Agronomy Tenure-Track- University of Minnesota Crookston Campus
University of Minnesota, Crookston
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Posted: 13-Dec-22
Location: Crookston, Minnesota
Salary: 60,000.00 - 75,000.00
Internal Number: 353156
Position Full-time, nine-month tenure track position in Agronomy in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the Crookston campus of the University of Minnesota starting August 14, 2023. Salary and rank commensurate with qualifications and experience. A competitive fringe benefits package is offered.
Responsibilities Deliver high-quality undergraduate instruction to students in the Agronomy program including instruction on campus, online, or through hybrid modalities that may include weekends and evenings. Courses (4/4 teaching load; 24 credit hours per academic year) will primarily be related to production agriculture in the Midwestern USA. Agronomy courses include crop and weed identification, applied agriculture chemicals, grain and seed evaluation, crop production, precision agriculture courses, and integrated crop management. New courses may be proposed based upon needs of the program and candidate expertise. Faculty members are expected to establish and maintain their own research agendas, which may include community engaged scholarship work. Pursuit of externally-funded grants to support research is encouraged. Service is required in accordance with tenure track criteria. The faculty member is expected to help further develop the program; advise students; foster equity and a sense of belonging among all students; and participate in recruitment, assessment, and retention efforts.
Minimum Qualifications â— Doctorate degree in Agronomy, Crop Science, or closely related field; â— Demonstrated knowledge of production strategies used in the Midwestern US for typical crops (soybeans, sugarbeet, potatoes, corn, wheat, edible beans, sunflowers); â— Effective communication skills; â— Record of effective teaching, preferably at the undergraduate level; â— Ability to draw upon cultural and community-based knowledge in teaching and research; â— Ability to demonstrate cultural competency within the scope of the land grant mission.
Preferred Qualifications â— Campus and online teaching experience, including teaching in laboratory settings; â— Experience in advising of undergraduate students; â— Research experience in an academic institution; â— Experience with externally funded projects and grants; â— Record of outreach and service; â— Experience developing and maintaining collaborations with relevant industry partners; â— A track record of successful grant writing and peer-reviewed publication; â— Experience coaching/running Crops Judging contests at the regional and national levels; â— Membership and engagement in relevant professional organizations.
The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMN Crookston) is one of five campuses comprising the University of Minnesota system. UMN Crookston is a four-year public university with an enrollment of 1,800 students, approximately half on campus and half in online degrees. The student body is diverse and comes from over 40 states and over 30 countries. Thirty-four baccalaureate degrees are offered, 15 of which are also offered online. UMN Crookston proudly carries on a tradition of over a century of educational service to northwestern Minnesota, beginning in 1906 as a regional residential high school, changing to a two-year college in 1966 and to a four-year college in 1993. UMN Crookston is a small student-centered community of learning and scholars known for providing personal attention to every student. UMN Crookston makes a commitment to each individual student’s achievements and offers a hands-on approach and experiential learning that put students ahead of the competition. Integral to the university's statewide land-grant mission, UMN Crookston provides applied, career-oriented learning programs including internships and connects its teaching, research, and outreach to local, co...unty, and regional economic development agencies in support of the global economy. UMN Crookston delivers world?class University of Minnesota degrees in an affordable, close?knit campus setting where faculty and staff personally invest in the success of each student. UMN Crookston has been recognized for its quality programs by such organizations as U.S. News & World Report, which ranked the campus as #1 in the category Top Public Regional Colleges–Midwest for 2020. U.S. News has ranked UMN Crookston among the top four in this category for the past 23 consecutive years.
