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OT: my tenure vote

medusa

I think I've mentioned here before that I'm an academic/scientist. My tenure review is happening this year, which means that at the end of this school year I either get tenure (and have a job for life) or don't get tenure (and get fired).

Today I found out the result of my department's vote on my tenure, and it was overwhelmingly positive! This is big news for me.

The tenure decision still has to be reviewed by other committees in the university - the whole process won't be done until May - but the department vote is the biggest hurdle. Given that my department wants to tenure me, it's very very unlikely that the decision will be reversed higher up.

The latest reply was from Tanya . You can follow further contributions to the conversation through the RSS 2.0 feed.


23 Replies

Posted 2 weeks ago
san

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!

Posted 2 weeks ago
shiny

Congratulations! That is fantastic news! How will you celebrate? Doing happy dance for you...

Posted 2 weeks ago
debbiek

That is fantastic news!!

Posted 2 weeks ago
Boof

Congratulations! That is wonderful!

Posted 2 weeks ago
kari (website)

That is wonderful! Congratulations!

Posted 2 weeks ago
Marianna

Amazing news! My warmest congratulations to you!

Posted 2 weeks ago
Ana (website)

Hooray, Medusa! Congratulations! I know how difficult/touchy the whole tenure thing can be. I'm so happy for you! :D

Posted 2 weeks ago
Angie (website)

WOOOHOOO! Launching into ORBIT!!!

I'm elated for you, Medusa. WELL DONE. You are a VERY clever little sausge :0)

Posted 2 weeks ago
marianne

Congratulations, Medusa! I am very happy for you! Maybe you could have a little early celebration. :) Thanks for sharing these exciting news with us.

Posted 2 weeks ago
yublocka (website)

Wow Medusa, what exciting news! I'm so happy for you!!!

Posted 2 weeks ago
Louise

Congratulations Medusa x

Posted 2 weeks ago
rute

Congratulations!

You are lovely, stylish and intelligent!

Posted 2 weeks ago
JoDee

Congratulations!! What a achievement!

Posted 2 weeks ago
greenglove

Huge accomplishment!!! You are brilliant and I am so happy for you! What type of scientist are you? Tenure is an amazing thing to have and so stressful to achieve.
Congratulations!!

Posted 2 weeks ago
Joy

Congratulations! Be sure to treat yourself :)

Posted 2 weeks ago
chewyspaghetti (website)

That's great Medusa- good luck with the rest of the process.

Posted 2 weeks ago
RoseandJoan

That's fantastic news Medusa, it's good to know your hard work is appreciated!

Posted 2 weeks ago
cciele

Yay, congrats! That is great news. I hope you have no problems in May!

Posted 2 weeks ago
medusa

Thank you SO MUCH for the warm wishes. I posted about this in part because it hasn't sunk in for me yet. I know that everyone on the forum is so great at celebrating good news, so I hoped that getting your reactions would help me appreciate that this is real! So thanks for the help. :-)

Posted 2 weeks ago
bella

Congratulations! As a fellow academic, I hope I will be able to say the same thing one day. For now, I need to land my first job!:)

Posted 2 weeks ago
rosemerin

CONGRATS Medusa! I know how excited you must be because.. I just started my tenure track position.. (and am looking at my 5-6 yr road ahead..). I am thrilled that there are so many academics here on YLF... so I am not the only one calling my outfits POTG (prof on the go..)..

Posted 2 weeks ago
carissa (website)

Good for you! Congratulations.

Posted 2 weeks ago
Tanya

Congrats Medusa! As a fellow academic, I know how difficult it is to accomplish this. Actually, I am fairly certain at the moment that after the completion of my postdoc I would not go this route, it would be too stressful for me.

Posted 2 weeks ago