ProfEd Faculty News & Notes - June 2008
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Hello. Faculty News and Notes is a
monthly electronic publication distributed to all instructors in
our faculty pool who have taught off-campus in the last two
years. This publication was created to help you feel more
connected to CMU and to provide you with news and updates to our
off-campus policies and procedures. If you have any
questions or comments, please contact us at
frc@cmich.edu.
Opportunities to Teach
in Exciting Shanghai: A Chance to Visit China
Central Michigan University has an articulation
agreement with the University of Shanghai for Science and
Technology (USST). Temporary faculty are needed to teach courses
in Management Information Systems and Computer Science for 6-8
weeks in
Summer
and
Fall
semesters for as long as the 'agreement' is renewed.
Compensation and travel expenses will be paid by USST according
to the following rates:
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Lecturers: |
50 USD per hour |
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Assistant professors: |
60 USD per hour |
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Associate professors: |
70 USD per hour |
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Professors: |
80 USD per hour |
Compensation is based on the number of hours
that the faculty member meets with the student as a class.
Classes are taught in English and a Chinese graduate assistant
is available to help with the instruction.
A Ph.D. is preferred, however, an Master of
Science degree will be considered. Instructors are needed to
teach in the:
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Fall, 2008 |
Organization Behavior |
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Production and Operation Management |
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Spring, 2009 |
(Session is taught
mid-February through the end of June) |
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Advanced Programming |
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Computer Networks |
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System Analysis and Design |
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System Simulation |
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Fall, 2009 |
Decision
Support Systems |
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Marketing and Artificial Intelligence |
Most likely, in the future, there will be course needs for
Databases and e-Commerce.
All courses are taught during the week.
The English Oral/Language Program is a "preparation" program
for students in USST's program. The compensation is 5,000 RMB
monthly (Chinese currency) for Oral English teachers with 12
teaching hours per week and 100 RMB per hour for extra teaching
hours.
Round-trip airfare is limited to USD 1,000 unless submitted
for prior approval to USST.
Submit your application with a resume and cover letter by
e-mail to Dr. Gongzhu Hu, e-mail.
hu@cps.cmich.edu,
cc: Dr. Monica C. Holmes, e-mail:
monica.c.holmes@cmich.edu.
Library Introduces
Online Videos
The Park Library recently added its first
three streaming video titles to its catalog. These three
videos – two in the area of Education and one in the area of
Business – are housed entirely online and are intended to be
accessed and viewed through the library's CENTRA catalog (a
user simply enters his name and ID number when asked, as he
does when accessing one of our online article databases, to
view the video). To view the titles, simply follow the links
below:
http://catalog.lib.cmich.edu/record=b1901047~SO
http://catalog.lib.cmich.edu/record=b1900965~SO
http://catalog.lib.cmich.edu/record=b1901046~SO
The impetus for adding streaming video
titles to the library's collection came from the Off-Campus
Library Services department, who sees online video as a real
convenience for off-campus faculty and students. The
traditional method of delivering video materials to
off-campus faculty involves checking the availability of the
requested item, waiting as the item is being shuttled
through the mail, and then the effort of returning the item
to Mount Pleasant. But with online video, access is
instantaneous, and a title will always be available because
our licensing rights include multiple simultaneous users.
Additionally, as a faculty member, you are no longer limited
to showing videos during the class period. With the
round-the-clock access that comes with online video, you
could assign a video to be viewed outside of class by adding
a link to the CENTRA record within your Blackboard course
shell.
At this time, the library owns only the
three titles linked above, but the plan is to increase the
number of online videos offered in the future. If you have
any questions about this exciting new service, please
contact Tim Peters at
peter1t@cmich.edu or (989) 774-3720.
Electronic Contracts
Beginning Spring 2009
I am pleased to announce beginning with Spring
2009, all course contracts will be sent to instructors via CMU
e-mail accounts. We feel this will provide an efficient means to
distribute the contracts.
Instructors will required to sign and return
contracts in one of the following ways in order to be added to
the payroll system:
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Return the contract signed with an
electronic signature to an off-campus payroll e-mail
address.
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Print the contract, sign, and fax to the
off-campus Financial Services office.
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Print the contract, sign, and mail a hard
copy to the off-campus Financial Services office.
Contracts will be sent as an attachment, using
PDF format, and will include full instructions on returning the
contracts in one of the above formats.
As a reminder, all instructors should be
accessing their CMU e-mail accounts on a regular basis, or you
may forward your CMU e-mail to another personal e-mail account.
You may forward your CMU e-mail by going to
https://myaccount.cmich.edu.
Jennifer Jones
Coordinator/Faculty
Assignment
CMU Off-Campus
Programs
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Reminders...
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Part-Time Temporary
Instructors Needed
If you have a colleague interested in becoming a
part-time, temporary off-campus instructor for CMU please have
them check the
Web site
for Acquisition Management as well as Reading and
Literacy course needs where local candidates are preferred and
all qualified candidates will be considered.
The following courses are in need of part-time instructors – most urgent is the Washington, D.C./Richmond, VA
areas.
COM 560: Communication and
Social/Organizational Change
Requirements: Ph.D. in Communication
with a concentration in Communication or Mass Communication
Theory
COM 561: Communication in Conflict
Management
COM 665: Seminar in Communication and
Negotiation in Employee Relations
Requirements: Ph.D. in Communication
or Ph.D. in Communication with an optional specialization in
Organizational Communication preferred
COM 667: Seminar in Intercultural
Communication
Requirements: Ph.D. in Communication
and either teaching experience in intercultural
communication or appropriate graduate course work in
intercultural communication
Locations:
Lansing and Southfield, Michigan as well as other Michigan
locations
The Pentagon, Washington, DC
Richmond, VA and other Virginia locations
The successful candidate will teach adult
students in classes offered on alternating weekends or one night
a week for eight weeks. A generous stipend is paid plus
reasonable travel expenses incurred with the teaching of the
course.
The University does not cover sponsorships to
the United States and/or relocation expenses for
temporary/part-time courses.
If you are interested in further information
concerning these opportunities at CMU and how to apply please
visit our Web site at
www.cel.cmich.edu/faculty/opportunities/application.html.
To view CMU's Off-Campus job postings please visit CMU's Web
site at
www.cel.cmich.edu/faculty/recruitment/job-postings.html.
For additional information, contact Amy Courter at 800-950-1144
or court1al@cmich.edu.
If you respond by e-mail please attach your curriculum vitae.
CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively
strives to increase diversity within its community (see
www.cmich.edu/aaeo).
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Technology Corner...
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Teaching Online Workshop
Sessions for the 2008 "Teaching Online Workshop" offered by the Center for
Instructional Design
are open for registration. Please check out
session dates to sign up. Seating is limited.
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This monthly e-digest provides information that will assist you
with a successful classroom experience. If you have any suggestions,
comments, or questions, please contact
frc@cmich.edu.
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