AsstAssocFull Professor of the Practice - SELF Program
AsstAssocFull Professor of the Practice - SELF Program
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About the University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a Carnegie doctoral/researchextensive university with a $1.4 billion endowment and a faculty of 3525. Current enrollment isundergraduates) with students drawn from 116 nations and all 50 states 26.1 of KU students are members of minority groups. The 1000acre main campus is in Lawrence a community of 95459 in hilly northeast Kansas that lies about 35 miles west of Kansas City. Lawrence has a lively downtown and a thriving arts and music scene and its local government has enacted ordinances supporting equality for all members of its population. Lawrence also offers numerous sports and recreational opportunities local shops and a wide range of good restaurants.
KUs excellence is a result of the rich tapestry of experiences perspectives and backgrounds of our faculty staff students and colleagues from across our nation and the globe. At KU we invest in continuous learning and growth by creating a climate where people engage in respectful dialogue and support each others success. We foster a culture of care where each person is seen heard and valued. When people feel a true sense of belonging we believe they are better able to reach their full potential and achieve remarkable things.
KUs vision is to be an exceptional learning community that lifts each other and advances society. Our institutional priorities are to educate leaders build healthy communities and make discoveries that change the world. Additional information is available at Duties:
50 SELF Program Teaching and Instructional Activities:
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Contact Information to Applicants
Dr. Elaina Sutley
Required Qualifications
Assistant Professor of the Practice:
Position Overview
The Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) Program in the School of Engineering at The University of Kansas (KU) is seeking outstanding candidates for two Assistant Associate or Full Professors of Practice in the areas of engineering leadership management business and/or entrepreneurship. The target starting date is June 15 2025. These positions will be Academic Year appointments (August 18 through May 15/16 with 8 weeks of summer salary possible based upon the needs of the department/program. The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S. by the start date of the position.
Appointment level will be based on an applicants scholarly and teaching record and practical experience. All Professor of Practice positions regardless of rank are nontenured positions appointed for a threeyear limited term period with the possibility of renewal based upon a comprehensive review at the end of the term. However the School of Engineering and its five academic departments have a strong tradition of employing nontenured faculty longterm. Due to the percentage of effort focused upon instructional duties all applicants must possess outstanding teaching and mentoring skills. The fulltime position will include facilitating and teaching two of the weekly SELF seminar courses 1 credit hour each) each semester and one or two regularly scheduled classes per semester in the School of Engineering. The regularly scheduled courses may be within the Professor of Practices academic engineering department or broadly for the School of Engineering on topics of engineering leadership management business and/or entrepreneurship. The precise teaching load may vary from term to term as dictated by the needs of the School.
Established in 2007 the Madison A. and Lila Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) Program is a cocurricular fellowship for students pursuing a baccalaureate degree in the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas. The mission of the SELF Program is to develop passionate engineering and computer science graduates who are strongly goaloriented and who bring the business skills and vision needed to guide the technologybased corporations of tomorrow. The SELF Program will recruit select and financially support students at the University of Kansas and administer to them an ongoing fouryear personal development program that leads to a continuing supply of exceptional graduates at the Bachelor of Science level. By active participation in the program the students will expand and refine their leadership managerial business interpersonal entrepreneurial communication and engineering skills through mentoring coursework seminars and leadership opportunities. Graduates from the SELF Program will possess the personal attributes needed to become effective leaders who are motivated to make a real difference during their careers. The SELF Program currently supports 140 fellows with over 330 alumni. The program is supported by the Program Director Program Coordinator and the two sought Professors of the Practice.
The University of Kansas School of Engineering has undergone a significant expansion while taking explicit care to maintain and improve the highquality student programs the university is known for. The effort involved a multifaceted approach aimed at growing our facilities faculty leadership research and most important supporting students as it helps industry partners find the new talent designs and techniques they need to fuel economic growth and business success.
Additional Candidate Instruction
For complete information and to apply go to complete application includes the following materials: 1 cover letter 2 resume/CV 3 state of teaching and mentoring experiences and interests; and 4 the names email and contact information for three professional references.
The application review will begin May 15 2025 and will continue until a pool of qualified applicants is obtained.
The University of Kansas is a Carnegie doctoral/researchextensive university with a $1.4 billion endowment and a faculty of 3525. Current enrollment isundergraduates) with students drawn from 116 nations and all 50 states 26.1 of KU students are members of minority groups. The 1000acre main campus is in Lawrence a community of 95459 in hilly northeast Kansas that lies about 35 miles west of Kansas City. Lawrence has a lively downtown and a thriving arts and music scene and its local government has enacted ordinances supporting equality for all members of its population. Lawrence also offers numerous sports and recreational opportunities local shops and a wide range of good restaurants.
KUs excellence is a result of the rich tapestry of experiences perspectives and backgrounds of our faculty staff students and colleagues from across our nation and the globe. At KU we invest in continuous learning and growth by creating a climate where people engage in respectful dialogue and support each others success. We foster a culture of care where each person is seen heard and valued. When people feel a true sense of belonging we believe they are better able to reach their full potential and achieve remarkable things.
KUs vision is to be an exceptional learning community that lifts each other and advances society. Our institutional priorities are to educate leaders build healthy communities and make discoveries that change the world. Additional information is available at Duties:
50 SELF Program Teaching and Instructional Activities:
- Develop an experiential and applied curriculum facilitate the inclusion of programexternal guests in seminar and facilitate leadership business and entrepreneurial skills development seminar courses for the assigned cohorts. Currently cohorts meet at 7:00 am once per week throughout the fall and spring semesters. This position will meet with two cohorts each week. Details of the meeting times and structure may change in the future.
