LSU Faculty Handbook

Faculty Handbook

LSU Faculty Senate

October 2012

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LSU FACULTY HANDBOOK

Faculty Senate Edition

Revised: 10/29/2012

CONTENTS

GENERAL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. 3

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 3

ORGANIZATION OF MANUAL ................................................................................................................................ 3

FLAGSHIP AGENDA .................................................................................................................................................. 3

COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ........................................................................................................................... 4

GOVERNANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ..................................................................................... 4

FACULTY ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4

FACULTY GOVERNANCE ........................................................................................................................................ 6

ADVISORY BODIES ................................................................................................................................................... 7

ACADEMIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................. 9

RIGHTS AND DUTIES ................................................................................................................................................ 9

SELECTION, EVALUATION AND PROMOTION OF FACULTY ........................................................................ 10

FACULTY WORK LOAD.......................................................................................................................................... 11

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................................................. 12

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT ........................................................................................................ 15

RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................................................ 18

EMPLOYEE POLICIES AND BENEFITS PROCEDURES ................................................ 20

EMPLOYEE POLICIES ............................................................................................................................................. 20

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ............................................................................................................................................ 21

LEAVE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 24

SEPARATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY............................................................................................................... 26

PURCHASING AND TRAVEL EXPENSE ACCOUNTS ......................................................................................... 26

UNIVERSITY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ...................................................................... 27

PUBLICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 27

UNIVERSITY-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS ........................................................................................................ 27

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ................................................................................................................................. 28

CAMPUS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ..................................................................................................................... 28

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RECREATIONAL AND DINING FACILITIES ........................................................................................................ 29

PUBLIC SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................................... 30

PARKING, TRAFFIC, TRANSPORTATION............................................................................................................ 30

APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................. 32

APPENDIX A: LSU FACULTY SENATE LINKS .................................................................................................... 32

APPENDIX B: POLICY STATEMENT LINKS ........................................................................................................ 32

APPENDIX C: PERMANENT MEMORANDA LINKS ........................................................................................... 32

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GENERAL OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

This Faculty Handbook is a basic reference

concerning policies and procedures, privileges and

opportunities, and obligations and responsibilities

affecting the faculty of Louisiana State University

and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Intended

as a convenient guide, this Handbook does not

contain every policy and has only excerpts from

others.

ORGANIZATION OF MANUAL

For ease of use, this Faculty Handbook is divided

into four major sections: the General Overview,

which provides a quick summary of the university’s

goals and organization; Academic Rights and

Responsibilities of faculty; procedures governing

Personnel Policies and Benefits, and University

Services and Programs. To quickly access one of

these major sections, please click on the link

provided in the Table of Contents.

Links to further information regarding specific

governing bodies, university departments, university

services, and procedures have been provided

throughout the document. In addition, links to the

LSU Faculty Senate, as well as university Policy

Statements and Permanent Memoranda that bear on

Faculty rights and responsibilities, have been

provided in the appendices.

Faculty members may obtain complete information

on the following subjects from the actual policy

documents located in deans’ offices and on the

University’s computer network:

• Bylaws and Regulations of the Board of

Supervisors: comprehensive policies concerning

the entire LSU System.

• Permanent Memoranda (PMs): policies

concerning the various campuses in the LSU

System, issued by the Office of the President.

• Policy Statements (PSs): the official governance

documents for the University administration and

faculty, issued by the Office of the Chancellor.

• LSU General Catalog: policies and descriptions

concerning the University’s structure and

academic programs.

• Graduate Bulletin: policies and programs of the

Graduate School.

• Code of Student Conduct: issued by the Office of

Student Services.

• Finance and Administrative Services Policies and

Procedures: policies governing the conduct of

University business activities, issued by the Office

of Finance and Administrative Services.

• Human Resource Management: current news and

information concerning policies and employee

benefits and rights, maintained by the Office of

Human Resource Management.

Faculty can also browse LSU A-Z

, an alphabetical

directory of Web sites on lsu.edu. Use the

interactive alphabet to quickly access that letter’s

portion of the directory.

Information contained in this Handbook does not

create any contractual rights for University

employees beyond those rights already existing

under individual contracts and under federal and

state law. The Constitution and Bylaws of the

Faculty Senate are provided in an appendix for the

convenience of the faculty and neither create nor

imply any contractual obligations between the

University and any of its employees.

The misapplication or failure to follow any specific

provision in this Handbook should not be grounds

for setting aside or modifying any employment

decision when it has been determined by appropriate

administrative authority that the decision was fairly

made and in the best interest of the University.

Because the University is the initiator of change and

is also subject to various external legal and

regulatory forces requiring change, the information

in this Handbook will be revised as the University

determines that conditions warrant.

This Faculty Handbook was compiled and edited by

the Office of Faculty Senate.

LSU IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ACCESS UNIVERSITY

LSUPR _ 5M _ Reprinted 10/2012

FLAGSHIP AGENDA

The National Flagship Agenda is a plan to bring

LSU to a new level of excellence. It focuses on

action steps that increase research and scholarly

productivity and the quality and competitiveness of

our graduate and undergraduate students. The

outcomes are designed to place LSU in a position to

compete on all levels with the finest public

universities in the country. As a national flagship

institution, LSU will advance knowledge and

intellectual inquiry by promoting groundbreaking

research; produce enlightened citizens by fostering

critical thinking, ethical reflection, historical

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understanding, and cultural appreciation; enhance

Louisiana by converting scientific and technological

discoveries into new products and processes, by

preparing an informed and creative labor force, and

by applying university resources to solve economic,

environmental, and educational challenges.

For further information on the Flagship Agenda,

click here

COMMITMENT TO

COMMUNITY

Louisiana State University is an interactive

community in which students, faculty, and staff

together strive to pursue truth, advance learning, and

uphold the highest standards of performance in an

academic and social environment. It is a community

that fosters individual development and the creation

of bonds that transcend the time spent within its

gates. To demonstrate my pride in LSU, as a

member of its community, I will:

• accept responsibility for my actions;

• hold myself and others to the highest standards

of academic, personal, and social integrity;

• practice justice, equality, and compassion in

human relations;

• respect the dignity of all persons and accept

individual differences;

• respect the environment and the rights and

property of others and the University;

• contribute positively to the life of the campus

and surrounding community;

• and use my LSU experience to be an active

citizen in an international and interdependent

world.

The continued success of LSU depends on the

faithful commitment by each community member

to these, our basic principles.

For further information on LSU’s commitment to

community, click here

GOVERNANCE AND

ORGANIZATIONAL

STRUCTURE

LSU is governed by numerous entities from the state

level.

The LSU System is a wide-ranging enterprise that

includes institutions, facilities and programs in each

of Louisiana's 64 parishes. Its campuses stretch the

length of the state from New Orleans to Shreveport.

Each institution within the LSU System plays a vital

role in preparing students to incorporate new

knowledge and new technologies into their daily

lives. For more information, visit the LSU System

website.

Louisiana Constitution authorizes the Board of

Regents to plan, coordinate, and have budgetary

responsibility for Louisiana’s public higher

education community. For more information, visit

the Board of Regents website.

Under the leadership of the Executive Vice

Chancellor and Provost, the Office of Academic

Affairs oversees the operation of the University's

colleges and schools, academic planning and

programs, budgets, facilities planning and

construction, and personnel. For more information,

visit the Office of Academic Affairs website

The Faculty Senate is a major institutional

component of shared governance at LSU. This body

represents the interests of the faculty on academic

matters such as educational policy, faculty policies,

standards of instruction, and curricula and degree

requirements.

The Faculty Senate is an elected body representing

the faculty in the colleges and schools of LSU. For

every 25 full-time faculty, a college or school is

awarded one senate seat. Senators are elected to

three-year terms. The Faculty Senate meets monthly

during the academic year. For more information,

visit the Faculty Senate website

For a breakdown of organizational structure at

LSU’s Baton Rouge campus, click here

FACULTY

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF FACULTY

RESPONSIBILITIES

Brief summaries for some of these responsibilities

are contained in the Academic Rights and

Responsibilities section of this manual. For more

detailed information, faculty should refer to the

Permanent Memoranda and Policy Statements,

which can be accessed in the appendices of this

document.

Faculty members of a comprehensive research

university have multiple responsibilities. They are

primarily scholars who strive to learn and to teach.

They are counselors, role models, tutors, and guides.

They are officers of the University who share

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responsibility for that institution’s accomplishing its

purposes and achieving its goals. They are, in some

respects, officers of state government with special

obligations attendant upon that status; they must

exercise wisdom and fairness in dealing with other

people, particularly with students in their charge.

They must be knowledgeable and well-informed,

not only in their academic disciplines but also as

professional educators. They must keep abreast of

developments in educational law and related

legislation.

FACULTY RANKS

The faculty of each college or of each school not

within a college, except the Graduate School,

consists of all members of the academic staff having

the rank of instructor or higher (or equivalent rank)

who are appointed full-time and whose appointment,

in part or in whole, is in that particular college or

school.

Part-time members of the faculty may be

enfranchised as a class to the degree deemed

appropriate by the faculty of the college or school.

The faculty of each college or school shall define

and recommend degree programs for units under its

jurisdiction and shall recommend candidates for

degrees.

The departmental faculty has jurisdiction over

matters concerning departmental educational

policies, insofar as these do not conflict with the

policies of other departments or with the rules and

regulations of its own college or school or of the

University. Full-time faculty hold the ranks of

instructor, assistant professor, associate professor,

and professor.

These ranks are defined in PM-23, Ranks,

Provisions, and Policies Governing Appointments

and Promotions of the Academic Staff. In addition, a

chart of academic ranks and their equivalents is

contained in the Bylaws and Regulations of the

Board of Supervisors, Chapter II, Section 2-6.

GRADUATE FACULTY

The graduate faculty consists of those members of

the teaching and research faculties who have been

so designated by the Chancellor, upon

recommendation of the Graduate Council acting on

appropriate nominations. Such designations provide

for classification as Members, associate members,

or affiliate members, according to their

qualifications and experience. (The term, "Member,"

when capitalized, denotes a full member of the

graduate faculty.) Faculty members who hold the

rank of adjunct professor, adjunct associate

professor, or adjunct assistant professor in a

department offering work for graduate credit are

eligible for graduate faculty status as full Members

or associate members, depending upon their

qualifications.

Qualifications for Appointment

Procedures and qualifications for appointment to the

Graduate Faculty are under revision and will be

posted when ready.

Privileges and Responsibilities

Full Member:

Members determine policies of the Graduate School,

engage in all graduate education activities, and

nominate faculty for membership on the graduate

faculty. Doctoral general and final examination

committees must include two full Members of the

graduate faculty, including one from the major

department.

Associate Member:

Associate members may engage in all graduate

education activities. They may chair a thesis

committee if that committee includes at least one

full Member of the graduate faculty from the major

department. They may chair a dissertation

committee if that committee includes at least one

full Member of the graduate faculty from the major

department.

Affiliate/Ex Officio Member:

Affiliate members and Ex Officio members may

serve as members of thesis, dissertation, and

examination committees but may not normally chair

one of these committees or determine policies of the

graduate faculty. Affiliate members who have a

continuing and particularly close association with a

graduate instructional program may, at the special

request of the department, be given permission to

chair committees.

The authority to appoint members of the graduate

faculty is assigned to the Chancellor by the Bylaws

and Regulations of the Board of Supervisors and

that authority is delegated to the Vice-Provost and

Graduate Dean, who appoints individuals to the

graduate faculty with the advice of the Graduate

Council.

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If the department chair and/or the departmental

faculty fail to recommend one of their faculty for

membership on the graduate faculty, that faculty

member has the right to present nomination papers

directly to the Graduate Council for its

consideration. It is the policy of the Graduate School

that only persons appointed to the graduate faculty

may teach graduate credit courses and serve on

graduate student advisory committees; and

normally, only associate and full Members may

direct theses and dissertations. Only full Members

may participate in the determination of the policies

of the Graduate School, according to procedures

determined by the graduate faculty.

