University Professorships
Nominations
Present Professorships
Past Professorships
In addition to the information provided by this Web page, there will be an annual publication with information on University Professors and other forms of recognition.
Timeline
Nature of Professorships
Financial Resources
Qualifications
- Nominations/applications due to Deans: Monday, November 10, 2008, or such earlier date as set by the academic unit.
- Recommendations from the Deans due to University Professorship Oversight Committee: Monday, December 8, 2008
- Ratification by University Professorship Oversight Committee due by: January 22, 2008
- Announcements by President: First week of February 2009
Number of Professorships:
Five professorships in total: two for Arts and Sciences, one for Business, one for Law, one each for Education and Nursing in alternate years: in 2009-2010, Nursing has one. In the future, there will be professorships from the School of Peace Studies.
Financial Resources:
$20,000 per professorship.
For an internal professorship, the funds may be used flexibly for course reduction, salary supplement, travel, project needs, or other appropriate purpose; for course reductions, the cost to buy out a course is determined by the dean (depending on cost of replacement, among other factors). Benefits charged at 6.7% to the professorship account for course reductions and/or stipends.
Qualifications:
- This one-year professorship is based on outstanding contributions at USD in teaching and research;
- Tenure required;
- There must be a seven-year hiatus betweeen this award and a prior Recognition-based Professorship.
