Villanova University values its retired faculty members and encourages them to maintain their contact with the university. Retired faculty members are invited to continue to use their Villanova E-mail account, and retired faculty members receive all of the broadcast E-mail messages directed to faculty. Retired faculty members retain their access to the Library. Retired faculty members are also cordially invited to the many public University events and ceremonies. Retired faculty members are encouraged to process with the faculty at formal Academic Convocations, such as St. Thomas of Villanova Day, Graduation, and Baccalaureate. A retired faculty member also sits on the Faculty Congress. For specific questions about benefits for retired faculty members, please contact Human Resources (610 519-4239). For other questions about the rights and privileges of retired faculty members, please contact the Academic Affairs Office (610 519 4520).

Villanova's Quarterly Club

Villanova's Quarterly Club enables faculty who have retired to continue their association with the University and with one another. It sponsors four on-campus luncheons each academic year (with a social hour and a speaker), a memorial mass each fall, and two off campus events each year. It also aims to promote the welfare and concerns of its members and to render any service that it can to the university. The Quarterly Club also nominates the retiree who sits as a member of the Faculty Congress. All retired faculty are invited to join the Quarterly Club. Membership dues are $15.00 per year. For further information, please contact Ray Cummings, Secretary/Treasurer, or the Academic Affairs Office.

Emeritus Status

The Faculty Handbook includes the criteria and process for conferring Emeritus Status on a retired faculty member, which are as follows:   

The honor of emeritus status may be conferred upon faculty who ended their Villanova careers at the rank of professor or associate professor, who served at least fifteen years at Villanova prior to retirement or departure, and whose academic career or service to the University was genuinely distinguished. Except for direct presidential action, initial recommendations for the conferral of emeritus status may be made by any tenured Villanova faculty member by submitting a curriculum vitae and nominating letter to the current chair of the nominee's department. Such recommendations normally must be made within three years of the faculty member's departure. Recommendations are reviewed by the departmental Rank and Tenure Committee, whose membership for such cases includes all faculty at or above the rank to which the emeritus designation is to be assigned. Consideration at the department committee level is based upon the candidate's curriculum vitae, the nominating letter, and the committee's general knowledge of the candidate's career. Senior department faculty who serve on the College or University Rank and Tenure Committees participate in the department committee's deliberations but may not vote. The department rank and tenure committee forwards to the department chair the candidate's curriculum vitae, the nominating letter, and a brief but informative report on and explanation of the committee's recommendation.

The chair forwards the report, along with his/her own evaluation letter, to the dean, who makes the materials available to the college rank and tenure committee. The committee votes by secret ballot on the recommendation and sends its written report to the dean. After adding his/her recommendation, the dean forwards the dossier and recommendations to the VPAA, who presents the case to the University Rank and Tenure Committee, which, following standard procedure, recommends to the President.