Top “10” Things New Department Chairs and Directors Need to Know About MSU

• Promotion/Tenure/ Evaluation/Expectations
• Policies/Regulatory Environment
• Support: Programmatic and Budget/Funding
• MSU Culture
• Logistics

Promotion/Tenure/ Evaluation/Expectations

• General Human Resource Policies and Procedures
  Faculty Handbook
  Personnel File Guidance

• Faculty and Academic Staff
  Appointment, Reappointment, and Promotion
  Tenure
  Post-Tenure Review

• Support Staff

Policies/Regulatory Environment

• Code of Teaching Responsibility
  Faculty Handbook

• Grievance Procedures/Discipline/Dismissal

• Anti-Discrimination Policy

• Sexual Harassment Policy

• Conflict of Interest in Educational Responsibilities Resulting from Consensual, Amorous or Sexual Relationships

• Equal Opportunity/Non-discrimination

• Outside Work for Pay

• Allegations for Misconduct in Research Procedure

• Check to see if faculty/staff need special training (OSHA, MIOSHA, ORCBS)

• Familiarize with new security regulations (labs)

• Patents

• Development of Copyrighted Material

• Graduate Employee Union (GEU)

• FERPA (Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
  FERPA and MSU's Guidelines Governing Privacy and Release of Student Records

Support: Programmatic

• Know what is available for faculty, leadership and organizational development (teaching, research, outreach, technology)
  Office of Faculty and Organizational Development
  Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
  Outreach and Engagement
  Technology - Libraries
  Technology - Computing

• I3 (Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives) provides assistance to departments in candidate searches to ensure diverse pools and provides consulting on diversity issues

• University Ombudsman and Faculty Grievance Official
  Ombudsman
  Faculty Grievance Official

• ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
  Office of Supportive Services
  Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities

• Recreation/health/stress reduction

• Employee Assistance Programs

Support: Budget/Funding

• Budget Processes

• Grant preparation

• Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies

• Contracts and Grants Administration

MSU Culture

• Introduction to University Mission, Six Guiding Principles, MSU Promise, goals, organizational structure and vision/priorities
  The MSU Mission Statement
  Boldness by Design
  MSU Organizational Structure
  Realizing the Vision

• MSU Academic Governance
  Bylaws for Academic Governance

Logistics

• Academic Calendar, Registrar Instructor systems, Curriculum/catalog, Course Scheduling 
  Academic Calendar
  Office of the Registrar Instructor Systems
  University Curriculum and Catalog
  Course Scheduling Overview
  Office of the Registrar: Enrollment and Term End Reports

• Research Data: Management Control and Access