Future Faculty Career Exploration Program
An all expense paid trip to RIT
Applications are now being accepted!!
Rochester Institute of Technology's annual "Future Faculty Career Exploration Program" is one of a series of recruitment strategies designed to fuel the future pipeline of faculty to RIT. This innovative program furthers RIT's diversity efforts by bringing students nearing the end of their doctoral studies and MFA studies to Rochester to receive the "RIT treatment." A past participant explains the program as “TIRIT” Total Immersion in RIT after his weekend long experience.
Aggressive moves to increase faculty diversity at Rochester Institute of Technology are raising the bar for schools nationwide. In fact, in New York State, they are starting to call it the "RIT model." For the past two hiring seasons, 30 percent of RIT's new faculty hires have been from underrepresented minority groups. Dr. Albert Simone, RIT's president, says, "It requires committed and dedicated leadership operating in a reasoned way, but willing to take strong measures...committed leadership up and down the organization."
The RIT mission is to provide technology-based educational programs for personal and professional development. We rigorously pursue new and emerging career areas. We develop and deliver curricula and advance scholarship relevant to emerging technologies and social conditions. Our community is committed to diversity and student centeredness and is distinguished by our innovative and collaborative spirit. Internal and external partnerships expand our students' experiential learning. RIT is committed to mutually enriching relationships with alumni, government, business and the world community. Teaching, learning, scholarship, leadership development, and student success are our central enterprises.
The "Future Faculty Career Exploration Program" is a unique and exciting opportunity to explore potential career choices through formal interviews and presentations, meetings with deans, department heads, and RIT president, Dr. Albert Simone, as well as campus and community tours. The Future Faculty Program allows RIT deans to engage prospects in discussions about their academic work and career interests. It allows faculty to share RIT's teaching and research agenda and to dialog on current open faculty positions or those that may be available in the near future.
In previous programs, RIT hosted students from top colleges and universities such as Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Stanford and Nebraska, among others. As a result of past programs, five hires have been made to join the faculty at RIT. Also a past participant has given a summer teaching experience at RIT.
Program Objectives
- Build the pipeline by establishing significant meaningful relationships with prospects
- Lay the foundation for opening up future network with other universities
- Strategically prepare for pending human resource needs to cover future curriculum development and course offerings
- Proactively seize employment opportunities where appropriate prospects are found
- Serve as a bridge to assist in transition from graduate school student to a faculty member
- Assist in preparing future faculty for a career in the institute
Selection Criteria
- Individuals with the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the university’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences. We are especially interested in applications from people of color who are underrepresented and underserved in teaching professions; i.e., African American, Latin American, American Indian, or Alaskan Native.
- Within one to two years of receiving Ph.D. -or-
- Within one year of receiving or already received MFA -or-
- Engaged in a Post Doctoral assignment
- Desire academic teaching career at an exceptional institution
- Receiving degrees in Business, Liberal Arts, Science, Engineering, Applied Science & Technology, Computing & Information Sciences, Imaging Arts & Sciences
- Demonstrate potential to fill open and/or anticipated vacancies at RIT
- Be able to travel to Rochester for a weekend (Thurs.-Sun.) in October- 10/12-10/16
Application deadline
June 23 (postmark date) for upcoming program
To apply please visit: http://finweb.rit.edu/humanresources/forms/Application2006.pdf. Any questions on program please contact 585-475-5775 or cfrpsn@rit.edu.
We are continuously accepting curriculum vitaes from interested candidates for faculty positions. For additional information regarding faculty opportunities at RIT contact:
M. Renée Baker, Manager of Faculty Recruitment
Department of Human Resources
Rochester Institute of Technology
8 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623-5604
Phone: (585) 475-7169
E-mail: mrbpsn@rit.edu
"Excellence through Diversity, Journey to Greatness: Doing it the RIT Way"