FACULTY GOVERNANCE

FACULTY AUTHORITY

Authority to determine the educational policy of

LSU and its colleges, schools, and departments and

is delegated to the faculty by the Board of

Supervisors. The faculty exercises this authority by

deliberative action in the several units and divisions

of the University. For more information, see the

Faculty Senate Constitution

FACULTY COUNCIL

The Faculty Council consists of all full-time

members of the academic staff having the rank of

instructor or higher, or equivalent rank, and

members of the Executive Council. Members of the

Executive Council who do not hold academic rank

are nonvoting members of the Faculty Council. As a

class, part-time members of the academic staff,

holding the rank of instructor or higher (or

equivalent), may be enfranchised to the degree

deemed appropriate by the Faculty Council.

By action of the Faculty Council on March 1, 1973,

meetings of the Faculty Council are open to

nonmembers.

The Faculty Council is charged to establish

curricula, fix standards of instruction, determine

requirements for degrees, and generally determine

educational policy for the University, subject to the

authority of the Board of Supervisors. Except as

otherwise provided, the Faculty Council shall

establish its own educational policies. Within the

framework of the educational policy of the LSU

System, the Faculty Council may establish its own

educational policies and may exercise legislative

power over all matters pertaining to its own

meetings.

Any action of the Faculty Council that, in the

opinion of the Chancellor or the President, is

administrative or that seriously affects the interests

of another faculty of the LSU System, or of the

System itself, may be suspended by the President.

The Faculty Council is required to meet at least once

each academic year. It can also be convened on the

written request of 50 members or 20 percent of the

membership, whichever is the smaller number. A

council quorum may not be less than 25 percent of

the membership. Since 1972, the meetings of the

Faculty Senate have been regarded as equivalent to

meetings of the Faculty Council.

FACULTY SENATE

The elected Faculty Senate has been delegated the

authorities and responsibilities of the Faculty

Council. The authority of the senate extends to all

matters that are proper to the faculty and that have

been specifically delegated by the Faculty Council.

The Faculty Senate developed and adopted a set of

Bylaws during the 1973-74 academic year; a major

revision of these was accomplished in 1990.

Included in these Bylaws is a listing of Faculty

Senate committees and their respective charges, as

revised and adopted by the Faculty Senate.

(Appendices A and B of this Handbook contain the

Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws.)

Additional information concerning the Faculty

Senate or its committees may be obtained by

contacting the Faculty Senate office.

COLLEGE POLICY COMMITTEES/

SENATES

The faculties of most individual colleges and

schools have policy committees or senates to help

carry out faculty responsibilities in establishing and

reviewing educational policy. These bodies serve

the additional functions of advising University

administrators of faculty opinion on nonacademic

matters and of aiding the Faculty Senate elections

committee in the conduct of Senate elections.

Full information about the status and membership of

college policy committees or senates is available

from the president of the Faculty Senate

or from the

deans of the respective colleges/schools (available

online via

LSU A-Z).

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FACULTY GRIEVANCES

A faculty member (instructor or higher) who feels

he or she has a grievance may appeal for a review

by appropriate administrators and/or a review by the

Faculty Senate Grievance Committee. A grievance

is a complaint and/or claim that there has been

unfair or unequal treatment by reason of an act or

condition that is contrary to established University

policy and procedure governing the

employer-employee relationship or that there has

been a violation, misinterpretation, or inequitable

application of University employment policy.

A faculty member may request an administrative

review by his or her administrative unit chair/head,

dean, and appropriate Vice-Chancellor before

contacting the Faculty Senate Grievance Committee.

The administrative appeal procedure is a formal

process of review by successively higher levels of

the University administration. The faculty member

with a complaint or claim may petition for review

and resolution at each successive level through the

campus administration. The petition should include

specific items described in the complaint or claim.

Findings of the appropriate Vice-Chancellor, after

approval by the Chancellor, shall constitute the final

step in the administrative review.

For additional information concerning the Faculty

Senate, see Appendix B, Bylaws of the Faculty

Senate, in this Handbook. Copies of the Faculty

Senate Grievance Committee Procedures are

available from the Faculty Senate office or the chair

of the committee.

ADVISORY BODIES

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

The Executive Council is composed of the

Chancellor (Chair), the Executive Assistant to the

Chancellor, the Executive Vice-Chancellor and

Provost, the Vice-Chancellor for Finance and

Administrative Services, the Vice-Chancellor for

Research and Graduate Dean, the Vice-Chancellor

for Student Services, the President of the Faculty

Senate, the President of the Staff Senate, the

Director of Athletics, the Director of Public

Relations, the Executive Director of Development

(LSU Foundation), the President of the LSU Alumni

Association, and the President of the Student

Government.

The purpose of the Executive Council is to advise

the Chancellor on matters of University policy and

campus administration. The Executive Council

meets monthly or more frequently, if needed.

BUDGET COMMITTEE

The Budget Committee is composed of the

Chancellor, the Executive Vice-Chancellor and

Provost (committee chair), the Vice-Chancellor for

Finance and Administrative Services, the Vice-

Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean, the

Vice-Chancellor for Student Services, the Director

of Budget and Planning (ex officio), the President of

the Faculty Senate (ex officio), two elected

representatives of the Faculty Senate, a

representative of the Staff Senate (ex officio), and an

appointed student government representative (ex

officio).

The purpose of this committee is to determine

procedures for budgeting, hold budget hearings,

allocate and/or reallocate funds appropriated to LSU

and advise the Chancellor on matters regarding the

budgetary administration of the campus.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

COMMITTEE

The Strategic Planning Committee is charged with

defining guidelines for fundamental decisions and

actions that will shape and guide LSU into the 21st

century. This comprehensive planning effort allows

the University to develop effective strategies, define

future directions, establish priorities, and form a

sound and coherent basis for decision making.

Through this continuing process, the missions,

visions, and goals of all components of the

University are considered. This ongoing planning

process is assessed annually.

COUNCIL OF ACADEMIC DEANS

AND DIRECTORS

The Council of Academic Deans and Directors is an

advisory body composed of the deans and directors

of colleges and of schools not within colleges,

together with other academic officers of equivalent

rank. The council meets at the call of the Executive

Vice-Chancellor and Provost, who is the presiding

officer. The council makes recommendations to the

Provost and to the Chancellor with regard to

administrative matters in the area of academic

affairs.

GRADUATE COUNCIL

The Graduate Council is composed of ten members

of the graduate faculty, two appointed each year by

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the Chancellor for five-year terms. The Vice-

Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate

School and Associate Dean of the Graduate School

are ex officio members of the council. The council

advises the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Dean

of the Graduate School regarding the administration

of academic affairs and policies of the Graduate

School. The council reviews individual nominations

for membership on the graduate faculty and

periodically reviews all members of the graduate

faculty by department. Members of this council also

serve as a campus-wide faculty committee to

evaluate recommendations for promotion of faculty.

ASSESSMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Assessment Advisory Council, composed of

nine members appointed by the Executive Vice-

Chancellor and Provost, draws its membership from

colleges, departments, administrative units, students,

and alumni. The council serves to increase

University awareness and commitment to needs and

outcomes assessment throughout the campus and to

guide the development and implementation of

assessment conducted by assessment coordinators

and academic and student development units.

Information from the systematic assessment of

student needs and learning outcomes is integrated

into overall University planning and allocation of

resources through the internal program review

process.

PROGRAM REVIEW COUNCIL

The Program Review Council, consisting of fifteen

senior faculty members appointed by the Executive

Vice-Chancellor and Provost, oversees cyclical

internal review of the University’s 202 degree

programs. The members serve staggered, five year

terms. The Council’s charge is to strengthen

academic programs through a standardized internal

review process that requires evaluation of each

degree program. The Council designs and oversees

the multi-step review process whereby each degree

program is reviewed once every ten years. The

process includes a self-study, a site visit and

evaluation by a panel of internal and external

reviewers, responses to recommendations, and

action plans when appropriate. Among the

individuals or groups involved in the process are the

Executive Vice-Chancellor and Provost, other

appropriate vice-chancellors, the appropriate dean,

the unit chair and faculty, the review committee, the

students in the program, and other key constituents

(business, industry, governmental representatives).

Results are reported to the Chancellor, the

appropriate vice-chancellors and deans, and the unit,

and are made available to the University units

involved in the planning, assessment, and budgeting

processes.

COUNCIL ON RESEARCH

The University Council on Research is composed of

faculty and University administrators appointed by

the Chancellor for staggered terms. The council

advises the Vice-Chancellor for Research and

Graduate Dean on all aspects of research at the

University and is particularly concerned with

sponsored research. The council also assists with the

evaluation of applications for sabbatical leave,

administers the Distinguished Research Master

Award program, and allocates summer faculty

research stipends. The council is assisted by

research advisory groups in the major disciplinary

fields. These groups are concerned especially with

interdisciplinary research and offer an opportunity

for faculty working in similar fields to cooperate on

interdisciplinary projects.

ATHLETIC COUNCIL

The Athletic Council serves as a policy-formulating

and regulatory body in all matters related to the

University’s intercollegiate athletic program. This

council consists of five faculty members, one staff

member, one administrative appointee, two

members of the student body, two members of the

Alumni Association, one member of the National

"L" Club, and the Executive Vice-Chancellor and

Provost. The Athletic Director serves as an ex

officio, nonvoting member and as secretary of the

council. The functions and responsibilities of the

Athletic Council are set forth in the Bylaws and

Regulations of the Board of Supervisors.

UNIVERSITY PLANNING COUNCIL

The University Planning Council (UPC), an

advisory committee to the Provost, is charged with

recommending strategic directions for the

University and with overseeing the planning process

and its implementation throughout the University.

The demands upon the planning and quality

assurance of all aspects of University growth and

development require a standing committee that

fosters an open dialog among faculty and staff to

frame and continually update University priorities.

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL ON WOMEN

The University Council on Women (UCW) serves as

an advisory council to the Executive Vice

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Chancellor and Provost to address specific, tangible

concerns and issues affecting all women in the LSU

community. The UCW also assists in developing

policies and procedures that promote equitable

participation of women students, faculty and staff.

ACADEMIC RIGHTS AND

RESPONSIBILITIES

RIGHTS AND DUTIES

ACADEMIC FREEDOM

LSU is committed to the principle of academic

freedom, and faculty are encouraged to explore fully

their fields of interest. This principle also includes

the right of a member of the academic staff to

exercise the ordinary rights of an American citizen

in speaking, writing, and action outside the

University. At the same time, faculty are expected to

be knowledgeable about laws and regulations that

increasingly are affecting universities and to operate

within the guidelines of University policy and

regulations. Among the many implicit

responsibilities of academic freedom is that of

refraining from insistence that students or others

accept any controversial point of view as

authoritative. Academic freedom does not extend to

any kind of abuse or infringement of the rights of

others.

COLLEGE FACULTY MEETINGS

The dean of each college, or the dean or director of

each school not within a college, calls a faculty

meeting when it seems advisable to do so and, in

any event, holds at least one faculty meeting during

each semester, including the summer term. A faculty

meeting is required upon the written request of one

fourth of the faculty of a college or school. When

faculty members are notified of a meeting, the

Chancellor and the Executive Vice-Chancellor and

Provost are to receive the same notification.

LEGAL COUNSEL

University operations are increasingly affected by

law and by various regulations having legal effect.

Pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Revised

Statute 9:2798.1, “Liability shall not be imposed on

public entities or their officers or employees based

upon the exercise or performance or the failure to

exercise or perform their policy-making or

discretionary acts when such acts are within the

course and scope of their lawful powers and duties.”

Furthermore, in accordance with Louisiana Revised

Statute 13:5108.1, and Revised Statute 5108.2, the

state will indemnify university officers and

employees from financial loss arising out of claims

brought by reason of the negligence or other act of

the officer or employee, provided that the officer or

employee was acting in the discharge of his duties

and within the scope of his employment and was not

committing a wrongful act or engaging in gross

negligence. Within five days of when the officer or

employee was served with the pleading, a copy of

the pleading must be delivered to the attorney

general’s office in order to preserve the right to

indemnification.

It is, therefore, a matter of some importance to the

academic staff to be familiar with University policy

and procedures, especially those that relate to

faculty rights, privileges, and responsibilities.

University policy is stated in a number of

documents with which faculty members should be

familiar. See Appendix D, Policy Statements, for a

complete list. These documents are on file in

departmental and college offices; individual copies

are also available through the Office of the

Chancellor and on the University Computer

Network.

