The Foster College of Business invites applications for the position of Turner Chair of Entrepreneurship, Executive/Academic Director of the Turner School of Entrepreneurship.
The award-winning entrepreneurship program at Bradley University includes a new venture competition featuring cash and in-kind awards, CEO and underwritten Enactus clubs, funding for research and travel and opportunities to work with faculty across the campus to develop entrepreneurship-related courses. Bradley is also the home of the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, an independent facilitator of entrepreneurship programs across campus.
The entrepreneurship program is housed within the Entrepreneurship, Technology and Law Department in the Foster College of Business. The Foster College of Business is fully-accredited by AACSB International and has fifteen programs and ten minors in six departments. Bradley University also operates the Peoria Next Innovation Center near campus.
Bradley University is a top-ranked, prestigious, private university in Peoria, Illinois, offering 5,400 undergraduate and graduate students the opportunities, choices and resources of a larger university and the personal attention and exceptional learning experience of a smaller university. Bradley offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate academic programs in business, communications, education, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences, and technology. The University is located on an 85-acre campus in Peoria, the largest metropolitan area in Central Illinois. For additional information about the University visit www.bradley.edu.
The Turner Chair will teach six hours per semester in addition to developing/improving the Entrepreneurship curricula, advising and/or developing co-curricular activities, interfacing with the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship and conducting scholarly research in entrepreneurship-related fields. This position also will hold the position of Executive/Academic Director in the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. in entrepreneurship or closely related field and be eligible for associate or full professor. Experience in securing entrepreneurship-related grants is preferred.
Qualified candidates should submit a letter of application addressing the qualifications for the position, current vita and complete contact information for three professional references electronically to ent2016@bradley.edu
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The preferred start date of the position is fall 2016, but spring 2017 or later will be considered.
Employment with Bradley University is contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal background check.
Bradley University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The administration, faculty and staff are committed to attracting qualified candidates from underrepresented groups.
--Eden S. Blair, PhD
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Dept of Entrepreneurship, Technology and Law
Foster College of Business
Curriculum chair, Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Bradley University
esblair@bradley.edu
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