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UNB Mission Statement

Mar 4, 2014



Our mission is to create the premier university environment for our students, faculty and staff in which to learn, work and live.
 
We will provide an exceptional and transformative education for our students, by encouraging initiative and innovation, unlocking their creative potential. Our graduates will be prepared to make a significant difference - creating opportunities for themselves and for others.
 
We commit to understanding and solving the problems of today and tomorrow, serving our community and engaging with our alumni, retirees and partners around the world.


Strategic Plan

In December 2010, the Senates and Board of Governors approved our five year (2011-2016) strategic plan. Over the past year we have done much  to support our five goals:
• Exceptional, transformative student experience
• Leadership in discovery, innovation, entrepreneurship
• Financial resilience and responsibility
• Build a better university
• Build a better province

Source: http://www.unb.ca/aboutunb/mission.html

Academic Employment Opportunity

The Department of Anthropology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in socio-cultural anthropology at the rank of Assistant Professor, with a preferred effective start date of July 1, 2016, subject to final budgetary approval. Candidates should hold a PhD in anthropology, demonstrate the potential for excellence in both teaching and research, and be willing to participate actively in service. 

Alumni Advancement Officer - Strategic Engagement

Reporting to the Executive Director of the UNB Associated Alumni, the Alumni Advancement Officer plays a lead role in the development and implementation of the Marketing and Communications strategy in support of the five-year Alumni Engagement Plan, and provides marketing and communications support to the Alumni office, including initiative-specific marketing communications campaigns and collateral.

Electron Microscopist/Confocal Microscopist

This position is responsible for operation and training of users of light (confocal, wide-field epifluorescence, and various transmitted light modalities) and electron beam (both transmission and scanning) microscopes in a multi-user facility.  Users are from throughout the Faculty of Science, as well as other fields and industry, but predominantly from the biological sciences.