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October
20
2023

Leadership Institute: MSU Budget Basics

Friday, October 20th, 2023, 9:00 am - 10:30 am

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
18
2023

NCFDD: Faculty Success Program Preview Webinar: 5 Secrets to a Super-Productive Semester

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Rachel McLaren, PhD Do you need to have a breakthrough in your writing and research productivity? Do you promise yourself every term that you’re going to be highly productive, but end up falling short year after year? Do you want to learn why […]

October
18
2023

Thriving in the Tenure System: Articulating your Scholarly Identity through a Strong Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Packet

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm

This annual workshop is designed to provide guidance to assistant professors in navigating the tenure system at Michigan State University.  Workshop objectives are to: Expand faculty members’ understanding of MSU’s reappointment, promotion, and tenure procedures Discuss approaches to documentation and record-keeping, including the use of the Form on Progress and Excellence Provide an introduction to […]

October
12
2023

NCFDD: SKILL #9: How to Engage in Healthy Conflict

Thursday, October 12th, 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Ndidiamaka Amutah-Omukagha, PhD Do you often feel drained by departmental drama? Do feel unclear how to handle conflicts that arise in your department? Are you unsure when, where, and how to manage conflict with people who will be voting on your tenure? Academics […]

October
11
2023

Creating and Sustaining a Respectful Work Environment Series – Setting the Tone: An Introduction to Changing Climate & Culture

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
MSU Library Green Room (4th Floor @ MSU Library Green Room (4th Floor, West Wing) @ W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

This series of workshops is intended for leaders (executive managers, deans, directors, chairs, and supervisors, level 12-17) from across the University to work together to improve the current climate and culture in their units and across the greater campus community. This series is a collaboration between the Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development, the […]

October
4
2023

Fall 2023 Critical Friends Peer Mentoring sessions

This opportunity is open to all department chairs, school directors, associate deans in non-departmentally organized colleges, and directors of academic programs similar to departments/schools. This program will focus on developing a community of peers, by providing a venue to give and receive effective feedback and promote group problem-solving.  Used at the Big Ten Academic Alliance […]

September
28
2023

Building Your Research Impact Identity and Vision

Researchers are more effective in achieving intended societal impacts when they have taken the time to consciously consider their impact identity. A researcher’s impact identity integrates research identity with urgent societal needs; personal commitments, preferences, skills; and institutional context. Come to this hands-on workshop to develop your impact identity and vision for achieving societal impacts […]

September
22
2023

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

Friday, September 22nd, 2023, 9:00 am - 10:30 am

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 […]

September
21
2023

2023-2024 “Coffee Hour” Virtual Meetings for Women Chairs, Directors and Associate Deans from Non-Departmentally Organized Colleges

This opportunity is open to all women chairs, school directors, associate deans from non-departmentally organized colleges, and directors of academic programs similar to departments/schools.   These sessions are designed to be informal gatherings to allow for discussion, peer mentoring, and problem-solving. There is no set agenda, and our hope is that these events provide an […]

September
19
2023

NCFDD: Setting the State for Success: Preparing For Your Academic Career From Day 1 of Graduate School

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Lei Wang, PhD & Nelson O. O. Zounlome, PhD Join Drs. Nelson O. O. Zounlomè and Lei Wang from Liberate The Block (www.LiberateTheBlock.com) in an engaging and transformative webinar designed to equip graduate students with essential strategies and tools for a successful academic […]