University personnel may not contact University

attorneys without prior approval from the

appropriate vice-chancellor.

HOLIDAYS

Faculty members on academic-year (nine-month)

appointments are in pay status continuously from

the beginning of the fall semester through the end of

the spring semester, but are accorded holidays as

listed in the LSU General Catalog, which are the

same as holidays for the student body. Holidays for

faculty members on fiscal-year (12-month)

appointments are authorized by PS-31, Holiday

Schedule, which is issued annually and provides 14

holidays. An employee does not receive holiday

payment for a holiday that intervenes while the

employee is on leave without pay.

UNIVERSITY POLICY AGAINST

POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

A full-time employee of the University shall not

accept any appointive political office nor seek or

hold any elective remunerative political office

without the consent of the President of the LSU

System. Employees may not solicit political

contributions during regular office hours, nor may

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they use University equipment, material, or office

space to solicit political contributions. Employees

may exercise the rights of individual citizens to

attempt to influence legislation or public policy, but

they may not utilize state resources to do so, and

they must make it clear that they speak as private

individuals and not as University representatives.

NEPOTISM

It is the policy of LSU to recruit and employ the best

qualified individuals solely on the basis of merit. In

accordance with this policy, members of the

immediate family of a University employee will not

be excluded from University employment. However,

it is contrary to University policy and state law for

immediate

family members to be placed in a

supervisor-employee relationship in any form of

employment, including student employment.

“Immediate family” is defined to include at least the

following: children, brothers, sisters, parents,

spouse, spouse’s parents or children’s spouses.

Accordingly, if you are an immediate family

member of an administrator, you may not be

employed in that administrator’s area of

responsibility, whether at the campus, college,

department or other administrative unit level or

whether or not intervening levels of supervision

between the administrator and family member are

present. Further, the University may determine that

an employment relationship gives the appearance of

nepotism and may be prohibited.

This policy is not intended to hinder, alter, or in any

way affect normal promotional advancement where

a member of an employee’s immediate family

becomes the head of an administrative unit,

provided that the employee had been employed in

the unit for at least one year prior to the family

member becoming its head. In such cases, the

supervisor will pass to her or his immediate

supervisor all responsibility for making decisions

involving direct benefit to the employee who is a

member of his/ her immediate family.

Under no circumstances, however, will a University

employee be permitted to initiate or participate in

any institutional decision involving direct benefit

(initial appointment, retention, promotion, salary

increase, leave of absence, etc.) to a member of his/

her immediate family of the person about whom

such a decision is being made shall recuse herself/

himself from the decision making process.

Violation of this policy may subject the employee,

his/ her immediate supervisor and the agency head

to both disciplinary penalties and fines under state

law.

Exceptions to the nepotism policy are not permitted.

However, employees who marry may continue to

work in that unit even though one of the employees

is the unit head, provided that the supervising

spouse avoid participation in transactions in which

the subordinate spouse has a substantial economic

interest. See Chapter II, Section 2-13, of the Bylaws

and Regulations of the LSU Board of Supervisors.

Questions about the University’s nepotism policy

should be directed to the Associate Vice Chancellor

for Human Resources.

SELECTION, EVALUATION

AND PROMOTION OF

FACULTY

APPOINTMENT

Recruitment of faculty members should begin with a

careful description of the position to be filled, which

should be advertised according to PS-1, Affirmative

Action and Equal Opportunity Policy. Timely

advertisement in appropriate publications will be

followed by objective, systematic, and orderly

review of applications, references, and supporting

materials. All eligible faculty members shall have

access to these materials and the opportunity to

participate in the review. An on-site interview will

generally be conducted before an offer is made.

Eligible faculty members vote on recommendations

for appointment. Faculty who are eligible to vote on

such recommendations vary according to the

academic level of the candidate. In the case of

appointment of assistant professors and instructors,

this responsibility may be delegated to a committee

designated by the eligible faculty. Details of these

procedures are outlined in PS-36T and PS36NT,

Criteria for Evaluating Academic Performance; and

Policies and Procedures on Faculty Appointment,

Performance Evaluation, Reappointment,

Nonreappointment, Promotion, and Tenure,

Appendix F in this Handbook.

EVALUATION

The performance of each faculty member will be

reviewed annually by the appropriate department

chair or head, as provided in PS-36. A record of the

review will be forwarded through the office of the

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dean or director of the appropriate college or school

to the Office of Human Resource Management for

inclusion in the individual’s official personnel file.

PROMOTION AND TENURE

Superior intellectual performance is an

indispensable qualification for appointment or

promotion to a tenured position. Faculty will be

judged with respect to their proposed rank and

duties, considering their record of performance in

teaching, research, or other creative achievement,

and service. Different departments/ schools will

have different expectations, with varying emphases

for teaching, research, and service. For detailed

information regarding criteria for evaluation of

performance, see PS-36 in Appendix F of this

Handbook.

Promotion is recognition of qualifications and

achievements that justify an elevation in rank.

Tenure is the prediction that a faculty member will

continue to make positive academic contributions

throughout the career, a decision based upon

previous and current performance. For additional

information concerning promotion and tenure, see

PS-36 in Appendix F of this Handbook and Chapter

II, Section 2-7, of the Bylaws and Regulations of the

Board of Supervisors.

STOP THE TENURE CLOCK

It is the policy of Louisiana State University to

recruit and employ the best qualified faculty. In

accordance with this goal, the University strives to

provide every opportunity for tenure-track faculty to

attain a record worthy of tenure and promotion. In

the course of a faculty member’s time in rank, the

University may grant a temporary departure from

the tenure-track. Guidelines were created to

implement VIII D of Policy Statement 36-T,

Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty: Appointments,

Reappointments, Promotions, Tenure, Annual

Reviews, and Enhancement of Job Performance. A

faculty member may request departure from tenure-

track for a period of up to one year. A faculty

member may request additional departure(s) from

the tenure-track by separate written request(s). Each

request will be considered separately. Whenever

possible, requests should be made on a prospective

basis. However, the University recognizes that

circumstances may not always allow a faculty

member to anticipate the need for a request for

departure from the tenure-track. Therefore,

retroactive requests will be considered on a case-by-

case basis, provided the individual has not received

a notice of non-reappointment and has not entered

the mandatory review year.

The request must be initiated by the faculty member

and routed through successive levels of approval. If

a request for departure from the tenure-track is

approved, the faculty member will enter into a

written agreement which sets out the specific time

period which will not be counted toward tenure and

which establishes the year of the faculty member’s

mandatory tenure review. These procedures do not

apply to a faculty member who has been given a

notice of non-reappointment or for whom the year

of the mandatory tenure review has begun.

FACULTY WORK LOAD

ACADEMIC WORK LOAD

The work load of faculty members includes formal

classroom and laboratory teaching; course

development; scholarly activities; supervision of

theses, dissertations, and independent study courses;

student evaluation and advising; and professional,

University, and public service duties. The

distribution among these various duties may vary

from one faculty member to another and from one

semester to another. Assignments are made by the

department chair in consultation with the faculty and

must be consistent with stated departmental goals

and objectives and with stated criteria for evaluating

faculty performance.

The normal classroom teaching assignment (for full-

time faculty with minimum involvement in other

faculty duties) is the equivalent of 12 semester hours

of lecture per week. Classroom teaching

assignments are adjusted according to research,

service, and administrative assignments, and may

vary according to student level (undergraduate,

graduate, professional). All full-time faculty

members carry full work loads and normally have

budgetary assignments that reflect the variety of

assigned duties.

OFFICE HOURS

Faculty members are expected to hold the number of

office hours appropriate for their ranks and

assignments, in keeping with the policies of their

departments. Office hours should be scheduled at

times convenient for students, and faculty members

should express their willingness to make special

appointments for students unable to utilize

scheduled hours.

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EXTRACURRICULAR WORK LOAD

The University encourages the faculty to engage in

consulting and other forms of outside employment

that enhance their reputations and reflect favorably

upon the University. University policies and

procedures have been developed to ensure that the

outside employment activity does not interfere with

the employee’s responsibility in the classroom, in

research, or in service to the public. These policies

are consistent with the Louisiana Code of

Governmental Ethics. The principal policy

governing outside employment is PM-11, Outside

Employment of University Employees, administered

by the Office of Research. All outside employment

must be disclosed in advance by completing a PM-

11 Outside Employment Disclosure Form. The form

is routed through the employee’s immediate

supervisor and the dean or director to the Vice-

Chancellor for Research. PM-11 implements the

provisions of an Ethics Code exception for higher

education that was passed in 1987.

Because of the Ethics Code amendment, as

implemented by PM-11, the law now permits such

activity to occur in special circumstances. Approval

of the President is required when the proposed

outside employment is with another agency of state

government or when the employment activity might

affect governmental policy or the passage of a bill

currently before the legislature. Contracts between

the University and faculty members are also allowed

under very limited circumstances.

Approvals must be obtained according to PM-67,

Contracts Between the University and Its Faculty

Members. Faculty and other academic employees

who anticipate outside employment are asked to

contact the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for

Research for assistance. Additional information is

available in the booklet Policies and Procedures

Governing Intellectual Property, available in

departments and from the Office of Research.

SUMMER APPOINTMENTS

Because of reduced enrollment during the summer

term, the University cannot offer supplementary

summer appointments to all faculty members. Such

appointments are arranged on an individual basis

through the department, in cooperation with the

appropriate dean and through the Office of

Academic Affairs, which issues appropriate

guidelines annually.

In addition, the Council on Research annually grants

a limited number of summer faculty research

stipends to support full-time activities in the

summer. These serve as stipends in lieu of

University teaching salaries.

Faculty members may receive part or all of their

summer salaries from grant funds, if the terms of the

grants permit, but they may not receive more

compensation than is permitted by PS-43,

Additional Compensation Limitations for Academic

and Administrative/ Professional Employees and

Computation of Summer Salary Rates for Academic

Employees.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

CLASS SCHEDULING

Classes are scheduled by department chairs,

working with the Office of Budget and Planning and

the Office of the University Registrar. To make any

changes in class schedules, with respect to time or

place, individual faculty members must request

approval of the department chair and appropriate

administrative officers. Nonscheduled use of

classrooms should be cleared in advance with the

Office of the University Registrar. Academic space,

other than classrooms, is the responsibility of the

Office of Academic Affairs. Space for meetings,

banquets, and large groups is available in the

LSU

Union and Lod Cook Alumni Center.

ADMISSION TO CLASSES

All persons attending a class are expected to be

registered students of the University. Instructors

should notify the department chair and the Office of

Student Records and Registration promptly about

any errors in registration. Faculty members may

allow occasional guests for appropriate educational

purposes. In addition, while students frequently

attend classes before registering, they must register

by the drop / add date of each term. Faculty should

check their rosters after the drop / add period ends.

CLASS ATTENDANCE

Students are expected to attend all classes. It is

particularly important for freshmen to maintain

regular class attendance. In some colleges/schools,

the absence of a student who has been placed on

academic probation or attendance probation should

be reported to the dean. Faculty members should be

familiar with specific attendance requirements of the

colleges/schools (see PS-22, Student Absence from

Class).

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GROUP EXCUSES FROM CLASSES

Students may be excused from classes because of

scheduled University activities that necessitate their

absence, provided each student has the prior

approval of the appropriate dean (see PS-22). In

such cases, students should be allowed to make up

any missed assignments or tests. Group excuses are

requested by using the “

Trip Travel/Activity

Insurance Student Listing Form” form, available

from the Office of Risk Management. Approved

copies of this request should reach the Office of

Bursar Operations at least three days prior to the

beginning of the trip.

FIELD TRIP INSURANCE

Although the University has no liability in the case

of injury to a student as a result of an accident while

on a student trip, it does provide travel insurance at

nominal cost to those students participating in field

trips. With certain exceptions, insurance is required

of all students participating in approved field trips.

Regulations governing these trips and insurance are

contained in PM-4, Trips Covered by Student Travel

Accident Insurance, and PS-22.

