< PreviousWOW News 60Europe & Americas United States - A graduate culture is taking root at Rochester Institute of Technology with more PhD students on the main campus than ever before, and the RIT Office of Graduate Education is building on the momentum. Twyla Cummings, Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Education, and her team are steadily building an infrastructure that addresses graduate students’ needs and supports the university’s strategic goal to confer 50 PhD degrees per year by fall 2025-2026. The current number hovers around 33 PhD conferrals annually from eight existing programs, Cummings said. To achieve and surpass this goal, RIT will add six to 12 new programs to its PhD portfolio. This can be a lengthy process, she noted. “On average it takes about three to four years, some times longer, to go from concept to approval at New York state,” Cummings said. “We recently hired a senior project manager/technical writer to write proposals for new PhD programs. Laura Kleiman will join the Office of Graduate Education from Sponsored Research Services to work with colleges, academic affairs and governance groups to move these degree proposals through the process.” Nearly 950 new graduate students came to RIT this fall, including a record-breaking 93 PhD students. This enrollment figure is up from 72 incoming PhD students in fall 2018 and includes 34 new students in computing and information sciences. Overall, RIT’s entire graduate student body consists of 3,000 students, of which nearly 300 are PhD students, Cummings said. The emphasis on doctoral programs at RIT is tied to the need for continuity of graduate students to work on federally funded research projects. Earlier this year RIT’s ranking as a national research university was moved to the second- highest classification (“high research activity institution” or “R2”) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This puts RIT among the top 6% of colleges and universities in the nation - those conferring at least 20 research/scholarship doctorates annually and spending a minimum $5 million a year on research - and follows the 2016 milestone ranking that changed RIT from “Masters-Comprehensive” to a “Doctoral University.” Graduate students join RIT from 53 countries and with different career and life experiences, making it a unique student body. The Graduate Student Advisory Council and graduate student senator provide representation in RIT governance, while the Doctoral Student Association focuses on social engagement, community service and professional development. The student club formed three years ago and is actively building a community and connecting with alumni. “We are definitely growing,” said Alyssa Recinella ’16 (mechanical engineering BS/ MS), a PhD candidate in the engineering program, and President of the Doctoral Student Association. “This is the perfect time to start it, while we are accepting more students to campus.” RIT Office of Graduate Education prepares for a changing campus climate United States - Understanding that innovation is best cultivated at scale rather than in a silo, the Arizona State University (ASU) has onboard a robust virtual Mentor Network platform designed to facilitate meaningful professional connections on a global level for the ASU community. Currently over 10,700 ASU students, alumni and employers interact both virtually and in person using the ASU Mentor Network. This continuously growing platform has allowed the community to build global connections like never before. Sheila Shedd, Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships and Alumni Engagement has focused considerably on Career and Professional Development Services’ international connections and initiatives, specifically in the Middle East and Northern Africa over the past year. After traveling to the region on multiple occasions, Shedd has met with representatives from several diverse global organizations, encouraging them to take advantage of the substantial skill, industry knowledge and experience available from ASU’s 500,000+ students and alumni. Her efforts have contributed to our department surpassing this year’s goal of connecting with employers in China by 20% in only six months. With a large and diverse population of students and alumni to serve, the need for an adaptive university culture is ever-present. Embracing an increasingly global job market and capitalizing on our expansive alumni population using ASU Mentor Network, we are growing along with the needs of our students to best support them while in school and after they graduate. Cultivating professional success on a global scale* * FTE=Full Time Equivalent Prof. Dr. Suzana Shahar Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences National University of Malaysia, Malaysia Previous Appointment Chairman Center Healthy and Wellness Center (H-Care) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mariam-Aisha Fatima Director, Research Management Centre Management and Science University, Malaysia Previous Appointment Deputy Dean (Academic), Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Management and Science University, Malaysia Prof. Ko Po-yuk Professor (Practice), Department of Curriculum and Instruction The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Previous Appointment Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Prof. Peter Cheung Tsan-yin Professor (Practice), Department of Social Sciences The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Previous Appointment Associate Professor and Director, Master of Public Administration Programme, Department of Politics and Public Administration The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Prof. Dr. Arman Zaharil Mat Saad Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon Management and Science University Medical Centre (MSUMC), Malaysia Previous Appointment Senior Consultant and Lecturer USM Health Campus (Kota Bharu), Malaysia Prof. Ari Kuncoro, Ph.D Rector Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia Previous Appointment Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia Assoc. 