The following title designations are approved for faculty of the Redwoods Community College District:

            Assistant Professor:        Contract/probationary faculty member

            Professor:                         Regular/tenured faculty member

Subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, emeritus status shall be awarded to faculty members who have completed ten or more years of full-time faculty service to the District and who are retiring from College of the Redwoods.

Emeritus status may be awarded to a retiring faculty member during his or her last semester of employment for the District, at the rank the retiring person currently holds.

The Academic Senate will forward names of nominees to the Board of Trustees for action.

In continuing recognition of their service, emeritus faculty are included to the greatest extent possible in the life of the College and are eligible for the following specific benefits:

• Office/work space, as available.

• Use of the College library, computers, and other technology for research, as available.

• Attendance at all College social and ceremonial functions normally open to all faculty and participation as nonvoting members at all faculty meetings.

• Parking permits and passes to athletic events, concerts, lectures, and other College events normally available to all faculty.

• Use of College fitness facilities, as available.

• Listing in the College catalog.