Cohort 2 Schedule

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

Fall 2021 Activities

  • September

    September 8, 2021, 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, 2021, 12:00 P.M.
    September Dean’s Advisory Board on Diversity and Inclusion Meeting

    September 16, 2021, 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, 2021 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, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
    "Demystifying the Job Search" Mock Job Talk 

    October 7, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
    “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Talk 

    October 9, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
    “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Interview 

    October 12, 2021, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
    “Demystifying the Job Search” Mock Job Interview 

    October 23, 2021, 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.

Spring 2022 Activities

  • January
    January 2022-Seminar/Workshop
    Time/Date TBD
    “Relax and Mingle” session with Interim Dean of College of Social Science
  • February
    February 2022-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.
  • April
    April 2022
    Time/Date TBA
    “How to Scale up Scholarship over 5 Years”--Various SSC Faculty Members
    “RPT at MSU”--SSC Faculty Member

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 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at achebe@msu.edu. 

Past Activities

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

Fall 2020 Activities

  • August
    August 18, 2020 - New Faculty & Staff Orientation

    10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.  (synchronous online program and virtual information fair)

    Information on this all-day asynchronous and synchronous online university orientation for new faculty and staff can be found here
  • September
    September 9, 2020 - Mentor/Mentee Seminars & Workshops 
    3:30-5:30 P.M.

    "Optimizing Mentoring Relationship Kickoff" (with Melissa McDaniels)

    "Optimizing Mentoring Relationship—Mentoring Up Kickoff" (with Melissa McDaniels)

    September 14, 2020 - Dean’s Advisory Board on Diversity and Inclusion Meeting
    12:00-1:30 P.M. (with DRADI Cohorts 1 and 2 in attendance)

    September 18, 2020 - SSC New Faculty Orientation
    8:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

    September 2020 - CSS Annual Town Hall Meeting 
    Time/Date TBD
  • October

    October 14, 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
    1:00 P.M.

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

    October 19, 2020 - Roundtable Discussion
    3:00-4:30 P.M.

    -“Preparing for Academic Careers” (Chairs/Directors of Sociology, Social Work, HDFS, Political Science)

    October 26, 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
    1:00 P.M.

    -"Resources for Success at MSU”

  • November

    November 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
    Time/Date TBD

    -“Teaching in the Academy” 

    -Roundtable discussion with award-winning SSC professors

  • December

    December 2020 - Seminar/Workshop
    Time/Date TBD 

    -“Research in the Academy”

    -Roundtable discussion with exceptional research faculty 

Spring 2021 Activities

  • January

    January 2021 - Learning Lunch 
    Time/Date TBD

    - “Optimizing Mentoring Relationships check in mentors and mentees” (mentors, mentees, and Melissa McDaniels)

  • February

    February 2021-Seminar/Workshop
    Time/Date TBD

    -“Time Management” 

    -Roundtable discussion "Balancing Writing with Teaching and Life"

  • March
    March 2021-Seminar/Workshop
    Time/Date TBD
    -"Check in on Teaching” 

    March 2021 - Class Visits
    Time/Date TBD

    -Class visit, teaching evaluation

    March 2021 - Class Visits
    Time/Date TBD

    -Class visit, teaching evaluation

    March 2021 - Class Visits
    Time/Date TBD

    -Class visit, teaching evaluation

    March 2021 - Class Visits
    Time/Date TBD

    -Class visit, teaching evaluation
  • April
    April 2021 - Seminar/Workshop
    Time/Date TBD

    -“Annual Review Workshop" (with chairs of annual review committees)

    April 2021
    Time/Date TBD

    -"End of Year Dinner"

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