Charges:

a.    Receives and reviews tenure and mentor application packets for completeness per policy;

b.    Forwards acceptable tenure/mentor application packets to the appropriate Vice President office;

c.     Receives, reviews and makes recommendations for emeritus status applications;

d.    Receives, reviews and makes recommendations for sabbatical applications;

e.    At least one committee member must serve on all professional search committees;

f.      Recommends representatives for professional search committees who ensure adherence to NSHE and GBC professional search policies; representatives cannot be members of the department conducting the search;

g.    The committee chair will ensure assignments to the professional search committees are evenly distributed amongst personnel committee members;

h.    Reviews and recommends policy pertaining to hiring, tenure, mentoring, sabbatical, emeritus status and other personnel issues;

i.      One or more members would serve on a Special Hearing Committee (BOR Handbook, Title 2, Ch 6.11.3);

j.      This committee does not consider grievance issues. Grievance procedures addressing a faculty member’s dissatisfaction with an adverse annual evaluation rating or denial of merit can be found in Section 5.9 of the Great Basin College Bylaws;

k.     And administration and Human Resources will provide guidance and training for the professional search processes, the role of the personnel representative on professional searches, and the reporting of improper employee conduct during professional searches.

Composition: 

l.      Broad participation from academic and administrative faculty;

m.   The chair of this committee is a member of the GBC Budget Task Force Committee;

n.    And the Vice-President of Business Affairs or a designee shall be ex-officio.

Important Dates:

Tenure application packet submission: 5PM on October 30th, 2020

Sabbatical application packet submission: October 30th, 2020

Emeritus status application and recommendation packet submission: March 26, 2021

Documents

• Personnel Report - November 2015
• Tenure Application 2017-2018

Web Links

• 2013 Tenure Policy & Procedures
• 5.15 Recruitment of Professional Staff
• Emeritus Status
• GBC Faculty Senate
• Sabbatical Leave

Personnel Committee Chair

Personnel Committee Members

Timothy Beasley, Technician
Elko Campus
775.327.2157

Thomas Bruns, Millwright Technology Instructor
Elko Campus
775.327.2274

Xunming Du, Mathematics Professor
Elko Campus
775.327.2295

Jonathan Foster, History Professor
Elko Campus
775.327.2261

George Kleeb, Business Professor
Elko Campus
775.327.2191

Mike McGhee, Student Advisor
Elko Campus
775.327.2076

Jennifer Stieger, English Instructor
Elko Campus
775.327.2262

Milinda Wasala, Physics Instructor
Elko Campus
775.327.2163

Ex-officio Committee Member

Sonja Sibert, Vice President for Business Affairs
Elko Campus
775.327.2106