January 2022
NEWS & NETWORKING
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All the Allies, Networks, and Individuals
It's already late January o a "Happy New Year" wish almost seems obsolete. If you are not aware, January is National Mentoring Month and so part of our newsletter this month is focusing attention on the important set of relationships comprising mentoring. Most have found a need to call upon colleagues, collaborators, kindred spirits, and support systems to navigate the pandemics and then, to help find ways to recalibrate expectations, identities, and even how we interact together as we spend [or hope to spend] more time in person with each other. While it is unlikely that all of these allies, networks, and individuals to whom you turn are those who immediately come to mind when thinking about mentors, it is worth realizing... ( read more)
Best wishes,
Marilyn Amey
Interim Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Staff Development
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Mentoring in the Middle
Our kindergarten lessons can still apply if we choose to use them. It just gets a little awkward to approach someone and ask them to be your friend — or for the purpose of this article — your mentor. In academia, it’s hard to initiate relationship building in any context. Read more
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Trajectory Planning: Thriving in Your Academic Career
Explore possibilities within and beyond your academic role at the university. The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development (formerly the Academic Advancement Network) works with all faculty, academic staff, and academic administrators at Michigan State University as they join the university, establish professional trajectories, and move through various stages of review, promotion, and growth. Learn more
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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.
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
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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#iteachmsu Commons: For MSU Educators. Join us to share ideas and questions, connect with educators across MSU, and grow your
teaching practice.
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Much of the following material was adapted from the Mentoring Toolkit developed as part of the work on NSF ADVANCE Grant #0811205, awarded to Michigan State University in fall 2008. While the work on the grant officially ended in 2014, a strong commitment to the goals originally outlined – Advancing Diversity through the Alignment of Policies and Practices (ADAPP) – continues today.
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Much of the work in the Research and Scholarship node occurs via collaboration with academic units locally. These opportunities are designed to help you develop and sustain your unique contributions and perspectives for the enrichment and transformation of the University and beyond. We address areas of research development, research cultivation, and integrating research with other career domains.
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Impacts shared about another educator
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Professor
Organizational Psychology
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"On the first day of the semester, Dr. Ford told us how excited he was to teach this class because he took this class in college and it made him want to get a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology. Dr. Ford shows up to every single lecture with the same level of enthusiasm and love for teaching. I have never had a professor convey so much passion about their class in my four years here at MSU. He makes himself available whenever he has the time for office hours, questions, advice, etc. Dr. Ford is an effective professor because he's an expert in his field but also an expert communicator. He lectures conversationally, is personable and approachable. Multiple people always stay after class to update them about life events and talk about what they found interesting in the lecture. Dr. Ford has intentionally connected course topics to relevant life skills and knowledge, so I have gained even more than I thought I would from taking his class. Dr. Ford is an outstanding professor, researcher, and mentor and deserves to be recognized."
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