The Recruitment Initiative applies aggressive strategies to increase the number of STEM female applicants at Marshall.  In year one, the MU-ADVANCE Program began by forming a Recruitment Committee to assist STEM search committees in attracting more female applicants with the goal of increasing female hires.  A broader impact of this initiative will be to improve gender equity within STEM departments and to provide networking opportunities and resources for MU faculty. MU-ADVANCE Program’s recruitment successes could serve as a role model for regional and Appalachian institutions.

MU-ADVANCE Recruitment Resources:

• The Candidates Resource page provides links to help potential and future faculty learn about Marshall University and the Huntington area.  

• Open STEM Positions - provides a listing of all open positions in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines at Marshall.

• MU-ADVANCE Enhanced Recruitment Plan offers recruitment assistance for hiring departments.

• MU-ADVANCE Search Assistance offers assistance and resources to search committees.

• The MU-ADVANCE Dual Career Service assists faculty seeking to relocate to the Tri-State Area. Developed through a partnership with Marshall's Career Services, this initiative has now been adopted as a university-wide effort available to all departments.

MU-ADVANCE helped develop the following brochures:  

• Search Committee Strategies and Guidelines
  The Search Committee Strategies and Guidelines brochure is a tool to reduce gender bias during the search process.  This brochure is a step-by-step navigation tool for the search committees, beginning with the selection of search committee members and ending with the hiring of a new faculty member. 

• Best Practices: For the New Hire
  Best Practices: For the New Hire provides information for new faculty, including how to make contact with administrators and colleagues; useful university resources, such as discounts on home computers and the library system; and how to ensure that their road to tenure is being paved.