College of Medicine

Covie-19 One Year Tenure Extension

Given the extraordinary challenges that the ongoing Covid-19 emergency has created for research and teaching activities, President Bobbitt has approved a one-year extension of the probationary period for every pre-tenured faculty member who is in the first 5 years of their probationary period. This extension incorporates, and does not add to, any extensions that have already been applied for under Board of Trustees Policy 405.1.IV.A.4 during the current academic year.

Any additional extensions for currently serving, pre-tenured faculty will be considered rare and will be considered on a case by case basis.

This action is subject to all other provisions of Board Policy 405.1 and other applicable University policies.

Please note this one-year tenure extension applies to faculty members already employed and on a tenure track at the time of the announcement (March 30, 2020).

Promotion & Tenure Requests

Requests for Promotion and Tenure for 2021 must be submitted by Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 by 4:30pm.  This is a firm deadline for your electronic packet submission and the electronic system can be found at https://PromotionTenure.uams.edu.

You can also stop by the office in the Central Building Room 4D40 to review successful P&T packets anytime Monday through Friday from 8 am – 4:30 pm.

Also contact K. Donte’ Stephens @ KDStephens@uams.edu in the Faculty Center Office if you have any questions regarding the P&T process.