{"id":3112,"date":"2017-02-01T16:11:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T23:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2017-02-01T16:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T23:11:04","slug":"uc-davis-student-farm-seeks-new-director-apply-by-feb-21-for-full-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3112","title":{"rendered":"UC Davis Student Farm seeks new director- apply by Feb 21 for full consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"

UC Davis Student Farm is seeking a new director<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The Student Farm at UC Davis (SF) is seeking a new director to lead the continued development of the SF as a learning community where students from many disciplines work to create, maintain and explore sustainable food systems on a 20+ acre farm. A key component of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI), the SF has served UC Davis students and faculty and the public with educational, research, and outreach opportunities focused on sustainable agriculture and food systems for 40 years. Each year over 400 students engage in staff- and faculty-mentored experiential learning through which they come to understand sustainability through the soils, crops, climate, and community in which they work and within programs ranging from backyard garden scale to mechanized crop and compost production<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The SF Director provides intellectual, academic, and community leadership to the SF and has primary responsibility for overall vision and administration as well as the programs\u2019 educational, research and public service functions.\u00a0 The Director collaborates with staff and students to ensure the SF learning community collectively develops and achieves it short-term and long-term goals focused on just and sustainable agriculture and food systems, experiential learning, and student leadership and empowerment.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recruitment period:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Open date:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>December 1st, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Next review date:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>February 21st, 2017
\nApply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Final date:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>November 14th, 2017
\nApplications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Job is located on the UC Davis campus in Davis, CA.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

See a full job description and apply for the position here.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Student Farm<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aubrey Thompson (White)
\n<\/span>Communications Coordinator
\n<\/span>Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis
\n<\/span>UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
\n<\/span>abwhite@ucdavis.edu<\/span><\/a>
\n(530) 752-5299<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gender pronouns: she\/her<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/asi.ucdavis.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/sarep.ucdavis.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Find us on Facebook at <\/span>http:\/\/facebook.com\/sustainableagriculture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Follow us on Twitter @ASI_at_UCDavis\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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