Animal & Veterinary Sciences Department Chair
Clemson University: College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life
Sciences: Animal & Veterinary Sciences
Location: Clemson, SC
Open Date: Jan 29, 2025
Description
The Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department within the College of
Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences at Clemson University
invites applications for the position of Professor and Department
Chair.
This leadership role will provide vision and leadership to
facilitate and strengthen the teaching, research and extension
mission. The department seeks to advance animal agriculture for the
betterment of society through science-based learning, outreach and
research and desires to be the preeminent animal and veterinary
science program in the Southeast recognized for the positive impact
on society by the students, research and outreach.
The department serves over 500 students annually and offers
Bachelor of Science degrees in the following concentrations:
Pre-veterinary and Science, Animal Agribusiness and Equine
Business. Graduate degree programs offered by Animal and Veterinary
Sciences include Ph.D., M.S. thesis and M.S. non-thesis.
The Department Chair will be an innovative individual with vision
and strong leadership skills who is committed to establishing
collaborative relationships, maintaining and advancing strong
teaching, research, and outreach programs, recruiting and
evaluating faculty and staff, and engaging with external partners
and stakeholders. This role will also play a critical part in
advancing the goals outlined in Clemson
Elevate, fostering an environment that enhances academic
excellence, drives innovative research, and strengthens community
impact in alignment with the university’s strategic
priorities.
About Clemson University:
Clemson University, one of the most productive public research
universities in the nation, enrolls 27,341 students across the
State of South Carolina and has an endowment of over $1 billion.
The University operates Extension offices in every county of the
state and has five Innovation Campuses and six Research and
Education Center locations. Classified as an R1 – Very High
Research University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions
of Higher Education – Clemson is dedicated to teaching, research,
and service. Our main campus, located in Upstate, South Carolina,
sits on 1,400 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains
along the shores of Lake Hartwell. Through the research, outreach
and entrepreneurial projects led by our faculty and students,
Clemson University is driving economic development and improving
quality of life in South Carolina and beyond.
Qualifications
It is required that the successful candidate will have a PhD in
animal science or a related field and will possess the appropriate
qualifications to obtain the rank of tenured, full professor within
the university.
Other Preferred Qualifications include:
- Strong administrative, interpersonal, communication, personnel
management and consensus building skills; - Strong knowledge, insight, and appreciation of the mission of a
land-grant university with the ability to lead and manage a
multidisciplinary academic department engaged in teaching,
research, and extension pursuits with faculty on and off
campus; - A strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education
with an emphasis on excellence in teaching, research and
scholarship; - Ability to garner and continue external support for the
department through fundraising; - An effective collaborator who can connect with multiple
constituencies and enable partnerships with government agencies,
stakeholders and commodity groups; - Commitment and vision to align the departmental strategic plan,
goals and efforts with the goals and priorities of the Clemson
Elevate plan. - A commitment and strategy to integrate diversity into the
Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department and represented programs
and curricula; - Capability to identify, recruit and retain strong faculty;
- Ability to advocate for and connect the Department with areas
of opportunity within the College; - A commitment to student success.
Application Instructions
Applicants should submit the following: a letter of interest,
curriculum vitae, and contact information for five references via
Interfolio. Please
direct any questions or nominations regarding the position to the
following:
Brennan Ledford, Clemson Executive Search
Bnhaski@clemson.edu
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