Cohort 1 Schedule

Click each month listed to see a drop-down schedule of events coming up per semester.

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Fall 2020 Activities

• September

  September 8, 2020, 2:00-3:30 P.M.
  “Securing Grants During the Times of COVID 19” (Session 1)
  Anna Maria Santiago, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies  

  September 14, 2020, 12:00 P.M.
  September Dean’s Advisory Board on Diversity and Inclusion Meeting

  September 16, 2020, 2:00
  “Securing Grants During the Times of COVID 19” (Session 2)
  Lauren Aerni-Flessner, Ph.D., MBA, Research Specialist, Research and Innovation

  September 17, 2020 3:30-5:00 P.M.
  "Demystifying the Job Search"
  Presentations by Lisa Fine, Chair, Department of History and Aaron McCright, Chair, Department of Sociology

• October

  October 5, 2020, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  "Demystifying the Job Search" Mock Job Talk 

  October 7, 2020, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Talk 

  October 9, 2020, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Interview 

  October 12, 2020, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Interview 

  October 23, 2020, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
  “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Teaching Pedagogy Talk

• November

  3rd week of November - Time/Date TBD
  Seminar/Workshop: “Demystifying the job search process: Teaching Pedagogy talk”
  Q & A—strategies for handling questions and answers during on campus interviews.

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Spring 2021 Activities

• January
  January 2021-Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD
  “Relax and Mingle” session with Interim Dean of College of Social Science
• February
  February 2021-Seminar/Workshop
  Time/Date TBD
  “First Year in the Tenure Stream"—Chairs of History, Sociology, and Anthropology
  “First Year in the Tenure Stream”—Roundtable of Assistant Professors in History, Anthropology, and Sociology  
• March
  No events planned yet.
• April

  April 2020
  Time/Date TBA
  “How to Scale up Scholarship over 5 Years”--Various SSC Faculty Members
  “RPT at MSU”--SSC Faculty Member

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Recurring Semester Activities 

Research Associates are encouraged to participate in DRN’s “Writing Spaces” in Olds Hall, Room 203. A full list of dates as well as more information can be found here. 

Research Associates are also encouraged to "Relax and Mingle" and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and drinks with a targeted individual or group of MSU scholars/employees. For more information on these events, contact Nwando Achebe, Associate Dean for Access at achebe@msu.edu. 

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Spring 2020 Activities

• January

  January 21 2020 - Learning Lunch
  1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
  “Optimizing Mentoring Relationships check in mentors and mentees” (mentors, mentees, Melissa McDaniels)

• February

  February 20, 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
  1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

  1 p.m. - “Time Management” (mini presentation—Terah Venzant Chambers)
  2 p.m. - Roundtable discussion "Balancing Writing with Teaching and Life" (Kaston Carpernter-Anderson, Eric Gonzales Juenke, Rashida Harrison, Heather McCauley).

• March

  March 9, 2020 - Class Visits
  

  Class visit, teaching evaluation, Gabe Sanchez's course (Nwando Achebe)

  March 17, 2020 - Class Visits

  Class visit, teaching evaluation, Monique Kelly's course (Nwando Achebe)

  March 19, 2020 - Class Visits

  Class visit, teaching evaluation, Nikki Parker's course (Nwan

• April

  April 20, 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
  1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

  “Annual Review Workshop," (with chairs of annual review committees in Anthropology, History, and Sociology--Linda Hunt, Kirsten Fermaglich, and Stephen Gasteyer)

  
  April 2020

  "End of Year Dinner"

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Fall 2019 Activities

• August

  August 20, 2019 - 2019 New Faculty & Staff Orientation
  7:45 a.m.-3 p.m.
  

  Information on this all-day university orientation for new faculty and staff can be found here.

• September

  September 13, 2019 - Welcome Reception
  5 p.m.
  

  Welcome words from Dean Croson, Nwando Achebe, Aaron McCright, Cory Smidt, Todd Fenton, and Lisa Fine.

  September 17, 2019 - CSS Annual Town Hall Meeting
  7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
  

  Comments on current College of Social Science affairs from Dean Croson. Breakfast included.

  September 17, 2019 - Mentor/Mentee Seminars & Workshops
  11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  

  11 a.m. - "Optimizing Mentoring Relationship Kickoff" (with Melissa McDaniels)
  12 p.m. - Lunch with Mentors and Mentees
  1 p.m. - "Optimizing Mentoring Relationship—Mentoring Up Kickoff" (with Melissa McDaniels)

  September 18, 2019 - CSS New Faculty Orientation
  8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  

  New Faculty Orientation for all CSS faculty.

• October

  October 10, 2019 - Seminar/Workshop
  2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
  

  "Optimizing Mentoring Relationships—Mentors and Mentees” (with Melissa McDaniels)

  October 24, 2019 - Seminar/Workshop
  2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

  2 p.m. - "Resources for Success at MSU” (short presentation—Ann Austin, AAN, Director of DRN Deborah Johnson)
  3:30 p.m. - “Preparing for Academic Careers” (roundtable discussion with academic scholars—Chairs of Sociology, History, Anthropology and Political Science)

• November

  November 12, 2019 - Seminar/Workshop
  2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

  2 p.m. - “Teaching in the Academy” (short teaching presentation, Aaron McCright)
  3:30 p.m. - Roundtable discussion with award-winning CSS professors (Ryan Black, Pero Dagbovie, Mohammed Khalil, Rocio Quispie-Agnoli)

• December

  December 2, 2019 - Seminar/Workshop
  1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

  1 p.m. - “Research in the academy” (mini presentation—Beronda Montgomery, AAN)
  2 p.m. - Roundtable discussion with exceptional research faculty (LaShawn Harris, Cathy Liu, Cory Smidt, Andrea Wittenborn).