Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL 61920 Announcement of Faculty Tenure Track Position in Physics
STATUS:	Accepting applications.
POSITION:	The Physics Department at Eastern Illinois University seeks qualified candidates for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level starting fall semester 2008, subject to available funding.
DATE OF APPOINTMENT:	August 16th, 2008
RESPONSIBILITIES:	The responsibilities of this position include teaching undergraduate lecture and laboratory classes in Physics for majors and non-majors, conducting physics related research involving undergraduates; and assisting with departmental and university service.
QUALIFICATIONS:	At the time of appointment, the qualified candidate must hold, at minimum, a PhD in Physics or a closely related field. The successful candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to and enthusiasm for undergraduate physics education through classroom teaching and mentorship of undergraduate student research. The successful applicant must be able to develop and maintain an active undergraduate research program. All candidates that have the potential to supplement an existing strength within the department will be considered. An experimental physicist is preferred with particular interest in candidates having significant experience in optics and lasers or radiation/health physics.
APPLICATION:	Applicants should submit a letter of application, including a statement of teaching experience and teaching philosophy, a vita, a statement of research interests, including a research plan (all of which may be submitted electronically), and should arrange to have official undergraduate and graduate transcripts and three letters of recommendation sent to: Dr. Leonard Storm, Chair Physics Department Eastern Illinois University 600 Lincoln Avenue Charleston, IL 61920 email: lestorm@eiu.edu
DEADLINE:	Review of applications will begin November 1st, 2007 and continue until the position is filled.
THE UNIVERSITY & DEPARTMENT:	Eastern Illinois University is a comprehensive state university in a community of 20,000 in east central Illinois. Enrollment at the university is 11,000. EIU is dedicated to quality teaching in small class settings. Undergraduate physics at Eastern includes options in Physics, Applied Physics, Astronomy, Computational Physics, Engineering Physics, Radiation Physics, and Science with Teacher Certification Specialization in Physics. Major departmental equipment includes a 4 watt CW Ar-ion laser, a 50 J/pulse excimer laser, several nitrogen pumped dye lasers, a 1m monochromator, an X-ray fluorescence system, a thin film deposition system, and an observatory with a 16" computer-controlled telescope. The Department has 9 full time faculty, 30 Physics majors in the various options, and approximately 80 Pre-engineering students.
LOCATION:	Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois approximately 1 hour from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2 hours from Indianapolis, and 2.5 hours from Saint Louis.
	Eastern Illinois University is an equal opportunity-equal access/ Affirmative Action Employer, committed to achieving a diverse community.
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