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Supervisor Tasks - Endowed Chair or Professorship

Supervisor Tasks:

The candidate's submission of documents required for your review are available to you located in the folders above in the topic named Candidate Submissions. 

Supervisor must: 

1. Upload a letter of support for renewing endowed appointment or letter to recommend to discontinue endowed status.  The letter must provide evidence with sound rationale for alignment or disparity between the candidate's performance and expectations of the endowed appointment.

2. Review the incumbent's initial contract for the endowed appointment and compare to University prospective guidelines (spending guidelines and specific detail of performance expectations).  Proceed with conversation with candidate that pending appointment renewal, renewal contract provisions will change according to University guidelines.  Follow up verbal conversation with documentation (e-mail is fine) this conversation has taken place and the candidate acknowledges how re-appointment may be impacted by the prospective guidelines.  

3. Attach a copy of the initial contract with the endowed appointment terms.  Salary figure should be redacted.

Uploaded required documents by the stated deadline.