the Chair of the appropriate Faculty Senate, and theUniversity Council on Faculty Awards and Honors. Recommendations for the appointment may be madeto the President by any academic unit, administrative officer, or faculty member, but suchrecommendations are not required.PerquisitesIn the year of designation as a Regents’ Professor, the person receiving the award will receive a one-timecash award of up to $6,000 and a permanent salary increase of the same amount starting in the subsequentfiscal year. Persons named Regents’ Professors on or after Spring 1996 are not eligible for considerationas Presidential Professors.Term of the AwardThe term of a Regents’ Professorship is continuous until retirement.(RM, 5-11-78, pp. 14957-8; 3-15-89, p. 20938; 9-26-95, p. 24594; 1-27-2004, p. 28924)2.5.2—FACULTY AWARDSThe University recognizes teaching; research and creative/scholarly activity; and professional andUniversity service and public outreach by its faculty by presenting several annual awards to deservingnominees. Some awards (including the Merrick Teaching Award) are privately funded, and criteria andmethod of selection are set forth in joint University-donor contracts.THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 82