Introduction
The Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program, (ALP) provides intensive leadership and managerial development, addressing the challenges of academic administration at major research universities, like tightening budgets,
There are many additional resources you may access, offered through MSU’s institutional partnership with national and regional organizations. Please take advantage of these opportunities.
Academic Career Paths
NCFDD offers live and recorded webinars,
The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development is organized around four nodes, each covering a topic that is crucial to the development of the careers of faculty and academic staff.
The climate in the classroom has the potential to be difficult at various points of a semester. The following resources were curated with the collaboration of the Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion,

About Lilly Fellowship
Background
The Lilly Teaching Fellows Program began in 1991 and has served as “an opportunity to engage in a year-long exploration of the robust scholarship on effective practices in University teaching.” The Lilly Fellows Program has supported Fellows to become future faculty leaders and to inspire a broad range of faculty to pursue excellence in teaching.
Commitment to Accessibility
Michigan State University is committed to providing inclusive and accessible learning experiences for all students. However, not all digital technology and classroom content is automatically usable in an equally effective way by all of your students;
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.
The teaching and learning is a key function of the roles of many educators at MSU, and our goal is to help academic colleagues develop professional proficiency to better support the success of all MSU students.
We recognize the diversity of experiences, interests, expectations, needs, and career stages of academics. Our goal is to provide support for our academic colleagues who are striving to create meaningful and productive professional and personal lives in alignment with– and contributing toward– the missions of Michigan State University.
As new faculty, academic staff, and administrators begin their MSU career, the OFASD provides orientation sessions and materials to help them learn how to navigate the university community. During these sessions,