Calvin University invites applications for a full-time professor of practice faculty member to join the Engineering Department to teach chemical engineering beginning in August 2024. The opening is at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor.
REQUIREMENTS
Calvin University seeks faculty members who affirm the Christian faith as expressed by the Reformed confessions and who have academic and personal qualifications for teaching and professional and/or scholarly work. The engineering department seeks applicants with vibrant Christian faith who are dedicated to integration of that faith with technology development and deployment.
Ideal candidates will hold a PhD or other terminal degree in chemical engineering or a related field. Candidates with a master’s degree in chemical engineering and at least five years of relevant experience will also be considered.
Candidates are expected to have a passion and promise for teaching as well as a record of distinguished professional achievement of at least five years in chemical engineering practice. Teaching assignments will include multiple upper level undergraduate courses and labs in chemical engineering (particularly thermodynamics, kinetics/reactor design, and mass/heat transfer) as well as some courses at the 100 and 200 level in the general engineering curriculum. Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching using a variety of methods and instructional technology.
The university will prioritize candidates with broad interdisciplinary interests, demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ability to integrate questions of meaning, significance, and ethics into all course content, and deep commitment to engaging students beyond the classroom.
FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES
Professor of Practice faculty members typically teach 24 semester hours per academic year. Faculty are expected to grow in Reformed Christian commitment, to remain active in professional practice and build collaborative professional networks, to teach effectively, and to serve the university, department, students, and the wider community. Normally a professor of practice appointment leads to a reappointment review at three and five years and a review for consideration of six-year terms within seven years. A professor of practice appointment leads to continuing employment but not tenured status.
Candidates will be asked to affirm their commitment to the educational mission of Calvin University as a Christian liberal arts university in the Reformed tradition, affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church. (See Educating for Shalom and Faculty Expectations.) Calvin University provides numerous faculty development opportunities to foster growth in these commitments.
FACULTY RESOURCES
Calvin University stands at the forefront of Christian scholarship across disciplines. While professors of practice are not required to do traditional scholarship, some do, and the University hosts a number of Centers and Institutes and provides other funding opportunities to support faculty teaching and research, including sabbaticals, grants, course releases, summer research stipends, travel funds, and student research opportunities.
ABOUT THE ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Calvin offers an ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) degree with six concentrations (or focus areas): chemical engineering; civil and environmental engineering; electrical and computer engineering; energy, environment, and sustainability engineering; mechanical engineering; and mechatronics engineering. The engineering department features supportive colleagues, excellent facilities, disciplined students, and a rigorous engineering curriculum that emphasizes exposure to foundational interdisciplinary engineering content along with depth in a chosen concentration area. The university’s liberal arts focus enables us to achieve our mission of equipping students to glorify God by meeting the needs of the world with responsible and caring engineering.
ABOUT CALVIN UNIVERSITY
Calvin University is a top-ranked national university that equips students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as Christ’s agents of renewal in the world. Approximately 3,000 Calvin students study the liberal arts and select from a broad range of majors and professional programs. The university is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a thriving metropolitan region of approximately one million people situated equidistant from Chicago and Detroit. Furthermore, the West Michigan region is ranked by Forbes as the #1 place to raise a family. For more information, please visit http://www.calvin.edu/go/facultyopenings.
Calvin is building a tradition of diversity and accessibility and welcomes applications from persons whose personal characteristics will further that commitment. Calvin does not discriminate in the employment of individuals on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, disability, sex, or age. Calvin University is an educational agency of the Christian Reformed Church and, in compliance with Title VII and other applicable law, reserves the right to give preference in employment based upon religion.
TO APPLY
Complete the online application process and attach the following:
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Questions can be sent to Gayle Ermer, department chair, at [email protected].
FAITH and EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT
1. Commitment to the educational mission of Calvin as a Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church.
2. A commitment to the Christian faith and to the integration of faith, learning, and student development.
DIVERSITY COMMITMENT
Demonstrated awareness and commitment to effectively establishing relationships and positive communication across multiple dimensions of diversity including, but not limited to, race, gender, physical limitations, class, or religious perspectives.
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