May 31, 2000

The committee reviewed and made recommendations on requests for promotion or tenure from 54 faculty members. There were 48 requests for promotion and 28 requests for tenure.

The committee approved changes in tenure and promotion criteria and procedures for the following eight units:

Banking, Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Program, Darla Moore School of Business
Basic Science Faculty, School of Medicine
College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Instruction and Teacher Education
Department of Physics and Astronomy
International Business Program, Darla Moore School of Business

The committee made recommendations to the Faculty Advisory Committee regarding proposed rewording of The Faculty Manual.

John Baynes of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was elected UCTP chair for 2000-2001.

Working in conjunction with the Faculty Advisory Committee and the Faculty Welfare Committee, the outgoing members of UCTP selected ten candidates for election to UCTP. From this list the Faculty elected the following faculty members to three-year terms:

Arlene Andrews, College of Social Work
Gordon Baylis, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts
Richard Hunt, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
Daniel Littlefield, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts
Lala Carr Steelman, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Respectfully submitted,

John D. Spurrier
1999-2000 UCTP Chair