Policies and Manuals

Diversity Action Plan

Lab Safety and Compliance

All undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff are required to complete Lab Safety Training before beginning work in a research laboratory. The primary component to this can be satisfied by watching the appropriate lab safety compliance video below and filling out the certificate of completion. You are also required to read the appropriate Chemical Hygiene Plan & Safety Manual below. University faculty, staff & students who generate or handle hazardous waste are required to complete Hazardous Waste training and fill out the certificate of completion. If you will be working with biohazard materials, blood or needles, then you are also required to watch the Blood Borne Pathogen Training video and complete the quiz by following the links below.

• Physics Lab Safety Training
• Certification of Completion
• Hazardous Waste Training
• Certification of Completion
• Blood Borne Pathogen Training
• Blood Borne Pathogen Training Quiz
• Research Laboratory Training Checklist -- This form should be completed and kept in the gray Laboratory Safety Compliance Binder in the primary lab.

• Chemical Hygiene Plan & Safety Manual (pdf)

Biosafety

• Biohazard Waste Management Plan (pdf)
• Biohazard Waste Disposal Chart (pdf)
• Biohazard Wall Chart for Liquids
• Biohazard Wall Chart for Sharps
• Main EHS Biosafety, Biohazards and Bloodborne Pathogens page

• Disposal of Broken Glass
• Laser Safety Manual
• Machine Shop Safety Requirements

Chemical Inventory

• Online Chemical Inventory Database
• Vertere Chemical Inventory Management System The WFU Online Database
• Chemical Inventory and Chemical Storage Information Page
• Safety Data Sheets (MSDS or SDS)
• ChemWatch - Comprehensive online SDS access
• Instructions for accessing ChemWatch and other SDS info
• EHS Chemical Safety and Standard Operating Procedures Page

Tenure and Promotion Policies

Tenure Policy

Materials to be included in the Tenure and Promotion Dossier (.doc)

Promotion to Full Professor

Promotion from Assistant to Associate Teaching Professor

Promotion from Associate to Full Teaching Professor

Peer Teaching Evaluation Rubric

Evaluation of the chair

Graduate Students

Graduate Students Unsatisfactory Progress Guidelines (Requires WFU login)

Graduate Student Travel Fund Requests

Travel

IRS rules on taxation on International Travel