(Re)Establishing Your Professional Identity

Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development

NEWS & NETWORKING

In a great Monday Mentor piece through the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, of which MSU is a member, it talks about thinking about our careers as a book with many chapters that will be rewritten and revised many times. But, this also requires having a sense of one’s honest priorities, reasonable goals and short-term measures of those goals, and a sense of who we want to be within the academic enterprise of MSU. From a developmental perspective this comes down to how am I (re)establishing my professional identities and how will the choices I’m making reflect these identities? (Read more about establishing your professional identity)

Best wishes,

Marilyn Amey

Assistant Provost for Faculty and Academic Staff Development

Making an Impact

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Academic Leadership Fellows: Showcase of Project Findings and Launch of New Cohort

This fall we were fortunate to welcome our newest cohort of Academic Leadership Fellows (ALF) for 2023-2024 and provide a venue for the 2022-2023 Academic Leadership Fellows to showcase their project findings. As part of the ALF experience, each fellow is paired with a campus leader to gain first-hand exposure to academic administration. Fellows also receive mentorship as they work on a project that aligns their leadership interests with institutional priorities.

Learn more about ALF

University Distinguished Professors to be Celebrated at Upcoming Event

We look forward to recognizing the most recently designated University Distinguished Professors at an upcoming event on Tuesday, November 28 at the University Club. To read more about this year’s class of University Distinguished Professors. Learn more about UDP

All-University Awards Nominations Due Nov. 10

This serves as one last reminder of the upcoming deadline for this year’s All-University Awards. Nominations are due Friday, November 10, 2023. For more information on the various awards, and links to submit nominations, please visit the All-University Awards webpage. Learn more about Honorifics

Events

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. Get more information about upcoming events.

View additional educator development trainings.

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Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development has moved!

Now located in the

MSU Libraries, 366 W. Circle Dr., Room W206

Our phone: (517) 432-1185 and

email: OFASD@msu.edu remain the same.

Impacts shared about another educator

via #iteachmsu Thank an Educator:

Timothy Mehlberg

Broad College of Business

The School of Hospitality Business, Fixed Term Faculty

mehlber5@broad.msu.edu

"Professor Mehlberg has been a constant light in my academic journey and has helped the Society for Hospitality Foodservice blossom into what it is today. He has been my cheerleader since day one, and I will miss him once I graduate!"

Thank an Educator

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Office of Faculty & Academic Staff Development

Phone: (517) 432-1185

Email: ofasd@msu.edu

Website: ofasd.msu.edu

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