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National organization aimed at the needs of Asian Pacific Americans.

"As president of the MSU Chapter of LERA (Labor and Employee Relations Association), I would like to develop a stronger presence and solidify our niche for adding value to our program.  LERA is the newest and most under-represented GSO in our program. By identifying unique ways to leverage our resources, we should be able to establish LERA as a quality organization that enhances the quality of our program." -Jason Kerschke 
 
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Tips for College and University Students: Managing Your Distress in the Aftermath of the [Virginia Tech] ShootingsAs a university or college student, you may be struggling to understand how a shooting rampage could take place on a university campus and why such a thing would happen. There may never be satisfactory answers to these questions.
We do know, though, that it is typical for people to experience a variety of emotions following such a traumatic event. These feelings can include shock, sorrow, numbness, fear, anger, disillusionment, grief and others. You may find that you have trouble sleeping, concentrating, eating or remembering even simple tasks. This is common and should pass after a while. Over time, the caring support of family and friends can help to lessen the emotional impact and ultimately make the changes brought about by the tragedy more manageable.
You may feel that the world is a more dangerous place today than you did yesterday. It will take some time to recover your sense of equilibrium.
Meanwhile, you may wonder how to go on living your daily life. You can strengthen your resilience—the ability to adapt well in the face of adversity—in the days and weeks ahead.
Here are some tips:
Talk about it — Ask for support from people who care about you and who will listen to your concerns. Receiving support and care can be comforting and reassuring. Your campus is likely to be offering support services through its counseling center. It often helps to speak with others who have shared your experience so you do not feel so different or alone. If your parents seem particularly distressed, it may be because they are reacting to their own sense of not being able to control the college environment to keep you as safe as they would like.
Strive for balance — When a tragedy occurs, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and have a negative or pessimistic outlook. Balance that viewpoint by reminding yourself of people and events which are meaningful and comforting, even encouraging. Striving for balance empowers you and allows for a healthier perspective on yourself and the world around you.
Turn it off and take a break — You may want to keep informed, but try to limit the amount of news you take in whether it’s from the internet, television, newspapers or magazines. While getting the news informs you, being overexposed to it can actually increase your stress. The images can be very powerful in reawakening your feeling of distress. Also, schedule some breaks to distract yourself from thinking about the incident and focus instead on something you enjoy. Try to do something that will lift your spirits.
Honor your feelings — Remember that it is common to have a range of emotions after a traumatic incident. Go a little easy on yourself and on your friends. You may experience intense stress similar to the effects of a physical injury. For example, you may feel exhausted, sore, or off balance.
Take care of yourself — Engage in healthy behaviors to enhance your ability to cope with excessive stress. Eat well-balanced meals, get plenty of rest, and build physical activity into your day. Avoid alcohol and drugs because they can suppress your feelings rather than help you to manage and lessen your distress. In addition, alcohol and drugs may intensify your emotional or physical pain. Establish or reestablish routines such as eating meals at regular times and following an exercise program. If you are having trouble sleeping, try some relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing, meditation, or yoga.
Help others or do something productive — Find out from your university or community how you can help people who have been affected by this incident, or have other needs. Helping someone else often has the benefit of making you feel better, too. Try volunteering at your school or within your community.
If you have recently lost friends in this or other tragedies — Remember that grief is a long process. Give yourself time to experience your feelings and to recover. For some, this might involve staying at home; for others it may mean getting back to school or work. Dealing with the shock and trauma of such an event will take time. It is typical to expect many ups and downs, including "survivor guilt"—feeling bad that you escaped the tragedy while others did not.
For many people, using the tips and strategies mentioned above may be sufficient to get through the current crisis. At times, however an individual can get stuck or have difficulty managing intense reactions. A licensed mental health professional such as a psychologist can assist you in developing an appropriate strategy for moving forward. It is important to get professional help if you feel like you are unable to function or perform basic activities of daily living. Your university or college counseling center may be a good place to start.
Recovering from such a tragic event may seem difficult to imagine. Persevere and trust in your ability to get through the challenging days ahead. Taking the steps in this guide can help you cope at this very difficult time.
This tip sheet was made possible with help from the following APA members: Dewey Cornell, PhD, Richard A. Heaps, PhD, Jana Martin, PhD, H. Katherine O’Neill, PhD, Karen Settle, PhD, Peter Sheras, PhD, Phyllis Koch-Sheras, PhD, and members of Division 17.
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The American Historical Association offers tips for using cameras and scanners to create digital versions of historical documents.

