Location: Bowling Green, KY Category: Faculty Posted On: Tue Feb 4 2025 Job Description: The Management Department in the Gordon Ford College of Business is seeking applications for a nine-month, full-time, temporary appointment commencing in Fall 2025, for an Instructor of Entrepreneurship. The position will be for a one-year term and may be renewed based upon satisfactory performance, sufficient enrollment, programmatic need, and available resources. The anticipated start date for this position would be August 11, 2025. The successful candidate will be expected to: + Teach twelve hours (4 courses) each semester during the regular academic year. Courses the successful candidate may be asked to teach include basic entrepreneurship, business modeling, small business management, innovation management, and other courses within the entrepreneurship curriculum. Courses would primarily be delivered in face-to-face format on the Bowling Green campus. + Assist with coaching students in business model and business plan competitions and travel with students to competitions (as needed). + Help create and execute programming hosted by the Department, both on campus and in the community. + Assist in advising a student club or organization (as needed). + Participate in outreach opportunities within the community. + Other service activities may include service to the department, college, university, industry, and professional groups, and/or outreach to the surrounding community. The entrepreneurship concentration, minor, and certificate in creativity and innovation are housed in the Management Department in the Gordon Ford College of Business. The basic entrepreneurship course in the entrepreneurship curriculum is part of the Colonnade Systems Curriculum and reaches approximately 600 students in face-to-face and online formats each academic year. Job Requirements: + MBA or master's degree in a related discipline. + Business experience, experience starting or managing entrepreneurial ventures, consulting related to small business start-up or expansion, or prior experience in developing and teaching entrepreneurship curriculum. Additional Information: Kentucky state law requires all public institutions of postsecondary education to conduct pre-employment criminal background checks to determine suitability for employment. Western Kentucky University (WKU) is committed to a policy and practice of providing equal employment and educational opportunities to all individuals. In accordance with Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Revised 1992, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, no form of discrimination or harassment will be tolerated at WKU on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, age, uniformed services, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or physical or mental disability in admission to career and technical education programs and/or activities, or employment practices. Persons with disabilities, who need reasonable accommodations to participate in the application and/or selection process, should notify the office of Institutional Equity. To request an accommodation, report a complaint, or ask questions regarding WKU's Discrimination and Harassment Policy (#0.2040), please contact Ms. Ena Demir, Executive Director/Title IX Coordinator via email at ena.demir@wku.edu or by phone at (270) 745-6867. Ms. Demir is also responsible for coordinating the University's response to complaints related to sex and gender harassment. Additional information regarding Title IX is accessible via WKU's https://www.wku.edu/titleix/ website. Information concerning educational programs offered by WKU are provided at: http://www.wku.edu/atwku/academics.php For information related to job postings, please email employment@wku.edu.