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Hello! My name is Sarah Schultz and I serve as the Director of My Spartan Story, MSU’s new co-curricular record. I am elated to be your #ama host for September 30! At MSU, we know students are participating in beyond-the-classroom experiences where learning is occurring such as jobs, leadership positions, student organizations, and more. Beginning this fall, students will be formally recognized for their engagement and learning through My Spartan Story and the Spartan Experience Record, an official MSU document which students can request through the Registrar’s Office alongside their transcript. As a new initiative at MSU, I am happy to answer questions on co-curricular experiences, how you can get involved with My Spartan Story, and all things beyond-the-classroom learning.

Hello again everyone,

Namaskar/Sewaro!

We, Stokes and Marohang, invite you to join our “Digital Collaborative Learning for the 21st Century 2.0 Learning Community” on 10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM

We look forward to continuing the discussion of the use of digital and cloud-based tools in our work with students across all modalities, as well as the challenges and opportunities that digital collaborative practices afford both students and instructors. We are interested in exploring links between digital collaborative learning and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) pedagogy, and how generative artificial intelligence (AI) might play a role these activities and aims.

Our meeting is via Zoom, and you can find the recurring link and passcode below. To assist everyone with their planning, our meetings for Fall 2023 are scheduled for the following dates and times:

10-11am on Friday, October 13, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM
10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM
10-11am on Friday, December 01, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM

Our Recurring Zoom Meeting: https://msu.zoom.us/j/94545089588
Meeting ID: 945 4508 9588
Passcode: 851121

Look forward to seeing you all this coming Friday, November 10, 2023 (10-11am on Friday, November 10, 2023 US Eastern Time (ET) Kathmandu Time 7:45 PM).

Best regards,

Marohang & Stokes

Stokes and I are finalizing our agenda for our meeting this Friday, and in order to prevent this from being a 3-hour meeting, we're winnowing down my attempts to ask the wordiest questions possible. I couldn't bear to cut the question below entirely though, so I'm posting it here to see if it sparks any asynchronous discussion!
- GJS


Towards the end of Ch. 2, Museus, Griffin, and Quaye note that “calls for the elimination of cultural centers and organizations in order to create more opportunities for engagement across difference and fewer options for self-segregation do not acknowledge the important positive role that these organizations play in the lives of Students of Color. In fact, given the positive outcomes stemming from student participation and leadership in culturally-based organizations, institutions must begin or continue to support their goals and efforts” (28).

MSU has recently been in the news for plans to construct a freestanding multicultural center to expand the footprint of spaces currently provided in the MSU Union. (We may also recall that MSU made national headlines for closing its 90-year-old women’s lounge in 2016, under various external pressures.) [Links to both stories below]

How do you see events like these contributing to the climate/culture on MSU's campus?

What would it look like to advocate for or act on these topics responsibly from our positions?

https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/msu-campus/michigan-state-university-looks-at-building-freestanding-multicultural-center

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/08/michigan-state-sets-debate-eliminating-womens-lounge-student-union

CIRCLE, MSU's new Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Collaboration, Learning, and Engagement, invites interested educators to apply to be CIRCLE Affiliates!

How to Apply:

CIRCLE welcomes tenure-track faculty, non-tenure track faculty, academic specialists, postdocs, and staff members from across campus.
Applicants for affiliation in fall 2023 should submit a 1-page letter of inquiry (as a PDF) and a current CV no later than November 11, 2023 to ORI.Circle@msu.edu. Please use “Affiliate Fall 23” in the subject line. Letters should include:

-Your current research/teaching/engagement interests
-Your history of interdisciplinary activity and/or your current interest in interdisciplinarity
-How you hope to engage with CIRCLE as an affiliate faculty member

For more details about the fellowship and our upcoming CIRCLE events: https://research.msu.edu/circle/affiliate-faculty-program

Please join us for the next meeting of the Online Faculty Learning Community.
Tuesday, December 10 from 9-11 a.m.
East Fee Hall - Patenge Room (C-102)
Thomas Jeitschko, Dean of MSU Graduate School will be with us to discuss the future of online learning at MSU.

Here is a downloadable file of the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation (CTLI) mid-semester feedback survey sample questions. You can also access the Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvWBucqNfRfc938QekLlealPf4XbIbBCg1Bz5UgwUjY/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that there are colleges and units across MSU's campus that are already offering support to their instructors in collecting formative feedback. This effort is to complement these services and make them accessible to the broader MSU instructor community. Feel free to use these questions verbatim, or tailor to best suit your course(s).

Have you heard about MSU’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion?

"The knowledge and skills necessary to navigate an increasingly diverse campus and interconnected world are substantial. The Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and its partners equip faculty, staff members and students with a variety of tools and resources necessary to be welcoming and inclusive of our diverse campus community through workshops, seminars, and trainings."

Submit education requests for IDI services, including educator consultations, on this Google form (https://forms.gle/acniZ9ThopU4cUhdA) or email (inclusion@msu.edu). If you have questions about education programs offered by the Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion or need to request a time-sensitive response please contact Dr. Patti Stewart at ps@msu.edu.

"In the Eye of the Storm: Students’ Perceptions of Helpful Faculty Actions Following a Collective Tragedy"
by Therese A. Huston (Seattle University) & Michele DiPietro (Carnegie Mellon University) looks at the ways instructors respond following a tragedy, as well as student reactions to the variety of most common actions.

Abstract
On occasion, our campus communities are shaken by national tragedies such as hurricane Katrina and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, or by local tragedies such as the murder of a faculty member or student. Because these are unusual circumstances, faculty are often initially confused about how to respond, and later have little or no sense of how effective their actions have been (DiPietro, 2003). This paper investigates the most common instructor responses following a tragedy and which of those responses students find most helpful. Implications for faculty and faculty developers are discussed.