SAFETY IN THE CLASSROOM,

LABORATORY, AND FIELD

Faculty members are expected to exercise

reasonable precautions against accidental property

damage and personal injury while performing their

duties. Faculty members have a responsibility for

the personal safety and health of students in their

classes or under their direction. When agents or

equipment that may be considered hazardous are

used, faculty members are responsible for providing

adequate protection, instruction, and supervision for

students working in laboratories, shops, or

classrooms. Emergencies should be reported

immediately to LSU Police

and the office of

Environmental Health and Safety.

CLERY ACT CRIME INFORMATION

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security

Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery

Act is federal law which requires all colleges and

universities that participate in federal financial aid

programs to keep and disclose information about

crime on, and near their respective campuses.

The LSU Annual Security Report includes statistics

for the previous three years concerning reported

crime that occurred on campus including certain off-

campus buildings owned or controlled by LSU, on

public property within or immediately adjacent to

LSU and or accessible from the campus. The report

also includes institutional policies concerning

campus safety, such as alcohol and drug use, crime

prevention, crime reporting, sexual assault and

others. You can access the report here

or obtain a

copy of this report by contacting LSU Police.

PROCEDURES FOR ORDERING

TEXTBOOKS AND COURSE

MATERIALS

All academic departments and faculty with the

responsibility of providing information for the

ordering of textbooks and classroom materials will

provide identical information to all requesting

bookstores. Ordering information will be provided

in a response time comparable to the deadlines

established by the requesting bookstores. Orders

may not be placed with only one bookstore and one

bookstore is not to be promoted over another

(except in the case where only one bookstore

requests the information).

Faculty members, as individuals, may not sell

instructional materials directly to students. State

ethics regulations preclude a faculty member’s

direct receipt of royalties from textbooks and other

instructional materials sold to students enrolled in

his/her classes or in classes in which the faculty

member has played a role in the selection of

required texts; royalties so derived, however, may

be donated to the LSU Foundation or to any bona

fide nonprofit institution. Such donations must be

reported annually to the dean through the

department chair/head.

LSU BOOKSTORE DISCOUNTS

Faculty and staff members are allowed discounts on

most items in the LSU Bookstore when purchased

for themselves or their immediate families.

GRADING

Grading and grading authority policies are published

in the LSU General Catalog, the Graduate Bulletin

and PS-44, Grades.

In order to eliminate inconsistencies in grading

policies, all faculty members are expected to

announce to their classes at the beginning of the

semester the general components from which the

final grade will be determined, along with their

approximate weights.

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Written course syllabi must be distributed to

students in all courses, graduate as well as

undergraduate (see PS-44). These syllabi must

include a clear statement of the relative weight to be

accorded the component factors for the final grade.

In addition, in 4000-level courses in which

instruction of graduate and undergraduate students

is combined, syllabi must state clearly any

differential expectations beyond those already

required by University and Graduate School

regulations. (According to the University’s

definition, good standing for undergraduates

requires a minimum 2.00 gpa and a 3.00 gpa for

graduate students.)

No later than the final day of class, a student is to be

shown, upon request, the graded material for which

he or she has been responsible (including a record of

classroom participation, if that is included in the

grade), along with his or her grade immediately

before the final examination.

Following termination of the course, students are to

be provided, upon request, a review of their

examinations and an explanation of the final grade,

as well as the method by which it was determined.

This review is to include an accounting for all other

unreturned work. Grading must be based on work

that is assigned and evaluated equitably and fairly,

with no special consideration given to individual

students unless justified by disability or excused

absence. Individual students should not, for

example, be allowed to take on "extra credit"

projects, spend extra hours in laboratories, or

present themselves for reexamination or special

examination, unless the same options are available

to the entire class on the same terms. Faculty

members should take special care to become

familiar with policies concerning grading, absences,

and disabilities. For additional information, refer to

PS-22 and PS-26, Policy for Persons with

Disabilities.

All faculty members are expected to keep all

unreturned student work and grade books for at least

six months following termination of a course.

Should a faculty member leave the University,

permanently or temporarily, his or her final

examinations, all unreturned work, and grade books

are to be deposited with the department chair to be

kept for at least six months following termination of

a course.

CONCENTRATED STUDY PERIOD

The five-day period (Wednesday through Sunday)

immediately preceding the week of final

examinations is set aside as a Concentrated Study

Period. During this time, no extracurricular student

activities, such as social and athletic events, will be

held on or off campus. There should be no major

examinations in academic courses, other than those

considered laboratory courses. Any exceptions to

this policy must receive prior approval from the

Office of Academic Affairs.

FINAL EXAMINATIONS

Six days (Monday through Saturday) will comprise

the final examination period. Final examinations are

required in all courses. When a final examination is

inappropriate because of the nature of the course,

exceptions to this requirement may be made upon

approval of the appropriate department chair, dean

or director, and the Executive Vice-Chancellor and

Provost. Final examinations must be given during

the published dates for the final examination period.

A final examination is defined as the last in a series

of major tests specified in the course syllabus. It

need not be comprehensive. If the course syllabus

does not call for a final examination, the last major

unit examination is to be considered the final

examination and must be given during the final

examination period. When a series of major tests is

scheduled in addition to the final examination, the

last of the major test series may not be given during

the Concentrated Study Period. Examinations and

performances in laboratory-type courses may be

given or required during the Concentrated Study

Period.

A student who, because of illness or other valid

reason, is absent from any final examination may

take a special examination only upon

recommendation of the dean of his or her college

and with the concurrence of the instructor involved.

STUDENT APPEALS

Appeals of final grades must be initiated by the

student within 30 days after the beginning of the

next regular semester. For details of this procedure,

see "Grade Appeals" in the LSU General Catalog.

In addition, see PS-48, Appeal Procedures Available

to Students, for information on appeals concerning

all aspects of student relationships with the

University.

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PRIVACY OF STUDENT RECORDS

The General Education Provisions Act (the Buckley

Amendment) prohibits release of personally

identifiable information concerning a student (other

than directory information) without the student’s

consent. PS-30, Privacy Rights of Students/Buckley

Amendment, defines prerogatives and

responsibilities of students and University agents

with respect to student records.

STUDENT ACADEMIC

MISCONDUCT

Academic misconduct represents a most serious and

reprehensible type of student misconduct, and the

University makes a genuine effort to prevent its

occurrence. LSU has also developed policies and

procedures to assure students of due process

protection when academic misconduct is alleged and

to provide meaningful and consistent sanctions for

students found guilty of such conduct.

Academic misconduct offenses and sanctions are

under the jurisdiction of the Vice Chancellor for

Student Life and Enrollment Services

Section 8.1.B of the Code of Student Conduct

outlines grading procedures in the event of

suspected student academic misconduct:

“An instructor may not assign a disciplinary grade,

such as an ‘F’ or zero on an assignment, test,

examination, or course as a sanction for admitted or

suspected Academic Misconduct in lieu of formally

charging the student with Academic Misconduct

under the provisions of this Code. All grades

assigned as a result of accountability action must be

approved by the Dean of Students or designee.”

See the Code of Student Conduct for more detailed

information on procedures related to

Academic

Misconduct.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

AND SUPPORT

To assist faculty with their continued professional

development, the University encourages and

supports professional leave, travel for presentation

of research at conferences, involvement in activities

offered through the Center for Faculty

Development, and awards for teaching excellence.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Sabbatical Leave

Full-time faculty at the rank of instructor (or

equivalent) or above who have completed six years

of service on the campus without having received

leave with pay may petition for sabbatical leave for

study and research to enable them to increase their

professional efficiency and usefulness to the

University. Normally, sabbatical leave is not

approved for work toward an advanced degree.

Persons employed on a 12-month basis may be

granted 12 months’ leave at half pay or six months’

leave at full pay. Persons employed on a nine-month

basis may receive a semester’s leave at full pay or

an academic-year leave at half-pay.

Persons on sabbatical leave are expected to devote

their full energies to the purpose of the leave. They

may undertake outside employment only with

advance approval of the Chancellor and the System

President, and such employment is expected to be

supportive of the purpose of the leave. Requests for

sabbatical leave are initiated at the departmental

level and processed through administrative channels

during the fall semester in response to a schedule

issued by the Office of Human Resource

Management. Sabbatical leave requests may be

disapproved or rescinded when financial or other

considerations make such action appropriate.

Sabbatical leaves are awarded only to those faculty

who have shown by their scholarly

accomplishments that such leave would benefit

them and the University. Sabbatical leaves should

be used to:

• improve research, artistic, or scholarly skills;

• change the direction or thrust of the specialization

within the subject field;

• participate in a worthy project that could not be

accomplished under the normal workload;

• conduct extensive research requiring access to and

review of material that is not available locally;

• use facilities not available on the campus;

• conduct extensive field research;

• facilitate cooperative projects with other

universities;

• perform other scholarly endeavors of equal merit.

Submission of the following materials is required:

• a four-page application form; and

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• a proposal signed by the applicant.

The Bylaws and Regulations of the Board of

Supervisors and University policy require the

following:

• When compensation is to be received from

sources other than the LSU System during a

sabbatical leave, justification must be provided

and approved prior to acceptance of the

compensation and a description of the duties to be

performed and the amount of compensation must

be included as part of the leave application;

• The recipient must file a report of

accomplishments during the leave promptly upon

return to duties at the University;

• Recipients of sabbatical leave must return to their

University duties for at least one year before

accepting employment elsewhere;

• Those faculty who do not fulfill the service

obligation must reimburse the University the

salary received during the leave, as well as those

portions of insurance premiums and retirement

contributions paid by the University during the

sabbatical leave.

Changes to approved sabbatical leave requests

within the same academic year must be made in

writing to the Executive Vice Chancellor and

Provost through the chair and through the dean prior

to the effective date of the sabbatical leave.

Substantial changes that cross academic years or

significantly change the purpose of the leave

requires approval through administrative channels to

the LSU System.

See Chapter III, Section 3-1, of the Bylaws and

Regulations of the Board of Supervisors and PS-12,

Leave Guidelines, for additional details.

For information on how your benefits and retirement

may be affected during your leave, please contact a

HRM Representative at 578-8200.

LEAVE TO OBTAIN ADVANCED

DEGREE

Faculty members on full-time regular academic

appointment who have completed three consecutive

years of service at the rank of instructor (or

equivalent) or above, may petition for a leave of

absence with part pay for not more than one year of

study that will culminate in the receipt of an

advanced degree within five years.

Requests for leave to obtain an advanced degree are

initiated at the departmental level and processed

through administrative channels during the fall

semester, according to a schedule issued by the

Office of Human Resource Management. Persons

awarded leave to obtain an advanced degree must

return to their university duties for two years before

accepting employment elsewhere. Those faculty

who do not fulfill the service obligation must

reimburse the University the salary received during

the leave, as well as those portions of insurance

premiums and retirement contributions paid by the

University during the sabbatical leave.

See Chapter III, Section 3-2, of the Bylaws and

Regulations of the Board of Supervisors and PS-12

for details of eligibility, method of application,

service requirements subsequent to the leave, etc.

FACULTY SUPPORT

The Center for Academic Success

The Center for Academic Success enhances the

learning and teaching experience by empowering

individuals with effective, transferable strategies

and resources. The center collaborates, consults and

provides relevant information and resources for

faculty, advisors, and their students in order to

improve student academic achievement, persistence,

and graduation. The center consults with faculty to

assist with the incorporation of cognitive science

principles into their teaching

For more information, please visit the webpage

For

Faculty and Advisors.

The Center for Computation and

Technology

The Center for Computation and Technology, or

CCT, is an interdisciplinary research center located

on the campus of Louisiana State University in

Baton Rouge, La. CCT advances LSU’s Flagship

Agenda and promotes economic development for

the state by using computational applications to aid

research and develop solutions that benefit academia

and industry.

CCT is an innovative research environment,

advancing computational sciences, technologies and

the disciplines they touch. Researchers at CCT use

the advanced cyberinfrastructure –high-speed

networks, high-performance computing, advanced

data storage and analysis and hardware and software

development – available on campus to enable

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research in many different fields. By uniting

researchers from diverse disciplines, ideas and

expertise are disseminated across LSU departments

to foster knowledge and invention.

For more information, please visit the

CCT’s

webpage.

Office of Assessment and Evaluation

The Office of Assessment and Evaluation supports

instruction through the LSU Computerized Test

Scoring Service, the custom design and statistical

analysis of machine-scannable survey instruments,

and the processing of teacher evaluations.

