Comprehensive record of all personnel actions affecting an academic appointee.
May include but is not limited to:
- Offer Letter
- Appointment Letters
- Reappointment Letters
- Degree Verification
- Retention Agreement Documents
- Salary Adjustment Documentation
- Application for Sabbatical Leave
- Clock Extension Request Letter
- CV/Bibliography
- Endowment Agreement
- Joint Appointment Documents
- Leave Without Pay Documents
- Resignation Letter
- VRI Documentation
- Merit Documents
- Disciplinary Letter
- Postdoctoral Scholar Data Sheet
Official Copy: UWHR Operations
Retention: 50 years after termination of employment -- basic biographical information will be retained by the University Archives
Disposition Method: Shred or Delete
Other Copy: College/School or Department
Retention: 3 years after termination of employment with department
Disposition Method: Shred or Delete
Note: For Faculty and Librarians who receive an emeritus appointment, the start date of the emeritus academic appointment will be treated as the "termination date" for their personnel record. Refer to Personnel Records for Emeritus Faculty for the official copy and Personnel Records for Emeritus Faculty/Librarians--Other Copy for the records generated during and following the emeritus appointment.