Academic Personnel Retirement Programs

CSU & Humboldt Resources

  • The California State University Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (CSU-ERFA) is a statewide not-for-profit corporation devoted exclusively to addressing the concerns and protecting the rights of retired California State University faculty and staff.
  • Visit this link to find the form for applying for Emeritus status with Humboldt. Emeritus status may be granted to any currently retired academic, administrative, staff or faculty if they have a written nomination from their former department personnel committee, Department Chair, or Supervisor in their former academic unit or working unit ; or the Cal Poly Humboldt-Emeritus, Retired Faculty and Staff Association (Humboldt-ERFSA) can nominate them when their previous supervisors or department chairs are no longer employed or in a position to nominate them. Criteria for emeritus status: retirement from the Cal Poly Humboldt; having provided ten or more years of full-time service or its aggregated equivalent at this campus; and meritorious contributions to teaching, scholarship, and/or service to Humboldt/CSU.
  • Chancellor's Office Human Resources Retirement site.
  • Although general retirement planning is beyond the scope of services offered by CSU-ERFA, we make available without charge a special planning tool to help CSU faculty members determine their optimum retirement date.

Pre-Retirement Reduction in Timebase

Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP)

Post-Retirement Employment Policy