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Updating Your Name, Appointments, Degrees and Professional Training
Your name, appointment titles, degrees and professional training information comes from dFac, the Duke faculty
system. Your department’s dFac users can correct this information for you. If you don’t know your departmental
dFac users, ask your Scholars power user or business manager for an introduction.
Name and Degree Abbreviations
At the top of the CV, the faculty member’s name comes from the Professional Name field in dFac. The degree
abbreviations come from the Education records in dFac. All degrees in dFac are abbreviated and listed after the
name, and the list of degrees can be edited on the CV if necessary.
Primary Academic Appointment
The current primary appointment title comes from dFac. If changes to the title are necessary, ask your department’s
dFac user.
Secondary Academic Appointment
Titles for all current secondary appointments come from dFac and must be corrected in dFac. There is no
designated order of secondary appointments. If changes to any titles are necessary, talk to your department’s dFac
user.
Date / Rank of First Duke Faculty Appointment
The year and title of the first faculty appointment comes from dFac’s appointment history. To correct any of these
past appointments, ask your department’s dFac user.
Education
Education records are entered as degrees in dFac. The highest degree is required in dFac and many units add at least
two degrees. However, all degrees can be added to dFac. To add or correct degrees, contact your department’s dFac
user.
Professional Training and Academic Career
Most units add any training experiences prior to the first faculty hire, such as residencies, fellowships, and post-doc
employment in dFac. To add or correct training or fellowship records, contact your department’s dFac user.
Specialty Certifications and Dates
Specialty certifications can be added to dFac. Board certifications entered in dFac appear in the Professional
Training section of the CV and must be moved to the Specialty Certifications section of the Word CV after it’s been
generated.
Duke University Faculty Appointments
This section lists the faculty member’s previous Duke appointments. Corrections can be made by your department’s
dFac user.