<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><pre style="box-sizing:inherit;overflow:auto;font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",sans-serif;font-size:14.08px;padding:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);word-break:normal;word-wrap:break-word;border:0px;border-radius:4px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Tenure-Track position in Geology or Earth Science </span></p> <p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Berea College invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in Geology/Earth Science (or closely related field) starting fall 2018. Teaching responsibilities will consist of core introductory geology courses such as Physical Geology, more advanced Geology/Earth Science courses in the applicant’s area of expertise, and eventual contributions to Berea’s general studies program. While Berea College’s Geology program has been inactive recently, its long history started nearly a century ago and has produced many successful geologists. The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in hand, help rebuild the Geology Program, and begin teaching and pursuing undergraduate research in Berea College’s brand new Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building, slated to open in summer 2018.</p> <p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Berea College is committed in its mission to provide a quality education to high-ability students of limited economic means, to foster interracial and intercultural education, and to serve the Appalachian region. Berea seeks faculty committed to excellence in teaching, invested in scholarship and their discipline, dedicated to involving students in research, and who are also supportive of Berea’s core mission.</p> <p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae, graduate and undergraduate academic transcripts, a statement of teaching philosophy, research proposal, and three letters of recommendation to <a href="mailto:geologysearch@berea.edu" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:transparent;color:rgb(107,3,8);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none">geologysearch@berea.edu</a> . Applicants should also complete and send the Faculty Application available at <a href="http://www.berea.edu/FacApp" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:transparent;color:rgb(107,3,8);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none">http://www.berea.edu/FacApp</a>along with other materials. Review of materials will begin November 15, 2017, and continue until the position is filled.</p> <p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 70 countries. The College has a longstanding commitment to interracial education; here, people of different races seek to learn from and about each other, while also living together. Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. It admits only students whose families are unable to afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a Tuition Promise Scholarship, meaning no student ever pays tuition. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate from college. The College is one of nine federally recognized Work Colleges, and all students hold a position in which they work 10-12 hours per week. <em style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Washington Monthly</em> Magazine has consistently ranked Berea in the top 3 of Liberal Arts Colleges for its success in educating and graduating academically talented, low-income students who become service-oriented leaders in their professions and communities; in 2016 and 2017, the magazine ranked it number 1. </p> <p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 15,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at <a href="http://www.berea.edu/" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:transparent;color:rgb(107,3,8);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none">www.berea.edu</a>.</p> <p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline"><em style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline">Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.</em></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline"><em style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline"><br></em></p><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;font-size:1.2em;padding:0px 0px 10px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal"><a href="http://careers.aises.org/jobseeker/company/509588/berea-college?job=37068615" style="box-sizing:inherit;background:transparent;color:rgb(107,3,8);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:16.896px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:none">About Berea College</a></h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline"><em style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline"></em></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.08px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(83,83,83);white-space:normal">Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 60 countries. As a reflection of its continuing commitment to interracial education, Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. Berea admits only students whose families are unable to afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a four-year tuition scholarship. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate from college. The College is one of seven federally recognized Work Colleges, and all students hold a labor position in which they work 10-12 hours per week. Graduates distinguish themselves in a variety of fields, including social service, government, ministry, the arts, business, education, medicine, and science, and many go on to earn graduate degrees. <br style="box-sizing:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit">Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at <a href="http://www.berea.edu">www.berea.edu</a>. <br style="box-sizing:inherit"><br style="box-sizing:inherit">Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here. </p></pre></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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