University
of Wisconsin Colleges
University
of Wisconsin – Rock County
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
MATHEMATICS, TENURE-TRACK
Do you wish to work at
a university where excellence in the classroom and excellence as a scholar
are acknowledged and valued? Where the classes are small and the campus is
more of a community than simply a place of employment? Do you wish to
live in a safe and welcoming community in which you can afford to own a home,
where the schools are first rate? This tenure-track position offers these
things and more.
Position
The
Department of Mathematics of the University of Wisconsin Colleges invites
applications for a tenure track position in mathematics at the rank of
Assistant Professor. The home campus for this position is UW-Rock County
in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Qualifications
Ph.D.
in Mathematics. Demonstrated effectiveness
in classroom teaching. Applicants who are ABD in Mathematics will be
considered if the applicant has reasonable expectations of completing all
requirements for the Ph.D. within six months of the start of the contract
period, August
25, 2008. If you are ABD
and wish to apply, provide with your application evidence of the advanced
status of your dissertation.
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 University of
Wisconsin Colleges
The University of Wisconsin Colleges is the
freshman-sophomore liberal arts transfer institution within the
world-renowned University
of Wisconsin System. The UW Colleges comprises thirteen 2-year campuses
around the state, plus UWC Online, each of which offers an excellent liberal
arts and pre-professional education for students beginning work toward a
bachelor’s degree.
The Campus
The
growing UW-Rock County campus enrolls over 900 students and is
located on 50 rolling acres on the southwest side of Wisconsin’s
City of Parks, Janesville,
and includes a new state-of-the-art Engineering Center
and an expansion project underway that will create a new library, classrooms
and renovated offices. The largest city in the county, with a long history of
strong industry, Janesville has a small-town
feel and, with nearby Beloit and the other
smaller Rock County communities, provides ample
opportunities for recreation, education and entertainment. In addition, the
added convenience of urban amenities are within easy driving distance in
Madison (40 miles), Milwaukee (85 miles), Rockford (30 miles) and Chicago
(100 miles). See http://www.rock.uwc.edu/ for more
information about the campus and community.
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 rckmath@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-Rock
County Campus Executive Officer and Dean Diane Pillard
diane.pillard@uwc.edu, 608.758.6522,
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://rock.uwc.edu/ and http://depts.uwc.edu/math/
Application deadline
Review of
applications will begin on December 1, 2007. The position will remain open
until filled.
Starting Date: August
25, 2008
Salary
Minimum salary is $42,000 (nine-month academic
year appointment) with an excellent benefits package. Summer session and winterim
may offer additional opportunities for compensation.
The UW
Colleges is an AA/EO employer and encourages women, members of minority
groups to apply.
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