February 2022
NEWS & NETWORKING
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Beyond the CVs and Resumes:
A Much Deeper and More Complex Narrative
For the last two years during the pandemic, we have had a monthly gathering called “Starting a Career in Unusual Times,” recognizing that taking on a new position at any time can be a bit overwhelming even if exciting; during a pandemic, both emotions could be heightened, and we wanted to be sure that new members of the MSU community began to find some ways of connecting and making sense of what it means to be here. Small steps, but a start ... ( read more)
Best wishes,
Marilyn Amey
Interim Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Staff Development
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Academic Leadership and Career Planning with HERC
Are you looking to advance your career, boost your professional development and/or take on some new leadership roles? Did you know that the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) has free resources to assist individuals working in higher education like you to grow their careers? HERC is a nonprofit consortium of 700+ colleges, universities, and related groups committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the higher education workforce. Read more
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Big Ideas, Concisely Stated: Dean Prabu David and Creating Digestible Content from Scholarship
By Greg Teachout
In the world of leadership scholarship, “leaders” and “managers” are both necessary, complementary roles. An extremely concise summary of the difference might be: leader = vision, manager = order. It’s a simple enough model, and it has real implications for how people define and perform their duties at work. This is the sort of easily explained, yet nuanced, distinction that fuels much of Dean Prabu David’s recent public-facing blogging and podcasting. It takes seconds to grasp, but the downstream psychological and organizational impacts can be significant. Learn more
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The Academic Career Paths programming and resources address pertinent junctures in an academic’s career–from when they enter the university, work toward promotion milestones, and transition into late-career or retirement activities. Check out the upcoming Thriving Series which focuses on the different stages of an academic career. Learn More
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 is 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.
A series of lunchtime gatherings to talk with and learn from engaging campus leaders regarding the inner workings of their diverse positions at Michigan State University.
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.
RELATED EVENTS
To receive many resources at no cost to you, register with your NetID for an account linked to our MSU institutional membership. Creating an account allows you to register for upcoming seminars or access past documents and recorded sessions. View a few of the spring offerings
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February 22 - Media Interviews and Relationship Building: This webinar is perfect for scholars who are looking to do more media work and want advice on how to prepare for interviews and build relationships with members of the media. Participants will learn how to respond when a journalist calls, communicate their research in a clear and effective manner, identify what reporters are looking for in interviews with scholars, maintain media relationships, and build on previous media work.
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March 3 - Post-Tenure Pathfinders Program Preview Call: While the tenure transition is critical, most campuses don’t provide a structure or space for faculty to reflect on the next chapter of their career and make intentional and informed decisions about the most important question - what’s next? Without space for reflection, transition, and future planning, many faculty don’t make a conscious transition and end up overworked, exhausted, and burned out in a short period of time.
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Nominations for the Summer 2022 Faculty Success Program are now being accepted until Tuesday, March 1, 2022. If you are a tenure system faculty member, please contact your department chair or dean.
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A free learning resource for benefits-eligible MSU faculty and staff, available 24/7. Browse the full library to see the wide range of courses, videos, and books available, or check out the specific topic folders located under the MSU Highlighted Programs in the Library.
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Online courses for social change-makers. Courses focus on equipping people around the world with practical tools and innovative mindsets. View the course catalog
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A learning experience is grounded in cutting-edge cognitive science. With more than two dozen distinct learning features to help you achieve your goals, our approach follows three key principles: experience, practice, and apply.
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The Center for Creative Leadership is a nonprofit organization focusing on delivering high-quality leadership development programs and resources. CCL is a pioneer in leadership research and development and offers various white papers and articles on current challenges. While crisis management is not a new area of research, CCL has developed a set of complimentary resources on “Leadership During COVID-19: Resources for Times of Uncertainty”.
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Impacts shared about another educator
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SPECIALIST-ADVISOR
Academic Affairs
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"John has been an incredible mentor to College of Education online master's degree advisors. He has a wealth of institutional knowledge and is always willing to support you, as you learn more to support your own students. He goes above and beyond in responding to questions in a thoughtful and student-centered manner. John is solution-oriented and helps you solve whatever student or system challenge you are working through. I am the graduate advisor I am today because of John's mentorship. The College of Education is incredibly lucky to have John as an advising educator leader." |
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