Additionally, the center coordinates longitudinal

needs and learning outcomes assessment programs.

The center also administers institutional tests for

advanced standing course credit and national tests

for admission to graduate and professional schools.

Student Orientation, Advising, and

Counseling

The manner in which new students are introduced to

the University is critical for their success and

retention. Faculty are frequently asked to participate

in orientation programs designed to provide

entering students with the information and guidance

needed for the transition to a college environment.

Faculty members are encouraged to support the

orientation programs coordinated through the Office

of Undergraduate Admissions, the Office of the

Dean of Students, and the Junior Division. Faculty

interaction with students is of utmost importance,

and advising is a major responsibility of the faculty.

Faculty members should make themselves available

for student advising with respect to their own

academic specialties and professional disciplines.

Often, however, students will turn to faculty

members who are ill-equipped to handle their

problems. In these cases, faculty members should

refer students to the Office of the Dean of Students

or the Student Health Center.

In addition to services offered on weekdays between

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Student Health Center, "The

Phone" (924-5781), a 24-hour confidential

counseling service, provides crisis counseling

information and referral service. The chart in

Appendix C provides a convenient reference for

faculty members who wish to direct students to

professional or specialized sources of assistance.

The Center for Academic Success

The Center for Academic Success offers a wide

variety of services to assist graduate and

undergraduate students in increasing their learning

potential. Housed in the center are audio and video

tapes, computer-assisted instruction guides, and

resource materials to assist independent academic

learning.

Disability Services

In accordance with Federal laws and PS-26, the

Office of Disability Services

(ODS) ensures equal

opportunity for all qualified students with

disabilities in the programs and services operated by

the University. The individual student’s disability-

based need is the primary factor in establishing

accommodations and support services. Examples of

accommodations that a faculty member might be

asked to provide are extended time on in-class

assignments and examinations, alternative test

formats and procedures, and permission for a

student to tape record class lectures. Staff in SSD

assist faculty with requested accommodations and

also serve as a resource for faculty seeking

additional information on working with disabled

students. Upon request, the staff will provide a

faculty member with the publication,

"Accommodating Students with Disabilities: A

Faculty Resource Guide." For additional

information, contact SSD at 388-4307.

LSU’s policy governing disability issues is outlined

in PS-26. Employees requiring an accommodation

to perform their essential duties should make a

request through the department to the

Office of

Human Resource Management.

All grievances related to the

Americans with

Disabilities Act, including faculty grievances, will

be heard under PS-80.

Career Services

Career Services assists students in making career

choices, developing career plans, and exploring job

opportunities. Career assessment instruments,

individual counseling, and career days are provided

to help students make career decisions. Continuing

students are further assisted in gaining valuable

work experience through programs such as

cooperative education, part-time and summer job

location, and internships. The center disseminates

information concerning job search preparation and

available job listings and also handles arrangements

when employers visit the campus to interview

students.

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International Programs

addresses all of LSU’s

internationalization efforts for students, faculty,

staff, international partners, and the public.

Information Technology Services

LSU Information Technology Services (ITS)

provides technology infrastructure and services that

advance teaching and learning, enable research,

enrich the student IT experience, and effectively

manage institutional information.

ITS’s divisions include the Vice Chancellor for

Information Technology, LONI - the Louisiana

Optical Network Initiative, LOUIS – the Louisiana

Library Network, User Support & Student IT

Enablement, University Information Systems, and

University Networking and Infrastructure. ITS’s

staff creates and maintains vital university systems

like course registration and payroll; provides

network , wireless and telephone connectivity

campus-wide; houses the computational resources

used by many LSU researchers; staffs and maintains

student computing labs; and provides direct support

to the thousands of computer users here at LSU.

LSU Libraries

LSU Libraries offer students and faculty strong

support for instruction and research through

collections containing more than three million

volumes, a manuscript collection of more than 12

million, access to more than 400 electronic journals

and databases, and microform holdings of more than

3.5 million. The network allows online access to the

library catalog of holdings from anywhere. Access

to the licensed electronic journals and databases is

limited to individuals with LSU IDs. LSU is a

founding partner of the Louisiana Online University

Information System (LOUIS). The library catalogs

of most of the academic libraries in Louisiana are

accessible online through

http://search.louislibraries.org.

Middleton Library serves as the main library, and

also housed in Middleton are the Music Resources

Center, Education Resources, and Government

Documents. Special collections and the LSU

Libraries Digital Services Unit are housed in the

adjacent Hill Memorial Library

For circulation borrowing guidelines and policies,

click here

Assistance in Middleton Library is offered through

the service desks in each area and through Ask a

Librarian at http://www.lib.lsu.edu/virtual/

Periodicals and newspapers are housed in a room

adjacent to the Circulation Desk. Workstations are

scattered throughout Middleton and Hill. Self-

service photocopiers are on each floor of Middleton.

When resources are not available through LSU

Libraries, faculty, staff, and students may borrow

through

interlibrary services. Requests can be placed

electronically.

Other facilities providing library resources include:

the Cartographic Information Center, which

contains a large map collection, housed in 313

Howe-Russell; the Veterinary Medicine Library in

the College of Veterinary Medicine building; and

the Women’s and Gender Studies program office in

118 Himes.

Other collections within LSU Libraries include the

Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley

Collections, University Archives, the Rare Book

Collection, the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History

Collection, the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral

History, the Judge Warren L. Jones Lincoln

Collection, the Oliver P. Carriere Collection of

Poker and Hoyle, the Gladney Chess Collection, and

the Rendell Rhoades Crawfish Collection.

Additionally, The Civil War Book Review, the only

journal devoted to scholarly reviews of current U.S.

Civil War publications, is an electronic journal

published by the LSU Libraries,

The LOUISiana Digital Library

is the repository for

digital files produced from the LSU Libraries’

collections most, mostly from the Special

Collections, including historical Louisiana

newspapers and maps, photographic collections,

selections from the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History

Collection and the Rare Book Collection, as well as

LSU professors’ research collections.

RESEARCH

OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The Office of Research & Economic Development

(ORED) promotes advanced research, creative

scholarship and economic development. With

support from national sources like the National

Science Foundation, the National Institutes of

Health, the National Endowment for the

Humanities, Department of Homeland Security and

NASA, LSU is forging new frontiers in hurricane

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response and preparedness, bioscience, national

security, technology, literature, coastal sciences, and

genetics. At any given time, there are more than

2,000 sponsored research projects being conducted

by the more than 6,000 faculty and graduate

students at LSU.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The mission of LSU's Office of Intellectual

Property, Commercialization, and Development is to

commercialize the University's intellectual property:

new ideas, inventions and discoveries. This

includes: obtaining patents and copyrights; seeking

licensees and business partners in the U.S. and

worldwide to commercialize that technology; and

negotiating and licensing LSU's technologies for the

benefit of society, the University and the inventors.

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS,

RADIATION SOURCES, LASERS

Radioactive materials, radiation sources, and lasers

used for research and instruction by University

personnel require compliance with federal and state

regulations and with conditions of the radioactive

materials license issued to LSU by the Louisiana

Radiation Protection Division.

A comprehensive radiation safety program has been

established by the University to assure compliance

and to assist users in meeting standards of good

practice. The Radiation Safety Committee

supervises the radiation safety program; the

Radiation Safety Office

carries out the policies and

directives of the committee and is responsible for

the day-to-day operation of the program.

Approval by the Radiation Safety Committee is

required for:

• proposals involving use of radioactive materials

or radiation sources prior to transmittal of the

proposal to an outside funding agency;

• individual user projects, including nonsponsored

research and teaching, as well as contract and

grant proposals;

• radiation and radioisotope facilities in new and

renovated buildings at the architectural stage;

• ordering and installing x-ray and other machines

that produce ionizing radiation, as well as lasers;

• research projects that utilize x-ray or other

ionizing radiation; and

• research projects that utilize lasers.

The committee is also responsible for evaluating

incompetent or willful disregard for radiation safety

and for preparing recommendations to assure

compliance with regulations and policies.

Radioactive waste and unwanted portions of

radioactive materials are collected by the Radiation

Safety Office for permanent disposal. Individual

users are limited to disposal methods approved by

the Radiation Safety Committee. Details of

University policies and state and federal regulations

concerning use of radioactive materials, radiation

sources, lasers, details of necessary forms, license

conditions, and general radiation safety assistance

are available from the Radiation Safety Office (388-

2747). Radiation safety emergencies occurring

during regular working hours should be reported

directly to the Radiation Safety Office; those

occurring during nonworking hours should be

reported to the LSU Police Department

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND

SAFETY

As mandated by PS-19, Environmental Health and

Safety Policy, the Office of Environmental Health

and Safety (EHS) is the principal coordinator of all

University safety requirements, reference materials,

safety training, hazardous waste disposal, and

occupational health exposure evaluations, except

radiation safety. Responsibilities and services

provided are detailed in the University Safety

Manual, copies of which can be obtained from EHS.

Other information such as specific state and federal

regulations concerning occupational health and

safety, the environment, or any general safety

assistance is also available from EHS.

All emergencies or accidents involving injuries

should be reported to EHS at 388-5640. Those

emergencies occurring after hours should be

reported to LSU Police at 388-3231. EHS also

serves as the Emergency Response Team for

environmental emergencies such as chemical spills.

All concerns about student and employee safety

should be reported to EHS at 388-5640.

HAZARDOUS WASTE

MANAGEMENT

As mandated by the LSU System and the State of

Louisiana, the Office of Environmental Health and

Safety (EHS) has established a

Hazardous Waste

Management plan. This plan ensures that all

generators of waste on the campus will observe state

and federal regulations concerning the handling,

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storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous

materials. EHS maintains a storage facility and

coordinates all activities involving the collection,

storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. All faculty

who generate hazardous waste are ultimately

responsible for the proper handling and disposal of

the waste. Research grants should include funding

for disposal of waste generated as a result of

research.

EHS guidelines on how to dispose of hazardous

waste may be found here

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Uniform policies and procedures for the safe

management of human body waste as a means of

protection against the AIDS virus are described in

PS-65, Safe Management of Human Body Fluids

and Waste.

SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT

The primary responsibility for detecting,

investigating, and resolving allegations of alleged

scientific misconduct rests with the University,

which must promptly initiate an inquiry into any

suspected misconduct brought to its attention.

Policies and procedures for reviewing reports of

alleged scientific misconduct in research conducted

at the University are found in PS-69, LSU A&M

College Policy for Dealing with Alleged Misconduct

in Research. For additional information, contact the

Office of Research.

EMPLOYEE POLICIES AND

BENEFITS PROCEDURES

EMPLOYEE POLICIES

Employee Policies are maintained by the Office of

Human Resources Management

(HRM). HRM is

dedicated to the enhancement of a quality working

environment for employees of LSU.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL

OPPORTUNITY

LSU firmly supports the national policy of

Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity,

as outlined in the University’s Affirmative Action

Plan (PS-01). The University’s policy of equal

opportunity is administered without regard to race,

color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or

mental disability, marital status, or veteran’s status.

This policy also prohibits sexual and other forms of

harassment, in accordance with federal and state

laws and regulations.

The University fully embraces equality of

opportunity by affirming that it will take affirmative

action to ensure that all applicants receive fair

consideration for employment and that employees

are treated fairly in all employment practices,

including recruitment, promotion, selection for

training, upgrading, transfer, rates of pay or other

forms of compensation, tenure, demotion, layoff,

and termination. The Office for Equal Opportunity

Programs is responsible for continuing

development, implementation, and monitoring of the

Affirmative Action Plan, and for implementing

auditing and reporting systems that:

• measure the effectiveness of the University’s

Affirmation Action Plan;

• provide indications of need for remedial action;

and

• determine the degree to which University goals

and objectives are being attained.

Anyone who has questions regarding the

University’s Affirmation Action/Equal Opportunity

Policy should contact the Office for Equal

Opportunity Programs, 304 Thomas Boyd Hall,

578-8200.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Consistent with Title VII and Title IX of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964, the University reaffirms and

emphasizes its commitment to provide a

professional working and learning environment that

is fair and responsible; that supports, nurtures, and

rewards educational and employment growth on the

basis of relevant factors, such as ability and

performance; and that is free of discriminatory,

inappropriate, and disrespectful conduct or

communication. LSU has a responsibility to protect

all members of the University community from

sexual harassment and to provide the means to

remedy such harassment when it occurs.

