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Emeritus titles are granted to eligible faculty via a retirement memoir submitted to the Regents for adoption. SPG 201.80 and Academic Human Resources provide detailed information about emeritus status, faculty eligibility and the internal unit approval process that needs to be complete prior to the submission of the memoir to the Office of the Vice President and Secretary. Since emeritus status cannot be granted prior to the date of full retirement (Regents’ Bylaw 5.19), we encourage units to submit retirement memoirs at the Regents’ meeting that is closest to the final retirement date. The submitted draft version of the memoir will be reviewed for length, style, accuracy and clarity. If a faculty member dies during their active service to the university, a memorial statement will be adopted by the Regents in lieu of a retirement memoir.

Retirement memoir and memorial statement submission checklist:

  • The faculty member’s retirement/termination PAR must be in place and approved prior to the memoir submission.
  • Departments, units, and schools/colleges have unique, internal approval protocols for emeritus status recommendations, which often includes their executive committees. These internal approvals must be obtained prior to the submission of the memoir to the Office of the Vice President and Secretary.
  • The retirement memoir template and the memorial statement template have 1” margins (top, bottom, left and right) and use 12 point Times New Roman font.
  • Sample memoirs (PDF) and memorial statements (PDF).
  • The MS Word draft version of the memoir, the faculty member’s most recent C.V., and a copy of the approved retirement/termination PAR must be submitted to [email protected] by the deadlines listed below.

Regents’ Meeting Date Memoir/Memorial Deadline
No Jan 2024 meeting No Jan 2024 meeting
February 15, 2024 January 12, 2024
March 28, 2024 February 16, 2024
No April 2024 meeting No April 2024 meeting
May 16, 2024 April 5, 2024
June 20, 2024 May 10, 2024
July 18, 2024 June 7, 2024
No August 2024 meeting No August 2024 meeting
September 19, 2024 August 9, 2024
October 17, 2024 September 6, 2024
No November 2024 meeting No November 2024 meeting
December 5, 2024 October 18, 2024