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Office of Graduate Studies

Graduate Faculty

Special Appointment

The head of an academic department in College Station may wish to have a qualified individual teach a graduate course or serve on a student’s Advisory Committee without being permanently on the Graduate Faculty as either a Member, Associate Member or Adjunct Member. In addition, qualified individuals from other universities, government or industry may be appointed in special cases to teach a graduate course or to serve on a student’s Advisory Committee.

These appointments are accomplished by use of the Personal Record Form on the website ogs.tamu.edu/OGS/faculty.htm initiated by the head of the academic department, or Chair of the Interdisciplinary Faculty, in College Station through the College Graduate Instruction Committee and college, school or Council of Participating Deans to the Dean of Graduate Studies with the individual’s résumé attached. The department head, or Chair of the Interdisciplinary Faculty, should indicate if the Special Appointment status is to be limited to the one specified committee, to one specified teaching assignment, or to a fixed length of time (e.g., for one or two years).

A qualified individual from another university, government or industry who holds Special Appointment status to the graduate faculty and who serves on a Graduate Advisory Committee is not counted toward the minimum number of graduate faculty necessary to form the committee.