ElevateU’s resources serve as reference tools to answer day-to-day job questions or as part of ongoing personal and professional development. Many courses are approved for continuing education credits, and all courses are free for benefits-eligible faculty and staff.
Access a curated catalog of courses from industry leaders and top universities. Free registration for MSU students, faculty and staff (with active NetIDs). Enroll in courses and earn certificates.
Check out development courses for staff, faculty, and administrators. These include staff development, faculty development, instructor-led classes, elevateU online learning, performance excellence, tuition assistance, and administrator and leader resources.
As a Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) member, MSU employees have access to a robust suite of webinars, blog posts, and toolkits to elevate inclusive practices in a community of 5,000 other higher education professionals. HERC diversity recruitment readiness assessment is one great resource that is available.
The NCFDD offers webinars, courses, and workshops for every stage of an academic career. Topics range from learning core skills to building and leading research teams and developing as a community-engaged scholar.
This module provides information on recruitment, evaluation, and appointment processes. It discusses foundational compliance requirements, commitments to equitable hiring, and expectations for implementing best practices. MSU is committed to providing an environment that fosters the values of academic excellence, innovation, inclusion, and compliance.
CTLI provides a spectrum of support for MSU's educators to conceptualize learning, teaching, and programmatic opportunities and develop solutions. Instructors and educators may receive support and consultation, professional development opportunities, learning experience design collaborations, and support for online and blended programs.
iTeach at MSU Commons is an educator-driven space for sharing ideas and resources, connecting across disciplines and roles, and growing in practice. There is a huge community of educators who contribute to teaching, learning, and student success across MSU.
MSU offers professional development experiences in support of all graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). This effort is crucial because GTAs at MSU often provide undergraduate students with their first exposure to core courses in many disciplines. They play a vital role in ensuring academic success among the institution’s undergraduate population.
ORRS offers learning that reduces risks to health, safety, security, and legal liability, and that advances best practices. Specific program assistance and contacts, including new user, manager, trainer tasks, EHS, RCR, RVSM, student holds, and the ORRS Ability Team.
ORI offers many types of research-related preparation, including required training, recommended writing resources, community research information, and useful links.
The MSU Ethics Institute works to advance innovative research, pedagogy, and thought leadership in ethics. In addition to coordinating university-wide educational and research initiatives, the Institute supports existing initiatives and helps develop new college- or discipline-based projects.
IEI's educational opportunities enable people to engage in open dialogue and share experiences. They share the conviction that our differences are our strength, and build the capacity of individuals to address and advance inclusion in the workplace and in and outside the classroom.
IEI and its partners equip faculty, staff members and students with a variety of tools and resources necessary to be welcoming and inclusive of our community through workshops, seminars and trainings.
Building Inclusive Communities is an initiative to promote inclusion, respect, and accountability to be different together. The materials provide tools and resources to address conflict and name forms of oppression. They are designed to be easily printable on office printers and are available to the MSU campus community to post or distribute.
Balancing multiple roles is a struggle for all of us. WorkLife Wellbeing supports university faculty and staff in balancing the demands of work, personal commitments and family life through presentations, consultations, support groups, and professional development.
Health4U is focused on helping the MSU community explore the fundamentals of a health-promoting lifestyle. The program provides access to high quality, evidence-informed, and culturally conscious health education and support.
SpartansLearn is a place to find technology training and other professional development opportunities for the MSU community. Training and professional development help the MSU community elevate the quality and effectiveness of our work and processes to build a culture with high performance. Technology and trends change quickly, so a culture of ongoing learning is important to instill in students, faculty, researchers, and staff.
Training and professional development help the MSU community elevate the quality and effectiveness of our work and processes to build a culture with high performance. Technology and trends change quickly, so a culture of ongoing learning is important to instill in students, faculty, researchers, and staff.
The primary IT Service Desk contact information to get help with university systems and applications, including resetting your MSU NetID password, access requests, ID cards, multi-factor authentication, and telecom assistance. Submit a ticket, get live support, and make a quick request at IT Help.
To add a training opportunity to this page, please email ofasd@msu.edu with the subject line: FASA Web Training.