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| University
(alphabetical order)
| Job Title Specialty - Department
(# of positions if >1)
| Date of Most Recent News
| Application Deadline (always first)
Updates (date - update)
Other Job Details
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- YYYY-MM-DD - Application deadline (job posting on dept. website, Science Careers, etc)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Application deadline extended (original 2998-01-01, new 2999-01-01)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Short/long list made or contacted by email or telephone
- YYYY-MM-DD - References contacted by email or telephone
- YYYY-MM-DD - Phone interviews scheduled (May 2-4, 10 candidates)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Campus interviews scheduled (late May, 4 candidates, job talks)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Rejection letter (notified by snail mail or email, 100+ applicants)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Search canceled, failed, or deferred to next year
- YYYY-MM-DD - Offer made, rejected, or accepted
- Open until Filled
- Tenure-track (assistant or associate professor)
- Lecturer or non-tenure track (one semester, 10 months, 2 years)
- Appointment (8, 9, 10 or 12 months)
- Teaching load (2 classes/semester, 4hrs/wk)
- Jane Smith hired (background in environmental policy)
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| Alamo Community College District (Northeast Lakeview and North Vista Colleges)
| Faculty, Human Geography
| 2009-5-8 |
- 2009-4-24 - Application deadline
- 2009-5-8 - Robo-Rejection E-Mail
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| Allan Hancock College
| Faculty, Human Geography
| 2009-4-12 |
- 2009-4-12 - Rejection letters.
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| Baltimore County, Community College of
| Faculty, Human Geography
| 2009-6-18 |
- 2009-2-1 - Application deadline
- 2009-4-24 - On-Campus Interviews Scheduled
- 2009-6-18 - Rejection received
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| Bard College
| Cultural Geography, Assistant Professor (Appointment in Anthropology)
| 2009-2-11 |
- 2008-11-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-10 - email notifying those making first cut
- 2009-2-11 - email rejection
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| Centenary College of Louisiana
| Postdoc in Environmental Studies
| 2009-4-19 |
- 2009-4-19 - Rejection letter
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| Central Missouri University
| Assistant/Associate Professor, Human Geography
| 2009-4-24 |
- 2008-12-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-2 - Application Acknowledged (email)
- 2009-1-06 - University under soft hiring freeze - no word if this search is affected
- 2009-2-12 - Search has resumed
- 2009-3-17 - Phone interviews scheduled
- 2009-4-24 - On-Campus Interviews "this week"
- 2009-5-5 - Any details on whether they interviewed for Assoc or Asst? Or Europe or Africa?
- 2009-May-Candidate Hired
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| Central Michigan University
| VAP NTT, Human Geography
| 2009-7-28 |
- 2009-6-01 - Application deadline.
- 2009-7-28 - Any news?
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| Clark University
| Urban Geography (open rank)
| 2009-2-5 - |
- 2008-10-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-10-14 - Long short list emailed to request letters and teaching evaluations.
- 2009-1-30 - Email from search committee head saying all searches at Clark were frozen but they were "hopeful that this search would be given go-ahead"
- 2009-2-5 - Rejection letter received (didn't say position was filled yet)
- 2009-3-4 - Search resumed, interviews scheduled
- 2009-3-31 - Position filled
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| Coastal Carolina University
| Geography
| 2008-10-15 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-20 - Job Freeze Notice
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| Colgate University (New York)
| Assistant Professor of Geography and Asian Studies
| 2008-12-02 |
- 2008-11-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-2 - Application Acknowledged via postal mail
- 2009-3-9 - Rejection letters received
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| Colgate University (New York)
| Assistant Professor of Geography (Environmental)
| 2009-4-18 |
- 2009-4-18 - Rejection letter received
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| Coppin State
| Two-Year Human Geography
| 2009-5-8 |
- 2009-5-8 - Rejection letter received
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| Dartmouth College
| Critical Human Geography
| 2009-4-29 |
- Application acknowledged (email)
- 2009-4-15 Application deadline
- 2009-5-5 Rejection letter received, "another candidate hired." (Why post the ad if you already know who to hire? Don't waste my time.)