Individuals (including students) who believe they

are being or have been harassed by an employee

may report the behavior to any administrator

responsible for the unit or directly to the Office of

Human Resource Management. Any administrator

receiving a report of possible harassment is required

to report the complaint to the Office of Human

Resource Management, in compliance with PS-73,

Sexual Harassment.

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When a member of the faculty or academic staff is

charged with sexual harassment, the Executive

Vice-Chancellor and Provost will be immediately

notified and have the responsibility for overseeing

the investigation. The Executive Vice-Chancellor

and Provost has final responsibility for resolution

and disciplinary actions involving members of the

faculty or academic staff.

For additional information about sexual harassment

and procedures for filing complaints, refer to PS-73

or contact the Office of Human Resource

Management, 388-8434.

For information about sexual harassment of students

by other students, refer to PS-95, Sexual

Harassment of Students, or contact the Dean of

Students.

DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT OF

1988

In accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of

1988 and other federal and state laws and

regulations, the unlawful manufacture, distribution,

dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled

substance in the workplace is prohibited.

The term workplace includes any location on

University property, in addition to any location

where University business is being conducted. Any

employee who violates this policy will be subject to

University disciplinary action up to and including

termination of employment, in addition to any

sanctions assessed through criminal procedures.

For further information on LSU policy regarding the

Drug-Free Work Place ACT, please see PS-67.

ACCESS TO PERSONNEL RECORDS

Faculty members may examine their own personnel

records upon written request and within a reasonable

period of time not to exceed three working days,

from receipt of the request, during which time the

custodian of the record or a designated deputy will

screen the file for confidential material. Requests for

such examination should be submitted to the Office

of Human Resource Management, 304 Thomas

Boyd Hall (see PS-40, Confidentiality of Personnel

Records of University Employees).

COMPENSATION

Information on compensation is available under the

Compensation section of the Office of Human

Resource Management web site

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION

THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY

Occasionally, faculty members are asked to assume

responsibility for additional duties relatively

unrelated to, or independent of, their normal work.

When such assignments are clearly not a part of the

faculty member’s normal assignment, additional

compensation may be permitted. Such additional

compensation must be justified on an individual

basis and approved prior to the beginning of the

assignment. It is the faculty member’s responsibility

to monitor the allowable compensation and not to

exceed the limit.

Additional compensation through the University is

covered in detail in PS-43.

GIFTS AND FAVORS

Under Section 1115 of the State Code of Ethics, no

University employee may accept anything of

economic value as a gift or favor from any person

who does or seeks to do business with the

University, whose activities are regulated by the

University, or whose interests may be affected by

the employee’s performance or nonperformance of

duty.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

In recognition of the diverse needs of its employees,

the Louisiana State University System offers a

variety of employee benefit programs, allowing you

to select a level of protection and security best

suited to your personal situation. The Office of

Human Resource Management (HRM) provides

guidance and support for all employees and retirees

concerning their benefits and retirement needs.

Because changes can be made in benefits programs,

we ask that you contact Human Resource

Management for the most current provisions, as well

as for more detailed information about coverage.

ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH AND

SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS

Any active employee of the LSU System is eligible

for health insurance provided the following:

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• Employed at 75% of full-time effort per pay

period (average of 30 hours per week) or

greater

• Appointed for a duration of at least one

semester or 120 days or greater

EFFECTIVE DATE OF COVERAGE

Timely Applicant: If you enroll within your first

thirty (30) days of full-time employment, with the

exception of Long Term Disability and Accidental

Death and Dismemberment insurance, all your

insurance coverages will be effective the first of the

month following your first full calendar month of

employment.

DEPENDENT COVERAGE

Eligible dependents including your legal spouse and

your dependent children younger than age 26 are

eligible for coverage.

HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS

The LSU System offers employees and their eligible

dependents financial protection against a wide range

of health care expenses resulting from illness or

injury. For information on LSU’s Health Insurance

options, including LSU First Health Plan

administered by Cigna, HMO plan administered by

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, the PPO plan

administered by the Office of Group Benefits,

Consumer Drive Health Plan administered by

United Healthcare and the Regional HMO plan

administered by Vantage, as well as premium rates,

please visit the Comparison of Medical Plans

webpage at www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a HRM

representative at 578-8200.

Health Insurance Dependent

Verification

The State of Louisiana Office of Group Benefits

(OGB) requires all active and retired employees to

provide written proof that each dependent who they

would like to cover under the health plan is their

actual legal dependent.

The HRM Representative must see a certified copy,

but will only be required to retain a photocopy of

the document. For a list of acceptable dependent

verification documents, please visit the Comparison

of Medical Plans webpage at www.lsu.edu/benefits

Health Insurance Vesting at Retirement

You may continue your medical plan upon

retirement if you meet the eligibility requirements

for age and years of service under the Teachers

Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL), Optional

Retirement Plan (ORP) or Louisiana State

Employees’ Retirement System (LASERS). If you

begin participation in a Health Plan through the

State of Louisiana on or after January 1, 2002, the

state subsidy of your premium after retirement will

be based on the number of years you have

participated in any of the health plans offered by

OGB including LSU First. To obtain a copy of the

vesting schedule, please visit the Comparison of

Medical Plans webpage at www.lsu.edu/benefits

Supplemental Insurance Benefits

In addition to the health insurance options, LSU also

offers a variety of supplemental benefits.

Supplemental benefit offerings include: Tax-Saver

Flexible Benefit Plans including Premiums Only

Plan and the Healthcare and Dependent Care

Spending Accounts, Accidental Death and

Dismemberment Insurance, Long Term Care

Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, Term

Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision

Insurance. For information on LSU’s Supplemental

Benefit offerings, including premiums, please visit

the Benefits section of the HRM webpage at

www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a HRM

representative at 578-8200.

RETIREMENT

Membership in a retirement plan is MANDATORY

for all employees, except those excluded by law.

Teachers Retirement System of

Louisiana (TRSL)

The Teachers’ Retirement System (TRSL) is a

defined benefit plan wherein LSU and you, as a

participating employee, make contributions into a

pool of funds from which you will receive a

retirement income, based on a benefit formula. If

you are appointed in a TRSL eligible position, you

are automatically enrolled into TRSL at the time of

employment with contributions starting with your

first paycheck. Your employee contribution is 8.0%

of allowable earned compensation and is tax

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sheltered. The employer contribution is determined

each year based on an actuarial formula determined

by the State.

Employees are vested after 5 years of service of

participation in the TRSL program which allows

employees to collect a retirement benefit at age 60

regardless if they are employed at LSU. The amount

of your retirement benefit is determined by your

years of service and your average salary for the 60

highest successive months of employment. Your

eligibility to retire is based on your age and years of

service.

TRSL also has provisions for disability and survivor

benefits. For more information on TRSL eligibility,

retirement eligibility and benefits, please visit the

Benefits section of the HRM webpage at

www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a retirement

specialist at 225-578-8200.

TRSL Eligible Employees

Eligibility: Faculty employees with an appointment

of greater than two (2) years at 50% effort or greater

are eligible for either TRSL or the Optional

Retirement Plan (ORP). If you are enrolled in either

plan (TRSL or ORP), you do not pay Social

Security tax; however, if you were hired after April

1, 1986, you are required to pay the Medicare

portion of the FICA tax (1.45% of your salary).

Optional Retirement Plan (ORP)

The Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) is an

alternative retirement plan to TRSL and is provided

by three different private carriers for academic

employees of LSU. The ORP is a “defined

contribution plan” to which you, as an employee,

and LSU make contributions to be invested in a

retirement annuity contract in your name. If you

participate in the ORP, you are immediately vested

upon your hire date. Your employee contribution is

8.0% of allowable earned compensation and is tax

sheltered. TRSL charges 0.1% to administer the

funds. Please note that the employer contribution

rate that is forwarded to your ORP account is

subject to change every fiscal year.

If you wish to enroll in the ORP, you will have 60

days from your date of hire to enroll retroactive to

your original hire date. Please note the decision to

participate in the ORP is IRREVOCABLE.

Upon retirement, you are eligible to annuitize the

balance in your account. If you meet the retirement

eligibility requirements, you will be able to continue

the group insurance policies as an ORP retiree.

For additional information on ORP survivor

benefits and disability and retirement eligibility

requirements, please visit the Benefits section of the

HRM webpage at www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a

HRM Representative at 225-578-8200.

TEMPORARY/PART-TIME

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility: Faculty employees with an appointment

of two years or less or for less than 50% effort.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Social Security is the nation’s basic method of

providing a continuing income when family

earnings are reduced or stopped because of

retirement, disability, or death. If your appointment

is considered temporary or part-time for retirement

purposes, you will automatically be enrolled into

Social Security unless you enroll in one of your

other retirement options that are listed below.

Your employee contribution is 6.2% of allowable

earned compensation and is tax sheltered. LSU’s

share is also 6.2% your salary. You are eligible to

receive Social Security benefits once you meet

Normal Social Security Retirement Age and

contributed a minimum of 40 quarters.

For more information on Social Security, please

visit the Benefits webpage at www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a HRM representative at 225-578-8200.

In lieu or Social Security or Louisiana Deferred

Compensation, temporary or part-time employees

also have the option of participating in the ORP. For

more information on the ORP, please see the

Optional Retirement Section under TRSL Eligible

Employees. Please note that participation in the

ORP as a temporary employee will prohibit

participation in TRSL in the event you become

TRSL eligible.

LOUISIANA DEFERRED

COMPENSATION PLAN (LADC)

Louisiana Deferred Compensation is offered to

temporary or part-time employees who are not

eligible for membership in the regular retirement

plan (TRSL) as an alternative to paying into Social

Security. As a member of LADC, you, as an

employee, and LSU make contributions to be

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invested in a retirement annuity contract in your

name.

Your employee contribution is 7.5% of allowable

earned compensation and is tax sheltered. LSU’s

contribution is 6.2% of your earned compensation.

Your account is immediately vested upon

enrollment.

For more information on Louisiana Deferred

Compensation eligibility and benefits, please visit

the Benefits section of the HRM webpage at

www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a HRM

representative at 225-578-8200.

For more information on ORP eligibility and

benefits, please visit the Benefits section of the

HRM webpage at www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a

HRM representative at 225-578-8200.

RETIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES ON

A J OR F VISA

According to state and federal laws, as an employee

of the LSU System, you must participate in a

retirement plan. However, LSU System employees

on a J or F Visa are not eligible to participate in a

retirement plan unless “substantial presence” has

been met. Once an international person meets the

Substantial Presence Test, he/she is subject to the

same tax laws as a United States citizen.

You will be notified by your Benefits

Representative of your retirement options once you

have met substantial presence and when your

retirement election is due.

TAX-DEFERRED SUPPLEMENTAL

RETIREMENT ACCOUNT

The LSU System provides the opportunity for you

to participate in tax-deferred supplemental

retirement accounts (SRA’s) through payroll

deduction. An SRA allows you to set aside a portion

of your salary before federal and state income taxes

are paid. Your participation is totally voluntary and

LSU does not make any contributions on your

behalf.

The maximum amount that may be tax-sheltered is

determined by federal law and is set by the IRS each

calendar year. If you are age 50 or older you may be

eligible to contribute an additional amount as

described in the “Catch-Up Provision”. For more

information on SRA’s, please visit the Benefits

section of the HRM webpage at

www.lsu.edu/benefits

or contact a HRM

representative at 225-578-8200.

LEAVE

SICK LEAVE

Sick leave is leave with pay granted employees who

are suffering with disabilities as a result of accident,

illness, or childbearing that prevents them from

performing their usual duties and responsibilities or

employees who require medical, dental, or optical

consultation or treatment.

Sick leave may be used any time after it is earned. It

may not be used for the purpose of child rearing.

Sick leave is not accrued while an employee is on

sabbatical leave or on leave to obtain an advanced

degree. The term of the leave may not extend

beyond the period for which support is committed to

the position or contract.

Academic employees are required to provide a

doctor’s certificate for periods of absence exceeding

five consecutive working days. Certificates may be

required for shorter time periods when justified.