While the Center for Economic and Policy Research has gone so far as to call the U.S. the “No Vacation Nation" stating from a study of 22 of the richest countries that "The United States continues to be the only advanced economy that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation and holidays." Former President Samuel Stanley made efforts to ensure that at MSU this wasn't ture. On his last day of service, President Stanley declared that, "MSU’s biggest investment — and greatest strength — is you, the exceptionally talented support staff, faculty and academic staff who bring our educational mission to life. You do so much to teach, inspire and support our students’ success in all they do. An important part of my job, and that of my administration, is recognizing your efforts and supporting your success." And the way in which Stanley recognized those efforts, was to award a new, annual winter break, which for this academic year will run from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2.In my experience, this is a time that many employees would use vacation days or accrued time off, but the act of intentionally gifting MSU staff this time means that the days they would have otherwise allocated to ringing in the new year can be distributed to other times in their work cycle. But will they? According to a study done by Glassdoor, the reasons U.S. workers don’t use their vacation time includes:

Their workload is too great and no one else at their company can do the work in their absence without fear they will fall behind.
They worry they will miss out on participating in an important project, decision or meeting.
They feel guilty about leaving the office too long because they think their team might feel lost or overwhelmed.
Some worry their desire to take vacation time will make them appear less motivated or dedicated.

Additionally, the Glassdoor study found that of those who did use vacation time, only 54% were able to fully "check out" while 27% were expected to stay aware of work issues and jump in if need be. This data-- combined with that from a study from the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization that found working 55 hours or more a week was associated with a 35% higher risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease, compared with a working week of 35 to 40 hours-- has a few important take aways for us...

Over working ourselves has negative health implications.
Taking the time off that we're provided by our organization is important for both employees and employer.
Workplace culture, division of labor, and human capital/capacity all impact workers' ability to let go while taking time away (or taking time at all).

"While taking a vacation may make employees temporarily feel behind, they should realize that stepping away from work and fully disconnecting carries a ripple effect of benefits. It allows employees to return to work feeling more productive, creative, recharged and reenergized. In turn, employers should consider what a vacation really means – to actually vacate work – and how they can support employees to find true rest and relaxation to avoid burnout and turnover within their organizations," said Carmel Galvin, Glassdoor chief human resources officer. Additionalluy, in a report on the impacts of a reduction to 32 hour/4-day work-week in 27 companies, scholars at Boston College, the University College Dublin and Cambridge University found improvement in many well-being metrics. "Stress, burnout, fatigue, work-family conflict all declined, while physical and mental health, positive affect, workfamily and work-life balance, and satisfaction across multiple domains of life increased." Download a copy of the report for all the details.I love the way this Forbes article by Caroline Castrill puts it, "Don’t be a vacation slacker. Time off is linked to a slew of benefits, including better sleep and improved mental health. So, what are you waiting for? Put the guilt aside and plan your next holiday. Your body and mind will thank you." The article also links to multiple studies that support the assertions that vacation time:



increases mindfulness
improves heart health
reduces stress
boosts brainpower
improves sleep



The bottom line is taking vacation time is essential to employee survival. We (the royal "we") still have a long way to go when it comes to employee health and workplace wellbeing, but taking full-advantage of employer provided breaks is one place to start. So as the year comes to an end... leave your computer at work, set your away message, turn off notifications, and respect your own PTO boundaries. Photo by Bethany Legg on Unsplash

