Applications for Emeritus Status for Tenured Faculty, Lecturers, Staff and Administrators Are Due to the Senate Office by September 1, 2022

Applications for Emeritus Status are due to the University Senate Office from the retiree’s nominator no later than September 1, 2022, for the Fall semester cycle. Emeritus Status is granted by the approval of a simple majority of the University Senate membership.

Retired Cal Poly Humboldt Tenured Faculty, including FERP faculty are eligible to apply

Tenured faculty, including FERP faculty, who retired from Cal Poly Humboldt prior to December 2020 should  have received Emeritus Status and do not need to reapply for it. The new Emeritus Status Policy became effective Spring 2021, therefore, any tenured faculty, including FERP faculty, who retired on or after April 2021 will need to apply for Emeritus Status.

Emeritus Status is based on retiring, so FERP faculty should apply for Emeritus Status when they retire and move into FERP status.

Retired Cal Poly Humboldt Lecturers, Staff, and Administrators are eligible to apply

The new Emeritus Status Policy allows Cal Poly Humboldt retired lecturers, staff, and administrators to be eligible for emeritus status. Therefore, all retired lecturers, staff and administrators are eligible to apply for emeritus status.

The criteria for emeritus status are:

1.      Retirement or resignation from the California State University; having provided ten or more years of full-time service or its aggregated equivalent at this campus (Cal Poly Humboldt); and, in special circumstances, the University Senate may award emeritus status to faculty or staff with less than 10 years of cumulative service.

2.      Meritorious contributions to teaching, scholarship, and/or service to CSU.

Guidelines: How to apply for Emeritus Status

1.      You must complete the Humboldt-University Senate: Application for Emeritus Status Form and send it to your nominator. It is only for your nominator’s use.  It is available at Applying for Emeritus Status on the Humboldt-ERFSA webpage https://erfsa.humboldt.edu/

2.      Your Nominator completes: Humboldt Staff & Faculty Emeritus Nomination Form. The nominator uses your application to complete the Nomination Form. The link to electronic Nomination Form is available at Applying for Emeritus Status on the Humboldt-ERFSA webpage https://erfsa.humboldt.edu/

Nominators can be:

1.      Former department personnel committee, or

2.      Former department Chair, or

3.      Former supervisor in your former academic unit or working unit; or

4.      Humboldt-Emeritus, Retired Faculty and Staff Association (Humboldt-ERFSA) can nominate you when your previous supervisor or department chair is no longer employed or in a position to nominate you verifying that you meet the criteria for emeritus status.