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Job Title: Librarian for Sociology, Social Work, Criminal Justice, and Human Development & Family StudiesDepartment: MSU Libraries Team: Social Sciences Bio: Carin Graves is the Library Liaison to Sociology, Social Work, Criminal Justice, and Human Development & Family Studies. She is a member of the Zotero team at the library offering workshops and troubleshooting throughout the year.

Topic Area: DEI
Presented By: Sonja Fritzsche, Amy Martin, and Peter De Costa 
Abstract:
We propose an information session as a report out on the activities of our AAN Learning Community from AY 2020-21: Anti-racist Approaches to Learning and Teaching with Faculty, Staff and Students. This effort is part of MSU’s learning community program organized by the Academic Advancement Network (AAN). You can read more about this learning community and others on the AAN website.   
This year we created a learning community space where learners of all races and ethnicities could commit to reading, viewing, and listening to the research, creative scholarship, and voices of what our MSU campus colleagues and others have published on whiteness, social justice, and anti-racist issues. A group of over 20 faculty, graduate students, staff, and administrators from three different colleges and several administrative units spent time reflecting on our own areas of growth and what we needed to change about ourselves and our approaches to teaching and facilitating learning for others. Together we agreed on collective rules of engagement for respectful and sometimes difficult conversations where we could call each other in on issues and learn from them. We also committed to a set of individual and collective strategies where we become racial justice accomplices, envisioning a community free from racial injustice. Please join us for an interactive discussion about what we read, what we learned, and what actions we committed to undertake. We invite you to engage us, challenge us, and enhance the strategies we plan to implement during the next academic year. The panel will consist of members of the learning community.

Title: Recognizing Burnout and Mapping Your Stress ResponsePresenter: Lisa Laughman (Health4U)Format: WorkshopDate: May 11th, 2023Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pmClick here to viewDescription:Using a live poll on experiences of burnout, Lisa Laughman, Coordinator of the MSU Spartan Resilience Training Program, will talk about ways educators can map their stress response. Lisa's insights will include offering samples of practical grounding skills.  Over the past 30 years, Lisa has worked with others to craft the Spartan Resilience Training Model, a model which braids together social justice education and social emotional learning. The model incorporates core principles of healthy human functioning with several evidence-based theories to help people build capacity for emotional resilience, psychological flexibility, empathy, shame-resilience, self-compassion, mindfulness, courage building, and value-guided action. In this session, Lisa will also share the news about Mindful State website (coming soon) as a way for educators to bring mindfulness practices into their class rooms.  

Below is a list of resources that promote student success. All links provided are direct links (ONE CLICK) connecting you to contact information or an educator who can respond to your questions and/or help your students who are excelling academically. Thank you for helping our students achieve their goals.
Academic Scholars Program: For invited incoming first-year students with strong academic records; prior to matriculation students are invited to join the Academic Scholars Program
Bailey Scholars Program: For students in any major who are interested in earning a Minor in Leadership in Integrated Learning while developing their capacity for self-directed learning; housed in the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
[Charles] Drew Science Scholars Program: For selected first-year and sophomore math and science students from groups historically underserved in science and mathematics fields; provides academic, community and professional resources
Citizen Scholars Program: For selected first-year arts and humanities students interested in civic learning, community work, and social justice
Detroit M.A.D.E. Program [Mastering Academics Demonstrating Excellence]: For students who graduated from Detroit schools and resided in Detroit; provides college transition and career development support, including internship and education abroad opportunities
Dow STEM Program: For Michigan students pursuing a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) major; provides academic and social support servicesHonors College: For invited incoming first-year students with strong academic records; prior to and after the first fall semesters, students are invited to join the Honors College
The RISE (Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment) Program:  A residential learning experience for students who share academic interests in environmental studies