Faculty members accrue leave according to the

following schedule, with no limitation on total

accumulation. Accrual rates are based on full-time

service. Part time academic employees accrue leave

in proportion to their percent of effort. See Part II,

Chapter III, Section 3-3, of the Bylaws and

Regulations of the Board of Supervisors and PS-12.

ANNUAL LEAVE

Annual leave is leave with pay granted employees

for the purpose of rehabilitation, restoration,

maintenance of work efficiency, or transaction of

personal affairs. Annual leave may be used for any

personal purpose at any time after it is earned,

contingent on departmental approval. Faculty

appointed on an academic-year (nine month) basis

do not accrue annual leave. Faculty on 12-month

appointments do not accrue annual leave while on

sabbatical leave or on leave to obtain an advanced

degree. The term of the leave may not extend

beyond the period for which support is committed to

the position or contract.

Employees on a fiscal-year basis who are to be

transferred to an academic-year basis should be

permitted, where feasible, to take any accumulated

annual leave prior to the effective date of such

change in status. Any annual leave not taken by the

effective date of such change in status is to be

retained to the credit of the employee for future use

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if the employee changes back to a fiscal-year

appointment, or for payment and/or service credit

upon separation or retirement, in accordance with

applicable policies. Regular members of the

academic staff on fiscal year appointment may elect

to accumulate annual leave in accordance with one

of the following schedules. There is no limitation on

total accumulation.

For information on how your benefits and retirement

may be affected during Sabbatical Leave, please

contact a HRM Representative at 578-8200.

FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

(FMLA)

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

(FMLA) provides for an eligible employee to take

up to 12 work weeks of leave for any one or more of

the following:

• Birth of a son or daughter and to provide care

for the child.

• Placement of a son or daughter for adoption or

foster care.

• Care for a spouse, son, daughter, or parent who

has a serious health condition.

• Inability to perform the functions of the

employee’s position because of his or her own

serious health condition.

FMLA leave may be paid annual leave or sick leave,

as appropriate, or leave without pay (PS-12).

Normally, entitlement must be verified by Human

Resource Management prior to the beginning of any

FMLA period of leave. Questions pertaining to

eligibility for this type of leave should be referred to

the Office of Human Resource Management, 304

Thomas Boyd Hall, 578-8200.

MILITARY LEAVE

A faculty member who is ordered to duty for

training with troops, at field exercises, or for

instruction with any branch of the Armed Forces

(including the National Guard) for a period not to

exceed 15 working days in any one calendar year, is

entitled to leave of absence without loss of pay,

service, annual leave, or efficiency rating, and when

relieved from duty, shall be restored to the position

held when ordered to duty. Any portion of military

leave that is taken in excess of 15 working days

during any calendar year is to be taken as annual

leave or leave without pay. See also Part II, Chapter

III, Section3-5, of the Bylaws and Regulations of the

Board of Supervisors and PS-12.

For information on how your benefits and retirement

may be affected during Military Leave, please

contact a Benefits Representative at 578-8200.

LEAVE WITHOUT PAY

Leave without pay must be requested in writing in

advance and may be granted for personal reasons.

The duration of this leave may not extend beyond

the period of present appointment. During such

leave, sick leave or annual leave is not accumulated.

While on leave without pay, membership in the

University health and supplemental benefit

programs may be continued, but the faculty member

is responsible for both the employee and employer

contributions with the exception of leave approved

in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave

Act (see section describing the FMLA).

Service before and after leave without pay is

credited in the same manner as if the service has

been continuous. When leave without pay is

granted, the department must hire only a temporary

replacement for the position. A request for leave

without pay will be considered on its merit by the

appropriate department. Factors considered will be

business necessity and impairment to public service.

Reasons for granting leave without pay may include,

but not be limited to:

• Extended illness (after sick and annual leave are

exhausted);

• The need to provide care for a family members;

• Education that will directly increase job

effectiveness; and/or

• Adoption of a child.

In special situations, leave without pay may also be

granted for temporary employment outside the

University when it is in the interest of public service

and/or will be beneficial to the University. Holiday

payment will not be made for any holiday(s) that

intervenes while a faculty member is on leave-

without-pay status. Leave without pay may be

granted for a period of one year or more for an

academic employee, subject to approval of the

Board of Supervisors. Refer to PS-12 or contact the

Office of Human Resource Management for

information.

LSU will maintain the employer contributions for

medical insurance for an employee who has been

approved for leave without pay under the Family

and Medical Leave Act. Faculty members should

contact a HRM representative at 578-8200 prior to

going on Leave without Pay in order to make

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arrangements for the continuation of their benefits

and retirement.

SEPARATION FROM THE

UNIVERSITY

NONREAPPOINTMENT

A term appointment carries no assurance of

reappointment, promotion, or tenure; reappointment

is made solely at the initiative of the University. The

decision to reappoint is based on careful evaluation

of the faculty member’s professional performance,

the availability of better-qualified persons, current

and anticipated needs of the department, the role and

scope of the University, and financial

circumstances. A decision not to reappoint an

individual does not, in itself, carry any implications

concerning the employee’s work or conduct.

For detailed information, see PS-36T/NT, as

applicable.

TERMINATION FOR CAUSE

Faculty members, whether tenured or not, may be

dismissed or their appointments may be terminated

prior to normal expiration for any conduct that is

demonstrably prejudicial to the University. Before

termination for cause, faculty members shall be

entitled to have the charges against them stated in

writing and to request a hearing, according to

procedures of due process, before a special

committee of the faculty appointed by the

Chancellor. If a faculty member does not elect to

have a hearing, the Chancellor, before taking action,

may provide for a hearing before a special

committee of the faculty.

See Article VIII, Sections 4 and 5, of the Bylaws

and Regulations of the Board of Supervisors and

PS- 36.

PAYMENT UPON SEPARATION

Upon termination of service with LSU, a faculty

member will be paid the value of accrued annual

leave in a lump sum up to 300 hours. For death in

service or retirement from active duty only, eligible

employees are paid the value of accrued sick leave

up to 200 hours.

PURCHASING AND TRAVEL

EXPENSE ACCOUNTS

PURCHASING SUPPLIES AND

EQUIPMENT

Requisitions for all materials, supplies, equipment,

and services purchased off campus are processed

through the Office of Purchasing. Authority to

commit University funds from any source (state,

federal, or grant funds or student fees) is vested in

this office whose responsibility is to obtain prices on

all requisitioned items and issue printed purchase

orders. In case of an emergency, however, the

faculty member may contact the Office of

Purchasing and it may be able to waive certain

requirements and issue purchase orders by

telephone.

Unless specifically authorized by the Office of

Purchasing and appropriate administrative offices,

employees may not obligate the University for any

purchase. Those employees who, without prior

approval, incur charges against the University will

be held responsible for such charges. Similarly,

employees who make purchases with personal funds

without prior authority, in expectation of

reimbursement from the University, will ordinarily

not be reimbursed, regardless of the circumstances.

When items are available on campus from

University/ Scientific Stores, purchases are to be

made from the Stores. The Stores maintain an

inventory of office and janitorial supplies, furniture,

laboratory equipment, some computer-related items,

and general hardware (including electrical,

plumbing, and refrigeration supplies). The Stores

also provide a daily pickup service in the Baton

Rouge area for miscellaneous nonstock or out-of-

stock items that are ordered through the Stores.

Scientific Stores also offers help with repairs and

deliveries, maintains a cross-referenced library of

scientific supply catalogs, and coordinates sales by

scientific representatives. Gasoline for University

vehicles is to be purchased from the University

Service Station.

Personnel affiliated with the LSU Agricultural

Center and the Hebert Law Center should obtain

purchasing information from the business offices of

those institutions.

TRAVEL EXPENSE ACCOUNTS

Expense accounts are subject to various limitations

that should be understood in advance by the

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employee who contemplates travel at University

expense.

University travel reimbursement regulations are

outlined in PM-13, University Travel Regulations,

and are subject to periodic revision. The University

will not reimburse employees above prescribed

limits for lodging, meals, and certain other costs.

The agency awarded the state contract for travel

services must be used unless an exception has been

granted in advance by the Director of Accounting

Services. Contact Accounting Services for the

current contractor.

Travel expense voucher forms should be completed

and submitted immediately upon completion of

travel. (Business Office Procedure 20-2 explains the

procedure for submission and reimbursement of the

travel expenses.)

Travel expenses are to be paid by the employee

using the LSU-sponsored Corporate Card, the

traveler’s personal credit card, or personal funds.

Cash advances for University-reimbursed travel

expenses may be obtained by University employees

only under circumstances outlined in exceptions

provided in PM-13. If a travel voucher has not been

filed by the fifteenth of the month following return

of the traveler, the amount of the advance may be

deducted from the employee’s pay check.

UNIVERSITY SERVICES

AND PROGRAMS

PUBLICATIONS

LSU PRESS

The LSU Press, one of the oldest and largest

university presses in the South and one of the

outstanding scholarly publishers in the country, was

established in 1935 to publish works of scholarship,

regional works, and other works consistent with the

general objectives of the University. Its purposes

are, therefore, essentially academic. Many of the

books that the Press has published were written by

faculty members, and one purpose of the Press is to

encourage faculty scholarship leading to

publication. However, like other university presses,

it serves the entire scholarly community and

publishes works by those outside LSU as well. The

final decision to publish a manuscript rests with the

Faculty Senate LSU Press Committee composed of

eight faculty members.

Members of the faculty and staff are entitled to a 10

percent discount on all books published by the

Press.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Office of Public Relations is responsible for

telling LSU’s story to its various publics, on and off

campus, by establishing and increasing awareness of

LSU’s programs, policies, opportunities, goals, and

achievements. This information is provided through

the mass media, publications, video,

correspondence, and various other means, using the

resources and talents available in News Service,

Publications, Electronic Media, and Photography.

UNIVERSITY-RELATED

ORGANIZATIONS

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL

CENTER

The African-American Cultural Center (AACC) is a

campus facility with the goal of educating students,

faculty, and staff about the history, culture, and

contributions of African-Americans. Objectives of

the AACC include providing a forum for dialogue

and exchange of views among African-Americans

and others, serving as an information base on topics

related to African-American history and culture for

citizens of Louisiana, and promoting interracial

harmony among members of the University

community and among citizens of Louisiana.

Various programs and activities in support of these

objectives are sponsored by and held at the AACC.

Membership is open to all members of the

University community.

LSU FOUNDATION

The purpose of the LSU Foundation is to foster

private financial support for Louisiana State

University, the LSU Agricultural Center, and the

Hebert Law Center. The foundation encourages and

receives capital gifts and bequests for the academic,

research, and public service programs of the

University, including endowed and non-endowed

funds for restricted and unrestricted purposes. The

foundation also manages investments and serves as

trustee for private assets contributed for the benefit

of the University.

The foundation accepts undesignated gifts to be

used in any academic area of the University where

the need is greatest; restricted gifts, used only for

the purpose designated by the donor; special gifts,

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such as objects d’art and library materials; and

planned gifts made through wills, life insurance, and

trusts.

TIGER ATHLETIC FOUNDATION

The LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF), a

private, nonprofit corporation, is the central fund

raising organization supporting LSU athletics. Its

mission is to facilitate the development of a

comprehensively superior athletic program.

Unrestricted contributions benefit every athlete and

team through scholarship and other academic

awards, as well as through the construction and

maintenance of athletic facilities.

The foundation is administered by its own board of

directors, comprised of TAF donors, and meets

quarterly. Officers are elected bi-annually.

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

MUSEUMS

The Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural

Science form the LSU Museum Complex, the

purposes of which are research, enrichment of

various academic programs, and public service.

The Museum of Art, located in Memorial Tower and

open to the public, contains original 17th through

mid-19th century period rooms from England and

America, as well as galleries for temporary

exhibitions.

The museum owns a comprehensive collection of

the graphic works of Caroline Durieux,

internationally recognized print-maker; an

outstanding collection of New Orleans-made silver;

and a sizeable collection of Newcomb pottery. Other

collections include 19th century lighting devices and

early oil and watercolor paintings depicting south

Louisiana subjects, especially Baton Rouge area

views.

Additional collections are located in Lakeshore

House, 3960 West Lakeshore Dr.

