Career Development

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Development coordinates and supports faculty development programming in the College of Human Medicine.

Our flagship programs are described below. For more information on our offerings and resources, see the menu at the right.

New Faculty Orientation

New faculty of all MSU-paid faculty appointment types are welcomed each year with the New Faculty Orientation. This program includes virtual resources accompanied by our New Faculty Welcome event. At this event, new faculty interact with the dean and other key college leaders, network with others around the college and across appointment systems and roles, and learn more about expectations and opportunities for faculty in each area of the mission and how we work together to achieve it.

Faculty Mentoring Programs

The college’s centrally coordinated mentoring programming currently includes the Tenure System Mentoring Program, which has been providing targeted support for pre-tenure faculty on meeting college expectations for promotion and tenure since 2008, and the CHM Promotion Bootcamp designed for faculty in the MSU-paid systems and clinical/adjunct non-prefix system who are ready to submit a promotion application in the next cycle. In addition, the Office of Faculty Development works with departments to coordinate department-level mentoring offerings for all faculty and academic staff appointment types and career stages.

Academic Leadership Support

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Development also hosts the quarterly Chair Collaboration and Leadership series. In this workshop series, chairpersons and directors across the college meet to discuss faculty affairs and development topics within the unit leader’s purview. The goals of the program are to build and nurture the professional community of chairs and directors in the college, provide opportunities to share new ideas and best practices for faculty affairs and faculty development topics, and support chairperson and director leadership development.