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Faculty Searches

The hiring of excellent faculty is a crucial element in determining the overall direction of California University of Pennsylvania.  The University pursues an affirmative action plan in order to attract qualified persons of color, women, persons with disabilities, disabled veterans and veterans. 

Vigorous national recruitment efforts will be employed to secure a large pool of qualified applicants fore tenure-track faculty searches.  These efforts are the responsibility of the search committees, academic departments, Faculty Search Coordinator and the Office of Social Equity.  Such an approach ensures the opportunity to review the academic quality of numerous applicants and serves to heighten the diversity of our academic community.

Should a doubt arise as to the proper course of action required during the hiring process or when a situation occurs that appears to necessitate a modification of any of the procedures, hiring managers, search committees, department chairs and administrators are urged to consult with the following individuals:

For general search items, contact the Faculty Search Coordinator, Dr. Caryl Sheffield at 724-938-4407 or via email to sheffield@calu.edu.  A copy of the Faculty Recruitment Guide and forms used in faculty searches is available on the academic affairs website.

For Social Equity-related items, contact the Office of Social Equity, at 724-938-4014 or via email to carter_a@calu.edu.  The Administrative Diversity Recruitment Plan is required from all search committees.

For questions regarding the PeopleAdmin system, contact the Assistant Director of Human Resources, Eric Guiser, at 724-938-4427 or via email to guiser@calu.edu.

California University of Pennsylvania no longer accepts hard-copy applications.  To apply for employment with the University, create an employment application in our PeopleAdmin hiring system.  Once you apply your application to a posting, you will receive a confirmation from the system. 

California University is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity employer.