- If the student has achieved Candidacy, chair change procedures are as follows:
- The former chair who has left the University may continue to serve as co-chair
- A second co-chair must be appointed
- If the student has not achieved Candidacy, chair change procedures are as follows:
- A new chair of the Supervisory Committee must be appointed immediately
- Graduate faculty with emeritus status may co-chair the supervisory committees of doctoral students or serve as a committee member.
- If a member other than the chair leaves the employer of the University or retires, a replacement should be appointed.
- Faculty granted adjunct faculty graduate status after leaving the University may serve as a committee member.