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Jobs Associate Professor, Department of English Language Education Applicants with a Doctoral Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages are invited for the academic position in the following areas: English as the medium of instruction or content- language integrated learning, e-learning and language teacher education. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AssoProf_ELE_0919.pdf. Assistant Professor (Chinese Language Education), Department of Chinese Language Studies Applications are invited for the academic position in the following areas: Chinese language education of local schools, e-learning and Cantonese phonetics. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AsstProf_CHL_0919.pdf. Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language Studies Applicants with a Doctoral Degree in Chinese Language are invited for the academic position in the following areas: e-learning, language acquisition and pedagogy. Familiarity with primary/secondary education in Hong Kong will be an advantage. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AssoProf_CHL_0919.pdf. Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Creative Arts Applications are invited for the academic position in the following areas: i) music/music education and ii) drama/theatre. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AsstProf_CCA_0819_revised.pdf. Associate Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education Applications are invited for the academic position in the following areas: i) physical education and ii) sports science. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AssoProf_HPE_0819.pdf. Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Applications are invited for the academic position in the following areas: academic study of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment as well as related areas including diversity and innovative teaching. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AsstProf_C_I_1119.pdf. Assistant Professor, Department of Asian and Policy Studies Applications are invited for the academic position in the following areas: i) strategic communications/public relations; ii) public management; iii) public organisation and leadership; iv) public organisations and human resource management; v) social protection and social policy. Applicants should have a comparative, pan-Asian geographic focus. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AsstProf_APS_0919_1.pdf. Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education Applications are invited for the academic position in the following areas: Educational Leadership and Administration, Family Process, Parenting, Special Education, Educational Psychology, Curriculum and Instruction, and Multicultural Education. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AsstProf_ECE_0819.pdf. Associate Professor/Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Information Technology Applications are invited for the academic position in the following areas: i) Mathematics Education - for Associate Professor/Assistant Professor, and ii) Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics in Education - for Assistant Professor. For details, please visit https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/ grand-media/application/AssoProf_AsstProf_MIT_0919.pdf and https://www.eduhk.hk/main/wp-content/grand-media/application/ AsstProf_MIT_0919.pdf.Research Professorship track Distinguished professionals are invited to develop a new cutting-edge scientific research and create a new team around it or to give a new impulse to one of the ITMO University priority research directions. Contract period: 1 - 2 years. For program details, please visit: https://fellowship.itmo.ru/page/24/ Professor.htm Fellowship track PhD holders are invited to conduct research in IT; Optics and Photonics; Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials; Automatic Controls and Signal Processing and other areas. Interdisciplinary projects combining the abovementioned strategic research areas of ITMO University with other disciplines will be given preference. Contract period: 1 - 3 years. More information: https://fellowship.itmo.ru/page/22/Our_programs. htm Postdoc track PhD holders are invited to conduct research in IT; Optics and Photonics; Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials; Automatic Controls and Signal Processing and other areas. Candidates will actively participate in research projects, publish articles, and share their international experience with students. Contract period: 1 - 3 years. More information: https://fellowship.itmo.ru/page/22/Our_programs. htm Micro Fellowship track ITMO University invites PhD holders, Post-Docs and Professors to enjoy all the benefits of international research without spending long periods of time away from home. Contract period: 1 month. For program details, please visit: https://fellowship.itmo.ru/page/47/ Micro_fellowship.htm Visiting Lecturer track PhD holders are invited to conduct short-term lecture courses (min 3 ECTS) in one of the priority fields, i.e. IT, Computer Science, Robotics, or Chemistry. Contract period: 2 weeks. For program details, please visit: https://fellowship.itmo.ru/page/48/ Visiting_lecturer.htm Global Academics track ITMO University invites PhD holders, Professors, researchers in humanities and industry representatives to conduct short-term lecture courses (min 3 ECTS) and establish research collaboration with ITMO University. Contract period: 1 to 4 two-weeks visits. For program details, please visit: https://fellowship.itmo.ru/page/46/ Global_academics.htm WOW! JobsNext >