Affiliate appointments must be added as a standalone business process since they are not triggered in any other Business Process. Add Academic Appointment can be initiated by navigating to the Job Profile > Actions > Academic Faculty > Add Academic Appointment. More information can be found in the Managing Academic Appointments in Workday Job Aid.
Key Details to Check and Populate
- Start date: Based on internal approvals
- Academic unit: Select appropriate academic unit
- Employment position: Select employment position

Appointment Information
- Track type:
- Joint Governance: Faculty
- Joint Governance: Academic Staff (including Visiting Professors)
- Reason: Select Add Academic Appointment > New Appointment > Additional Appointment
- Rank: Select appropriate rank (if Faculty), which will automatically fill in Title
- Title: Created by choosing the appropriate rank, or if Academic Staff, fill in employee’s title
- End Date: Populate the end date of the appointment. Per FPP 5.12 and 5.13, these affiliate academic appointments can only be granted for up to three years and are renewable.
- Select Identifier:
- Affiliation: Governance
- Faculty or Academic Staff: confers no rights to participate and vote in departmental meetings
- Joint Department: Governance
- Faculty or Academic Staff: confers rights to participate and vote in department meetings
- Joint Executive: Governance
- Only for tenured Faculty: confers rights to participate and vote in department executive committee meetings
- Affiliation: Governance
- Roster Percent: 0%
