Adjunct Faculty - Thinking and Writing II

Show All Jobs Apply Show Map Location 541 Main Street, New London, NH, 03257, United States Employee Type Adjunct Required Degree Masters Contact information Name Human Resources Phone 603.526.3704 Email [email protected] Description TW102 - Thinking and Writing II Course Description: Building on the foundations of TW 101, TW 102 challenges students to deepen their intellectual engagement and rhetorical sophistication. Students will initiate and moderate collaborative discussions that demonstrate advanced listening, questioning, and synthesis skills. The course emphasizes the role of liberal education in achieving personal, civic, and professional goals. As they delve deeper into enduring questions about human nature, students will develop and defend positions on social responsibility using evidence and logic.

Writing projects will involve extended essays and presentations crafted through an iterative process of drafting, peer review, and revision. Students will identify research and rhetorical strategies suited to specific audiences and produce polished work that adheres to academic integrity and citation standards. Course Outcomes: Initiate and moderate collaborative discussions that demonstrate advanced listening, questioning, and synthesis skills. Connect classroom learning to personal, civic, and professional goals.

Develop and defend positions on questions of humanity and social responsibility using evidence, logic, and rhetorical sophistication. Compose extended essays and presentations through an iterative writing process involving drafting, peer review, and revision. Identify research and rhetorical strategies for writing across disciplines and audiences. Produce polished writing that adheres to academic integrity and citation standards Offered Mondays & Wednesdays 12:00-1:40 Summary Colby-Sawyer College is a comprehensive liberal arts-based institution located in the scenic Lake Sunapee area of New Hampshire.

We have friendly people, beautiful nature, and small-town amenities and shops. We are located about 35 minutes south of Dartmouth College and just 1 hour 30 minutes from Boston. For more information see Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce, NH. We strive to always be a people-first organization.

We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment for all employees. If you are looking for a place where you will feel welcome and that you belong, Colby-Sawyer College is that place. Colby-Sawyer is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to share what they can offer and how they can help us to achieve and maintain these values in their cover letter.

Interested candidates may also visit Human Resources in Colgate Hall Room 230, Monday through Friday from 8am - 5pm, to alternatively complete a paper application. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Colby-Sawyer College is committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment which celebrates multiple perspectives. Under institutional policy, as well as under state and federal law (including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Age Discrimination Act), Colby-Sawyer College does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices or its admission practices on the basis of race or ethnicity; color; national origin; religion; age; mental or physical disability; parental, family or marital status; veteran status; or sex (including pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or gender expression).

Further, Colby-Sawyer College prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. The college recognizes that harassment related to an individual's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression can occur in conjunction with misconduct related to an individual's race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, or disability. Targeting individuals on the basis of these characteristics is also a violation of the college policy. Under these circumstances, the college will coordinate the investigation and resolution efforts outlined in the college’s Sex-based Discrimination and Sex-based Harassment Policy and Grievance Procedures as well as the Code of Community Responsibility (for students) and Employee Handbook (for employees), to address harassment related to the targeted individual's sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression together with the conduct related to the targeted individual’s race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age or disability.