The Recruitment and Networking Initiative includes the following components:

	Recruitment Strategy Committee - to assist departments in attracting new female hires.
	Networking with Professional Organizations - to maintain regular and consistent contact with state and national organizations for the purposes of recruiting and professional development.
	Resource Center - to disseminate information for the MU-ADVANCE program (including recruitment materials, and faculty development information and activities) and to collect assessment data where appropriate.

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 positions - a listing of all positions in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines at Marshall

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

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

• Brochures: Search Committee Strategies and Guidelines; Best Practices: The New Faculty Hire

• The MU-ADVANCE Dual Career Service in partnership with the Career Services Office assists faculty seeking to relocate to the Tri-State Area. This initiative has now been adopted as a university-wide effort available to all departments.

Recruitment Resource Development:

The MU-ADVANCE Recruitment Strategy Committee has developed Enhanced Recruitment and Search plans which will be available to all science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments at Marshall. Please contact Judy Silver (silver@marshall.edu) or Marcia Harrison (harrison@marhsall.edu) if you would like further information about these plans.

Recruitment Initiative Overview
The MU-ADVANCE Recruiting and Networking Initiative applies assertive strategies to increase the number of STEM female applicants at Marshall. Many searches have few or no female applicants. In year one, the MU-ADVANCE Program will begin by forming a Recruitment Committee to assist STEM search committees in attracting more female applicants with a goal of increasing female hires.

The Networking with Professional Organizations and Resource Center both provide a means to disseminate materials to inform female Ph.D.’s of opportunities at Marshall. The MU-ADVANCE Program will provide funds for additional advertising, travel to meetings and establish a committee to assist departments in faculty searches.

A broader impact of this initiative will be to improve gender equity within STEM departments and provide networking opportunities and resources for MU faculty. MU-ADVANCE Program’s recruitment and retention successes can act as a role model for regional and Appalachian institutions.