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Posted: 24-Sep-24
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Type: Full Time
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The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Calvin University is seeking candidates for a full-time, assistant-level, tenure-track position, in chemistry to begin Fall of 2025, a PhD is required. Candidates from all areas of chemistry will be considered. We are seeking an individual eager to achieve excellence in teaching and participating in the department’s robust undergraduate research program.
REQUIREMENTS
The university seeks applicants with vibrant Christian faith who are dedicated to integration of that faith with their field of study.
Ideal candidates will hold a PhD in Chemistry or Biochemistry. The department will prioritize candidates with an interest in establishing a research program for undergraduates, experience in industrial settings, and a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level. Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching using a variety of methods and instructional technology.
The university will prioritize candidates with broad interdisciplinary interests, demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ability to integrate questions of meaning, significance, and ethics into all course content, and deep commitment to engaging students beyond the classroom.
FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES
Faculty members typically teach 24 semester hours per academic year. Faculty are expected to grow in Reformed Christian commitment, to pursue an active scholarly agenda, to teach effectively, and to serve the university, department, students, and the wider community. Candidates will be asked to affirm their commitment to the educational mission of Calvin University as a Christian liberal arts university in the Reformed tradition, affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church. (See Educating for Shalom and Faculty Expectations.) Calvin University provides numerous faculty development opportunities to foster growth in these commitments.
FACULTY RESOURCES
Calvin University stands at the forefront of Christian scholarship across disciplines. The University hosts a number of Centers and Institutes and provides other funding opportunities to support faculty teaching and research, including sabbaticals, grants, course releases, summer research stipends, travel funds, and student research opportunities.
ABOUT THE CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
We are committed to preparing our students with the academic knowledge, technical skills, and research and internship experiences to enter graduate and professional programs and the workforce as lifelong learners and future leaders.? Our students, faculty, and staff describe the Chemistry & Biochemistry department as a community of teachers and scholars who are dedicated to engaging collaboratively in meaningful work, as well as keeping a sense of humor in all that we do. We are a team of 10 full-time faculty and 2 staff. We have 35-50 graduates each year and offer majors and minors in Chemistry and Biochemistry. In addition, each of these majors can be augmented with a concentration in Neuroscience or expanded into an ACS-accredited major, all within a vigorous liberal arts context.?
Resources available to the Chemistry faculty hires include dedicated office and research space and access to the following departmental instruments: 500-MHz NMR, FTIR, GC, GC-MS, HPLC (with UV/Vis and Fluorescence detectors), temperature-controlled UV-Vis, Fluorescence, and CD spectrometers, spinning disc confocal microscope along with various general lab supplies available in our general chemistry, organic, biochemistry, analytical, inorganic and physical chemistry lab spaces.
ABOUT CALVIN UNIVERSITY
Calvin University is a top-ranked national university that equips students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as Christ’s agents of renewal in the world. Approximately 3,400 Calvin students study the liberal arts and select from a broad range of majors and professional programs, including a growing portfolio of graduate level offerings. The university is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a thriving metropolitan region of approximately one million people situated equidistant from Chicago and Detroit. Furthermore, the West Michigan region is ranked by Forbes as the #1 place to raise a family. For more information, please visit http://www.calvin.edu/go/facultyopenings.
Calvin is building a tradition of diversity and accessibility and welcomes applications from persons whose personal characteristics will further that commitment. Calvin does not discriminate in the employment of individuals on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, disability, sex, or age. Calvin University is an educational agency of the Christian Reformed Church and, in compliance with Title VII and other applicable law, reserves the right to give preference in employment based upon religion.
TO APPLY
Complete the online application process and attach the following:
- Letter of application that addresses the requirements and responsibilities of the position, including your interest in teaching and scholarship at a Reformed Christian University
- Full curriculum vitae
- A statement of your teaching philosophy which can include a description of how you approach teaching and the various pedagogical methods you have or would like to use in the classroom, 2 page maximum
- A statement of research describing your plans to conduct research with undergraduates. 2 page maximum
- Provide evidence of your commitment to the Christian faith (examples could include active church involvement or participation in other forms of ministry involvement).
- 3 letter writers who will send a letter of recommendation to the chair of our department (kumar.sinniah@calvin.edu).
- An unofficial transcript and teaching evaluations (if available)
Review of applications will begin on October 15 and will continue until the position is filled. Contact department chair, Kumar Sinniah, at kumar.sinniah@calvin.edu, with questions.
FAITH and EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT
1. Commitment to the educational mission of Calvin as a Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church.
2. A commitment to the Christian faith and to the integration of faith, learning, and student development.
DIVERSITY COMMITMENT
Demonstrated awareness and commitment to effectively establishing relationships and positive communication across multiple dimensions of diversity including, but not limited to, race, gender, physical limitations, class, or religious perspectives.