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Event Category: Academic Career Paths

December
1
2025

Webinar Series on Reappointment, Promotion and Award of Continuing Status for Academic Specialists

Monday, December 1, 2025 10:00 - 11:30 AM EST

Making Your Case: Tips for Preparing Your RPC Materials for the 2025-2026 Academic Review Cycle Reappointment, promotion, and award of continuing status are not endpoints, but milestones in an ongoing academic journey. The Office of the Provost’s review of each RPC recommendation concentrates primarily on the evidence of the Specialist’s effectiveness in the performance of […]

November
18
2025

NCFDD Virtual Writing Session

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 10:00 - 11:00 am

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 […]

November
17
2025

Webinar Series on Reappointment, Promotion and Award of Continuing Status for Academic Specialists

Monday, November 17, 2025 10:00 - 11:30 AM EST

Making Your Case: Tips for Preparing Your RPC Materials for the 2025-2026 Academic Review Cycle Reappointment, promotion, and award of continuing status are not endpoints, but milestones in an ongoing academic journey. The Office of the Provost’s review of each RPC recommendation concentrates primarily on the evidence of the Specialist’s effectiveness in the performance of […]

November
14
2025

NCFDD The Weekly Meeting

Friday, November 14, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
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 our weekly planning meeting! Together on Zoom and using our strategic plans, we will wrap up the week and plan the next one. We’ll look ahead to make sure that […]

November
13
2025

NCFDD: SKILL #10: How to Manage Stress, Rejection & the Haters in Your Midst

Thursday, November 13, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Are you stressed? Do you feel devastated when your articles and/or grant proposals get rejected? Is the pressure of publishing/funding your work making you sick? If any of this sounds familiar and you […]

October
30
2025

NCFDD: Building Strong Peer Communities: A Resource for Leadership and Advancement

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 849 7818 0563 Passcode: 932243 This interactive webinar will introduce a resource to build and sustain teams of peer support. Peer mentoring strengthens individual and institutional abilities to meet evolving challenges […]

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
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 […]

October
9
2025

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

Thursday, October 9, 2025, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Zoom

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting 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 […]