Assistant / Associate Professor

Benefits include access to campus wellness program and facilities!

DWU is located in Mitchell, South Dakota, a town of 14,000, nestled in the heart of one of the country's finest outdoor recreation areas. Mitchell is the sixth largest city in South Dakota and home to the world's only Corn Palace. The University is within an hour's drive of Sioux Falls, one of the Upper Midwest's larger statistical metropolitan areas. It is within a six-hour drive of several major metropolitan areas (Omaha, NB; Minneapolis, MN; Kansas City, MO)@10@@10@

Benefits include health, vision, dental and life insurance, access to campus wellness program and facilities, vacation, sick and holiday pay, tuition reimbursement and retirement.

Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota invites applications for the full-time, twelve-month position of Director of the University's Kelley Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the anticipated rank of either Assistant or Associate Professor.

As the Kelley Center approaches the twentieth anniversary of its founding, the new director is challenged with realizing a bolder, more expansive, second-generation vision for the Center. This vision includes embracing and advocating for an understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship that is both expansive and inclusive and that impacts both the DWU community and the Great Plains region. The start date is flexible, but no later than August 16, 2021. Rank and salary will be commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience.

A new School of Business, Innovation and Leadership is slated to open in the fall of 2021 with state-of-the-art technology to enhance teaching and learning. The DWU Business program is being redesigned to offer students a highly relevant, project-oriented curriculum. A spirit of entrepreneurial thinking permeates the business program and the broader university community. The Director of the Center will work collaboratively with the business program where the agendas and programming of the Center and the business program align but will also pursue an agenda that transcends the business program.

Applications for the position should include a letter of interest detailing the candidate's qualifications for and interest in the position, a curriculum vitae (or resume), and the names and contact information (including phone numbers and email addresses) of four professional references. Original transcripts and background check will be required before the university makes an appointment.

Click Apply to send all of your information for consideration. Please write Kelley Center in the subject line. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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