Sign Language Interpreter
Company: Bethel University
Location: Mishawaka
Posted on: July 28, 2022
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionBethel University is seeking a Sign Language
Interpreter for our Sign Language Interpreting Program, beginning
in the fall of 2019. Responsibilities include providing
interpreting services for Deaf faculty in classroom, faculty
meetings, and other settings. Qualifications: Formal interpreter
training, coursework in Deaf Education. RID certification.
Experience working in highly structured and formalized settings.
About Bethel UniversityThe mission of Bethel University, affiliated
with the Missionary Church denomination, is to be a community of
learners building lives of commitment for leadership in the Church
and world. Bethel's liberating academic programs challenge the
mind, enlarge the vision, and equip the whole person for lifelong
service.Launched in 1947, Bethel is urban-situated in a region
hosting 250,000 residents, seven universities (including Notre
Dame), the 2nd largest shopping district in the state of Indiana,
15,000 businesses, 50 parks, and beautiful riverwalk developments
in South Bend and Mishawaka. Resort venues on Lake Michigan are 45
minutes away. The university community is composed of 1,600
traditional and adult/graduate students from 35 states, 90 students
born outside the U.S., and 225 full-time employees. Bethel also
hosts more than 8,000 guests annually to her arts productions,
25,000 annually in conference services, and many thousands of
community members in support of her 35 national athletic
championships.Outside organizations recognize Bethel's quality: she
is ranked as a Top Tier Midwestern College for 15 consecutive years
by U.S. News & World Report, in the Top 100 of 4,500 universities
nationally for its commitment to character education, and by
Washington Monthly is No. 2 in the nation for proportion of
students engaged in community service, No. 2 of 50 Best Value
Christian Colleges, and No. 1 in 2015 for Top Christian Colleges
Exceeding Expectations. Bethel's 20,000 alumni occupy 49 states and
64 world areas, and enjoy a medical school acceptance rate double
the national average, 100% job placement rate in Nursing whose
program was ranked #7 in the United States, a Top 4% finish
nationally in competitive math performance tests, and 100% pass
rate every year on the national performance standard for a unique
academic major in American Sign Language. Alumni professional
achievements include the No. 1 rated School Superintendent in
Indiana, the No. 1 rated School Principal in Indiana, a Top 1%
pediatric surgeon in North America, the former Executive Director
of the largest Youth for Christ district in the nation, the
Chaplain of Barak Obama's childhood school, the lead in "South
Pacific" off Broadway in New York City, a laboratory director in
sustainable energy, Lynne Hybels spouse and ministry partner of
Bill, as founders of Willowcreek Church, MLB All-Star Team
representative from the Cleveland Indians Justin Masterson, MLB
pitcher for the San Diego Padres Eric Stoltz, a senior Midwest
manager for Blue Cross / Blue Shield, and among others the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Midwest Region, Don Clark.Faculty
accomplishments from Bethel include: an average of more than 100
scholarly presentations and performances each of the last five
years, reaching every corner of the United States (CA, OR, NY, DC,
GA, TX, etc.) and across the globe (e.g. Kenya, Greece, Israel,
Jamaica, France, etc.), including elite sites such as Oxford,
Cambridge, Aberdeen, and Carnegie Hall. Academic disciplines are
deepened by Bethel projects on suffering, shame, the logic of
forgiveness, Islam, mentoring, culture shock, health care among the
Amish, eating disorders, home births, monotone mathematical
triangles, top predator conservation, adolescent readers,
capitalism, gene segregation, Great Lakes fisheries,
social-linguistic patterns among the LGBT deaf, deviance in
American political allies, ecological imagination in American
fiction, Russian education, Latino values and education, theater
sound and stage design, leadership pressure, the ethics of a
Library Bill of Rights, non-violent resistance, simulation learning
in Nursing, Shakespeare, depression in cancer patients, race-based
tension, art exhibits in every medium, choral and instrumental
productions of great variety, and more.During the previous five
years, Bethel saw the strongest series of financial ratios in 25
years (as defined by the U.S. Department of Education), increased
admissions visits by 60% and applications by 20%, doubled the
number of fully online students and saw surges in programs like
Math-Engineering (+24%), Christian Ministries (+53%), Biology
(+118%), Kinesiology/Pre-Physical Therapy/Sport Management (+177%),
and total Graduate Program increases of +47%. Students of color
moved from 19% to 28% of the total population, with increases in
retention and graduation rates. Traditional age students now rank
mentoring as one of the most prominent traits of the environment,
seen in part by a shift from 5 in 10 to 7 in 10 residential
students voluntarily engaged in small group or one-on-one coaching
by faculty-staff, and through alumni surveys showing very high
faith-integration retention after their Bethel years (e.g.
understanding Biblical texts, feeling equipped for the essential
questions of life, strong critical thinking skills, etc.). Recent
facility upgrades include the Academic Support Services Center,
School of Nursing Simulation Lab, renewal of the largest lecture
hall named for Brian & Paqui Kelly (Notre Dame head football
coach), new entrances for the East campus and Athletic Park with
three additional intramural fields, a new Softball stadium, and
refreshed Weight Room, added a Kindergarten Lab School, refreshed
Art Gallery, Acorn restaurant, Wi-Fi network and phone systems, and
more.Work culture at Bethel also thrives, now meeting or exceeding
industry average scores on 47 of 55 variables annually tracked by
Best Christian Workplaces, who surveys 15,000 workers in Christian
organizations annually. The employee experience at Bethel now leads
national norms, to a statistically significant difference, in
commitment to excellence, an environment for creativity and
innovation, solving problems through supervision, the habit of
receiving and using input, and demonstrating spiritual gifts
throughout the workplace.However, just as a survey of regional
Christian universities shows 8 of 10 reduced enrollment over this
decade, Bethel did as well. So, in Spring 2018, Bethel launched its
GROW Agenda 2018-2022, focused on opening new doors to Bethel for
future students. The value behind this focus is, we can't influence
students we don't have. Throughout Fall and Winter 2017, a
multi-disciplinary research and planning team produced four
initiatives of highest return, which was later unanimously approved
by the Board of Trustees in early 2018 and endorsed to very high
levels by faculty, staff, and administrators. The primary foci are:
(1) adding several new sports teams and an athletic facility, (2)
adopting new recruitment methodologies and external partners in
digital marketing and Web development, (3) double the number of
online-format programs from 11 to 22, and (4) a variety of small,
niche enrollment projects (e.g. a debt-free path through Bethel for
the poorest students, launching a Computer Science major in Fall
2019, launching a corporate partnership to provide MA in Counseling
degrees in house, etc.). Simultaneously, to support a 60% growth in
Admissions visitors over the past three years, a Welcome Center
facility is already funded with construction underway in the first
six months, to be completed in late Summer 2019. Bethel University
does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex,
disability, national or ethnic origin in employment opportunities,
in keeping with applicable state and federal laws. In keeping with
the mission of the institution, Bethel University seeks applicants
with a strong commitment to the values and lifestyle of evangelical
Christianity and who profess a personal relationship with Jesus
Christ. As a Christian institution, we require faculty and staff to
adhere to the University's Lifestyle Covenant and to enforce a
religiously based statement of responsibilities for all University
employees. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Bethel
University, as an educational institution operating under the
auspices of the Missionary Church, reserves the right to prefer
employees on the basis of religion (Title VII, Sections 702-703,
United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended).
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Keywords: Bethel University, Mishawaka , Sign Language Interpreter, Other , Mishawaka, Indiana
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