Charges:

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

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

• Receives, reviews and makes recommendations for emeritus status applications;

• Receives, reviews and makes recommendations for sabbatical applications;

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

• 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;

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

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

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

• 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;

• 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: 

• Broad participation from academic and administrative faculty;

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

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

Important Dates:

• Tenure application packet submission: Last Friday of October by 5PM PDT

• Sabbatical application packet submission: Last Friday of October in the academic year prior to the effective date of requested leave

• Emeritus status application and recommendation packet submission: Last Friday in March

Documents

• General Teaching Observation Form
• Mentoring: Policy and Procedure
• Tenure Application Form
• Updated Tenure Policy Form
• Updated Tenure Policy

Web Links

• 5.15 Recruitment of Professional Staff
• Emeritus Status Application Form
• GBC Faculty Senate
• Sabbatical Application Form

Personnel Committee Chair

Jennifer Stieger, English Instructor
Elko Campus
775.327.2262

Personnel Committee Members

Timothy Beasley, Technician
Elko Campus
775.327.2157

Jason Brick, Student Transfer Coordinator
Elko Campus
775.327.2077

Amber Cannon, Electrical Instructor
Elko Campus
775.327.2197

Mardell Dorsa, Assistant to the President
Elko Campus
775.327.2108

Xunming Du, Mathematics Professor
Pahrump Campus
775.327.5210

Jessica Johnson, CTE Teaching Assistant/Recruiter/Advisor
Winnemucca Campus
775.327.5883

George Kleeb, Business Professor
Elko Campus
775.327.2191

Mike McGhee, Student Advisor
Elko Campus
775.327.2076

Shirley Muir, Diesel Instructor
Elko Campus

Erica Salazar, Medical Imaging Instructor
Elko Campus
775.327.2324

Christopher Salute, Director
Pahrump Campus
775.327.2036

Amy Smith, CTE Student Advisor/Placement Coordinator
Elko Campus
775.327.2289

Arysta Sweat, Director of Accessibility/Title IX Coordinator
Elko Campus
775.327.2075

Ex-officio Committee Member