Assistant Professors of Nursing in: Pediatrics, Psychiatric, and Fundamentals of Nursing

Berea College achieved national distinction as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. With an emphasis on service to the people of Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students from 40 states and 60 countries.  As a reflection of its continuing commitment to interracial education, Berea is among the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. Berea admits only students whose families are unable to afford the high cost of tuition and awards each of them a four-year tuition scholarship.  Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive but demanding academic environment, and many are the first in their families to graduate from college.  The College is one of seven federally recognized Work Colleges, and all students hold a labor position in which they work 10-12 hours per week.  Graduates distinguish themselves in a variety of fields, including social service, government, ministry, the arts, business, education, medicine, and science, and many go on to earn graduate degrees.            

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville.  More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College is accepting applications for one full-time tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of Nursing in Pediatric Nursing, and two full-time, three-year appointments in Fundamentals of Nursing Practice and Psychiatric Nursing to begin August, 2013. These three nine-month teaching positions offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse educator to help shape the future of Berea College’s baccalaureate nursing program.  Berea College has been educating nurses since 1889, and its Nursing Program founded in1898, has been cited as the oldest nursing program west of the Allegany Mountains.

Qualifications for appointment as an Assistant Professor include at minimum a master’s degree in nursing with advanced practice certification (earned doctorate in nursing or related field preferred) and 3 – 5 years of recent experience in undergraduate nursing education.  Successful candidates must have or be able to obtain an unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.   Rank and salary are commensurate with education and experience. Clinical expertise in the specialty for each position are required. See details at: http://www.berea.edu/people-services/fauclty-positions/

Successful candidates for each of these positions will be committed to full-time faculty work, which includes both didactic and clinical instruction, academic advising and mentoring of students, curriculum development, and active participation in program and College-wide committees.   Please send application letter including a current C.V., transcripts, a statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of reference to Carol Kirby, Chief Nurse Program Administrator, at kirbyc@berea.edu. Review of applications begins November 15, and continues until positions are filled.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.