UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Recently tenured and promoted Penn State faculty across the University were honored Oct. 18 through Penn State University Libraries’ Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program, now in its 18th year.
The Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program asks each newly tenured or promoted faculty member to select a book title for the University Libraries’ permanent collection, and to submit a personal statement explaining why they chose that book. The Libraries purchases titles that are not already in its collection and affixes each with a bookplate to commemorate the faculty member’s achievement.
Each faculty cohort’s book selections and personal statements are listed online, searchable by year and by last name.
Honorees, their guests and invited colleagues were welcomed by Rebecca Miller Waltz, interim associate dean for learning and undergraduate services at the University Libraries, during a private event held in the Paterno Family Humanities Reading Room on the second floor of Pattee Library at University Park campus. Faculty members’ selected titles and words of dedication were on display.
“It is a privilege and pleasure to celebrate the academic and professional achievements of Penn State’s faculty,” Waltz said. “The University Libraries take great pride in the role that we play in your teaching and research and therefore ultimately in your success.”
Executive Vice President and Provost Nick Jones offered brief remarks at the event. “It’s a significant achievement to be promoted and to earn tenure at this institution,” he said. “Penn State’s promotion and tenure processes are rigorous, and we hold them in very high regard.”
Jones noted that many of the titles chosen by the newly promoted faculty members “cover the big challenges of our time: social justice, climate change, gender inequality, poverty and education.” Three honorees selected Paulo Friere’s "Pedagogy of the Oppressed."
To read each faculty member’s entry and learn more about the Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program, visit: https://libraries.psu.edu/promotion-and-tenure-recognition