There has been a lot happening in the world- in addition to my world- and navigating these happenings has felt heavy at times. From institutional changes to caregiving responsibilities, I feel like I’ve been spinning a lot of plates (and each plate is full). Wanting to do and give my best to my work, my family, and my community, while the impacts of invisible disability knock regularly at my door… this has been an exceptionally tough “season”.
Throughout it all, I’ve found that thinking of my life and all the ways I engage in/with it as tied to a collection core guiding principles and values. Starting by identifying what these were for me, and moving to what they look like in practice personally and professionally, has helped me scope my expectations for myself, how I decide to (or not to) take on new projects, and how to measure success. I’m trying hard to move away from thinking about my “performance” and productivity (grounded in capitalism) towards a day-to-day where I’m bringing my whole authentic personhood to the spaces in which I’m invited or have access. This is a snapshot of three of the ideas guiding me in this effort… centering these are what “help me sleep at night” (as my therapist says).
Trust:
I know from my doctoral research, that trust is a key characteristic of groups coming to a place of shared communal wisdom. I also know that my perspectives on trust have shifted as I’ve faced relational trauma and toxic environments, while coming into my own as a parent of two kiddos. I don’t give trust as freely as I used to, and don’t expect others to either… instead I’ve moved toward relational reciprocity. I now understand trust as something to be cultivated and maintained. It takes work, just like most aspects of relationships, but the work is worthwhile.
According to the Center for Creative Leadership research (2017), all components of trust constitute a core need we have as humans; trusting in ourselves, being trusted, and trusting those around us.  When present in a team, trust stiches together buy-in around group purpose, goals, and objectives, creating a fabric of collaboration and empowerment. To build (and sustain) this kind of trust, it is crucial to provide meaningful opportunities for folx to connect with one another on a human level. Just as crucial is the understanding that there will be times when trust is compromised, and rebuilding is necessary (after all we’re all human).
Care:
Depending on who I’m talking to, “care” can look very different. To my kids, care looks like “keeping us safe and healthy” (what they know is my “#1 job”) where to my colleagues and collaborators, care is very different. Regardless of who – acting with care requires one to actively listen (listening to understand rather that just respond). Care often requires time and definitely establishment of welcoming spaces. Care is community. Care is compassion + action, letting humanity drive the way we exist and operate with and amongst one another. We should consider approaching all with a commitment to caring; ourselves and others.
Dr. Catherine Denial, author of “A Pedagogy of Kindness” (2024), very eloquently captures what I’ve come to know and experience (if only I had read her book first). “Our access to care—even self-care—is knowingly limited by people who understand their privileges to be dependent upon denying others the material, emotional, social, and spiritual space they need. In the academy this is reflected in matters like the move to contingency; in the loss of lines in departments and programs that ask hard questions about equity and inclusion (like gender and women’s studies, Latinx studies, and African American studies); and in tolerance of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault” (p17).
Congruence:
Growing up, I heard relatives regularly pick up the phrase “they talk the talk but do they walk the walk” to point out the way what a person says aligns with how they act. Now whether they picked the phrase up from casual conversation or the movie Apocalypse Now, I came to understand that “walking the walk” was the most important part of the phrase from an onlooker (or impacted persons’) perspective. Congruence in my practice means that I am doing what I say I’ll do, that my actions are in alignment with what I say is important to me, that (going back to my opening of this piece) I can sleep at night knowing that I showed up in ways I’ve promised to my community.
Congruence is one of the seven “C’s” of the Social Change Model for Leadership Development. In “Leadership for a Better World” authors Komives and Wagner, with associate Shalka (2017), note that “The ability for individuals to live their lives from places of personal truth [congruence] can bring comfort and strength” (p69) and that “To be a person of Congruence requires dedication and courage. Congruence demands that leaders commit to a process of frequent evaluation and refinement of their intentions, actions, and motives” (p79).     
All in all, as you may have gathered, these three guiding principles are interconnected in a way that is quite challenging to parse out in my daily life. Despite that, the work of self-reflection, of naming these things and how they influence the way I keep the plates spinning and my heart beating, has proven to be an extremely valuable practice in my life as an educator, as a colleague, and as a human.
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Spartan Fireside: April 3, 2020
Hosted by Mark Largent, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education & Jeff Grabill, Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Featuring special guests Jane Zimmerman, Department of Mathematics and Michael Ristich, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures.
 

 
 
 
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Spartan Fireside: July 14, 2020
Hosted by Mark Largent, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education & Jeff Grabill, Associate Provost for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Featuring special guests Andrea Bierema, Academic Specialist in the Center for Integrative Studies in General Science and Department of Integrative Biology, and Michael Ristich, Academic Specialist in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures.  
 

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