Information for faculty and staff
Teaching Abroad
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 three Discover programs in conjunction with exchange partners abroad. These are available at 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. Deadlines are announced each year. Click on Discover Programs for a detailed director description and the program application.
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. For details on how to apply, please contact Fred Miller, Chair of Regensburg Programs.
Create Your Own 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 with the assistance of the Study Abroad Office of the Institute for International Studies. While you as a faculty can choose the sites you wish to visit and tours you want to include, we will work with a program provider to manage the logistical details. This enables you to focus on the academics of the program while we focus on the logistics needed to make your program a success.
