External Employment and Other Activities

The relevant contact language regarding the appropriateness of faculty members accepting opportunities for external employment during a period of full employment at Minnesota State University Moorhead can be found in Article 27 of the Master Agreement between the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees and the IFO.

For your convenience, Subdivision 1 of that article follows:

1. A faculty member shall be free to accept such external employment as does not interfere with the full and proper performance of duties to his/her respective university as outlined in this Subdivision.

2. Faculty members shall not engage in any external activity which interferes with their regular duties.

3. During a period of full-time employment, a faculty member shall not receive either an annual retaining fee or a regular salary from any external source unless the arrangement has been approved in advance by the President/designee. This provision does not apply to such things as the writing of books or articles, the creation of computer software or artistic works, or the giving of occasional speeches or consultations.

4. A full-time faculty member serving as a regular paid consultant or staff member for another Minnesota state agency shall do so with an appropriate leave of absence and deduction of pay at the university.

5. During a period of full-time employment, a faculty member shall not engage in external consulting, employment, or other activities which require the faculty member's absence from campus for more than an average of one (1) full duty day per week in any academic year.

6. During a period of full-time employment, a faculty member who holds office in a scholarly or professional organization or who performs editorial other duties for learned journals must report such duties to the President/designee if these duties require the faculty member's absence for campus for more than five (5) consecutive duty days in any single academic term.

7. Faculty members engaging in private practice shall not use the official stationery of the university or of the Chancellor, or give as a business address the university, its buildings, its departments, or the office of the Chancellor.

President Barden receives a number of requests each term for prior approval consistent with Paragraph C. A brief memorandum to him describing the external work that you wish to pursue is sufficient and will elicit a prompt reply.

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