(NAME-MCE) Rochester Institute of Technology - Annual Future Faculty Career Exploration Program

[Anselmo Villanueva]

Rochester Institute of Technology    Rochester NY

http://www.rit.edu/

Annual Future Faculty Career Exploration Program

We are now accepting applications for RIT's annual Future Faculty
Career Exploration Program? An All- Expense-Paid trip to visit RIT and
Rochester, NY The Future Faculty Career Exploration Program (FFCEP) is
one of a series of recruitment strategies designed to fuel the future
pipeline of faculty. This innovative program furthers RIT's diversity
goals by bringing students nearing the end of their doctoral studies
to Rochester to receive the "RIT treatment."

The FFCEP is a unique and exciting opportunity to explore potential
career choices through exploratory interviews; presentations; meetings
with deans, department heads, and RIT's President; as well as
participate in campus and community tours. The program allows RIT
deans to engage prospects in discussions about their academic work and
career interests. It also allows faculty to share RIT's teaching and
research agenda and to dialog on current open faculty positions or
those that may be available in the near future.

Application postmarked deadline is June 8, 2007.

Selection Criteria

-- Individuals with the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to
the university's continuing commitment to cultural diversity,
pluralism, and individual differences. We are especially interested in
applications from people of color who are underrepresented and
underserved in teaching professions; i.e., African American, Latin
American, American Indian, or Alaskan Native.
-- Within one to two years of receiving Ph.D. or Within one year of
receiving or already received MFA or Engaged in a Post Doctoral
assignment.
-- Desire academic teaching career at an exceptional institution.
-- Receiving degrees in Business, Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering,
Applied Science & Technology, Computing & Information Sciences,
Imaging Arts & Sciences.
-- Demonstrate potential to fill open and/or anticipated vacancies at RIT.
-- Able to travel to Rochester for a weekend- September 26-30, 2007.

Program Objectives

-- Build the pipeline by establishing significant meaningful
relationships with prospects.
-- Lay the foundation for opening up future network with other universities.
-- Strategically prepare for pending human resource needs to cover
future curriculum development and course offerings.
-- Proactively seize employment opportunities where appropriate
prospects are found.
-- Serve as a bridge to assist in transition from graduate school
student to a faculty member.
-- Assist in preparing future faculty for a career in the institute.

Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Human Resources Office
of Faculty Recruitment 8 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York
14623-5604 Voice: 585.475.5775 Fax: 585.475.7170 Email: cfrpsn at rit.edu
Applications are available online at:
http://finweb.rit.edu/humanresources/employment/ffcep/

Application deadline: 06/08/2007

Contact: Dept of Human Resources, cfrpsn at rit.edu