Announcements
EMERITI ASSOCIATION COMPLETION SCHOLARSHIP
Members of the University of Utah Professors Emeriti Association are joining together to raise funds in support of undergraduate students striving to finish their bachelors degrees. The Professors Emeriti Association Completion Scholarship will be awarded to students who are within twelve credits of completing their undergraduate degree who may be facing financial challenges.
Completion Scholarships range from $1,000 to $3,000 and support the University's efforts to increase student retention and completion. The Professors Emeriti Association Completion Scholarship will be available to students from any major and will be awarded beginning Fall 2023. Please consider donating to the Emeriti Association Completion Scholarship Fund. If you prefer to donate by check, please send to:
University Advancement
The University of Utah
P.O. Box 58006
Salt Lake City, Utah
Important Information
PIONEER MEMORIAL THEATRE PREVIEW PERFORMANCES
Emeriti Association members are invited to attend preview performances which take place Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Preview night tickets will become available at 10 a.m. at the Pioneer Theatre Company Box Office located at 300 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 on the dates below:
- Two Pianos: Ticket pickup begins August 25 at 10 am | Preview performance on September 11 7:30 pm
- Dear Evan Hanson: Ticket pickup begins October 6 at 10 am | Preview performance on October 23 7:30 am
- Noises Off: Ticket pickup begins November 17 at 10 am | Preview performance on December 4 7:30 pm
- Ten Brave Seconds: Ticket pickup begins January 12 at 10 am | Preview performance on January 29 7:30 pm
- King James: Ticket pickup begins March 2 at 10 am | Preview performance on March 19 7:30 pm
- Come From Away: Ticket pickup begins April 6 at 10 am | Preview performance on April 23 7:30 pm
EMERITI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DONATION REPORTWe have obtained updated calculations on Emeritus donations to the University of Utah. Between 2020 and 2024, emeriti committed $26,995,005, while $14,291,292 was actually received by the U. When tabulated from the earliest records, in total, emeriti have committed $83,820,445 and the U has received $65,879,150. Emeriti continue as integral members of the University community, long after their retirement.
The detailed tally is the following spreadsheet (download).
EMERITI ASSOCIATION - ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES BY FACULTY AFTER RETIREMENT SURVEY FINDINGS (NOVEMBER 2023)
HOW-TO GUIDES
How To Fix Your Emeritus Directory Listing
If you are a Faculty Emeritus but are not listed in the University Directory, it is probably because your Department failed to file an ePAF moving you to Emeritus status on PeopleSoft. If you want this corrected, you need to work through your Department’s payroll reporter. You will need a copy of your Emeritus Presidential letter; if you do not have this, it can be obtained through the Office for Faculty at officeforfaculty@utah.edu. Your payroll reporter will submit an ePAF (attaching the Presidential letter) asking HR to update the system to reflect the rank of Emeritus. The ePAF will then route to the HR IT team, who will confirm your status with the Office for Faculty before they make the change in PeopleSoft. Note: The president letter granting emeritus is very important. Without your Presidential letter, no progress can be madeProcess for Appointment of Emeritus Status
Here are the steps for Main Campus Faculty in being granted Emeritus status (Note: Health Sciences Faculty have a slightly different, but similar, process).- Department Faculty votes to award Emeritus Status
- Department Chair fills out the “Emeritus Faculty Nomination Form” and sends it to the Dean for approval
- Dean approves the form and sends it to the Office for Faculty
- The AVP for Faculty approves the form on behalf of the SVPAA
- The Office for Faculty collects the signed forms and adds the names of the potential Emeritus Faculty to the Agenda for Academic Senate notification (note this is not approval, just notification)
- The Office for Faculty adds the names of the potential Emeritus Faculty to the Agenda for Board of Trustees approval
- The Board of Trustees don’t meet every month, so sometimes this takes a while to be approved. It also takes a while if the forms have come in to the Office for Faculty after we’ve already sent in the agenda information to the Board of Trustees – in which case it has to wait until the next Board of Trustees meeting
- Once the Board of Trustees have approved the Emeritus Status, the Office for Faculty prepares the Certificates and President’s Letters, notifying the Faculty Member they have been awarded Emeritus Status
- Once the President’s Letter has been distributed, the Faculty Member’s Department Admin and/or the U’s Retirements Team will initiate a personnel action (ePAF) using the President’s Letter as documentation – the action will be initiated by the Department Admin if the Faculty Member has already retired, and will be initiated by the Retirements Team if the Faculty Member’s retirement date has not yet happened.