New Opportunities

The National Press Association 35th annual Book Fair and Author's Night

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Applications are now being accepted for the National Press Club Annual Book fair. They are looking specifically for books that are meant for a broad, general public audience as opposed to academic books, that have been published in the last year (November 2011 and newer). Applications are to be reviewed by the Book Fair Committee and are accepted on a rolling basis. This is a great opportunity if you have a more popularly aimed recent publication as it is an event with a lot of publicity.

For more information, dlownload this PDF of the application.

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Reward those outstanding students in your classrooms and point them to this opportunity to be published in the George Mason Review.

The George Mason Review, Mason's journal of undergraduate student scholarship, publishes excellent undergraduate scholarship from across the disciplines. Every year The George Mason Review recognizes outstanding student work with $900 in awards. We encourage you to recommend this opportunity to those students who deserve particular recognition for their hard work and excellent scholarship. We ask that you partner with us in urging your students to take advantage of this great opportunity for recognition through publication. Direct interested students to http://gmreview.gmu.edu for submission guidelines.

Grove City College announces a faculty opening in the Department of History beginning in August 2012. A Ph.D. in History preferred with focus in modern history, specifically European and/or non-Western.  Interest in history of minorities a plus.  Responsibilities include teaching courses in those areas and interdisciplinary humanities courses in the College’s core curriculum. This position also will assist in developing and guiding student research opportunities for history majors.

Candidates must evidence a strong record of classroom teaching, scholarship within their field, and a commitment to instructing highly motivated students (1244/1600 average SAT for entering freshmen). Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications. Grove City College is a nationally recognized, truly independent, highly selective college of liberal arts, sciences, and engineering where intellectual inquiry remains open to the questions religion raises and affirms the answers Christianity offers.

Send letter of application, vita, transcripts, names of four references (three professional and one pastoral), a brief statement of how you would engage undergraduates in your research plans, and a four to five paragraph essay relating your philosophy of a liberal arts education and teaching history to the College’s unique mission as a Christian college (see www.gcc.edu) to: William P. Anderson, Jr.; Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA 16127-2104 or electronically to laklaiber@gcc.edu.  Review of applications commences immediately.  In a continuing effort to enrich its academic and social environment, the college actively encourages applications from members of all ethnic groups.

Grove City College is a private educational institution noted for its academic excellence where scholarship is informed by Christian principles. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, creed, sex, marital status, disability, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other college-administrative programs.

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