The Museum of Natural Science consists of the

Division of Zoology, located in Foster Hall, and the

Division of Geoscience, located in the Howe-

Russell Geoscience Complex. Museum exhibits in

both buildings are open daily to the general public.

The exhibits in Foster Hall consist of nine major

dioramas that depict the flora and fauna of selected

scenes from North America, including Louisiana’s

animal life. In addition, visual aids are provided to

explain various biological principles. Geoscience

exhibits include the Prehistoric Garden, the

Louisiana Native American Room, and a Louisiana

mastodon. The museum’s extensive research

collections contain more than 500,000 cataloged

specimens of birds, mammals, fishes, amphibians,

and reptiles. Monthly lectures on topics in natural

history are provided. The Rural Life Museum and

Windrush Gardens, located on the 450-acre Burden

Research Plantation approximately five miles from

campus, provides insight into the largely forgotten

lifestyles and cultures of pre-industrial Louisianians.

GALLERIES

There are two School of Art galleries, the Glassel,

located at Foster Hall; and the LSU School of Art

Gallery housed in the

Shaw Center, located

downtown. In addition, faculty and students may

visit the

Union Art Gallery on the second floor of

the LSU Student Union

The primary mission of the Glassel Art Gallery is to

exhibit the visual art produced by students majoring

in art. Thesis exhibitions, senior shows, and group

exhibitions allow students a bridge to the

professional world while still under the direction of

their professors. Additional exhibitions include

exchange shows with other universities, the annual

faculty exhibition, and curated shows from outside

the region or country.

The LSU School of Art Gallery at the Shaw Center

features exciting works from the faculty and

students of Louisiana State University.

The LSU Union Art Gallery is centrally located on

the main floor of the LSU Union. The gallery hosts

seven rotating exhibits a year. Exhibits include

traveling shows; regional and national drawing,

print, and photography competitions; curated

exhibitions; and LSU faculty and student art shows.

Arts and humanities programs are hosted in

conjunction with gallery exhibitions. All programs

are free and open to the public. The gallery hours

are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

For additional information, call 388-5117.

CAMPUS FEDERAL CREDIT

UNION

The Campus Federal Credit Union (CFCU) is

available to full- and part-time LSU faculty, staff,

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students, alumni, and family members of these

groups. Campus Federal provides a variety of

products and services designed to meet the financial

needs of its members. Savings, checking accounts,

money market, certificates, and Individual

Retirement Accounts are available. Accounts are

federally insured by the National Credit Union

Administration (NCUA) up to $100,000. Campus

Federal also offers a variety of consumer loans,

including first and second mortgages, automobile

loans, and signature loans. Other services include

payroll deduction, direct deposit, money machines,

telephone banking, telephone bill paying, and VISA

and VISA Gold cards.

The Credit Union has four locations in Baton

Rouge, two on campus and two in town.

On campus branches are located at Nicholson

Extension adjacent to the CEBA building and in the

Student Union. The lobby is open Monday through

Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Drive-through

service hours are 7:30 AM. to 5:30 PM., Monday

through Friday. Teleservice hours are 7:00 AM to

6:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 9:00 AM to

2:00 PM on Saturdays. The Student Union branch

does not provide Drive-through service.

Locations in town are located at 6230 Perkins Road

and 5711 S. Sherwood Forest Boulevard

respectively. Lobby hours are 8:30 to 4:30, Monday

through Friday, and 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on

Saturdays. Drive-through hours are 7:30 AM to 5:30

PM, Monday through Friday, and 9:00 AM to 2:00

PM on Saturdays. Teleservice hours are 7:00 AM. to

6:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 9:00 AM to

2:00 PM on Saturdays.

For additional information about any aspect of credit

union membership or services, call toll free at

(888)769-8841 or locally (225)769-8841.

RECREATIONAL AND DINING

FACILITIES

FACULTY CLUB

All full-time LSU faculty, administrative and

research staff members, and Ph.D. candidates who

are teaching assistants are eligible to join

Faculty

Club, Inc., a private organization. Members have

opportunities to meet and work with a cross-section

of the campus community through participation in a

variety of activities such as pre-football game

buffets, family activities, and dances. Annual

membership dues enable the club’s Board of

Governors to offer these events at a moderate cost.

The Club at LSU Union Square, located on

Highland Road, may be used by the general public,

as well as the University community. The dining

room is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, and for dinner from 5 p.m.

- 9 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Conference rooms are available for meetings and

luncheons during regular club hours. The club is

also open for special events by reservation. Hotel

rooms are available to University departments for

persons visiting the campus in a University-related

capacity. Faculty who are interested in joining may

access the membership section of their website at

http://is.lsu.edu/facultyclub/Membership.asp, or

contact them at (225)578-2356.

LSU STUDENT UNION

The centrally located Union completed a five-year

renovation in 2011. Services and conveniences are

available from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily during the

academic year.

The ground floor includes the campus bookstore, a

branch of Campus Federal Credit Union, the Tiger

Card Office (LSU IDs), barber shop, optical store,

Kaplan testing service, Cox Communications,

several ATMs, and a postal and copy center to be

added in 2011. McDonald’s and Einstein Bros.

Bagels are adjacent to the comfortable Live Oak

Lounge that overlooks the Memorial Oak Grove.

Three large screens in the lounge are lowered for

special viewings such as athletic events.

The main floor houses the Information Center, the

communication hub of the building. The popular

Tiger Lair food court provides a daily array of

favorite menus from hot entrees to made-to-order

deli sandwiches to selections “On the Geaux.” New

and expanded lounges are equipped with wireless

and electrical outlets for computer use. The spacious

Royal-Cotillion Ballroom can host events for up to

800. The textbook and supplies sections of the

bookstore are on this floor.

On the third floor, the Magnolia Room restaurant

offers three-course buffets for lunch Monday

through Friday. Need a room for a meeting or

event? Union Event Management can help you

select from among various sized meeting and

conference rooms. The third floor also has a 30-seat

computer lab and offices of Union Administration,

LSU Catering, Campus Life, Dean of Students,

Multicultural Affairs, and student activities. Greek

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Life offices and space for student organizations are

on the fourth floor.

The state-of-the-art Union Theater seats up to 1,250

for performing arts, lectures, ceremonies,

conferences, orientation programs and more. For

more information and specific hours of operation,

visit www.lsu.edu/union

or call 578-5141.

UNIVERSITY RECREATION (UREC)

University Recreation (UREC) offers a variety of

facilities and programs to meet the recreational and

competitive needs of the LSU community. The

cornerstone of UREC is the Student Recreation

Center, a 121,000 square foot innovative

recreational facility featuring state of the art

equipment, high-level programming, and modern

amenities to meet the ever-changing needs and

expectations of the LSU community. The Student

Recreation Center features a modern and energetic

atmosphere that includes a weight/fitness/cardio

room, a gymnasium, climbing gym, racquetball /

handball / squash courts, three multi-purpose

studios, a cycle studio, a 1/8 mile indoor three lane

track, locker rooms with saunas for men and

women, and a 25-yard indoor swimming pool.

The adjacent to the Student Recreation Center is the

SRC field complex that includes sand volleyball,

tennis courts, softball fields and multi-purpose

fields. Equipment is available for checkout

including, tennis and racquetball rackets,

basketballs, and weight belts to name a few.

UREC also operates the Sport and Adventure

Complex located on the corner of Gourrier Lane and

River Road. The complex includes three multi-

purpose fields and a high-low ropes course.

LSU faculty are eligible for a UREC membership by

presenting their LSU TigerCard at the Student

Recreation Center operations desk. Faculty are also

eligible for a one-time, seven-day all access pass

where they may experience UREC programs and

facilities free of charge. UREC faculty/staff

members may extend membership to family and

dependents as well as any person of their choice

through the “Plus One” program. Visit the UREC

Web site for current member rates and additional

details.

For more information about UREC facilities and

programs at (225) 578-8601, or visit

www.LSU.edu/UREC

Tickets

Faculty members may purchase season tickets, if

available, for home football and basketball games at

the full public price, with a reduced surcharge

allowed on two football tickets. Faculty members

may attend all other sporting events free of charge

by presenting their faculty ID cards at the gate.

Football tickets are sold each spring for the

following season and basketball tickets are sold in

early fall. Ticket purchases may be made through

the Athletic Ticket Office at the LSU Athletic

Administration Building adjacent to Tiger Stadium.

PUBLIC SAFETY

The University is dedicated to preserving a peaceful

and safe environment for the entire LSU

community. Everyone is urged to be alert to the

possibility of criminal activity on campus and to

report all crimes or suspicious activities to the

LSU

Police Department located in the Public Safety

Building, South Stadium Road.

New faculty can receive important updates about

any emergencies or potential situations that threaten

the safety of the LSU community by signing up for

the LSU Emergency Text Message System

To file a complaint, or report a fire, accident,

chemical spill, or other type of emergency anywhere

on campus, call 911. The LSU Police Department

will respond promptly to any location on campus

and will request fire, EMS, or police support, as

required.

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety is

responsible for enforcing safety measures on

campus. Standards for the University Safety

Program are defined in PS-19, University

Occupational and Environmental Safety Policy,

which may be obtained from the office in the Public

Safety Building, South Stadium Road.

PARKING, TRAFFIC,

TRANSPORTATION

The University is committed to providing ample on-

campus parking for all students, employees, and

visitors who use an automobile as transportation to

and from campus. The LSU campus is designated as

a "walking" campus, with traffic restricted in some

areas during the working day.

To park a vehicle on campus, faculty members must

Transportation, Public Safety Building, South

Stadium Road. Office personnel will assist faculty

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in selecting parking plans suitable to individual

needs. LSU and Southern University hang-tags are

recognized as valid parking tags on either campus.

The Visitor Registration and Information Center,

the central point of contact for visitors to campus,

provides information, maps, and parking passes to

any office or event at LSU.

Additional information can be obtained by calling

388-5000.

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: LSU FACULTY

SENATE LINKS

Faculty Senate Officers:

http://www.lsu.edu/senate/ExeCommittee.html

Faculty Senate Ombuds:

http://appl027.lsu.edu/chan/ombudsweb.nsf/index

Faculty Senate Senators:

http://www.lsu.edu/senate/Roster%20of%20Senator

s.html

Faculty Senate Constitution:

http://www.lsu.edu/senate/FSCB.pdf

APPENDIX B: POLICY

STATEMENT LINKS

University policy is stated in a number of

documents of which faculty members should be

aware. These documents are available in

departmental and college offices and on the

LSU

Homepage.

• Bylaws and Regulations of the Board of

Supervisors

• LSU General Catalog, Graduate Bulletin,

professional school catalogs

• Permanent Memoranda (PM), issued by the

Office of the LSU System President

• Policy Statements (PS), issued by the Office of the

Chancellor University Policy Statements are as

follows (dates indicate year of most recent

revision):

PS-01

: Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity

Policy (10/3/2008)

PS-06.25: Privacy of Computing Sources

(6/20/2008)

PS-11: Use of University Funds for Entertainment

(9/9/2008)

PS-12: Leave Guidelines for Academic,

Professional and Classified Employees (11/8/2004)

PS-18: Emergency Response Plan (8/1/2008)

PS-19:Environmental Health and Safety (5/10/2010)

PS-22: Student Absence from Class (8/27/2007)

PS-30: Privacy Rights of Students: Buckley

Amendment (11/1/96)

PS-31: Holiday Schedule (Annual)

PS-36-NT: Initial Appointments, Reappointments,

Annual Reviews, and Promotions for Faculty Other

than Tenure-Track and Tenured (8/17/2009)

PS-36-T: Tenure Track and Tenured Faculty:

Appointments, Reappointments, Promotions,

Tenure, Annual Reviews, and Enhancement of Job

Performance (8/17/2009)

PS-43: Additional Compensation Limits (5/16/95)

PS-44: Grades (3/1/96)

PS-48: Student Appeal Procedures (1/1/2002)

PS-50: Responsibilities and Concerns of University

Personnel (5/28/2001)

PS-58: Emergency Response Plan (7/5/1995)

PS-59: Employee Assistance Program (10/31/96)

PS-67: Illegal Use of Drugs and Alcohol Misuse

(10/3/2008)

PS-68: University Intellectual Property Rights in