Graduate Faculty
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Regular Appointment (Tenure-Track and Voting-Status Faculty)
Members of the Graduate Faculty are tenure-track or voting-status faculty members at Purdue University who have been nominated by the head of a specific graduate program and an academic dean for appointment to the Graduate Faculty. The dean of the Graduate School, acting on behalf of the faculty Graduate Council, grants graduate faculty status to Purdue faculty members.
New faculty members may be nominated for appointment to the Graduate Faculty after their date of employment and after they arrive on their respective campuses.
Nominations for graduate faculty status at the West Lafayette campus are initiated electronically by the COE Office of Graduate Studies. The nomination is forwarded to the relevant department head and academic dean for endorsement, via electronic signature, after which the nomination is forwarded electronically to the dean of the Graduate School for review. Upon approval, the Graduate School will assign a graduate faculty identifier (e.g., C0001) to the appointee for use on Graduate School documents. A two digit advisor code (e.g., 24) is assigned by the COE Office of Graduate Studies for use by the Office of the Registrar.
Appointment to the Graduate Faculty will enable the faculty member to teach graduate-level courses, to serve on graduate student committees, and to co-chair or chair graduate student committees.
A member of the Graduate Faculty who terminates employment at Purdue may upon the recommendation of the head of the faculty member's graduate program be changed to a "special appointment" (see below) to serve as a cochair or as a member of a graduate student’s advisory committee.
Special Appointmentback to top
A special appointment may be requested for an individual who does not meet the conditions required for regular appointment, yet who can contribute special expertise to the work of graduate students. Such a person may serve as a member or as a co-chair, but not as chair, on graduate student committees and teach graduate courses.
Nominations for special appointment to the Graduate Faculty at the West Lafayette campus are initiated electronically by the COE Office of Graduate Studies. Before the process can begin, a current vita of the person seeking special appointment must be submitted to the COE Office of Graduate Studies. The nomination is forwarded to the relevant department head and academic dean for endorsement, via electronic signature, after which the nomination is forwarded electronically to the dean of the Graduate School for review. Upon approval, the Graduate School will assign a graduate faculty identifier (e.g., C0001) to the appointee for use on Graduate School documents. The approval process may take up to three weeks.
Special appointment to the Graduate Faculty is for a term of five years. Such appointments may be renewed upon nomination by the head of a graduate program and approval by the dean of the Graduate School.
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A student may decide to change advisors after beginning their program. If a plan of study has not been filed, the student must submit a COE Office of Graduate Studies "Request to Change Faculty Advisor" form to the COE Office of Graduate Studies. The COE Office of Graduate Studies "Request to Change Faculty Advisor" form may be picked up in the COE Office of Graduate Studies.
If a plan of study has been filed and the student wishes to change advisors, they must submit a change of plan of study. |
