SAMPLE OFFER LETTER FOR FIXED TERM APPOINTMENTS

							SAMPLE OFFER LETTER FOR FIXED TERM APPOINTMENTS


It gives me great pleasure to extend an offer to you to join the faculty of the
Department/Unit of XXXX as a rank/title of area……. This is a full-time, fixed term,
academic-year appointment starting August 16, 20xx and running through August 15,
20xx. The annual salary is $XX.000. Your appointment is on an academic-year (9
month) basis or annual-year, with a salary paid in twelve installments on the last
working day of each month. The appointment carries no presumption of academic tenure
or reappointment beyond the period above. All fixed term appointments are subject to
the approval of the Office of the Provost; your appointment is subject to all rules,
regulations, and policies of the University (see Attachment A). Persons holding
academic-year appointments are to be available for University duties from August 16
through May 15. Your teaching duties/duties will include …...

Enclosed is a Temporary Faculty/Academic Staff Appointment/Reappointment
Memorandum form, which you will need to sign, date and return.

The University provides a substantial package of fringe benefits. Full information on
these benefits is available on the Benefits Homepage
(http://www.hr.msu.edu/Depts/Benefits).

We are very pleased to make you this offer and sincerely hope that you will be joining
the faculty in the fall. I do request that you respond to this offer as soon as possible (no
later than ………..) and that you return the form to our office no later than …... At that
time I will take pleasure in finalizing your appointment recommendation.

Sincerely,



Chair/Director




                                       Attachment A


Final approval for your appointment rests solely with the President. As part of the final
approval process of your appointment, the university may verify the receipt of your
academic degrees and other academic credentials. Any falsifications related to your
degree or academic credentials may constitute grounds to revoke your offer of
appointment.

Additionally, I must inform you that the decision to recommend an academic appointment
takes into account all available information regarding an applicant’s professional and
personal conduct. Your appointment is contingent on the university having your
cooperation in learning information needed to assess your candidacy. For this reason, the
university requires you to disclose all relevant facts needed to give the university a full
and fair understanding of any past conduct that could adversely affect your ability to
fulfill successfully your responsibilities as a faculty member, including:

   1. professional misconduct or sanctions (e.g., debarment by a federal agency; any
      form of professional discipline or license restriction or surrender; and admission
      or determination that you have committed research misconduct);
   2. any formal employment disciplinary action;
   3. any civil rights violation that you admitted or were determined by a court or other
      adjudicative process to have committed (e.g., sexual or racial harassment or
      discrimination); or
   4. any serious crime for which you were convicted or pled “no contest” (e.g., any
      felony; any crime that requires you to register as a sexual offender; any crime of
      violence; any fraud, theft, or other crime involving money).

Engagement in any such conduct will not, in and of itself, disqualify you for an
appointment at the university. But, your failure to disclosure such information, or any
misrepresentation you make in connection with the disclosure, would be grounds to
revoke your offer of appointment.