Eastern Michigan University
September 6, 2023
Academic and Student Affairs
Provost Briefing
Institutional Priority #1
Promote Student Engagement and Success
The Provost Office would like to give a warm welcome to all new and returning students, faculty, and staff. We hope your Fall 2023 semester is off to a great start and wish you an excellent academic year.
To safeguard the health and wellbeing of everyone on the EMU campus, the Provost Office would like to remind faculty and staff that all in-classroom telephones include a direct dial to DPS. These phones have been checked and updated as needed to ensure proper functionality and safety precautions across campus.
Student Workshops and Major Fair Opportunities
How to College (H2C) Workshops
The Student Success and Academic Support Services Area cordially invites you to help us engage students in our new success series How to College (H2C).This program is a series of workshops which will promote discussion and reflection on some of the more difficult concepts students may face in college: How to Communicate with Faculty, The Importance of Mental Health, Getting Involved on Campus and many others! These sessions will take place approx. 2-3x per month throughout the Fall ‘23 semester and will also count as an LBC event for students!
Please contact Vanessa Gardner at vgardner@emich.edu for more information or to get involved!
H2C Dates:
- How to Communicate with Faculty, Student Center, Tuesday, 9.12 from 6-7:30
- Understanding Financial Aid and Student Business Services, Halle Library GO9, Wednesday, 9.27 from 6-7:30 *
- Understanding Campus Resources, Student Center, Tuesday, 10.10 from 6-7:30
- CAPS (Mental Health Check-In), Halle Library G09, Wednesday, 10.18 from 6-7:30 *
- Students with Disabilities Wksp, Student Center, Tuesday 10.24 from 6-7:30
- Getting Involved on Campus, Student Center, Tuesday, 11.7 from 6-7:30
- How to Prepare for Final Exams, Student Center, Tuesday, 11.28 from 6-7:30
*collaborative sessions with Holman Success Center
Major Exploration Fair
On Thursday, October 12th in the Student Center Ballroom from 11:00am - 3:00pm, our Advising and Career Teams will host a Major Exploration Fair tailored specifically toward undergraduate students. This event offers an amazing opportunity for students to learn about the 200+ undergraduate majors offered by EMU!
Students will have the chance to engage in insightful conversations with faculty and staff representing various major departments along with campus resources. The primary goal is to provide students with the increased knowledge of what is available for them to pursue in order to reach their future career goals. This is a great opportunity for you to get the word out about your majors to our students as well!
Please let us know if your department would be interested in participating in this event by Friday, September 15th by filling out our Google Form. We recommend one or more faculty from each participating major be represented and a student representative from a program for peer connection. Since it will be a longer event, feel free to have representatives come in and out throughout the day!
Our Career Coaches will be there to bring their expertise to provide students the necessary tools they need to gain a better understanding of where their personal and career interests align with academic programs.
This event will combine both academic journeys and professional goals thus honing in on our mission, “We Support Your Goals!”
If you have any questions, please contact Kristian Burns (kburns13@emich.edu).
“The Age of AI”
Events from the EMU Center for Digital Engagement
Date/Time: Thursday, September 21 / 4pm
Location: The SPARK East Innovation Center, 215 West Michigan Avenue Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Cost: Free, Get Tickets
During this in-person panel discussion hosted by Bud Gibson and featuring TechStak founder Nicol Pasuit, growth marketing expert Ian Sherk, and select members of Nicol's 2023 Digital Summer Clinic Intern team, we'll dive into topics related to high-tech start-ups and how they leverage AI technologies to enhance marketing strategies, improve customer experiences, and drive business growth. After learning about how AI has been the heart of digital marketing since the beginning with algorithmic search (chiefly Google) and social media news feeds (chiefly Meta), you'll have the tools to equip AI to your marketing game.
Whether you're a marketing professional, business owner, or simply curious about the future of marketing, this event is for you! Network with like-minded individuals, gain valuable knowledge, and be inspired by the possibilities AI offers in marketing and branding.
Date/Time: Friday, November 17 / 8am-2pm
Location: EMU Student Center, 900 Oakwood Street Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Cost: 3 Special Rates
- General Community - Please register by October 31 for our special Early Bird Rate of $30, including breakfast and lunch.
- Faculty and Staff - Please join us at the courtesy rate of just $15.
- Students - Please come see what it’s all about for just $5.
Please join us at the 2023 Digital Marketing Workshop for this year's topic, "The Age of AI". We start with the keynote, “Building a 100 Million Dollar Brand”, featuring EMU alum Chris Prucha. Chris founded and sold his last company, Origin, for $100 Million.
