Emeritus Status

Applying for Emeritus Status 

• Retiree completes: Humboldt-University Senate: Informational Template for Emeritus Status.
• Retiree’s Nominator completes: Fall 2025 Humboldt Staff & Faculty Emeritus Nomination form.

Nomination letters are due September 1st and February 1st.

Faculty Handbook: Section 540:Emeritus Faculty and Staff Policy

Emeritus status may be granted to any currently retired academic, administrative, staff or faculty if they have a written nomination from their former department personnel committee, Department Chair, or Supervisor in their former academic unit or working unit ; or the Cal Poly Humboldt-Emeritus, Retired Faculty and Staff Association (Humboldt-ERFSA) can nominate them when their previous supervisors or department chairs are no longer employed or in a position to nominate them verifying they meet the criteria for emeritus status:

• retirement from the Cal Poly Humboldt;
• having provided ten or more years of full-time service or its aggregated equivalent at this campus; and
• meritorious contributions to teaching, scholarship, and/or service to Humboldt/CSU.
• A history of conduct or behavior that contravenes basic university policies or the university purpose, vision or core values and beliefs, including serious criminal offenses, fraud, or Title IX violations, is cause for denial of Emeritus status. Individuals involved in ongoing investigations for such conduct or behavior are not eligible for emeritus status until the conclusion of the investigation(s).

Documents:

Awarding Emeritus Status: The Cal Poly Humboldt University Senate, Humboldt-ERFSA and Provost Office "Vetting" and Notification Process (PDF)

Emeritus Status Provost, Senate Chair, and ERFSA President Template Letter

Emeritus Status Flyer Template (docx)

If you have questions about the application process, you may contact ERFSA President Emeritus Professor Marshelle Thobaben (mt1@humboldt.edu). 

Cal Poly Humboldt Emeritus Status ID

There are two ways to get your Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty Emeritus Status ID.

1. At the library’s front desk ask for an emeritus faculty ID. The staff looks up your emeritus status & then they will print you an ID. The library hours vary.
2. Online--the instructions link is: https://library.humboldt.edu/services/ID/index.html

The list below are those faculty, staff and administrators who were granted emeritus status after January 1, 2021