Academic Professional Development

Academic Professional Development programming supports faculty and academic staff at key career stages—from entry to promotion, through late career and retirement—helping them build meaningful professional and personal lives while contributing to MSU’s mission.

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Leadership Professional Development

A range of skills and responsibilities are critical to administrative roles, which commonly involve a blend of leadership, management, and service.  These skills and responsibilities will form the foci for training and mentoring and will be available in a variety of formats.  We focus on both enhancing the success of current leaders and cultivating future leaders at MSU.

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Awards & Recognition

The faculty of Michigan State University possess great underlying strengths that are recognized at every level – internationally and nationally, locally and internally. Such honorifics elevate the stature of the university’s intellectual work to national and global prominence and foster a community of scholars with high standards and aspirations. These awards recognize the outstanding accomplishments, achievements, and contributions of our exceptional researchers, educators, and community members and bring great pride to the institution.

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Upcoming Events

April
20
2026

2026 BTAA Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Collaborative Virtual Conference (day 1)

Monday, April 20, 2026 from 12:00 - 3:30 PM CT
Categories: MSU Partner Event Research & Scholarship

The University of Minnesota and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) are thrilled to invite you to the 2026 BTAA Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Collaborative Virtual Conference “From Proposal to Publication: Ethics and Accountability in the Research Enterprise.” The free virtual conference runs from...

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April
21
2026

Broader Impacts Writing Retreat, Spring 2026

Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center @ 219 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States
Categories: MSU Partner Event Research & Scholarship
Tags: Academic Staff Faculty Graduate Students Postdocs

Spend a full day with MSU's broader impacts consultants away from your everyday responsibilities working on the broader impacts plan for your next NSF proposal. We will start at 10 a.m. with a quick overview of the fundamentals of broader impacts...

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April
21
2026

2026 BTAA Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Collaborative Virtual Conference (day 2)

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 from 12:00 - 3:30 PM CT
Categories: MSU Partner Event Research & Scholarship

The University of Minnesota and the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) are thrilled to invite you to the 2026 BTAA Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Collaborative Virtual Conference “From Proposal to Publication: Ethics and Accountability in the Research Enterprise.” The free virtual conference runs from...

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