MU-advance Search Enhancement

 1) MU-ADVANCE New Faculty Fellowship

a) A new faculty fellowship of $10,000 is obtainable for new tenure-track female STEM hires.

 2) MU-ADVANCE Web Resources

Attention, Search Committees by Jennifer S. Furlong and Julia Miller Vick  from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle Careers, Thursday, June 14, 2007

A Message to Hiring Committees by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julie Miller Vick  from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Chronicle Careers, Friday, August 9, 2002 

3) Student Assistants

a) MU-ADVANCE student assistants are available to help with paperwork, routing, interview timeline, etc.

4) Assistance for Search Committees

a)  A MU-ADVANCE liaison is available for each search committee.

b) MU-ADVANCE developed the following guides that points out unconscious biases that can occur throughout the search process as well as best practices for the search process.

• Search Committee Strategies and Guidelines

• Best Practices: The New Faculty Hire

c) MU-ADVANCE representatives can meet with female STEM candidates to discuss opportunities at Marshall and the MU-ADVANCE Program. MU-ADVANCE representative also meet with the male STEM candidates so they know about our programs which target both genders (i.e. mentoring, tenure and promotion assistance, collaborative grants). 

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