From: W. Trevor King Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 20:58:42 +0000 (-0400) Subject: loi.tex: Open with thanks for the review X-Git-Tag: st-martins~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c6d87082f0b9d5b3afbe87b304c1820a3c6612e1;p=letter-of-interest.git loi.tex: Open with thanks for the review --- diff --git a/loi.tex b/loi.tex index 034ee96..4332dbd 100644 --- a/loi.tex +++ b/loi.tex @@ -35,16 +35,17 @@ \opening{Ms.~Laura Hoff,} -Over my years working on my Ph.D. studies at Drexel University, I have -been looking forward to teaching physics at a small, -undergraduate-oriented liberal arts college. While working at a -larger research-oriented institution has been exciting, I have always -been attracted to teaching. I look forward to working at a school -such as St. Martin's which clearly has a strong commitment to teaching -excellence and teacher training. Besides teaching physics, I am also -interested in advancing the science of teaching as well as in -developing open source experiment control procedures. Over the past -year I have been active in the +Thank you for reviewing my application for the position of Assistant +Professor of Physics at Saint Martin's University. Over my years +working on my Ph.D. studies at Drexel University, I have been looking +forward to teaching physics at a small, undergraduate-oriented liberal +arts college. While working at a larger research-oriented institution +has been exciting, I have always been attracted to teaching. I look +forward to working at a school such as St. Martin's which clearly has +a strong commitment to teaching excellence and teacher training. +Besides teaching physics, I am also interested in advancing the +science of teaching as well as in developing open source experiment +control procedures. Over the past year I have been active in the \href{http://software-carpentry.org/}{Software Carpentry} organization, which trains scientists around the world in current software development and data management techniques. Software