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The granting of Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor recognizes academic competence and maturity, and significant scholarly achievement demonstrated by contributions to the academic functions of the University and to the member’s discipline within and outside of the University. The conferring of Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor obliges the University to support the career of the Faculty Member and it obliges the Faculty Member to continue to perform in a manner deserving of that support. \u000b\u000bYour opinion as an external assessor is being sought in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the University and the Faculty Association, and constitutes part of the information on which the University’s Tenure and Promotion Committees will base any subsequent recommendation. Thank you for agreeing to serve as an external assessor for the University of Guelph.\u000b\u000bWe would be grateful for your assessment of the candidate's scholarly activities. In particular, we would appreciate having your opinion concerning the quality of teaching, research/scholarship and service activities, and the extent to which you believe their quality, in accordance with the criteria (see #1 below), justifies the conferring of Promotion to associate Professor with Tenure. \u000b\u000bPlease note that external opinions are being sought from two other persons in addition to yourself and the assessments will be transmitted in confidence to the Department Tenure and Promotion Committee, the College Tenure and Promotion Committee, the University Appeals Committee (if necessary), and the President, and if requested, without attribution, to the faculty member being assessed. \u000b\u000bThe University of Guelph has implemented an electronic CV (eCV) system to administer our Tenure and Promotion process. The Sedona system allows for the campus-wide maintenance of teaching, research and service records. The outcome of its use is a CV template that is largely uniform across the University's seven colleges. With this said, please be aware that individual faculty members had limited control over the style of their eCV template, and any formatting issues you may observe should not in any way influence your review of their submission.  The use of an electronic CV system means that your review of this Faculty Member's eCV and scholarly materials will occur online. Suggested browsers for optimal performance in Sedona are Firefox or Chrome (Internet Explorer should not be used with this program).  If at any point during the electronic review process you should have questions or difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact \u003Clink to name of administrative assistance responsible for T and P). 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