Home Department and Appointing Department Definitions

CAHNRS Definition of Departments

Home Department

•       Home Department = the department that processes the faculty employee’s paperwork (i.e. leave reports, purchasing, etc.)

Appointing Department

•       Appointing Department = the department the employee is assigned (tenure/discipline, program unit, etc.). This appointing department is responsible for completing the annual review

Example

Here is an example of a faculty member who is located at the WSU Wenatchee TFREC but is tenured in Entomology:

Home Dept: 4120 WSU WENATCHEE TFREC

Appt Dept: 1840 ENTOMOLOGY

Work Location: WEN

Ensure all employees are set up with the correct department numbers for their home department and their appointing department. For those that are not correct, we ask you to initiate the PERMS action with your assigned business center, if applicable, to update the records.

If you have any questions regarding home department and appointing department, please contact Caitlin Ruhs at caitlin_ruhs@wsu.edu or 335-3460.