Penn State Intercom......October 10, 2002

Engineering seeks head of school

The College of Engineering seeks applicants for the head of the School of Engineering Design and Professional Programs (the establishment of this school name will be proposed this fall). This school represents a renaming of the School of Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering to reflect its expanded mission to deliver professionally oriented programs.

The head of the school will have administrative responsibility for the school and will provide leadership for the school's design curriculum and professional minors. The school also will be the home for the engineering technology degree programs, and the tenure home for many campus faculty. The head will be supported by a campus coordinator to address campus-specific needs. The head must be able to contribute to, and carry forward, the college's strategic plan to develop and deliver an effective engineering education curriculum based on active, collaborative, project-based and professionally oriented teaching and learning experiences.

The 48-week appointment will be evenly split between the administrative duties of school head and other academic responsibilities. The successful candidate must currently be a tenured Penn State faculty member with teaching experience in engineering.

Applicants must submit a letter of interest, vita and a list of references to Renata Engel, chair, Search Committee for Head of the School Engineering Design and Professional Programs, 304 Rider II, University Park, PA 16802. The search committee will begin reviewing applications on Oct. 21 and will consider applications until the position is filled. Additional information about the School is available upon request from the search committee chair at rse1@psu.edu or on the Web at http://www.ecsel.psu.edu/setce/.

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