Nick Wahle is awarded tenure by vote of Trustees

Mathematics faculty member Nick Wahle was awarded tenure by a unanimous vote of the College Board of Trustees at the Jan. 25 Board meeting.

• Nick is the co-developer of the courses Quantitative Reasoning (MAT 105) and Intensive Quantitative Reasoning (MAT 105A).
   
• He designed the Blackboard templates for these courses and created the WEB (fully online) version of MAT 105.
   
• Nick has taught almost every Math course offered at Cincinnati State, with focus on the entry-level courses.
   
• He also has served as a Math Tutor and as coordinator of CCP (College Credit Plus) Math courses.
   
• He has served on several College committees and as faculty advisor for Phi Theta Kappa student organization.
   
• Nick earned his master’s degree in Mathematics from Louisiana State University.

Prior to the Trustees’ vote, Provost Robbin Hoopes discussed the rigorous review process that precedes a recommendation for tenure. (See “How tenure is achieved,” below)

Humanities & Sciences Dean Geoffrey Woolf described some of Nick’s contributions to the department and the College.

Dean Woolf emphasized Nick’s work at the start of the pandemic in 2020, when Nick (seen at right with Lincoln Wahle) helped make it possible for multiple sections of MAT 105 to move quickly to effective remote delivery, even though the course had never before been offered in an online format.

How tenure is achieved:

To be eligible for tenure, faculty members must complete five years of full-time service.

Then, eligible faculty members complete a six-month review process. During that time their qualifications and contributions to the College are examined by the Faculty Tenure Committee, the division Dean, the Provost, and the President. The Board’s vote is the final step in the review process.

The process steps leading to tenure are defined in the AAUP contract, which states that tenure is awarded in recognition of “demonstrated excellence and consistent contributions” to the College.

Following the award of tenure, a faculty member may use the title “Professor.”

The group of faculty members who would have been eligible for tenure in 2022 originally was larger, but the other potential applicants in this group resigned from the College in prior years.