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| Eastern Michigan University
| Human Geography / Geography Education
| 2009-3-18 |
- 2009-1-5 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-6 - Application Acknowledged (email)
- 2009-3-18 - Search canceled (budget)
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| Edinboro University
| Human Geography
| 2009-1-6 |
- 2009-1-5 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-6 - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2009-03-23-Regret Letter Received, Candidate Hired
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| Emporia State University
| Human Geography
| 2009-3-6 |
- 2008-11-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-11-5 - Long short list made (nine candidates)
- 2009-3-6 - Search canceled
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| Florida International University
| Human Geography
| 2009-5-23 |
- 2009-1-9 - Application deadline
- 2009-4-20 - Email rejection
- 2009-5-23 - Snail rejection
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| Florida State University
| Human Geography (3 positions)
| 2008-12-20 |
- 2008-10-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-6 - Campus interviews scheduled
- 2008-12-20 - No offers made.
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| Georgia Tech
| Geography
| 2009-2-23 |
- 2009-2-23 - Rejection letter (snail; didn't make first cut)
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| University of Hawaii - Hilo
| Assistant Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies (Physical
Geography)
| 2009-2-10 |
- 2008-10-22 - Application deadline
- 2009-01-20 - Phone interviews
- 2009-02-10 - Campus interviews
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| Hofstra University
| Assistant Professor of Human Geography w/ GIS
| 2008-12-21 |
- 2008-11-24 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-21 - Notification of hiring freeze
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| University of Houston at Clear Lake
| Human Geographer
| 2009-4-24 |
- 2009-04-24 - Rejection letter received (snail)
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| Hunter College
| Environment/Geography Education
| 2009-2-12 |
- 2009-1-12 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-12 (approx) - Application Acknowlegded
- 2009-2-3 - Letters requested
- 2009-2-12 - Rejection letter sent (e-mail)
- 2009-3-30 (approx)-- Candidate hired
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| Humboldt State University
| Assistant professor
| 2009-1-27 |
- 2009-01-27 - Rejection letter (notified by mail)
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| Illinois State University
| Geography
| 2009-2-01 |
- Any news?
- 2009-02-01 - candidate hired
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| Keene State College (New Hampshire)
| Environmental Policy (contract-lecturer), Department of Environmental Studies
| 2009-04-18 |
- 2008-05-11 - Review of Applications begins - open until filled
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| McGill University (Canada)
| Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
| 2009-01-26 |
- 2008-12-15 - Application deadline
- 2009-01-26 - Campus interviews scheduled (5 short listed)
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| Michigan State University
| Physical Geography and Remote Sensing
| 2009-02-24 |
- 2009-01-1 - Application deadline
- 2009-01-12 - Letters requested from references
- 2009-02-03 - email notifying those not on interview list
- 2009-02-24 - invitation to interview in March
- 2009-03-11 - Interviews canceled, search on hold due to budgetary crisis
- 2009-3-x - Interviews done and Job offered to the top candidate (Physical Geography)
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| Middlebury College
| Assistant professor
| 2008-11-1 |
- 2008-10-15 Application deadline
- 2008-11-1 (approx.) - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2009-2-25 - Rejection letters sent
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| Mississippi State University
| Remote Sensing
| 2009-01-7 |
- 2009-01-7 - Application deadline
- 2009-02-14 - Rejection letter (e-mail)
- 2009-02-23 - Interviews to start this week
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| Oklahoma State University
| Natural Resources/Conservation
| 2009-5-01 |
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| Old Dominion University
| Human Geography
| 2009-07-18 |
- 2008-10-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-09-27 - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2009-05-06 - Email explaining hiring freeze, restart of search, asks candidates if still interested.
- 2009 -06-01 - Any news since the last email?
- 2009-06-03 - It is one month since last email ... may be regret letters will come soon
- 2009-07-18- Rejection letter received.
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| Rowan University
| Human Geography, Regional Geography
| 2008-1-22 |
- 2008-9-5 - Position Announced (review begins immediately)
- 2008-12-17 - Phone Interviews Scheduled
- 2009-1-22 - Campus Interviews Scheduled
- 2009-3-7 - Candidate hired
- 2009-4-17 - Regret Letters Received by post
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| Rhode Island College
| Assistant professor
| 2009-4-16 |
- 2009-4-16 - Non-tenure track rejection letter
- 2009-7-8- Tenure track position???
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| Rutgers
| Hydroclimatology
| 2008-12-1 |
- 2008-12-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-3-x - Job offered to the top candidate
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| Slippery Rock University
| Human Geography
| 2009-5-13 |
- 2009-1-5 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-31 - Application Acknowledged
- 2009-2-26 - "Short list" contacted for interviews
- 2009-3-24 - Reps at AAG said applications for this position have not been reviewed (lie or confusion?)
