Faculty Directors
The DU-Bologna Center for International Engagement is not seeking faculty directors at this time for Spring 2009.
Applications will be solicited in Fall quarter 2008
Application
deadline: March 2009
Background
For the past ten years the University of Denver
and the University of Bologna have been engaged in a successful linkage
that has included
the exchange of students, faculty scholars, two interdisciplinary faculty
conferences and short faculty visits at the University of Bologna.
Building upon these initiatives, in fall 2002 the University of Denver
and the
University of Bologna dedicated a joint international Center for Civic
Engagement in the historic center of Bologna and the first faculty-led
program for DU undergraduates was initiated. The Center has classroom/seminar
space and a DU administrative office. The Center has taken the relationship
one step further, providing academic and service-learning opportunities
for students both fluent and non-fluent in Italian. In addition to
the exchange program, we project that an additional 24 to 28 undergraduate
students a year, divided between fall and spring terms, will be spending
a quarter in Bologna through the DU/Bologna Center for Civic Engagement.
The quarter-length faculty-led program in Bologna is recognized as
one
of the official Cherrington Global Scholars sites in Italy.
The Academic
Program
The quarter-length 16 quarter hour Bologna program offers
the following four academic components:
An Italian language course (taught
in Italian) during the early weeks of the program: this is offered
as a five-week
intensive Italian language course at the University of Bologna Language
School CILTA (Center for Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) for the
fall quarter and offered by a private Italian language school for the
spring quarter.
An academic course taught in English by the DU faculty
Resident Director, with field trips related to the theme of the course.
(Field trips or
excursions must be planned, in conjunction with the Office of Internationalization,
within budgetary constraints of the program.)
A University of Bologna
course taught in English focusing on topics such as the recent
history and transformation of civic life and politics in
Italy, political communication and the role of the media, and
democracy and tolerance amplified with lectures by professionals and
academic
experts in Bologna.
A service-learning course and placement into
volunteer service sites in the Bologna community. The course begins
on the DU campus
and
continues in Bologna.
Responsibilities of the Faculty Resident Director include:
Curriculum
•
Develop and teach a 4 or 5 credit-hour undergraduate course acceptable
to appropriate curriculum approval authorities and the selection committee
made up of members of the Cherrington Global Scholars Faculty Board and
the Faculty and Service Learning Committee. The course may aim to fulfill
a disciplinary or general education need and does not have to be tied
to a service-learning/civic engagement component.
•
During the term, conduct weekend tours to appropriate sites in Italy
tied to the academic content of the course, if possible.
•
Maintain regular office hours and be available for student concerns and
needs beyond regular office hours.
•
Administer assessment instrument developed by Cherrington Global Scholars
faculty committee.
•
Assist Center coordinator with service-learning sites/student internships,
when applicable. While serving as the instructor of the service learning
course is not an expectation of the Resident Director position, the Resident
Director is responsible for the supervision and facilitation of the overall
program, of which the service learning course is a component
•
Upon return, report grades to the DU Office of the Registrar.
Advising
• Supervise 12-15 DU students participating in program.
• Facilitate student orientation to the city with the Center coordinator.
• Keep students informed of special activities in and around Bologna.
• Assist students with fall or winter registration at DU.
Administration
•
Help the Study Abroad Office and the Center for Service-Learning and
Civic Engagement recruit students to program.
•
Oversee program budget in conjunction with the Bologna Center DU co-director
(Roberta Waldbaum), Cherrington program study abroad administrators,
and the Internationalization Budget Manager.
•
Work closely with the University of Bologna co-director of the Center
(Professor Giovanna Franci), on academic issues related to the program.
•
Work with other American Resident Directors in Bologna on joint programs
when feasible.
•
Plan, arrange, and coordinate weekend excursions.
•
Obtain local emergency contacts (medical).
•
Maintain frequent contact with the Cherrington program study abroad administrators
and the DU co-director on program developments.
•
Coordinate housing assignments with the Center Coordinator and the Study
Abroad Office and report any housing problems to Study Abroad Office
immediately.
•
Arrange for the checkout of students from program housing and record
any damage caused together with the Center coordinator.
•
Arrange reservations and ticketing for frequent cultural events in Bologna
with Center coordinator.
•
Serve as a resource for future directors.
****A University Policy
Statement for Faculty-Led Programs Abroad is available from Professor
Waldbaum upon request.
How to Apply
Application deadline: March 2009
To apply for this position, please forward
course proposal, curriculum vita, a letter of support from department
chair, approval by the appropriate
dean and a letter of interest to Roberta Waldbaum, co-director of the
University of Denver-University of Bologna Center for Civic Engagement,
Department of Languages & Literatures.
Prior experience in Bologna,
or elsewhere in Italy, or experience in leading programs abroad is desirable,
but not required. The applications will be reviewed by a joint subcommittee
of the Cherrington Global Scholars Faculty Board and the Faculty Service
Learning Committee. The subcommittee’s recommendation will be submitted
for approval by the Provost, in consultation with the appropriate Dean.
If the Resident Director’s intended course is not one already existing
within the University of Denver curriculum, the faculty member designated
as Resident Director nominee will then submit the course proposal to
the appropriate curriculum committee for approval. Utilization of existing
Foundations or Core courses in the Bologna context also requires approval
of the appropriate authority.
Appointment as Resident Director is contingent
upon full course approval. Course approval should be completed by the
end of the spring quarter so that the program may be announced and promoted
at the beginning of the fall quarter.
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