Dr. Mark Auslander serves as director of the Michigan State University Museum and is an associate professor of Anthropology and History at Michigan State University. According to his bio at the MSU Museum Dr. Auslander is a sociocultural and historical anthropologist, who works at the intersection of ritual practice, aesthetics, environmental transformation, kinship, and political consciousness in sub-saharan Africa and the African Diaspora. With his students, Dr. Auslander has led numerous community engaged/service learning courses, partnering with vulnerable communities in developing collaborative exhibitions, documentary projects, and social justice initiatives, such as restoring and documenting historically African American cemeteries; collaboratively curating art exhibitions with African refugee communities; and co-curating poetry performances with incarcerated youth in correctional facilities. Here's what a fellow Spartan had to say about Dr. Auslander's impact:"Mark is a brilliant individual and MSU is fortunate to have him head up the MSU Museum. The way Mark works across the university while still being newer to MSU sets a standard we can all learn from. His depth and breadth of knowledge is significant, and he has taken on some of the most challenging projects on behalf of the university and makes it look easy. I am happy to know someone of his caliber and appreciate his partnership." For more on the MSU Museum: https://www.museum.msu.edu/To read Dr. Auslander's full bio: https://www.museum.msu.edu/employees/mark-auslander/To thank an educator yourself: http://bit.ly/ThankanEdMSU  

Title: Cohort Programs and Student Success at MSUPresenters: Renee C. Brown (Center for Community Engaged Learning); Stephanie Brewer, Ph.D. (Center for Community Engaged Learning) and Erin Kramer (Center for Community Engaged Learning)Format: WTMCDate: May 11th, 2023Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pmClick here to viewDescription:Join paper authors, Renee Brown, Director, Dr. Stephanie Brewer, Academic Programs Manager, and Erin Kramer, Program Coordinator as they share 7 years of program data and outcomes for the MSU Community Engagement Scholars Program. This program is a partnership between the Center for Community Engaged Learning and the Office of the President. It launched in the fall of 2016.This cohort scholar program focuses on students who wish to develop themselves as community engagement scholars. It has an emphasis on community and economic development. Scholars learn together and in cohort and individually through their year-long experiences with community partners from across the state of Michigan. This presentation will address the effectiveness of the cohort curriculum, a participants’ learning assessment, and an overview of how the intentionally inclusive application process has brought forth strong cohorts each year. Stories of success for both the undergraduate student participants and the graduate student coordinators will also be shared.Recognizing the need for this program to grow and in ways that better support the desires of partners and participants to focus on social justice within community and economic development, this program will introduce as new program version in the coming years. The presenters will also share a vision for the future of this type of cohort community engagement program and how it might better serve more students and partners as a sustainable model.

As the first Social Science Fellow, Jacob’s project focused on surveying the landscape of the College of Social Science in order to gather information on departmental procedures, college structure, and identify possible intervention points in which to enhance the graduate student experience. This included creating an organizational chart, analyzing results from a graduate student survey, and developing a database on departments, graduate programs, and GSOs in the College of Social Science.

Title: Teaching Center Director Department: Center for Teaching and Learning InnovationBio:
Dr. Jeremy Van Hof is the Teaching Center Director at Michigan State University's Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI), where he focuses on leading a team of educational development experts. With an academic and professional background spanning over two decades, he has worked in various educational settings, from high school classrooms to university departments. Prior to joining CTLI, he served as the Director of Learning Technology and Development at the Eli Broad College of Business at MSU, spearheading initiatives in areas such as accessibility, instructional design, and diverse teaching modalities. A champion for equitable and engaging education, Van Hof's work aims to bring a student-centered vision to educator development, supporting MSU's nationally recognized faculty and staff in their teaching practice.
Guided by a commitment to social justice, he traces his educational philosophy back to his formative years as an undergraduate at MSU, where he realized the profound connection between education and societal equity.  Van Hof's accolades include the 2022 #iteachmsu Educator Award, the 2020 Broad College Distinguished Staff Award, and the 2017 Rick Fredericks Award for Outstanding Leadership. Dr. Van Hof holds a Ph.D. in Educational Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a Master's in Curriculum and Teaching from MSU, a Master's in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University, and a BA in English Education from MSU.
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