Cohort 2 Schedule
Click each month listed to see a drop-down schedule of events coming up per semester.
Fall 2020 Activities
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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
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January
January 2021 - Learning Lunch
Time/Date TBD- “Optimizing Mentoring Relationships check in mentors and mentees” (mentors, mentees, and Melissa McDaniels)
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February
February 2021-Seminar/Workshop
Time/Date TBD
-“Time Management”-Roundtable discussion "Balancing Writing with Teaching and Life"
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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"
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 Diverity, Equity, and Inclusion at achebe@msu.edu.