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<div> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>1) Subject:Director and Host Institution for CASA</div>
<div><br></div><div>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div>1)</div><div>Date: 10 Jul 2012</div><div>From:<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"Al-Batal, Mahmoud M" <<a href="mailto:albatal@austin.utexas.edu">albatal@austin.utexas.edu</a>></span></div>
<div>Subject:Director and Host Institution for CASA</div><div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">DIRECTOR & Host Institution</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Albertus Medium',sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Albertus Medium',sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<h3 style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:'Albertus Medium',sans-serif">Deadline: October 15, 2012</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-indent:0in;font-size:13px;text-align:center"> </span></h3>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-indent:0in;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) seeks applications for a new host institution and a new Director (a regular full-time faculty member at that institution) to assume responsibility of the program effective June 2013. The CASA Stateside office is currently located at the University of Texas at Austin and operates an overseas program at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. A detailed description of CASA and its various programs is available at <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/casa/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/casa/</a> </span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-indent:0in;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The prospective <b>host institution</b> must be an institutional member of the CASA Consortium and must commit to providing CASA with the following for a minimum of five years:</span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-left:0.5in"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Office and file storage space for a CASA full time program coordinator. CASA will pay for the coordinator’s position but the space needs to be provided by the host institution free of charge.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-left:0.5in"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Support from administrative staff (also free of any charge) within the academic department/unit that will be hosting CASA. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-left:0.5in"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Support (free of any direct or indirect costs) through the institution’s accounting office and office of sponsored programs to administer the CASA accounts, including a US Department of Education grant. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-indent:0in;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-left:0.25in"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-indent:0in">Requirements for the</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-indent:0in"> </span><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-indent:0in">CASA Director</b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-indent:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-indent:0in">include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">PhD in Arabic or related field<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Professional-level competence in Arabic<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Experience in proficiency and content-based teaching, especially at the advanced levels<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Experience in curriculum & material development and testing<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Study Abroad Experience<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u></u><span style="font-family:Wingdings">§<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Administrative and grant-writing experience<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.75in;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Based on CASA By Laws, the CASA Director receives summer salary supplement equivalent to 25% of her/his annual salary.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Interested institutions need to submit the following application materials by </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">October 15, 2012</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<ul type="square" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">A letter of application, complete CV, and two letters of recommendation for the Director’s position.<u></u><u></u></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">A letter of commitment from the Department chair or Dean of the prospective host institution indicating the institution’s willingness to host CASA for a minimum of five years.</span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11pt">All application materials should be mailed to:</span></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in"> Marissa Canales, Program Coordinator<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;margin-left:0.5in"> Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)<br> University of Texas at Austin<br>
1 University Station, F9400 <br> Austin, TX 78712-0527<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">For any questions, please contact Ms. Marissa Canales via email at <a href="mailto:casaprogram1967@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">casaprogram1967@gmail.com</a> or by phone at <a href="tel:512-471-3513" value="+15124713513" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">512-471-3513</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">THE CENTER FOR ARABIC STUDY ABROAD (CASA)</span></b></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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