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Texas A&M University System
Victoria TAMUV
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Job Title
Founding Program Director, Engineering
Agency
Texas A&M University - Victoria
Department
Job Location
Victoria, Texas
Job Type
Faculty
Job Description
Texas A&M University–Victoria seeks a full-time, 12-month faculty member for an appointment as a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor or a non-tenure-track Professor of Practice to serve as the Founding Director of the new Bachelor of Science programs in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Software Engineering. The Founding Director will provide leadership for launching, promoting, and advancing these programs and will teach courses within the programs.
Qualifications: The Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees in engineering are designed to serve the community in the Coastal Bend region of Texas. The Founding Director will serve as a primary point of contact for Texas A&M University-Victoria (A&M-Victoria), with a primary focus on developing and supporting the BS in Civil Engineering, Software Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering with a focus on the intersections between these disciplines.
They will also need to satisfy the expectations of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and ABET in terms of academic credentials, as well as all other employment qualifications of the University. The programs are anticipated to be open for enrollment Fall 2027. The Founding Director will be employed by A&M-Victoria and will teach face-to-face courses within the University’s academic programs.
Victoria is about two hours driving time from Houston, Corpus Christi, Austin, and San Antonio. The Founding Program Director reports to Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Science, working within the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, and has both administrative and instructional responsibilities.
The successful candidate should demonstrate the following qualifications:
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage professional, community, industry, and student audiences.
· Ability to plan and implement activities that increase the visibility and profile of the A&M-Victoria Agribusiness concentration within the regional community and agricultural industry.
· Demonstrated commitment to supporting and working effectively with students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as students with disabilities.
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