Faculty Hiring Procedures

(Academic Positions)

Depending on the type of academic position, the hiring procedures will be different. Below you will find the position types and the titles they encompass.

Complete the Hiring Faculty Approval (HFA) Form

Complete the Hiring Faculty Approval Form (HFA) to start the hiring process. 

Guidelines for Determining Qualified Faculty.

The Provost wishes to review all HFA and Offer Letters, along with a CV, for the following roles:

  • All tenure/tenure track (ranked) which includes professors, associate professors, and assistant professors
  • Non-tenure track (ranked)* (initial, new hires only – not renewals) for teaching professors, associate teaching professor and assistant teaching professor and librarian and archivists all levels
  • In addition, as policy updates, any professional practice professor, associate professional practice professor and assistant professional practice professor – (initial, new hires only – not renewals)

All letters, along with a CV, for *NTT research faculty will now be routed to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Dr. Khayat, for signature. Please send these to Becky Black and Wendy Riggs.

If a role is omitted, it can be assumed the Provost does not wish to review (unless you are with the Division of the Provost, such as Faculty Affairs, CAFÉ, St. Louis Operations, etc.).

Non-regular faculty groups

**Non-regular faculty are divided into three groups, full-time (ranked), full-time (unranked) and part-time/temporary. All of these types should comply with Missouri S&T Policy Memorandum No. II-12 and UM System collected rules and regulations, specifically chapter 310.035 non-tenure track faculty executive guideline no. 35

***NTT faculty should also comply with Missouri S&T Policy Memorandum No. II-13.

Faculty Hiring Contacts

For additional information or assistance, please contact your college admin – Ashley Newton, newtona@mst.edu for CEC, Kimberly Courtney, kimberly.courtney@mst.edu for CASE, Shayla Yoakum, syoakum@mst.edu for Kummer College or your strategic partner in Human Resources.

Please send all HFAs and offer letters that the Provost needs to sign to Angelica Nuno at anuno@mst.edu (or Krista Chambers at krista@mst.edu & Emily Dilly at emily.dilly@mst.edu) if she is out of the office).