UW Colleges Human Resources
Associate Lecturer or Lecturer of Physics and Astronomy
UW-Barron County
Do you like to teach? Does a university environment that enables you to know all your students and interact with them in small classes interest you? How about a campus where you can know all your colleagues and are encouraged to develop interdisciplinary courses? Have you considered living in one of the most beautiful lake areas in the US that is also an economic, medical, and intellectual center in northwestern Wisconsin?
- Position
- The Department of Computer Science, Engineering, Physics and Astronomy of the University of Wisconsin Colleges invites applications for an Associate Lecturer of Physics at UW-Barron County in Rice Lake for the 2008 Spring Semester. The possibility exists for renewal in the following year.
- Qualifications
- A masterâs degree in physics is required, and preference will be given to those with teaching experience at the freshman college level. Innovative teaching experience as an instructor and/or as a teaching assistant are highly regarded. The department and campus have preference for candidates with interests or experience in instructional technology, distance education, assessment of student learning, and/or collaborative learning.
- Responsibilities
- The teaching assignment is 9 credits, which includes two introductory physics classes, one calculus based and the other non-calculus based.
- The Colleges and the Campus
- The UW Colleges is the freshman-sophomore transfer institution within the UW System. UW Colleges functions as a unit that comprises thirteen two-year campuses, each of which offers an excellent liberal arts and pre-professional education for students beginning work toward a bachelorâs degree. Most Barron County students transfer to a baccalaureate degree-granting UW institution, with UW Eau Claire, UW-Stout, UW-River Falls and UW-Superior common choices.
The Barron County campus enrolls about 600 students with a full-time teaching staff of 25. Starting this past year, a modern, dedicated teaching and newly equipped laboratory space has been created to the highest standards. The campus is located in Rice Lake, a town of about 8,000 that serves as a commercial center in northwestern Wisconsin, with a shopping population in excess of 100,000. About two hours driving distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul, the campus is bounded by the Red Cedar River and has been visited daily by bald eagles throughout its existence. Rice Lake is also a medical and intellectual center for the region. The town is situated among several lakes known for game fishing and with ski trails half an hour to the east in the Blue Hills. The lake along the east of town is known for its Muskie catch.
For further information, please check the UW Colleges, campus and department web sites at http://www.uwc.edu/, www.barron.uwc.edu, http://www.uwmc.uwc.edu/csepa/.
- Starting Date
- January 22, 2007
- Salary
- Compensation is dependent on appointment rank.
- Applications
- Review of applications will begin December 1, 2007 and continue until the position is filled. Please send a letter of interest, current vita, unofficial transcripts, a one-page statement of teaching philosophy and professional goals, and three current letters of recommendation to:
Sandy Uchytil
Assistant to the Dean
UW-Barron County
1800 College Dr.
Rice Lake, WI 54868
E-mail: sandra.uchytil@uwc.edu
Phone: 715-234-8176 ext. 5401
Employment will require a criminal background check. A pending criminal charge or conviction will not necessarily disqualify an applicant.
Applications must be accompanied by a statement of whether the applicant wishes to have the application held in confidence or made available to the public upon request. The UW Colleges is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.