Faculty in the clinical/adjunct appointment system with a prefix rank (clinical associate professor, adjunct assistant professor, etc.) are usually not paid MSU employees but provide their service to advance the educational, research, and/or service missions of the College of Human Medicine. Additional information about faculty appointments in the clinical/adjunct appointment system can be found here.
Clinical/adjunct prefix faculty currently holding the clinical or adjunct assistant professor or the clinical or adjunct associate professor rank initiate an application for promotion at the department level, Departments are responsible for providing guidance about procedures and timelines to their faculty.
Faculty are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the department procedures and timelines prior to submitting an application for promotion and/or completing the required forms and documentation.
The chairperson of the appropriate academic department has final responsibility and authority for recommending candidates to the Dean of the College of Human Medicine for promotion.
Faculty candidate completes and submits to department:
Departments collect the promotion application form and required documentation from the candidate and review applications according to departmentally determined procedures. The chairperson has final responsibility and authority for recommending any candidate for promotion to the dean of the College of Human Medicine. Once approved at the department level the application form and supporting documentation must be submitted to the CHM Office of Faculty Affairs and Development (FAD) by the last working day in May.
Departmental Contacts
The Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Staff Administration reviews all applications and makes a final decision. Notice of approved promotions is forwarded to the appropriate Community Assistant Dean's office. The Community Assistant Dean's office processes the change in rank after July 1.
CHM Prefix Promotion Guidelines and Criteria
CHM Examples of DEI Activities
CHM Form on Progress and Excellence for Clinical/Adjunct Prefix Faculty
AAMC Guidance on Preparing a Curriculum Vitae (CV)
CHM Guidance on Preparing an Academic Portfolio
CHM Prefix Academic Portfolio Templates