- Develop cocurricular opportunities including projectbased learning rooted in fundamental engineering project management principles incorporating entrepreneurship and business as well as additional leadership skills of Fellows.
- Engage SELF Fellows and Vann Scholars oneonone to provide mentoring. Official academic advising is not within the scope of this position.
- Develop and implement opportunities for students across the School of Engineering to engage in leadership business management and entrepreneurship skill development including through offering lectures scheduling guest speakers and designing and offering skill development workshops.
- Teach 1 to 2 courses each semester in the School of Engineering. Specific course assignments will be determined via consultation between the successful candidate the SELF Program Director and the Chair of the home Academic Engineering Department.
- Teaching responsibilities may also include enhancing and improving curriculum.
- Seek out opportunities to identify and incorporate current and future trends in entrepreneurship business and leadership education and practice into the SELF Program especially as pertains to technologybased corporations.
- Maintain accurate and uptodate Fellow records through an internal tracking program.
- Work with SELF Staff to implement and evaluate the annual review processes for Fellows with specific focus on two cohorts.
- Collaborate with other units within the School of Engineering and across KU to deliver programming consistent with the focus of the SELF Program.
- Track participation in SELF program events and other offerings to engineering and computer science students.
- Assist as necessary with School of Engineering events such as New Student Orientation Scholar Day and Open House graduation plus major programs such as recruitment events student trips and student retreats etc. which are likely to require working some evenings and weekends.
- Other relevant duties projects and responsibilities as assigned by the SELF Program Director or Deans Office.
- Some travel may be required.
Disclaimer
The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color ethnicity religion sex national origin age ancestry disability status as a veteran sexual orientation marital status parental status gender identity gender expression and genetic information in the universitys programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Room 1082 Dole Human Development Center 1000 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence KSTTY.
Contact Information to Applicants
Dr. Elaina Sutley
Required Qualifications
Assistant Professor of the Practice:
- A bachelors degree in any engineering discipline or closely related discipline.
- A masters degree in any engineering discipline in engineering management or Mast of Business Administration (MBA) or a closely related discipline.
- At least 10 years of practical experience in engineering leadership management business and/or entrepreneurship.
- All the above for the Assistant level
- At least 15 years of practical experiencein engineering leadership management business and/or entrepreneurship.
- All the above for the Assistant level
- At least 20years of practical experiencein engineering leadership management business and/or entrepreneurship.
Position Overview
The Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) Program in the School of Engineering at The University of Kansas (KU) is seeking outstanding candidates for two Assistant Associate or Full Professors of Practice in the areas of engineering leadership management business and/or entrepreneurship. The target starting date is June 15 2025. These positions will be Academic Year appointments (August 18 through May 15/16 with 8 weeks of summer salary possible based upon the needs of the department/program. The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S. by the start date of the position.
Appointment level will be based on an applicants scholarly and teaching record and practical experience. All Professor of Practice positions regardless of rank are nontenured positions appointed for a threeyear limited term period with the possibility of renewal based upon a comprehensive review at the end of the term. However the School of Engineering and its five academic departments have a strong tradition of employing nontenured faculty longterm. Due to the percentage of effort focused upon instructional duties all applicants must possess outstanding teaching and mentoring skills. The fulltime position will include facilitating and teaching two of the weekly SELF seminar courses 1 credit hour each) each semester and one or two regularly scheduled classes per semester in the School of Engineering. The regularly scheduled courses may be within the Professor of Practices academic engineering department or broadly for the School of Engineering on topics of engineering leadership management business and/or entrepreneurship. The precise teaching load may vary from term to term as dictated by the needs of the School.
Established in 2007 the Madison A. and Lila Self Engineering Leadership Fellows (SELF) Program is a cocurricular fellowship for students pursuing a baccalaureate degree in the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas. The mission of the SELF Program is to develop passionate engineering and computer science graduates who are strongly goaloriented and who bring the business skills and vision needed to guide the technologybased corporations of tomorrow. The SELF Program will recruit select and financially support students at the University of Kansas and administer to them an ongoing fouryear personal development program that leads to a continuing supply of exceptional graduates at the Bachelor of Science level. By active participation in the program the students will expand and refine their leadership managerial business interpersonal entrepreneurial communication and engineering skills through mentoring coursework seminars and leadership opportunities. Graduates from the SELF Program will possess the personal attributes needed to become effective leaders who are motivated to make a real difference during their careers. The SELF Program currently supports 140 fellows with over 330 alumni. The program is supported by the Program Director Program Coordinator and the two sought Professors of the Practice.
The University of Kansas School of Engineering has undergone a significant expansion while taking explicit care to maintain and improve the highquality student programs the university is known for. The effort involved a multifaceted approach aimed at growing our facilities faculty leadership research and most important supporting students as it helps industry partners find the new talent designs and techniques they need to fuel economic growth and business success.
Additional Candidate Instruction
For complete information and to apply go to complete application includes the following materials: 1 cover letter 2 resume/CV 3 state of teaching and mentoring experiences and interests; and 4 the names email and contact information for three professional references.
The application review will begin May 15 2025 and will continue until a pool of qualified applicants is obtained.
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