Description
Academic leadership is comprised of many different areas, building on a variety of skills and experiences. This program series is for anyone interested in learning more about the unique aspects of leading in an academic environment. Faculty and academic staff in all appointment types are invited to attend. Sessions focus on a range of topics, including discussions with current leaders about their work, explorations of different institutional functions and processes at MSU, and skill-building to develop your own leadership toolkit.
This semester, we kick off the year with two sessions focused on elements related to process. The first will examine an institutional process, and the second will explore a process for participation.
Fall 2024 Schedule
The HLC wants to know what YOU know!
Date: October 9, 2024
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
Location: In Person – MSU Library, Room W207 or Virtual Option – Zoom
On Nov. 18 or 19, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), MSU’s university accrediting agency, will send a Peer Review team to campus to review our ten-year reaffirmation request. During this visit, they will host a faculty feedback session. Please join Dr. Stacia Moroski-Rigney, Director of the Office of Accreditation, Assessment, Curriculum, and Compliance (AACC) and MSU’s Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) to the HLC to learn more about this opportunity for faculty and academic staff.
Basics of Parliamentary Procedures
Date: November 20, 2024
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual – Zoom
Effective meetings start with an understanding of the rules and customs that govern a deliberative assembly. Especially in higher education, it is important to learn the procedures to allow for active participation in department, college, and institutional governance. This workshop will include a discussion of the hierarchy of rules that govern boards, including the parliamentary authority (Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised) and the role that customs play in dominating a group’s meeting practices. The balance of the workshop will include an overview of parliamentary principles and the roles of members in maintaining those principles, steps to making a motion, and a short discussion of other commonly used motions that help keep business moving in a meeting. Please join Julie Pioch, PRP with MSU Extension for this informative session