Mississippi State University is transitioning to a new digital platform - Watermark Reviews, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT) to digitize and streamline the promotion and tenure process. The online system enables real-time tracking and improved transparency for candidates and key stakeholders. This page serves as the central hub for training materials and resources to support users during this process. For more information, contact Tracey Baham or Diann Nichols.
Faculty build their promotion and tenure packets and build an Adobe PDF binder. Please refer to the following video for information about how to build these PDF documents as a binder.
The following training video describes the process for submitting the packet through RPT and then tracking its progress through the promotion and tenure steps. The PowerPoint presentation is also available for your reference.
After the faculty candidate has submitted his or her packet, the department head must confirm the packet was received and then has options for how to handle the external reviewers. The training video walks through the external reviewer process, and demonstrates the steps the department head will take after the Departmental P&T Committee has finished its review.
The video for the committee chairs demonstrates how the optional voting process works, how to upload a tally document and document the committee's vote, and the process for feedback from the faculty candidate.
Last Updated: 6/6/2025