VP position at MSU--reposting!

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There has apparently been some confusion over the wording of the MSU ad.  This
is, indeed, a tenure-track position.

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>  CURATOR OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY
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>          The Michigan State University Museum, a natural and cultural
>  history museum, seeks a curator of vertebrate paleontology, to commence by
>  August 15, 1997.  This is a joint, 12 month, academic appointment with the
>  Department of Geological Sciences (75% Museum/25% Geological Sciences).
>  The curator will be responsible for overseeing and enlarging the vertebrate
>  paleontology collection, performing research and publication on collection
>  materials, generating external funding for collection care and maintaining
>  an active research program in vertebrate paleobiology, and participating in
>  museum education, exhibition, and public programs.
>      Associated duties include curation of a comparative vertebrate skeletal
> collection, as well as preserved collections of fishes, amphibians, and
> reptiles.  Recent IMS funding is being used to upgrade the care of skeletal an
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> preserved specimens and computerization of all collections is in progress.
>       The curator will direct a graduate student program and teach Vertebrate
> Life of the Past in the Department of Geological Sciences and has the option t
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>  teach graduate courses on a discretionary basis.  The Michigan State
>  University Museum strongly interacts with an active, university-wide,
>  Interdepartmental Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the
>  Paleobiology Group in Geological Sciences.
>       Candidates should send a letter of interest that speaks to all of the
> elements of the position here described, a vita, and the names and addresses o
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> three references to: Dr. William Lovis, Chair, Vertebrate Paleontology Search
> Committee, MSU Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824,
> E-mail: 21299WAL@msu.edu.
>       All application materials must be received by February 15, 1997.  Women
> and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Danita Brandt
Department of Geological Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI  48824 USA
brandt@pilot.msu.edu