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Faculty Absence Request Form
Faculty members are required to notify their departments in advance of absences that will take them away from their “classes or other regular duties at the University.” This form will be used for that notification.
This form is to be filled out for all Faculty absences. It should be filled out a minimum of 10 days before the absence. If the absence is due to illness or emergency, fill out the form as soon as feasible. Once it has been filled out, it should be emailed to the Department Administrator. The Department Administrator will then redirect to the department Chair to sign.
MHB Faculty Absence Reporting Form
RELEVANT UNIVERSITY POLICIES REGARDING ABSENCES AND ATTENDANCE
8.02. Faculty Duties and Responsibilities.
- Fundamental Responsibilities. The university faculty are responsible for teaching, research or other scholarly activity appropriate to the discipline, and public service. Furthermore, every faculty member has an obligation to maintain professional honesty and integrity, to seek knowledge and to share that knowledge freely with others. No member of the faculty shall be absent from their classes or other regular duties at the university except by the permission of the chancellor or appropriate dean. Faculty members shall avoid a concentration of class hours that is detrimental to effective teaching. It is the responsibility of faculty members to carry out duties assigned by the department, and to share in the governance of the institution as a whole.
- Attendance at Meetings. It is the duty of faculty members to attend departmental, school or college, and university faculty meetings.
Instructions for entering your leave can be found here: https://kb.wisc.edu/28502.
Sick Leave Policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-5051