Faculty and Academic Staff Support
The Important University Policies for Faculty and Academic Staff document contains updates and information on key university policies related to teaching, research, and employment at MSU.
The Office for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs website provides numerous resources in support of faculty and academic staff, including programming to establish professional trajectories and move through various stages of review, promotion, and growth through the Professional Development.
The Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI) embraces a broad definition of educator, offering support to all who work to affect Spartans’ learning. This includes an Educator Resources page, featuring 18 categories of information, templates, and guidance. CTLI also recently launched the Academy for Teaching, an online, self-paced educator development program that equips MSU instructors with evidence-based pedagogical practices that support effective teaching and student success at scale.
The Office of the Provost maintains a religious observance calendar in accordance with the Religious Observance Policy to identify major holidays and reduce scheduling conflicts.
Civil Discourse FAQs for Faculty are also available to provide general guidance to faculty about Academic Freedom, emphasize the importance of campus safety, and educate our faculty on important policies, expectations, and supportive resources related to civil discourse.
Student Support
The Student Resources page on the Office of Undergraduate Education (Undergrad Ed) website offers a wide range of on-campus and online resources.
The Professional Development and Diversity & Community pages on The Graduate School’s website offer various resources specifically for graduate students.
The Students page on the MSU website provides an array of university resources to support student success, as does the Resources section of the Academics page on the main MSU website.
Lastly, MSU recently launched transfer.msu.edu to provide support and resources for the transfer student journey.
