RESOLUTION

GRANTING TENURE TO DR. FRED LOXSOM
ENDOWED CHAIR IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STUDIES
AT

EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

March 3, 2006

WHEREAS,   BR#2000-74 established the Center for Sustainable Energy Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University and designated it as a Connecticut higher education center of excellence and the Board of Governors for Higher Education approved for the establishment of an Endowed Chair in Sustainable Energy Studies in the Center for Sustainable Energy Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University; and

WHEREAS,   BR#2004-53 designated Dr. Fred Loxsom to fill the Endowed Chair for Sustainable Energy Studies effective the beginning of the 2004-2005 academic year; and

WHEREAS,   ECSU-AAUP and Eastern Connecticut State University reached an agreement on December 12, 2005, concerning an expedited tenure review process for the Endowed Chair in Sustainable Energy Studies that differs from the tenure process in the collective bargaining agreement; and

WHEREAS,   President Pernal has recommended tenure be granted to Dr. Fred Loxsom; therefore, be it

RESOLVED,   That Dr. Fred Loxsom, Endowed Chair for Sustainable Energy Studies, be granted tenure at Eastern Connecticut State University.

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David G. Carter, Chancellor