Responsibilities Include:

• Advises and assists enrolled international students and American minority students on personal and cultural adjustment matters, from their arrival through their graduation.

• Counsels and advises international and American minority students on a wide range of issues including; university polices and procedures; career, educational, and personal matters; cultural adjustment; and academic advising.  Makes referral to other university departments or outside resources, as appropriate.  Provides workshops and seminars for international students on issues of importance, such as employment and cultural adjustment.

• Assists in coordinating cultural, recreational, educational, and social programs for the general student populations. Programming is intended to promote understanding of the cultures represented by the multicultural and international population at Webster University campuses and to promote an appreciation of diversity.

• Works with MCISA staff to plan, coordinate, and implement a thorough orientation program for new international students (in conjunction with larger University orientation programs) designed to facilitate their personal and academic success. 

• Provides a supportive welcome for all new international students and minority students, with services such as airport pick-up and trips to local resources, agencies and cultural institutions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• Acceptance to a graduate program (ongoing enrollment is condition of employment)

• Experience in planning cultural programming: knowledge of program production, promotion, budgeting; creativity for initiating new programs;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to relate and work well with students

• Demonstrated familiarity with and sensitivity to cultural diversity concerns

• Ability to work weekends and nights as the job requires

Compensation:

Stipend of $3,555.00 for a four-month appointment.  Additional summer work at an hourly rate is possible.

Part-time graduate student tuition benefit, not to exceed 9 credit hours/for the Spring 2010 semester.

Application deadline is Friday, December 4, 2009.  Start date is first week of January 2010.

Applicants with substantial collegiate teaching experience who hold an earned doctorate are preferred. Candidates with a Master’s degree in Music and a substantial record of outstanding teaching or professional choral experience may be considered.

Director of Choral Activities. The successful applicant will conduct one or more of the University's choral ensembles; teach graduate and undergraduate music education courses; supervise student teaching; collaborate with instrumental music faculty; promote the choral program on a local, regional, and national level; engage in student advising activities; and oversee the music education component of the department's curriculum. Additional assignments may include teaching courses in support of the music program and other duties assigned by the Chair of the Department of Music.  Faculty members are expected to engage in appropriate creative and scholarly endeavors, and to serve the profession and the university.

The Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts is a nationally and regionally recognized leader in the education and training of young artists in the studio and visual arts.  Centered in an outstanding Liberal Arts University, the College seeks outstanding artists, teachers and scholars dedicated to the synthesis of the arts within a creative enterprise that encourages exploration creativity at the highest level.  The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the Saint Louis Repertory Theatre are resident professional organizations on the Webster University campus. 

The Department of Music includes 125 undergraduate majors and 25 graduate students.  Eleven full-time faculty members are augmented by over 60 adjunct faculty from the Saint Louis area.  The Department presents over 125 performances each year, and considers Saint Louis its urban classroom.

Fairchild AFB Campus, Fairchild AFB, WA
Full-time Replacement Position
Posted 11-05-2009

Webster University is seeking a full-time Representative to perform specialized services and moderately complex clerical assignments that relate to programs and services for the Fairchild AFB Washington campus. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: working with faculty, staff, students, and outside vendors; admissions and registration processing; budget management; and weekly enrollment reporting, various office clerical duties, operating/maintaining office equipment, answering/responding to phone calls and visitors, data entry, word processing, responding to requests for information, sorting and assembling materials, handling confidential records, maintaining department records, reviews documents for accuracy and completion, processing university, tuition assistance, veterans administration and financial aid paperwork, scheduling and coordinating various campus meeting/events and classes, analyzing and solving technical and/or systematic problems to ensure individual needs are met, makes recommendations for improvements concerning  programs, projects, and/or services, attends various functions on and off  base, and provides front-line customer service to assist staff, students, faculty, prospective students, and visitors. Duties also include updating local website with schedules, syllabi and textbook information each term; inputting course offerings into central database each term; publishing schedules and book lists each term; textbooks for faculty to assist them in getting course materials; and processing all office-related bills for approval by the campus Director.

Qualifications include: at least two years of college coursework and/or equivalent experience; excellent customer service skills; detail-oriented; excellent oral and written communication skills, experience interacting with adult learners, knowledge of University policies and procedures; computer literate with knowledge and experience in various office/administrative software programs; Strong customer service orientation. Positive, team-player attitude, ability to work well with faculty and non-traditional students from diverse backgrounds, Enthusiasm, attention to detail and a commitment to helping students through the entire degree process and an ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. 

Colorado Springs Metropolitan Campus
Full-time Replacement PositionPosted 10-13-2009

Los Angeles Air Base Campus
Full-time Replacement Position
Posted 09-02-2009

Greenville Metro Campus
Full-time Replacement Position
Posted 08-20-2009

Camp Lejeune MCB, North Carolina
Posted 09-15-2009

Webster University, Camp Lejeune MCB, North Carolina seeks adjunct faculty to teach graduate courses in; marketing, applied statistics, political economy, finance, international politics, corporate finance, managerial accounting, operations and project management, and, Middle East area studies. Classes are taught on site 1 night a week for nine week terms, between the hours of 5:30-9:30, to some of America’s finest; our United States Military!

Candidates must have an advanced degree (terminal preferred) and relevant teaching and professional experience as a practitioner in the discipline.

Webster is a private multi-campus, international institution, recognized by US News & World Report as one of the top universities in the Midwest.

Little Rock Metropolitan Campus
Posted 07-07-2009

Webster University is recruiting adjunct faculty to teach in the areas of international communications, international marketing and health administration law at its Little Rock Metro Campus.

Candidates must have a master’s or doctorate, doctorate preferred, in the teaching, or a related field and relevant teaching and professional experience (5 or more years). We require practical, on-the-job experience in the teaching areas listed above. In the international marketing and international communications areas, extensive work experience abroad is desired.