2022-23 OFASD Academic Leadership Fellows

Started in 2017-18, the Leadership Fellows program creates partnerships between mentors (current administrators) and fellows.  This program involves both a shadowing experience and work on a project developed jointly between the mentor and fellow.

2021 Spring Symposium

AAN Spring Symposium: Imagining the Future of the University and Academic Work

Date: April 19, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom Webinar

The Academic Advancement Network (AAN) hosts a symposium each spring on a topic of importance for higher education in general and MSU in particular.

Mentoring as Care, Connection, and Goal-Setting

By Ellie Louson

My favorite description of mentoring comes from Dr. Beronda Montgomery, eminent MSU plant scientist and writer, who has written widely on mentoring and calls it “an opportunity to connect meaningfully with individuals in service to their pursuit of personally-defined goals or aspirations.” As someone new to a formal mentorship role,