For more on the subject of mid-semester motivation or lack of, check out NCFDD’s Monday Motivator article Common New Faculty Mistake #10: Ignoring Your Body. Information on NCFDD and a link to the Monday Motivator can be found here.

Honorifics/"Culture of Recognition"

Happy almost spring, Spartans! We have just passed the midway point in the semester, and I want to take this opportunity to remind and re-engage our newsletter readers around the notion of the “Culture of Recognition” at MSU. All over campus, in departments, and colleges, there are myriad opportunities to shout-out your colleagues. While Faculty and Academic Staff Development facilitates a number of internal awards, I also wanted to highlight opportunities for IDI Awards (for which nominations for 2025 open soon) and would encourage you to check out college or unit-level opportunities.

Our colleagues in the provost’s office organized an event two weeks ago to honor promotions for fixed-term and Health Professionals faculty, academic specialists, FRIB/NSCL, MSU Extension, and MSU Libraries. We acknowledge that excellence is prevalent across campus, and gatherings like these provide an opportunity to collectively celebrate these achievements.

In the upcoming weeks, nominations for various All-University Awards will become available. A separate email will be sent regarding these award opportunities, but this message aims to plant the seed early, encouraging you to contemplate nominating your colleagues.

Investing in Yourself and Your Career



Institutionally, we talk a lot about building a successful and fulfilling career. Understanding processes and strategies that support this goal is one key factor and so many of you chose to do this during the 2023-2024 Thrive sessions! If you missed this opportunity the recordings and resources from each session can be found here. We want to acknowledge the numerous colleagues who shared information, their perspectives, stories and tips over the four sessions. Hopefully, their ideas helped demystify the promotion processes a bit, and that you also have more individuals to reach out to as needed.

Special thanks to Kathy Charles, Jennie Schaeffer, and Teresa Mastin all from FASA, as well as presenters Ann Austin, Nazita Lajevardi, Ruth Nicole Brown, Chris Hogan, Kelly Hodges, Bryan Beverly, Brian Chadwick, Scott Schopieray, Mywish Maredia, Melissa Usiak, John Clements, Cori Fata Hartley, Sinem Mollaoglu, Stephen Di Benedetto, Narayanan Parameswaran, Terah Chambers, Laura Bix, and Ryan Black. A reminder also that ASAC is sponsoring an additional series of opportunities for specialists building on the Thrive session. For more information about this series or to register to attend click here.

The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development 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. We offer and/or collaborate on a variety of structured workshops and small group opportunities throughout the year. 

Reminder!

The deadline for submitting applications for the 2024-2025 Academic Leadership Fellows, Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellows, Lilly Fellows, Adams Academy Fellows, and Learning Communities is March 11th. For more information click here.