{"id":146664,"date":"2025-05-01T14:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=146664"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:50:48","slug":"ucf-awards-promotion-and-tenure-to-115-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-awards-promotion-and-tenure-to-115-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Awards Promotion and Tenure to 115 Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ faculty members across the university marked a major achievement in earning promotions and tenure for the 2024-25 cycle.<\/p>\n
The 115 approved faculty \u2014 76 for promotion and 39 for tenure \u2014 underwent a comprehensive performance evaluation by peers, college and university leaders that took nearly one academic year.<\/p>\n
The president and provost make final decisions on promotions following reviews and recommendations from individual colleges and units. The Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Board of Trustees must approve tenure decisions, which are a key factor in fulfilling Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s strategic plan of becoming a preeminent state university, a national top 25 public institution and the world\u2019s leading public metropolitan research university. In addition to helping Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ recruit and retain exceptional faculty, tenure helps protect academic freedom and encourages faculty to produce high-quality scholarship on challenging and impactful issues facing society.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarning promotion and tenure is a major career milestone for faculty. It reflects years of hard work, excellence, and outstanding contributions in teaching, research, and service,\u201d says Michael D. Johnson, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019m proud of these faculty members and confident they will play a major role in advancing Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s future success.”<\/p>\n
The promotions and tenure take effect Aug. 8. Congratulations to the following faculty.<\/p>\n
Promotion to Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Professor of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure<\/strong><\/p>\n Tenure Awarded<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine <\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Senior Lecturer<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Lecturer<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Senior Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n Associate Instructor of Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Senior Instructional Designer<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Instructional Designer<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Medical Associate Librarian<\/strong><\/p>\n Promotion to Associate Librarian<\/strong><\/p>\n The approvals recognize years of excellence and contributions in teaching, research and service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":146665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[766,17023,7309,17177,973,16873,979,4869,982,54694,14751,4901],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-146664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-center-for-distributed-learning","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-college-of-business","tag-college-of-community-innovation-and-education","tag-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","tag-college-of-health-professions-and-sciences","tag-college-of-medicine","tag-college-of-nursing","tag-college-of-sciences","tag-division-of-digital-learning","tag-faculty-excellence","tag-ucf-libraries"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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