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Search for West Campus House Professor and Dean
The search for the House Professor and Dean of House 5 is underway. House 5 is the fifth of what will ultimately be five residential houses on the West Campus.
Students informally chatting with President Skorton during a gathering on West Campus
The goal of the West Campus House System is to create an environment that more closely links the residential life of students to the academic mission of the university. The development of a new residential model with faculty leadership at its core has been an important part of the west campus residential initiative.
Each of the West Campus Houses, named after legendary Cornell faculty members, is a community of approximately 350 upper-class students. Pivotal to the intellectual and social leadership of each House is the House Professor and Dean (PDF), who lives in the house with her or his family. Some 30 House Fellows (PDF), principally faculty members, also function as non-resident active participants interacting with resident students and helping to develop House life.
For information about the status of the search, please contact Michael Busch at mpb3@cornell.edu.
Links and documents of interest:
- Position description, House Professor and Dean (PDF)
- Transforming West Campus: Recommendations Submitted to Vice President Susan H. Murphy, Sept 23, 1998 (PDF)
- The Residential Initiative - Creating new ways to live and learn for Cornell students. The website of Alumni Affairs on the west campus initiative.