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The Dual Career Initiative
includes the following components:
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MU-ADVANCE Partnership with MU Career
Services - To provide personalized employment
assistance to spouses and partners of
new Marshall University faculty.
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Networking in the Tri-State
- The MU-ADVANCE Dual Career Network will
assist spouses and partners in connecting
with Tri-State professionals in their career
field who can provide information on job
opportunities.
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Assist Tri-State Employers
- The Dual Career Network can provide
opportunities for Tri-State employers to
identify qualified applicants for their
vacant positions.
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Key Personnel:
MU-ADVANCE Co-PI, Dr.
Elizabeth Murray;
partnered with Dr. Frances Hensley, Associate Vice
President of Academic
Affairs, and Denise Hogsett, Career Services Director
Dual Career Services:
Dual Career
Initiative: Overview
The MU-ADVANCE Dual Career Initiative applies
several strategies to support faculty recruitment at Marshall. In response to
our study of STEM
applicants who indicated that Dual Career resources
would be helpful, the MU-ADVANCE program developed
this Dual Career Service in partnership with the
Career Services Office to assist faculty seeking to
relocate to the Tri-State Area. This initiative has now
been
adopted as a university-wide effort available to all
departments.
The Dual Career Services is an outcome of the
MU-ADVANCE Recruitment Initiative which has provided
funds to improve recruitment, such as assistance in
advertising, travel funds to meetings, where a
pool of potential candidates will be present, and
the establishment of a
committee to assist STEM departments in faculty searches. MU-ADVANCE also will network with professional
organizations in the area to inform female Ph.D.s of
opportunities at Marshall.
A broader impact of this initiative will be to
improve gender equity within STEM departments and
will provide networking opportunities and resources for MU faculty,
especially new faculty. |