We then move to two panels, “Growth Marketing with AI” and “Content Creation with AI”, featuring marketers from Google, The Detroit Pistons, Popeyes, and a number of other Southeast Michigan businesses. We conclude with lunch and an open discussion with the day’s panelists about what we have learned. With 3 special rates, we encourage all to attend.
Date/Time: Every Monday starting September 11, 2023 / 5:30pm
Location: YouTube
The CDE hosts short, 5-minute bites on marketing and career strategies via YouTube livestream. We invite all to tune in and learn about marketing strategy and career-building tips from the front lines. Subscribe to the Digital Summer Clinic YouTube Channel to stay up to date on new videos with the option to be notified of livestreams. Check out past livestreams as well.
For more information on all of our activities, including The Digital Marketing Workshop and our Digital Summer Clinic internship, please visit CenterForDigitalEngagement.org.
Institutional Priority #2
High Performing Academic Programs & Quality Research
EMU Mcnair scholars to attend 2023 research conference
Dr. Kimberly Brown and nine students from the EMU McNair Scholars Program are attending the 2023 McNair Scholars Research Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico from September 5th - 8th, 2023. Scholars will be presenting the following research:
Jemone Cochran II
Construction and Examination of a Dynamometer Engine
Ryland Lambert
Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Clavicle
Joseph Rosales
How Adverse Childhood Experiences Influence Development
Coreena Forstner
The Nexus of Psychosis, Self-Harm, and Baseline Psychiatric Symptoms in Correctional Solitary Confinement
Thairu Moore-Petinak
Confronting child sexual abuse by stigma reduction: Evaluating the impact of narrative humanization
Jua'Chelle Harmon
The Impact of Food Insecurity on the Development of Psychopathology in Childhood and Adolescence: A Literature Review
Shaniqwa Martin
Evaluation of Wind Turbines Impacts on Indiana Bats Using Geographic Information Systems
Arnecia Paul
COVID-19 Pandemic Era Children’s Challenges: Teachers’ Perceptions of Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Development Post-Pandemic in the Classroom
Lisbette Zavala
Therapeutic and Recreational Experiences from Psilocybin Ingestion
Snead and Hoang
Honors students participate in PPIA Junior Summer Institute
Over the summer of 2023, rising seniors Jeff Hoang (political science & communication major) and Makaiya Snead (political science major) were invited to participate in the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute (JSI) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
The PPIA JSI is a rigorous academic graduate-level preparation program for undergraduate juniors committed to careers in public service. The program was started to address the lack of diversity across the spectrum of professional public service, including government, nonprofits, public policy institutions, and international organizations.
Formosa Quartet
The Formosa Quartet join EMU as the 2023-24 M. Thelma McAndless Distinguished professors with visits in January and April
In advance of their in-person visits, the Formosa Quartet has asked us to share the following message and Google Form with all students and employees of EMU with hopes that you might participate in their American Mirror Project.
Hello Everyone! We are the Formosa Quartet and we're looking forward to spending time at Eastern this coming year as the 23/24 McAndless Scholars. Our American Mirror Project is a collaborative initiative in which participants hold up personal mirrors to America, their reflections of what America means. We would love to hear from YOU!
Please join us by submitting your own mirror — an audio file, video file, or written statement — in response to the prompts in our Google Form. You can be as serious or lighthearted as you would like! Our goal is to incorporate as many of your quotes into a short film and musical piece in our January performance.
With gratitude,
Formosa Quartet (Jasmine Lin, Wayne Lee, Matthew Cohen, and Deborah Pae)
Submissions are due by October 6.
Institutional Priority #3
Service and Engagement
Academic/Community Engagement Mini-Grants for Faculty
The EMU Engage office is offering a Community Engaged Mini-Grant program for AS-L Faculty to complete community engaged projects with students and faculty. According to Engage:
At the conclusion of the Ford Community Corps Grant program in Winter 2022, Engage@EMU was left with a pool of money that was never used, largely due to COVID and the effect it had on the projects that were selected for the FCC Grants. That being said, we are excited to say that we have been able to create our own mini-grant program using those funds! We are offering grants of up to 2,500 dollars to fund community engagement initiatives and projects led by AS-L/Community Engaged Faculty. The link to apply is HERE. These funds can be used to initiate projects related to courses, projects outside of the classroom, or a field/practicum requirement. The application will close on September 17th, 2023, at 11:59pm.
