Position Vacancy - Institute for Food Safety and Security Director

From: Pamela Tom (pdtom@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 04 2004 - 06:37:42 PST

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    See message below for further details on a position vacancy for Director
    of the Institute for Food Safety and Security at Iowa State University.

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    >From jdickson@iastate.edu Wed Feb 4 06:33:23 2004
    Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 08:20:55 -0600
    From: James S Dickson <jdickson@iastate.edu>
    To: Pamela Tom <pdtom@ucdavis.edu>
    Subject: Director - Institute for Food Safety and Security

    >Pamela:

    Would it be possible for you to post this to your group? We are recruiting
    for a Director of our Institute for Food Safety and Security, and thought
    that some members of your mailing list might be interested. The Institute's
    web site is: www.ifss.iastate.edu

    Thanks!

    Jim Dickson

    January 29, 2004

    Iowa State University is seeking nominations and applications for the
    position, Director, Institute for Food Safety and Food Security. The
    Institute for Food Safety and Food Security was established 2002-2003 as a
    Presidential Initiative Program. The Institute's interdisciplinary
    affiliated faculty, more than 70, originate from five of the eight
    colleges of Iowa State University; Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine,
    Family and Consumer Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Engineering.
    The Director's faculty home department will be determined by the
    discipline of the successful candidate.

    The Director will be responsible for setting direction, promoting,
    coordinating, and implementing the research, education, and outreach
    agendas and goals for the Institute and its affiliated Centers (Food
    Safety Consortium, Food Safety Research Consortium, BIGMAP, and Center for
    Food Security and Public Health). The Institute is comprised of seven
    units, which embrace all aspects of food safety and security. The Director
    will also develop state, federal, and industrial partnerships to enhance
    the advancement and achievement of research and education goals of the
    Institute and Iowa State University.

    Qualifications commensurate with rank of professor: a Ph.D. or equivalent
    degree in one of the disciplines represented by the five colleges
    affiliated with the Institute; must be of national/international stature
    with strong leadership, entrepreneurial, interpersonal and communication
    skills; a record of research accomplishment in the food safety and/or food
    security continuum (farm to table). Iowa State University is a member of
    the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is ranked as one of the
    top 50 public universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. It
    is one of the nation's leading land-grant institutions and is categorized
    by the Carnegie Foundation as a doctoral/research university-extensive.
    Student enrollment is over 28,000 from all 50 states and more than 100
    foreign countries. Iowa State University's central campus was one of only
    three university campuses to make the American Society of Landscape
    Architect’s 1999 centennial list of Medallion Sites." Visit
    www.iastate.edu to learn more. ISU is located in Ames, a community of
    50,000 people recently ranked as the second most-livable small city in the
    nation (www.ames.ia.us).

    Application instructions:
    Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names, addresses and
    phone numbers of three references to:

    Dr. Jim Dickson, Chair, IFSS Director Search Committee
    c/o Gail Stecker
    IFSS
    138 Curtiss Hall
    Iowa State University
    Ames, IA 50011
    Or:
    e-mail application materials to: gstecker@iastate.edu



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