The Anticipation of a New Academic Year
The calendar may say classes are starting up and fall has arrived, but no doubt many are trying to cram in one last get-away, time together with family and friends before launching into a busy new year.
2022 All University Awards Announced
The 2021-22 All-University Awards recipients selected for the William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Awards, Teacher–Scholar Awards, Distinguished Academic Staff Awards, Excellence-in-Teaching Citations, Community Engagement Scholarship Award, Donald F.
Kaleidoscope: Showcasing the Pieces of Our Best Selves
The month of May is fast approaching. Debating whether spring is here to stay or if we may continue to have reminders of a long winter. Trying to figure out how to get all the big and little things on our to-do lists done,
Re-envisioning Learners, Educators, and How Might We Succeed Together
We have been immersed over the last several months in numerous discussions, small and large group meetings organizing and visioning into the strategic planning efforts represented in MSU 2030. Two central themes,
All the Allies, Networks, and Individuals
It’s already late January so a “Happy New Year” wish almost seems obsolete.
Looking forward brings much more optimism and potential than reflecting back on the year that was,
Season of Challenge, Support, Reflection and Integration
It’s a time when we often reflect on what has been happening in our lives personally and professionally, as we recognize the seasons also changing around us. This combination of reflection and change is often what we think about when characterizing what it means to be an educational institution where learning is at the center – learning that requires considering new ideas,
Continuous Improvement Cycle of Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning are core features of any postsecondary institution, closely tied to student success in so many ways. Yet, it is an aspect of academic work for which most have little real training before assuming their position at a research university like Michigan State University (MSU),
Welcome to Fall, 2021
Whether this is the first time you are setting foot on the MSU campus or whether this is the first time you are doing so after an 18 month hiatus,
Celebrations and Renewal
“It’s been a long year.” How many times have we said this to ourselves, to our colleagues, to our students, to our families…? There’s no denying it! And yet, as the academic year draws to a close,
Spring Symposium, Spring Conference and Fellowships to Explore
It is so wonderful to see the sun shining and the weather turning to spring, even if we know that, living in Michigan, winter is likely not fully behind us.