Faculty and staff

Teaching Abroad

Create Your Own Signature Faculty-Led Program

Study abroad takes multiple forms at Murray State University. One option for our faculty is the ability to create a new program from the ground up, becoming a Faculty Director. Creating your own program enables you as a faculty member to choose new sites or program lengths outside of existing study abroad options. As a Faculty Director, you will choose the sites you wish to visit, tours you want to include, even the hotel and modes of transportation. If you wish to work with a program provider to manage the logistical details, the Study Abroad Office can suggest options (such as EF or IES).

To propose your own faculty-led program, you must complete the Faculty-Led Program Proposal within the online application system. You may choose to meet with the Study Abroad Office prior to completion of the proposal. We invite you to make an appointment to meet with the Associate Director to discuss possibilities at any time. The Information below will help you get started.

Guidelines for Faculty-Led Program Development
Budget Worksheet (to complete pre-departure)
Purchasing Card Application
Group Travel Request to submit to the MSU Accounting Office for travel approval and cash advance. This form must be submitted to the Study Abroad Office for routing prior to any program purchases being made.
Vendor Information Form. This form should be completed by any vendors providing services for your program who are not currently established in the MSU Banner system.
Post-Program Report (to complete upon return)
Budget Reconciliation Form (to complete upon closure of the program)
Travel Voucher (to complete upon return) to reconcile expenses with the MSU Accounting Office

CCSA: Cooperative Center for Study Abroad

The Cooperative Center for Study Abroad is a higher education consortium of 24 colleges and universities with member schools from Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Tennessee. CCSA is headquartered at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky. CCSA offers faculty from member institutions the opportunity to teach on existing study abroad programs in Australia, Belize, England, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica and Scotland. Existing programs are available during winter and summer breaks. Faculty are always invited, however, to propose new programs in any of the available CCSA locations as a new program available to all consortium-member institutions or as MSU-only programs. MSU has run spring break programs to London through CCSA for three years.

Discover Programs

MSU offers four Discover programs in conjunction with exchange partners abroad. These are available at UNESP in Rio Preto, Brazil; People's Education Press in Beijing, China; Shandong University in Weihai, China; and Daegu University in Daegu, South Korea. Faculty with experience in China or Korea either through the faculty/staff discover programs or personal experience, are encouraged to apply for the faculty directorship for the respective program when a vacancy is announced. Vacancies are announced as they come open.

We will begin an active search for a Discover Brazil Director following the summer 2012 program. Ideally a participant in that program will be the director for the future student program, but it is not impossible for someone who hasn't participated to be named director should the applications warrant such an appointment. All applications will be reviewed by committee and notifications will be made by the Associate Director for Education Abroad.

KIIS: Kentucky Institute for International Studies

The Kentucky Institute for International Studies is a consortium of 21 colleges and universities from Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee headquartered at Murray State University. KIIS offers faculty from member institutions the opportunity to teach on existing programs in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland/Ukraine, Spain, and Turkey. KIIS also invites faculty to propose new programs in countries not yet utilized through KIIS that can become an annual option for the consortium-member institutions.

Semester in Regensburg, Germany Semester Exchange

Faculty are invited to submit an application to teach in the fall semester in Regensburg, Germany exchange program. Program information can be found at the link above. Additionally, you may contact Fred Miller, Chair of Regensburg Programs. To apply, complete the online Semester in Regensburg Teach Abroad application.

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