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Event Category: Academic Career Paths

January
9
2025

NCFDD Every Semester Needs a Plan

Thursday, January 9th, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 871 7480 0157 Passcode: 633253 Do you often start the semester with high hopes for your writing projects but end disappointed by your actual productivity? Do you desperately want (or need) […]

December
12
2024

The Path to Promotion 2.0 Series for Academic Specialists: Compiling Evidence for Promotion

Thursday, December 12th, 2024, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Main Library, Room W207 @ 366 West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States

The Path to Promotion 2.0 A Learning Community for Academic Specialists ​This learning community builds upon the Path to Promotion webinar and workshop series from spring 2024. In it, specialists from around MSU across functional areas will gather to study the reappointment, award of continuing status, and promotion processes in the academic specialist appointment system. […]

November
19
2024

NCFDD – LIVE ON ZOOM: Mentoring Matters: Putting Programs into Action

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Presented by the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) **Please join us on Zoom for this presentation** Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 813 3860 8686 Passcode: 818208 Mentoring can play a pivotal role in supporting faculty members’ success, job satisfaction, and career advancement. However, developing and maintaining successful mentoring programs can be challenging! […]

November
15
2024

NCFDD: Part 1: Beyond Burnout: Faculty Well-Being: Individual and Institutional Approaches

Friday, November 15th, 2024, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Rebecca pope-Ruark, PhD Description coming soon. Click here to register. If you have not yet, please register with your NetID for an account linked to our MSU institutional membership by clicking on the NCFDD website here (external link). Creating an account allows you […]

November
14
2024

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

Thursday, November 14th, 2024, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Pamela Yeh, PhD 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 have difficulty managing the negative energy and […]

November
13
2024

The Path to Promotion 2.0 Series for Academic Specialists: The Meaning of Promotion

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024, 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Main Library, Room W207 @ 366 West Circle Drive, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States

The Path to Promotion 2.0 A Learning Community for Academic Specialists ​This learning community builds upon the Path to Promotion webinar and workshop series from spring 2024. In it, specialists from MSU across functional areas will gather to study the reappointment, award of continuing status, and promotion processes in the academic specialist appointment system. Across […]

October
30
2024

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

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024, 9:00 am - 11:30 am

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
22
2024

NCFDD: Publish Series: How to Effectively and Efficiently Revise and Resubmit Your Manuscript

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, 2:00 pm thru Friday, November 15th, 2024, 3:30 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Haley Horstman Description coming soon. Click here to register. If you have not yet, please register with your NetID for an account linked to our MSU institutional membership by clicking on the NCFDD website here (external link). Creating an account allows you to […]

October
10
2024

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

Thursday, October 10th, 2024, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Rosemarie A. Roberts, 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? […]

October
9
2024

Week 4: Live Q&A: From the Chair’s Perspective: Insights on Academic Leadership

Wednesday, October 9th, 2024, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tags: Faculty

Offered by the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) Facilitator: Nell Huang Horowitz, PhD, Anjana Narayan, PhD & Anthony Ocampo, PhD “From the Chair’s Perspective: Insights on Academic Leadership” provides an insider’s look at the realities of serving as a university department chair. Over four sessions, veteran chairs will share their experiences and […]