If you have not made special arrangements with your Department or Unit prior to your retirement, follow the steps below:

• The faculty member meets with a benefits office staff member to discuss retirement eligibility, income options, benefits coverage, required paperwork, post-retirement employment constraints, and the optimum date of retirement. A letter regarding the meeting is sent by the benefits office staff member to the department chair/unit head of the faculty member's tenure home.
• The faculty member notifies the department chair / unit head of his or her intent to retire, using a letter following this form.
• The chair signs the retirement letter and forwards it with the benefits letter to the dean. (When the faculty member has a joint appointment, all participating chairs and deans must sign the retirement letter.)
• The dean signs the retirement letter, thus creating a binding agreement between the faculty member and the University.

Note: A faculty member may not be rehired by the University for at least 45 calendar days after his or her effective retirement date.

If you have have special arrangements with your Department or Unit prior to your retirement, follow the steps below:

• The faculty member meets with a benefits office staff member to discuss retirement eligibility, income options, benefits coverage, required paperwork, post-retirement employment constraints, and the optimum date of retirement. A letter regarding the meeting is sent by the benefits office staff member to the department chair/unit head of the faculty member's tenure home.
• The chair/unit head in the faculty member's tenure home records all negotiated special arrangements during the pre-retirement period in a draft of the Resignation and Retirement Agreement. Click here to download a template for the agreement. If a joint appointment is involved, the proposal should also have the consent of the unit head of the secondary unit. Should the agreement include a change from an academic year to a fiscal year appointment and/or raises, the agreement must incorporate specific additional duties justifying these changes.
• The draft Retirement Agreement is then given to the faculty member, who has 21 days to sign and return it to the chair / unit head.
• The chair signs the retirement agreement and forwards it with the benefits letter to the dean. (When the faculty member has a joint appointment, all participating chairs and deans must sign the retirement agreement.)
• The dean signs the retirement agreement, thus creating a binding agreement between the faculty member and the University.

Note: A faculty member may not be rehired by the University for at least 45 calendar days after his or her effective retirement date.