Professor Awarded Tenure
Dr. Michael Ramsey, an assistant professor in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science
Department, was promoted to associate professor and awarded tenure in April. According to the
University's Faculty Handbook, academic tenure is a status accorded members of university faculty
who have demonstrated high ability and achievement in their dedication to the growth of human
knowledge. Tenure is intended to assure the University that there will be continuity in its
experienced faculty and in the functions for which they are responsible. Promotion to tenured
rank constitutes recognition by the University that a person so identified is qualified by
achievements and contributions to knowledge as to be ranked among the most worthy of the members
of the faculty.
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First Announced: May 1, 2006
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