Leadership Institute – MSU Budget Basics

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 two years of their appointments; all other administrators are encouraged to attend sessions they would find useful.

MSU Budget Basics

Date: Friday, September 12, 2025
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 EST
Location: A Zoom link will be sent as part of your confirmation email and within the reminder email

Presenters:
Lisa Frace, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Gregory Deppong, Associate Vice President & Controller

In addition to offering an overview of the MSU budget, this session will provide information on details of MSU accounts, financial structure, policies, processes, and language as you assume financial responsibility for your unit.

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Other Remaining Session in this Series for Fall 2025

Hiring, Retention and Partner Hires

Date: Friday, September 26, 2025
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM EST
Location: A Zoom link will be sent as part of your confirmation email and within the reminder email

Teresa Mastin, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs
Jabbar Bennett, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Maranda Holtsclaw, Director, Michigan Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
John Papapolymerou, Interim Dean, College of Engineering
Nicole Schmidtke, Director, Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs

This session will cover policies, processes, and strategies for bringing outstanding faculty and academic staff to MSU and keeping them here.

Honorifics

Date: Friday, October 10, 2025
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM EST
Location: A Zoom link will be sent as part of your confirmation and within the reminder email

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Navigating the Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Landscape at MSU

Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM EST
Location: A Zoom link will be sent as part of your confirmation email and within the reminder email

Teresa Mastin, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs
Gemma Reguera, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development, College of Natural Science
Justus Nieland, Chairperson, English, College of Arts and Letters
Linda Racioppi, Associate Dean, James Madison College

This session will discuss the current landscape of the reappointment, promotion, and tenure process at MSU. Recommendations put forward to help recognize diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the context of research and/or creative activities, teaching, service, outreach, and engagement will also be discussed.

Faculty and Academic Staff Performance Reviews

Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM EST
Location: A Zoom link will be sent as part of your confirmation email and within the reminder email

Presenters:
Teresa Mastin, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs
Cori Fata Hartley, Associate Dean – Fixed-term Faculty and Academic Specialist Development, College of Natural Science

Annual performance reviews are a critical piece of the development process for faculty and academic staff. This session will discuss the elements to include in annual reviews and how these should align with the reappointment, promotion, and tenure process. Perspectives on how to manage the review process will also be shared.

Click here to register to attend one or more sessions in this series