Survive and Thrive in the MSU Tenure System

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Survive and Thrive in the MSU Tenure System
(For Probationary Tenure-System Faculty)

Thursday, October 16, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, MSU Union, Gold Room AB
(Continental Breakfast and registration at 8:30 a.m.; program begins at 9:00 a.m.)

June Youatt, Senior Associate Provost
Theodore H. Curry, Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources, MSU
J. Ian Gray, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Punya Mishra, Associate Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education
Panel of MSU Deans, Department Chairs, College Advisory Committee members and recently tenured faculty

This workshop is designed for probationary tenure system faculty to provide assistance in functioning successfully within the tenure system at MSU.

The workshop has the following objectives:

1. To expand faculty members’ understanding of department and University reappointment, promotion and tenure procedures.
2. To discuss approaches to documentation and record keeping for reappointment, promotion and tenure purposes.
3. To provide practical information on making choices, balancing conflicting demands, and managing departmental politics
4. To provide an opportunity for communication and problem solving among faculty and academic administrators Many faculty members find it helpful to attend this program more than once, finding different elements useful at different stages of their pre-tenure experience

Registration: http://fod.msu.edu/SurviveThrive/registeronline.asp

A new program, From Associate Professor to Professor, will be initiated in Spring 2008 (February 10). It is designed for recently appointed associate professors in the tenure-system to provide an orientation to the mid-career experience at MSU. For more information about Part I, visit http://fod.msu.edu/SurviveThriveII/about.asp