| Position Title: | Adjunct Instructor - Hospitality Management | |
| Location: | Big Rapids (Main Campus) | |
| Department: | 34504 - Hospitality Management | |
| Advertised Salary: | Minimum of $1353 per credit hour, if an advanced degree is held in the primary academic discipline, the minimum rate increases to $1,458 per credit hour. Salary commensurate with qualifications pursuant to the FSU and FNTFO/AFT Agreement. | |
Benefits:
| Comprehensive benefits package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. Adjunct Faculty | |
| FLSA: | Exempt | |
| Temporary/Continuing: | Temporary | |
| Part-Time/Full-Time: | Part-Time | |
| Union Group: | Ferris Nontenure-Track Faculty Organization (FNTFO) (AFT) | |
| Term of Position: | As Needed | |
| At Will/Just Cause: | Just Cause | |
| Summary of Position: | The College of Business at Ferris State University seeks a diverse group of outstanding applicants to teach undergraduate courses in the Hospitality Management program via face-to-face and/or mixed delivery. The College of Business is dedicated to providing a learning experience that instills in its students knowledge, competencies, and skills for entry-level and job advancement in their chosen careers. To facilitate this, faculty are expected to be student-oriented and able to integrate current technology into the learning environment.
Courses are to be taught in person on one of Ferris State University's campuses or an approved FSU site. The candidate selected for the position must reside in Michigan after acceptance of employment and will perform duties at a Ferris site.
The anticipated start date of this position is August 2026.
The selected candidate for this position must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire without employer assistance or sponsorship now or in the future. The university will not assist with any F1 EAD’s, OPT, H1B, etc | |
| Position Type: | Faculty - Temporary & Continuing | |
| Required Education: | Master's degree with a combined experience of 4 years or more in any of the following: golf, tennis, swimming, or yacht club operations management, coaching, teaching, and/or golf, tennis, or swimming professional experience
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Master's degree in a business-related discipline with a combined experience of 3 years or more in teaching, golf, tennis, swimming, or yacht club operations, and/or coaching. | |
| Required Work Experience: | 3 - 4 years per the required education section in golf, tennis, swimming, or yacht club operations, or professional experience, or coaching. | |
| Required Licenses and Certifications: | | |
| Physical Demands: | - Office Environment
- Bending
- Moving
- Reaching
- Sitting
- Twisting
- Repetitive movement
- Standing
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| Additional Education/Experiences to be Considered: | Experience teaching hospitality courses, specifically club management and/or operations-related courses. | |
| Essential Duties/Responsibilities: | Teach undergraduate courses in the Hospitality Management program face-to-face or via mixed delivery.
Part-time teaching and related responsibilities; utilizing face-to-face, blended, and/or online modes of delivery; delivery on or off campus; assuring/improving learning through assessment; close consultation with program faculty, as well as training via the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.
Faculty members also have professional responsibilities that may include, but are not limited to, keeping regularly posted office hours (at times convenient for students) and participating in traditional functions of academic significance (e.g., reporting initial student participation data and submitting final grades on time). Faculty may be required to teach off-campus or in an online environment.
Candidates are expected to foster a meaningful learning experience for our students, faculty are expected to be student-oriented, advise, and integrate current technology into the learning environment.
Additionally, faculty will participate in collaborative efforts to advance curricular initiatives, assess student learning, and further develop programmatic enhancements.
Specifically, we expect the candidate to be willing to engage students outside the classroom, support and expand our existing academic initiatives, an
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