- 2009-4-27 - Originally there were 2 separate jobs advertised and then a third was posted - it was unclear whether it was a new post or whether the 2 positions were merged into 1. Perhaps that is where the confusion came from?
- 2009-4-30 - Offers made for all positions.
- 2009-5-13 - Rejection letter received
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| Slippery Rock University
| Environmental
| 2009-4-30 |
- 2009-1-5 - Application deadline
- 2009-4-30 - Offers made for all positions.
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| Sonoma State University
| Assistant professor
| 2009-1-26 |
- 2008-12-1 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-26 - Rejection letter (notified by email)
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| Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
| Assistant Professor, Human Geography
| 2009-3-9 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-10-17 - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2008-10-24 - Phone Interviews scheduled
- 2008-11-20 - Campus interviews scheduled (mid-December)
- 2009-3-9 - Rejection letter received
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| Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
| Assistant Professor, Physical Geography
| 2009-3-18 |
- 2009-1-15 - Application deadline
- 2009-3-18 - Campus interviews scheduled (mid-March)
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| Syracuse University
| Assistant Professor, Human Geography
| 2009-4-13 |
- 2009-1-15 - Application deadline
- 2009-2-13 - Rejection letter (notified by snail mail)
- 2009-3-13 - Any news? Have they set up interviews?
- 2009-4-13 - Candidate hired
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| Texas A&M
| Climate
| 2009-1-30 |
- 2008-12-15 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-30 - Rejection letter received
- 2009-02-18 - Campus interviews taking place
- 2009-3-x - Job offered to the top candidate
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| University of Alabama
| Geography
| 2009-3-23 |
- 2008-12-31 - Application deadline
- 2009-3-23 - Candidate has been selected
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| University of Arkansas at Little Rock
| Assistant Professor, Human Geography
| 2009-2-13 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
- 2009-2-13 - Offer made, accepted
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| University of California Santa Barbara
| Assistant professor
| 2009-01-27 |
- 2009-01-27 - emailed rejection for people not on "short list"
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| University of Colorado Boulder
| Assistant professor
| 2009-1-22 |
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| University of Colorado Denver
| Assistant professor
| 2008-2-6 |
- 2008-12-22 -emails for letter of reference for those on long short-list
- 2008-2-6-short list interviews set up (on campus)
- 2008 -4-1Candidate Hired
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| University of Guelph (Canada)
| Human-Environment Relations
| 2009-01-21 |
- 2008-12-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-12 - Application acknowledged (e-mail)
- 2009-01-20 - University-wide hiring 'freeze' but position not cancelled
- Any news?
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| University of Idaho
| Geography
| 2009-1-23 |
- 2008-12-31 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-23 - Letters of Reference requested (not sure if short-listed or what)
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| University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign
| Assistant Professor (Geography/Remote Sensing)
| 2008-12-03 |
- 2008-11-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-03 - Search Canceled
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| University of Iowa
| Assistant Professor
| ANY NEWS???
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| University of Maryland (College Park)
| Tenure-Track or Tenured Professor of Geography (3 positions)
| 2009-5-14 |
- 2008-10-27 - Application deadline
- 2008-10-25 - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2008-12-3 - Search postponed (not canceled yet)
- 2009-3-4 - 1 position has been unfrozen and that search will resume
- 2009 -5-14 - reliably sourced rumor: department is sitting on the one "unfrozen" position; they have received permission to interview, but not make the hire
- 2009 - 8- 4 - The UM hiring "freeze" is reinstated after the Maryland budget was passed.
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| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| Geography: Climate and/or Environmental Change at Regional to Global Scales
| 2009-1-21 |
- 2008-12-01 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-03 - e-mail requesting reference letters (presumably long list)
- 2009-01-21 - Search suspended indefinitely (budgetary constraints)
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| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| Assistant Professor, Human Geography of South Asia
| 2008-11-10 |
- 2008-11-01 - Application deadline
- 2008-11-10 - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2009-01-23 - Rejection received by email--position has been filled
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| University of North Carolina at Charlotte
| Geography
| 2009-2-1 |
- 2009-2-1 - Application deadline
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| University of North Carolina at Pembroke (North Carolina)
| Geography
| 2009-5-23 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-11-15 - Application deadline (extended)
- 2009-5-23 - Rejection letter, position filled
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| University of North Texas
| Geography
| 2009-2-10 |
- 2009-2-10 - Application deadline
- 2009-2-16 - Application acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2009-3-9 - Interviews scheduled
- 2009-5-6 - Candidate selected
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| University of South Carolina
| Ecological Forecasting
| 2008-9-17 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
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| University of South Florida
| Postdoc Fellowship
| 2009-1-22 |
- 2009-1-5 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-6 - Application Acknowledged (email)
- 2009-1-22 - More info on Postdoc wiki
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| University of Tennessee-Martin
| Meteorology
| 2009-3-20 |
- 2009-2-2 - Application deadline
- 2009-3-4 - Interviewing Candidates
- 2009-3-20 - Offer made
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| University of Tennessee-Knoxville
| Physical geography and spatial analysis
| 2008-1-22 |
- 2008-12-08 - Application acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2008-12-01 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-22 - Interviews scheduled for February
- 2009-3-01 - Interviews over
- 2009-4-XX - Was that for physical or Human/Population Geographer??
