Position: The Department of Mathematics of the University of Wisconsin Colleges invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor of Mathematics at UW-Manitowoc.

Qualifications: A Master’s degree in Mathematics with 18 graduate credits in Mathematics beyond the Master’s degree is required. A Doctorate in Mathematics or Mathematics Education is preferred. The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to quality undergraduate teaching and learning. The department has preference for faculty with interests or experience in instructional technology, distance education, assessment of student learning, and/or collaborative learning.

Responsibilities: The academic year teaching assignment is 24 credits and includes the full sequence from college algebra through calculus, as well as statistics, quantitative reasoning, and mathematics for elementary teachers. Teaching excellence, professional growth, and service to the department, campus, and community are expected.

The Campus: The UW Colleges is the freshman-sophomore transfer institution within the UW System. UW Colleges functions as a unit that comprises thirteen two-year campuses, each of which offers an excellent liberal arts and pre-professional education for students beginning work toward a bachelor’s degree. The Manitowoc campus is located on 40 beautiful acres along the shore of Lake Michigan on the southeast side of Manitowoc. With the completion of major renovations and the addition of a performing arts building, UW-Manitowoc now has three, connected, multi-functional buildings, housing classrooms, science and computer laboratories, a student commons and cafeteria, a gymnasium, a 350-seat auditorium, and a library. The campus serves over 600 students from the surrounding counties in a college environment that provides for small classes and individualized student attention. Manitowoc, along with the adjacent community of Two Rivers, creates a population center of approximately 50,000 people. It is a rural area but within easy driving distances of the urban centers of Green Bay and Milwaukee.

Application: Applications must include a letter of interest, current vita, a one-page statement of teaching philosophy and professional goals, unofficial transcripts, and three current letters of recommendation. If summaries of student evaluation of teaching are available, they should be included with the application. Electronic submission of materials is required; send to manmath@uwc.edu.

If requested, confidentiality of an application can be maintained until an applicant is deemed a finalist in the search. The UW Colleges is an AA/EO Employer.

Queries may be made to UW-Manitowoc County Campus Executive Officer and Dean Daniel S. Campagna, daniel.campagna@uwc.edu, 920.683.4710, or UW Colleges Department of Mathematics Chair Ed Stredulinsky ed.stredulinsky@uwc.edu, 608.758.6539. For further information, please check the UW Colleges, campus and department web sites at http://www.uwc.edu/, http://manitowoc.uwc.edu/ and http://www.uwc.edu/dept/math/

Application deadline: Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2007. The position will remain open until filled.

Starting Date: August 27, 2008

Salary: Minimum starting salary is $42,000. Summer session may offer additional opportunities for compensation.

The UW Colleges is an AA/EO employer and encourages women, members of minority groups, and veterans to apply.