Chairs and deans conduct elections of university, college, and departmental promotion committees. As a result of Faculty Senate recommendations, the University Promotion Committee will be elected before other promotion committees. Candidates for promotion forward completed promotion files to department chairs. Department chairs forward files to chairs of departmental promotion committees. Chairs of departmental promotion committees forward files and recommendations to the department chairs.
Department chairs forward files and recommendations to deans of colleges.
Deans of colleges forward files to chairs of the college promotion committees. Chairs of the college promotion committees forward files and recommendations to the deans of the colleges. Deans forward files and recommendations to first appeals committee for review, if necessary. First appeals recommendations made and files forwarded to deans. Deans of colleges forward files and recommendations to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.