CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE - Cal Poly
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
The Landscape Architecture Department at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture beginning in Fall, 2009.
The Position: The Chair is expected to provide vision, leadership, and administration in support of the Department’s mission, its academic programs, facilities, scholarship and outreach activities; work collaboratively with faculty, staff and students to set departmental priorities and allocate resources; provide leadership in mentoring tenure-track faculty and lecturers, advocate for the department within the college, university, region, state, and nation as well as internationally; cultivate a collegial environment that encourages excellence in teaching, scholarly and creative activity and service; promote opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration in the classroom as well as in scholarly production; maintain and enhance relations with program alumni, as well as the American Society of Landscape Architects and their local chapter; identify and obtain additional resources for the department. Applicants whose work incorporates a global perspective and a demonstrated commitment to diversity in higher education are particularly encouraged to apply.
Qualifications:
• A terminal degree in Landscape Architecture, or a degree in Landscape Architecture with an advanced degree in a related field from an accredited institution;
• Appropriate qualifications for appointment as a tenured full or associate professor in the Department;
• An outstanding record in teaching, scholarly or creative activity, and service;
• Ability to provide academic and creative leadership; and
• Ability to communicate effectively with administrators, faculty, staff, students and other groups.
Salary: commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Application Procedure:
To be considered for a position, applicants are required to submit the following:
• <a href=”http://www.csupomona.edu/~academic/faculty/positions/index.htm”>official application</a> (available on-line at http://www.csupomona.edu/~academic/faculty/positions/index.htm)
• letter of interest, describing how the applicant’s vision, leadership and administrative philosophy will serve the Department’s mission and future directions, as well as leadership experiences and qualifications
• curriculum vitae
• a minimum of three (3) letters of reference and two (2) additional names and contact information of references
Please submit all materials to the Department of Landscape Architecture, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768. Review of applications will begin on February 1, 2009, and continue until the position is filled. Materials submitted by the candidate will be available for examination by all tenured and probationary faculty of the Department.
For more information, please contact:
Andrew O Wilcox, Chair, Search Committee, at aowilcox@csupomona.edu, 909-869-6943
Or the Landscape Architecture Department Office at 909-869-2673
The University: Cal Poly Pomona is a comprehensive public university that is widely recognized for its polytechnic mission and learn-by-doing philosophy. One of the 23 campuses of the California State University, it is consistently ranked as one of the best public universities in the West. Cal Poly Pomona currently enrolls 20,000 students (with approximately 70% representing diverse ethnic groups) and employs approximately 1,100 faculty members. The University is committed to diversifying its faculty and staff to better serve its multicultural student body, and has made educational equity one of its highest priorities. Through its seven colleges and The Collins School of Hospitality Management, the university offers 66 undergraduate majors and 23 master’s degree programs, in addition to a doctorate in education offered jointly with the University of California, Irvine. Cal Poly Pomona is noted for its beautiful and historic 1,400-acre campus, once the Arabian horse ranch of cereal magnate W. K. Kellogg. It is located about 25 miles east of downtown Los Angeles in one of the most dynamic economic and cultural regions in the country. Additional information is available at the university’s Web site: www.csupomona.edu.
The Department of Landscape Architecture recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary, and is the founding department in the College of Environmental Design, which also includes Art, Architecture, Regenerative Studies, and Urban and Regional Planning. The Department recognizes the serious challenges facing humankind in the 21st century: Rapidly expanding population pressures in the context of finite, non-renewable resources; and an increasingly multicultural society. As the only fully-accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the Los Angeles region, the Department is in a unique position to utilize this exciting and dynamic laboratory to examine issues, patterns and processes that will become prevalent in many parts of the world during this century. To this end, the Department has adopted an ambitious vision of \”Re-Generating Los Angeles\” as it seeks to be a center of creative excellence in landscape architecture, internationally recognized for communicating values of ecological and social sustainability to students and the community.
Cal Poly Pomona is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. The University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the people of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning. The university subscribes to all state and federal regulations and prohibits discrimination based on gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital status, age, religion, or veteran status. Cal Poly Pomona hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. As required by the Clery Disclosure Act, the university’s annual security report is available at http://dsa.csupomona.edu/police/securityreport.asp.
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