Job Openings
VISITING
PROFESSOR IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY
The Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at
Seattle
University
invites applications for a visiting professor position in civil
engineering to begin in March 2009. Teaching responsibilities
will include undergraduate courses in mechanics of materials,
AutoCAD, transportation and surveying. The ability to teach structural
engineering courses in concrete or steel design is desirable but
not essential.
Seattle
University, founded in 1891, continues a more than four hundred and fifty
year tradition of Jesuit Catholic higher education.
The University’s Jesuit Catholic ideals underscore its
commitment to the centrality of teaching, learning and
scholarship, of values-based education grounded in the Jesuit
and Catholic traditions, of service and social justice, of
lifelong learning, and of educating the whole person.
Located in the heart of dynamic
Seattle
, the University enrolls approximately 7,700 undergraduate and
graduate students in eight colleges and schools.
Students enjoy a university ethos characterized by small
classes, individualized faculty attention, a strong sense of
community, a commitment to diversity, and an outstanding
faculty.
Applicants are required to
have a Ph.D. in civil engineering. Successful teaching
experience or clear evidence of a commitment to undergraduate
teaching is essential. Preference will be given to
candidates who are licensed professional engineers, or those who
can meet the requirements to become licensed professional
engineers.
Completed applications must
include a curriculum vitae, a statement of your teaching
philosophy, a statement addressing how you
could contribute to the Seattle
University
mission, and contact information for three references. Please
email your PDF-format document to Dr. Phillip Thompson (thompson@seattleu.edu).
Information about
Seattle
University
and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering can be
found using the following links:
www.seattleu.edu/home/about_seattle_university/
www.seattleu.edu/scieng/cee/
Closing Date: Applications
are due by December 1, 2008 for full consideration.
Seattle
University
is an equal opportunity employer.
