[emailed to SIPS personnel on October 2, 2016]

Hello SIPS Community

There are a few events I’d like to remind you of in my interim update this month. We will be having our SIPS Fall Symposium Tuesday October 11 from 2:00 – 6:00 PM in B25 Warren Hall. Jim Giovannoni will give the plenary lecture from 2:00 – 3:00 PM followed by lightning talks from 3:00 – 4:00 PM and a poster session/reception from 4:00 – 6:00. Hope to see everyone there!

Faculty please save the date. We will have a SIPS-wide faculty meeting on Tuesday December 6 from 3:30 – 5:00 PM in room 404 Plant Science. Provost Kotlikoff will join our meeting from 3:30 – 4:00 to meet the SIPS faculty and have an open discussion. The meeting will be broadcast to other campuses. More information will be provided by your Section Chair as the date gets closer.

I know Greg Martin sent an update on the Director search and it’s great to hear that the search is progressing on schedule.  We hope to begin interviews in early-mid November. Greg will send out more information once interview dates are finalized.

Below are the links to the position descriptions for our four faculty searches, and the date when review of applications will begin for each position. Please do send these links to anyone you think may be interested.

• Assistant/Associate Professor of Quantitative Genetics (Plant Breeding and Genetics Section). The committee began reviewing applications October 1. You can find the position description at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7477
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Plant Metabolic Biochemistry (Plant Biology Section). The committee will begin reviewing applications October 23. You can find the position description at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7548
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Specialty Crop Systems (Horticulture Section). The committee will begin reviewing applications November 1. You can find the position description at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7950
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Plant Biodiversity/Phylodiversity. The committee will begin reviewing applications November 30. You can find the position description at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7552

 

Feel free to contact me with questions, concerns, or good news.

Sincerely,
Chris