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October
24
2025

Building Strategic Corporate Partnerships

Friday, October 24, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

Learn how to engage and build meaningful corporate partnerships that support your research or program goals. In this session, presenters Nick Miller and Kyan Zeller will share practical strategies, real-world case studies, and insights into what makes a successful collaboration. Participants will gain a better understanding of how to identify potential corporate partners and align mutual […]

October
24
2025

Leadership Institute – Navigating the Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Landscape at MSU

Friday, October 24, 2025, 9:00am - 10:30am
Zoom

Description Each year, the Leadership Institute series offers academic administrators the opportunity to interact with their peers around key topics. This series of 90-minute sessions are designed to expand upon themes introduced at New Administrator Orientation. These sessions are required for department chairpersons, school directors, and associate deans of non-departmentally organized colleges within the first […]

October
21
2025

AI Workshop: AI Tools and Services at MSU

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Zoom

We will cover an array of AI tools available at Michigan State University, including platforms for research and how to find support. Participants will explore practical applications of AI in research, learn best practices for effective and ethical use, and discuss university guidelines for responsible deployment. Meeting information: Zoom, October 21 from 3-4PM Register here!

October
21
2025

The Essential Elements of a Successful Broader Impacts Plan

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

In addition to its intellectual merits, each proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) is reviewed according to the merits of its broader impacts (BI) plan, or the benefits of the proposed research to society. Come to this workshop to learn more about NSF’s BI criteria and major BI goals, the essential elements of a […]

October
21
2025

NCFDD Virtual Writing Session

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 10:00am - 11:00am
Zoom

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Join us for your daily writing session! We will provide a brief introduction, we’ll write for 30 minutes, and we’ll close out with reflections. What counts as writing? Drafting a manuscript “counts,” but […]

October
16
2025

Writing the NIH Research Strategy Section

Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Zoom (VPRI)

This webinar will focus on developing the Significance, Innovation, and Approach sections of the research strategy, writing the project summary and project narrative, and addressing rigor in NIH proposals. This webinar will be presented by Lauren Aerni-Flessner, Ph.D. and Sara Steenrod, Ph.D., Research Development Specialists in MSU’s Office of Research & Innovation. They provide a […]

October
16
2025

Community-Engaged Scholarship Writing Retreat

Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:00pm - Friday, October 17, 2025, 3:30pm
Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center @ 219 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States

Attention: Faculty, Extension and Academic Staff, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students Thursday, October 16—Friday, October 17, 2025 Embassy Suites by HiltonExternal link – opens in new window Grand Rapids Downtown Come Write With Us! We’ve reserved two days in October in downtown Grand Rapids to step away from the demands of work and home, and focus […]

October
16
2025

Community-Engaged Scholarship Writing Retreat

Thursday, October 16 - Friday, October 17, 2025
Embassy Suites by Hilton Grand Rapids Downtown @ 710 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA

Come write with us! We have reserved two October days in beautiful Grand Rapids, so we may step away from work and home responsibilities to write together. University Outreach and Engagement and The Writing Center invite interested faculty, Extension and academic staff, post-docs, and graduate students from MSU and other campuses to the retreat. Bring […]

October
15
2025

Thriving as an Academic Specialist

Wednesday, October 15th from 9:00 - 11:30 AM EST

This annual workshop is designed to provide guidance to Academic Specialists in navigating the academic specialist system at MSU. Workshop objectives are to: Discuss the roles, appointment types and the promotion system for Academic Specialists at MSU Expand Academic Specialists’ understanding of MSU’s annual evaluation process Discuss approaches to documentation and record-keeping, including use of […]