Faculty Development Center
Date/Time: Tentative Monthly Meetings, 2023-2024 Academic Year
Applications Due: Wednesday, September 20 by 5pm
The Disability is Diversity: Accessibility Change Agents Learning Community, facilitated by Audrey Farrugia, will bring together a group of educators to explore topics around providing accessibility for students with documented or undocumented disabilities in order to work towards creating universal design for learning on our campus. Participants in this learning community will work to become change agents and begin or continue disability accessibility work in their home colleges or departments. Membership in this learning community is open to part-time lecturers, full-time lecturers, staff, or faculty during the 2023-24 academic year. Participation will entail attending eight meetings of roughly 75 minutes spread out over the Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 semesters. Participants who persist in the learning community throughout the two semesters and develop a plan for implementing the lessons they learned in their departments or programs will receive $400 for their time and work.
Date/Time: Thursdays / 3-5pm; see website for specific dates
Applications Due: Monday, September 25 by 10am
We invite you all to participate in this new learning community, organized by Professor Ron Flowers. Through this work, we will help instructors construct a classroom environment that will support the well-being and mental health of our students. Participants will develop methods for incorporating life skills and resilience into their current course content and pedagogical practices. To facilitate this development, we will be partnering with non-profit organizations focusing on adolescent and young adult mental health.
Date/Time: January 21-April 13, 2024; check NCFDD website for specific dates
Applications Due: Monday, September 18
We are excited to announce a new opportunity for tenure-track or newly-tenured faculty to apply to participate in the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program. The Faculty Success Program is a 12-week online program that assists newer faculty members in developing the skills necessary to increase research and writing productivity while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This program involves several different levels of support, including individual and small group sessions, weekly training modules, accountability calls from NCFDD-Certified Coaches, and a time tracking system to help you collect data regarding your own writing and research productivity.
Location: 109 B Halle
Date/Times:
- Thursday, October 12 / 3:30pm - Information session (Also offered on Zoom)
- Monday, October 23 / 3:30pm - Workshop #1
- Thursday, October 26 / 3:30pm - Workshop #2
Are grant proposal rejections getting you down? Ninety percent of faculty who come to these sessions receive the award, because they get up-to-date information on writing a successful proposal and get important feedback on how their proposals will be reviewed by a general academic audience. Join Alexis Braun Marks and Natalie Dove in this workshop aimed at informing participants on the application process and strategies for writing a proposal, and providing feedback on current applications!
Location: 109B Halle
Date/Time: Monthly meetings, Wednesdays, 2023-24 / 12:30-1:45pm
- October 18th, 2023
- November 15th, 2023
- December 13th, 2023
- January 17th, 2024
- February 21st, 2024
- March 20th, 2024
- April 17th, 2024
Are you an EMU faculty or staff member interested in exploring academic leadership? Do you want to develop leadership skills to support any position you're in at EMU? If yes, the Academic Leadership Community of Practice (AL-CoP) may be a great opportunity for you! This new CoP will be hosted by Julia Heck, Andrea Zakrajsek , and Jeffrey Bernstein this upcoming year, but much of the content will be facilitated by participants and organized around topics of mutual interest. The goal of this community is to collectively generate knowledge about the experiences and skills for academic leadership in institutions of higher education.
UACDC Hosts First Annual Employer Welcome Breakfast
Along with other career fairs and events this fall, the University Advising & Career Development Center will also be hosting employers for their first annual Employer Welcome Breakfast on September 8th. The event will discuss networking opportunities and how employers can partner with the UACDC for their employment needs. The event aims to match more employers with more EMU students, filling much needed positions and providing degree-appropriate job opportunities for students.
MI-ACE Event: Michigan ACE Women of Color Collaborative Luncheon
Event Details:
Friday, November 3, 2023
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Saginaw Valley State University, Curtiss Hall Banquet Room A
"Leadership in Higher Education: The Future is Female"
MI-ACE is hosting the Women of Color Collaborative Luncheon, an empowering event dedicated to fostering a networking forum and providing support for women of color employed in faculty, administrative staff, and leadership roles at Michigan's colleges and universities. The luncheon aims to promote networking among women in higher education across the state, thus further strengthening the overall MI-ACE Women's Network.
If you are interested in more information or in attending this event, please contact Julia Heck at jheck3@emich.edu.
Institutional Priority #4
Institutional Effectiveness
It's time to submit reserve requests!
If you have any questions about reserves or want to know how the reserves for your class were used, contact us at libres@emich.edu
Philosophy of Law (PHIL 335W) was used 17 times last year
Reserves in action:
Rhetoric in Civic Life (COMM 440W) was used 66 times last year
Help us help your students
Tell them that the books for your class are available on reserve and what that means
Prepared by: Andi Pontiff & Karen Peacock
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