Congratulations Professor - this is very well deserved! Looking forward to many, many more years of excellent work from you and your group! Bano
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Ted Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For those of you that address me by my formal academic title, mine > will be changing effective Fall 2009 - I've been promoted to full > Professor. :) > > This whole process started back in September when I asked to be > considered. Then I had to put together a **bunch** of material > documenting my record, and then all that goes through various levels > of evaluation - first the department makes a recommendation, then the > Dean makes a recommendation, then the Vice-Chancellor makes a > recommendation, then the Chancellor makes a recommendation, and then > the Board of Regents finalizes things....if you allow about a month > for each step (which is about what it takes) then you see why this has > to start back in September to get a decision by April... > > In my case and I think in most other cases, the single most important > factor in arriving at a promotion decision is what your external > letters of recommendation say - as a part this process your department > will ask leading people in your field to comment on your work, and if > they say good things then you usually get promoted, and if they don't > or worse yet they say "Who???" ... well .... then it gets > problematic. :) > > So in addition to the department, Dean, Vice-Chancellor, Chancellor > and Board of Regents, you also need the support of the external > reviewers. When you manage all that, it's a nice feeling. :) > > Ted > > -- > Ted Pedersen > http://www.d.umn.edu/~tpederse > >
