<div dir="ltr"><div></div><div class="gmail_quote">You may have already received this, but in case you haven't... <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Faculty Advancement</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:facultyadvancement@sdsu.edu">facultyadvancement@sdsu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 2:01 PM<br>Subject: The Zahn Professorship of Creativity & Innovation: Call for Applications<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">All
faculty are invited to apply to serve as <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">the
Zahn Professorship of Creativity and Innovation.  This distinction recognizes faculty members
who are interested in expanding the influence of innovation, creativity, and
entrepreneurship across the SDSU campus. Its goal is to grow and diversify
SDSU’s entrepreneurial ethos through the creation of new and relevant avenues
that support students’ creative problem solving, thinking outside the box,
taking risks, and being pioneers of their own future.</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">This is a programmatic, hands-on professorship
charged with designing and implementing cross-disciplinary and experiential
learning opportunities for our diverse student body. The Zahn Professor of
Creativity and Innovation will pursue work that infuses creativity and
innovation throughout our campus, as well as serve in an ambassadorial
capacity, facilitating campus-wide collaboration around this topic.</span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Zahn Professor of Creativity and Innovation will be
selected based on the following criteria:</span></u><br>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal"></p><ul><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Commitment to academically imbedding
creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship across disciplines at SDSU.</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Well thought-out
proposal clearly articulating a vision for leading this charge at SDSU over the
next two years. A description specifying what will be created/ implemented and
tangible deliverable(s). A few examples might include creating new courses in
your college, team-teaching interdisciplinary innovation-based courses,
building a cross-disciplinary program, or working with freshmen living-learning
communities.</font></li></ul><p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Expectations for this role also include:</font></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><ul><li><span style="text-indent:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Regular involvement with
the Zahn Innovation Platform and Lavin Entrepreneurship Center.</font></span></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Meeting quarterly with
the staff for idea sharing, collaboration, and accountability.</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Attending quarterly Zahn
Innovation Platform Board meetings.</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Attend Student Success
Team meetings twice per semester.</font></li></ul><p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Terms:</span></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Zahn Professor of Creativity is a rotating professorship
with a two-year term. During their </font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">two-year appointment, the Zahn Professor of Creativity and
Innovation will receive one course </span>release per year.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Application and selection:</span></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><u><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">To apply, please prepare a condensed CV and <b>one-page
proposal</b> statement describing how you will lead this charge at SDSU
over the next two years, including specific description of new learning
experiences you will build "to grow and diversify SDSU's entrepreneurial
ethos through the creation of new opportunities that support students' creative
problem solving, thinking outside the box, taking risks, and being pioneers of
their own future."</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Applications are due to the Associate Vice
President for Faculty Advancement (</span><a href="mailto:facultyadvancement@sdsu.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">facultyadvancement@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) by <b>May 15</b>.  The SDSU Academic Senate
Faculty Honors and Awards Committee will rank applicants by <b>May 30.</b>
The Zahn Professorship shall be named on <b>June
8th</b> for the 2020 - 2021 academic year.  </span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The professorship shall rotate among colleges, with no
college holding a Zahn Professorship in successive two-year terms, thus, the
following colleges and units are eligible to apply:  College of Arts and Letters, Fowler College
of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of
Professional Studies and Fine Arts, College of Sciences, SDSU-Imperial Valley,
and the Library and Information Access.</font></span></i></p></div>
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