FYI: Two newly created faculty positions are open at Elon University. Elon is a private university of 5,000 students and nearly 700 graduate students in the heart of North Carolina. Newsweek recently named Elon the nation¹s leading college for engaged learning. U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon #2 among the 199 master¹s-level universities in the South. The University is located in the corridor that includes Duke, Wake Forest and UNC Chapel Hill. Elon¹s campus is designated as a botanical garden. INTERACTIVE MEDIA POSITION Elon University, NC: We seek a faculty member with a Ph.D. and professional experience to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in interactive media. The ideal candidate will have an interactive media professional background and a theory driven scholarship agenda in interactive design and/or strategies. Dr. Connie Book, associate dean of the school, is chairing these searches. Please send an application letter, CV and list of references to imediasearch@elon.edu <mailto:imediasearch@elon.edu> . MULTIMEDIA POSITION Elon University, NC: We seek a faculty member with a terminal degree (Ph.D. or M.F.A.) and professional experience in digital media to teach courses in visual design and basic multimedia production. This faculty member will teach a core course required of undergraduate majors in communication, Digital Media Convergence. In this course students learn design theory and a broad range of hardware and software skills. Skills include, but are not limited to, graphic design, photography, audio/video and web-design work. The successful applicant¹s area of expertise can be in any of the following fields: should be rooted in broadcast, cinema, journalism, new media, photojournalism, strategic communications or other related field. The ideal candidate will have a strong digital media background and a solid theoretical foundation. When applying please specify your hardware and software skills and include examples of work in the form of a digital portfolio available online or by DVD. Dr. Connie Book, associate dean of the school, is chairing these searches. Please send an application letter, CV and list of references to multimediasearch@elon.edu <mailto:multimediasearch@elon.edu> Elon¹s nationally accredited School of Communications is home to almost 20 percent of the student body. Students select among majors in Journalism, Strategic Communications, Media Arts & Entertainment (broadcast and cinema), and Communication Science. The School also offers an M.A. in Interactive Media. The School of Communications has six Mac labs, two television studios, and a large field production inventory for faculty and students. Final Cut Studio 7, Adobe CS4 Design Premium, and Pro Tools 8 are the primary software tools currently used in our curriculum. The school is known for having one of the best technology infrastructures in the nation. To learn more about the School of Communications, visit http://www.elon.edu/communications. -- Janna Quitney Anderson Associate Professor School of Communications Elon University andersj@elon.edu (336) 278-5733 (o)