The July 2021 release contains the following feature enhancements to the Planning, Hiring, and Promotion areas of Meridian:

• Academic References (Hiring and Promotion):
  
  • Who chose the reference (Chair/Chief or Candidate) is now viewable directly in the table on the Hiring Detail page
  • The letter-type approval process by OFA is simplified, removing the duplicate Type designation and replacing it with a green checkmark / red X column
• Packets (Hiring and Promotion):
  
  • Formatting of the auto-generated External References List page better matches Provost guidelines
  • References are listed as A,B,C, etc. for packets that require this
• Tenure is now selectable (for applicable Tracks/Ranks) in Offer Prep when starting a new Hiring position
  
  • Tenure indication now appears in Hiring Detail, Candidate Site, Watchlist emails, and the Reference Site
  • Reference solicitation emails' mention of tenure now comes from the selection in Offer Prep
• Academic Start Dates must be reviewed (and corrected if old) in Hiring when initiating from a planned change.
• Credentialing's Candidate Attestation in Hiring now combines the signed signature form with the 'Application' (candidate details)
• Credentialing's "Links for Reference" labeling has been revised, with better guidance for Departments and Candidates
• Department users can now see more status details about Clinical Assessments in Credentialing
• Additional promoted appointments for a given faculty member (if applicable) now appear on the Reference Site
• Reference solicitation emails for Promotion now use the candidate's legal name (not preferred name)
• A faculty member can only have one active promotion workflow per appointment per promotion cycle
• Compensation field labels and calculations have been updated on Planning detail page
• Planning List page is now exportable to CSV (Excel)
• Other visual and technical improvements

Prior release notes: May 2021