Achieving Tenure and Promotion: Policies and Procedures at UIUC
Workshop Sponsored by the UIUC Chapter of the AAUP
Thursday, April 30, 2015, 2:30-4:00 pm, 210 Illini Union (General Lounge)

You are cordially invited to an AAUP Workshop dealing with tenure and promotion issues. A panel of experts will make short presentations, lead the discussion and answer questions from the audience. This program is of particular interest to new and continuing tenure track assistant professors and to associate professors seeking promotion, and those who serve as mentors to these individuals. The panelists (and some of the topics they will address) will be:

• Ilesanmi Adesida, UIUC Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost
• Abbas Benmamoun, UIUC Vice Provost (campus policies, three year re view procedures, tenure roll backs)
• Barbara J. Wilson, Dean, LAS (dean's and college perspectives)
• James A. Imlay, Professor of Microbiology, Past Chair of the Campus Promotion & Tenure Committee (UIUC P&T Committee Procedures)
• Craig M. Koslofsky, Professor of History, Past Chair and current Member of the UIUC Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC, appeal procedures)
• John E. Prussing, Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering, UIUC AAUP Chapter Past President (AAUP position and support provided by the National and Campus AAUPs)