Together with other units across campus, FASA works to create an environment in which excellence and opportunity thrive, that attracts and retains talent, and in wich we work together to create conditions where staff and faculty can do their best work, individually and collaboratively.
The support units below are available to faculty and academic staff as they go about their work as part of the MSU community.
The Office of Faculty and Academic Staff Development (formerly the Academic Advancement Network) 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.
Michigan State University’s diverse and talented workforce deserves an outstanding employee experience. That's where MSU Human Resources comes in. We cannot do the jobs of our faculty and staff, but we strive to make doing their jobs easier by offering high-quality services, processes, programs and information.
The Office for Inclusive Excellence and Impact, or IEI, leads and coordinates a range of initiatives and programs that aim to build community across the institution through partnerships with university leadership, faculty, staff, students and alums, grounded in a foundation of dignity, respect, empathy and accountability.
The Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance, established as an independent unit in 2018, encompasses the following areas: (1) Prevention, Outreach, and Education Department (POE), (2) Office of Institutional Equity (OIE), (3) Office of the ADA Coordinator, (4) Resolution Office (RO); and (5) the Office of Support and Equity. Collectively, our purpose is to lead the university’s prevention and response to relationship violence, sexual misconduct, stalking, discrimination, and harassment in admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in the university’s programs and activities.
Academic governance is the system by which faculty and other university community members participate in the making of the decisions that affect them. Through their representatives on bodies like the Faculty Senate, the University Committee on Faculty Affairs, and the Steering Committee, faculty and academic staff learn about new university initiatives, participate in policy-making, and make their voices heard. The Office of Academic Governance provides administrative support to these bodies and coordinates their elections.
MSU’s Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation provides support for MSU's educators to conceptualize learning and teaching. CTLI helps develop solutions to teaching challenges. Instructors and educators may receive support and consultation, professional development opportunities, learning experience design collaborations, and support for online and blended programs. Follow our progress on #iTeach at MSU Commons.
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs enhances the postdoctoral experience at Michigan State University by providing leadership, support and a unifying structure for Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associates, Senior Research Associates and all individuals pursuing advanced mentored training beyond a doctoral degree.
The Employee Assistance Program offers free, confidential counseling services for MSU faculty, staff, retirees, graduate student assistants and their benefits eligible dependents.