Benefits for Faculty Emeritus/a and Retired Staff

This section describes the campus and community benefits to which employees designated as Faculty Emeritus/Emerita or Staff Retired from Service are entitled after their service to Rhodes.

For faculty emeritus/emerita:

• Continued use of a Rhodes email address
• Campus parking privileges
• Library privileges including the possibility of reserving working space in the library on an “as-needed” basis
• Use of the Bryan Campus Life Center
• Discounts at the College Bookstore
• Faculty/staff discount for event rental of Rhodes campus facilities
• Each faculty member may enroll without fee in one standard course each semester in the academic program of the Meeman Center (based on spaces available; travel courses are excluded)
• Regular courses in the academic program may be audited without charge upon approvals of the instructor and of the Office of Academic Affairs (based on spaces available)
• Faculty emeritus/emerita are invited to attend formal academic occasions, most notably the Opening Convocation of the Academic Year at which time faculty emeritus/emerita will be recognized. The College will include faculty emeritus/emerita in an annual event for faculty with the President of the College and the Office of Academic Affairs
• Potential opportunities for faculty emeritus/emerita to teach part-time, including during summer school or through the Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning.
• Membership for faculty emeritus/emerita to the “Phase Three” faculty development affinity group, which includes access to faculty development opportunities on campus. 

Staff of the College are designated as retired from service if the following criteria are met:

1. The person must have served the College as a full-time member of the Staff for at least ten consecutive years.
2. The person must be in good standing according to the policies and procedures of the College.
3. The person must be eligible to draw retirement benefits as defined by applicable federal/state regulations and college policy.

For staff designated as retired from service:

• Campus parking privileges
• Library privileges
• Use of the Bryan Campus Life Center
• Discounts at the College Bookstore
• Use of the event rental of Rhodes campus facilities
• Each staff retired from service may enroll without fee in one standard course each semester in the academic program of the Meeman Center (based on spaces available; travel courses are excluded)
• Regular courses in the academic program may be audited without charge upon approvals of the instructor and of the Office of Academic Affairs (based on spaces available)
• Staff retired from service will be invited to attend formal academic occasions; most notably the Opening Convocation of the Academic Year at which time staff retired from service will be recognized. The College will include staff retired from service in an annual event for staff with the President of the College.