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

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

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
Panel of Campus Leaders

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.

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

Other Remaining Session in this Series for Fall 2025

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.