Faculty Opening: Business

Full-time, Tenure-track

Calvin College is seeking a full-time tenure-track faculty member to join its Business Department to teach accounting beginning in August 2012, pending final administrative approval.

Requirements

Faculty members are expected to demonstrate excellent teaching and a track record or potential for scholarly work.  Successful candidates will have an MBA and CPA or have a DBA/ PhD in accounting. The department seeks persons who are dedicated to the integration of their Christian faith and accounting, and to the mission of the college. 

Responsibilities

Faculty members typically teach three course sections in each of the fall and spring semesters as well as a January interim course, actively pursue a scholarship agenda, advise undergraduate students, and serve on college and departmental committees. 

About the Business Program

The Business Department has approximately 500 undergraduate students enrolled in its four major programs: BA Business (with concentrations in finance, marketing, human resources, operations and small business), BS Accountancy, BS Public Accountancy and BA Organizational Communications.  The programs feature significant elements of experiential learning along with strong academic components.  Many departmental accounting graduates join large international accounting firms, regional firms and local firms throughout the USA while others chose to take positions in banking, investments or corporate finance. Department graduates experience high CPA exam pass rates. The department has thirteen faculty members all with both industry experience and teaching experience, and many with terminal degrees.  The department faculty value creativity and teamwork in helping our students learn.  Calvin College recently announced the Calvin Center for Innovation in Business, which is associated with the department and which supports scholarship, pedagogical development and engagement with the business community via course releases and summer support.

Faculty Resources

In addition to the Calvin Center for Innovation in Business, Calvin has a number of internal funding opportunities to support faculty teaching and research programs, which include course releases, summer research stipends, travel funds, and student research opportunities (for more information see http://www.calvin.edu/admin/provost/scholars/).

To Apply

Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until we have filled the position.  Please submit a letter of application that addresses the requirements and responsibilities of the position, your full curriculum vita, and a short one or two page statement explaining how you seek to express your Christian faith in teaching and scholarship to: