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About Us
Southwest Minnesota State University is a four-year public university offering a high quality education in the liberal arts and professions to prepare you for a life that is successful both personally and professionally. SMSU has grown into a university of choice with high national rankings, producing scholars who become the leaders, thinkers, and entrepreneurs of the future. Students and faculty alike come here to engage in the rich "Southwest Experience," which starts with strong academics, fulfilling social opportunities and support from fellow Mustangs. We invite you to visit SMSU and to experience for yourself all that it has to offer.
Highlights
- SMSU is ranked 7th nationally in 2020 for most affordable bachelor’s degrees by Best Value Schools
- A commitment to veterans: SMSU has been ranked the top university in the U.S. in its class for 2020-21 by Military Fri
- SMSU has been named the 2020 “Safest College Campus in Minnesota” by YourLocalSecurity.com
- Eleven degrees that can be earned completely online.
- Mustang Promise: You’ll find a job, or your first semester of graduate school is free
Jobs
SUCCESS Program Coach
Category: Education
Southwest Minnesota State University is expanding its comprehensive student support program, SUCCESS (Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success), to continue its care of students for the duration of their academic career. The SUCCESS Coach, a student-facing position, delivers holistic, proactive coaching to students utilizing their excellent interpersonal skills, content
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Assistant Professor of Culinology
Category: Education
Position Description: SMSU’s Assistant Professor of Culinology is a full-time, tenure track faculty position.Teach and coordinate the courses and curricula for SMSU’s BS degree in Culinology, including basic food science, food chemistry, food processing, quality, regulation, sensory analysis, and product development classes and labs.Engage in other activities to support both the Culinology and
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Director of Admission
Category: Education
Southwest Minnesota State University is one of seven universities in the Minnesota State system. SMSU gives highest priority to excellence in teaching and preparing students to be lifelong learners through quality undergraduate teaching/advising and close student/faculty relationships. Its mission, dating back to 1967, provides access to university-level programs in liberal arts & professional
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Assistant Director of Facilities & Physical Plant
Category: Construction, Installation and Mechanical
Job Summary
This position is critical to our campus success and to help with our deferred maintenance back log in providing key leadership is construction and project management, design development, capital improvement/HEAPR requests and maintaining impeccable record keeping systems for all of our buildings, grounds, utilities and infrastructure. This position provides key support to our entire
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Digital Marketing Strategist
Category: Marketing
Job Summary
This position is responsible for creating and implementing digital, web, and social media strategies to convey the University’s key messages, conducting research and usability studies, guiding information architecture, and managing projects in order to meet defined strategic marketing and communications goals. The person selected for this position will create content and distribute
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General Maintenance Worker
Category: Facilities, Maintenance, and Repair
Make a difference in the lives of MinnesotansThe work you’ll do is more than just a job. Join the talented, engaged and inclusive workforce dedicated to creating a better Minnesota.Job SummarySouthwest Minnesota State University invites applications for a full-time General Maintenance Worker. This position provides custodial and housekeeping to four of the twenty-four residence hall buildings
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Executive Assistant to the President & Provost
Category: Administrative, Support & Clerical
Make a difference in the lives of Minnesotans.
The work you’ll do is more than just a job. Join the talented, engaged and inclusive workforce dedicated to creating a better Minnesota.Job Summary
This position exists to provide administrative support for the President and Provost of Southwest Minnesota State University.QualificationsMinimum Qualifications
This position requires knowledge
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Rep/Contact Info

Kumara Jayasuriya
President
- Phone: (507) 537-6272
Bill Mulso
VP for Government Relations and Communications and Marketing
- Phone: (507) 537-6267