These sessions provide the President and Provost the opportunity to speak with deans, directors, chairs, executive managers, and staff supervisors at levels 14-17, to promote ongoing communication and to discuss current issues, challenges, and opportunities.
This series of workshops is intended for executive managers, deans, directors, chairs, and supervisors at levels 12-17 from across the university to work together to improve the current climate and culture in their units and across the greater campus community.
This program will focus on developing a community of peers by providing a venue for effective feedback and promoting group problem-solving. Topics or issues that participants want to discuss will be framed using the Critical Friends Model from the Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive Officer Training.
Academic leadership comprises 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 explorations of different institutional functions and processes at MSU and skill-building to develop your own leadership toolkit.
The Leadership Institute series allows academic administrators to interact with their peers around key topics. It's designed to expand upon themes introduced at New Administrator Orientation. These sessions are required for department chairpersons, school directors, and associate deans of non-departmentally organized colleges within the first two years of their appointments; all other administrators are encouraged to attend sessions they would find useful.