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| University of Texas San Marcos
| Assistant professor
| 2009-1-22 |
- Any News???
- All three Positions filled -- AAG Newsletter of April
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| Univeristy of Texas-Austin
| Assistant Professor, Human Geography
| 2008-11-12 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-10-19 - Application acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2008-11-7 - Rejection letters sent to candidates not on short list(postal mail)
- 2008-11-12 - Phone interviews scheduled
- 2009 - March - Position Filled (AAG Newsletter)
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| University of Utah
| Assistant Professor
| 2008-12-12 |
- 2008-11-01 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-01 - Campus interviews conducted
- 2008-12-12 - Search "postponed", likely to be canceled
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| Univeristy of Wisconsin-La Crosse
| Assistant Professor, GIScience
| 2008-12-10 |
- 2008-12-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-10 - Phone interviews scheduled
- 2009-3-x - Candidate hired
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| Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison
| Assistant Professor, Human Geography
| 2008-11-20 |
- 2008-11-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-11-20 - Rejection letters sent to candidates not on short list(postal mail)
- 2009-3-27 - Candidate hired
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| Univeristy of Wisconsin-Green Bay
| Assistant Professor, Urban Geography
| 2008-10-17 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-10-17 - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
* 2009-5-XX - Any News???
- 2009-05-29 - Rejection letter, position filled
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| Univeristy of Wisconsin La Crosse
| Assistant Professor, Environmentalish
| 2009-8-1 |
- 2009-8-1 - Application deadline
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| Univeristy of Wisconsin-Parkside
| Assistant Professor, Urban Geogrpahy / Land Use Planning
| 2008-12-11 |
- 2008-12-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-11-26 - Application Acknowledged (email)
- 2008-12-11 - Phone Interviews Scheduled
- 2009-03-10 - Rejection Letter sent to those not shortlisted
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| West Virginia University
| Assistant Professor, Development, Globalization, Human Dimensions of Global Change
| 2009-1-22 |
- 2008-12-1 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-4 - Application Acknowledged (email)
- 2008-12-9 - Email requesting letters of reference
- 2009-1-6 - Phone Intervews Scheduled
- 2009-1-22 - Campus Interviews Scheduled
- 2009-3-9 - Offer made and accepted
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| Western Illinois University -Macomb
| Assistant Professor, Phy Geography
| 2009-2-1 |
- 2008-12-1 - Application deadline
- 2009-1-22 - Phone interviews scheduled
- 2009-2-1 - On-campus interviews scheduled early Feb
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| Western Illinois University -Macomb
| Assistant Professor, Meteorology
| 2009-4-02 |
- 2008-12-15 - Application deadline
- 2009-2-15 - On-campus interviews scheduled Feb
- 2009-3-03 - Last interview
- 2009-4-02 - Offer made and accepted
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| Western Kentucky University
| Assistant Professor, Geomorphology and GIS
| 2009-2-20 |
- 2008-10-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-12-8 - Phone Interviews Scheduled
- 2009-1-30 - On-campus interviews scheduled mid-Feb
- 2009-2-20 - Offer made
- 2009-3-16 - Offer accepted, candidate hired.
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| Western Kentucky University
| Assistant Professor, Cultural Geography
| 2009-2-8 |
- 2008-11-15 - Application deadline
- 2008-11-17 - Application Acknowledged (postal mail)
- 2009-2-3 - Which WKU job is interviewing? Cultural or Geomorph? An earlier edit had the interview here
- 2009-2-5 - The Geomorph is interviewing- no word on cultural.
- 2009-2-8 - Cultural position phone interviewed in December 08
- 2009-3-19 - Cultural Position Hired, Not selected received Regret letter
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