TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose of Academic Affairs Procedures Manual
1.2 Additional Resources for CSM Procedures and Policies
1.3 Overview of the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs

SECTION 2: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
2.1 Annual Calendar of Deadlines/Due Dates for Academic Procedures
2.2 Department Office Hours and Staff Meetings
2.3 Alcohol at Functions Attended by Students
2.4 State and Federal Contact Procedures

SECTION 3: GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR FACULTY
3.1 Requests to Engage in Additional Professional Work
3.2 Faculty Resumes/Curriculum Vitae Format
3.3 Retirements, Sabbaticals, and Leaves of Absence
3.4 Sabbatical Requests
3.5 Business Card Protocol

SECTION 4: FACULTY HIRING/PAY/TRANSFERS
4.1 Hiring Instructions
4.2 Policy on Academic Faculty Searches
4.3 Benefits for Faculty
4.4 Summer Program Guidelines
4.5 "Plan B" Policies
4.6 Visa and Immigration Protocol for Appointing Foreign Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty
4.7 Moving Expense Guidelines
4.8 Guidelines for Appointing Faculty to a Position with No Remuneration
4.9 Terminating Salary Contracts and Separation of Employees from CSM
4.10 Faculty Appointments for Graduate Students
4.11 Required Documentation for New CSM Faculty
4.12 Transfer of Faculty
4.13 Funds for Which Faculty Members Have Responsibility and Accountability

SECTION 5: FACULTY EVALUATION
5.1 Faculty Evaluation Procedure Summary
5.2 Suggested Criteria to be Considered for Faculty Evaluations
5.3 Faculty Data Report Format
5.4 Faculty Evaluation Format
5.5 Department Head/Division Director Procedure Summary
5.6 Department Head/Division Director Data Report Format
5.7 Department Head/Division Director Evaluation Format
5.8 Student Evaluations of Faculty
5.9 Professional Growth Plans for Tenure-Track Faculty

SECTION 6: PROMOTION AND TENURE
6.1 Promotion/Tenure Timetable and Scenario
6.2 Guidelines for Submission of Promotion/Tenure Material
6.3 Tenure Application Extension
6.4 Preliminary Tenure Reviews for Tenure-Track Faculty
6.5 Items for Candidate, Department Head/Division Director and Department/Division Promotion & Tenure Committee to Consider When Preparing Application Package

SECTION 7: VISITING COMMITTEES
7.1 Guidelines for Visiting Committees
7.2 Sample Letter of Invitation

SECTION 8: ACADEMIC PROCEDURES
8.1 Graduate Registration/Tuition Guidelines
8.2 Examinations Scheduling and Dead Day Policies
8.3 Residency and Tuition Classification Guidelines
8.4 Academic Plans
8.5 Undergraduate Council Course Addition/Change Submission Form
8.6 Graduate Council Course Addition/Change Submission Form
8.7 Employee Tuition Waiver Requests
8.8 SEVIS Fee Requirement For International Students & Scholars

SECTION 9: FACULTY AWARDS AND EMERITUS STATUS
9.1 Teaching Awards
9.2 CSM Alumni Teaching Award
9.3 Board of Trustees' Outstanding Faculty Award
9.4 Alfred E. Jenni Faculty Fellowship
9.5 Dean's Excellence Award
9.6 Nominating Faculty for Emeritus Title

SECTION 10: COMMENCEMENT
10.1 Commencement/Convocation Marching Order
10.2 Commencement Hooding Guidelines
10.3 Absences from Commencement and Faculty Conference

SECTION 11: ACADEMIC SPACE/STORAGE/EQUIPMENT
11.1 Requests for Remodeling or Project/Construction Services
11.2 Storage Policy
11.3 Guidelines for Disposition of Equipment Upon a Faculty Member's Departure from CSM

SECTION 12: COMPLAINTS PROCEDURES
12.1 Response of the Office of Academic Affairs to Complaints of Inappropriate Behavior Against Faculty Members

SECTION 13: TRAVEL
13.1 Travel
13.2 Petroleum Institute Semester Policy and Guidelines for Faculty
13.3 15-Passenger Vans

SECTION 14: RESEARCH
14.1 Risk Policy
14.2 Guidelines for Utilization of General Research Laboratory
14.3 Human Subjects Research

14.4 Policy Governing Center Reporting

14.5 Indirect Cost (IDC) Return Policy and Practices

SECTION 15: EMPLOYEMENT CONTRACT FORMS
15.1 Tenured Faculty Employment Contract
15.2 Tenure-Track Faculty Employment Contract
15.3 Non-Tenured Faculty Employment Contract
15.4 Library Faculty Employment Contract
15.5 Administrator Addendum
15.6 Department Head/Division Director Addendum
15.7 Acting or Interim Department Head/Division Director Addendum
15.8 Assistant Department Head/Division Director Addendum