Additional Resources
This page provides a collection of resources to support effective mentoring relationships and faculty development across career stages. The materials below include guidance for mentors and mentees, mentoring tools and templates, professional development resources, and best practices for building productive mentoring relationships. These resources are intended to complement the formal mentoring committee process and support ongoing professional growth.
Mentoring and Career Development
Health Promotion and Engagement WorkLife Wellbeing
Teaching Resources
Research Resources
Extension Resources
Foundation Relations Support
Awards
Development Opportunities
Mentoring and Career Development
- Mapping a Mentoring Roadmap and Developing a Supportive Network for Strategic Career Advancement: A research-informed framework that provides practical tools for building individualized mentoring roadmaps and developmental networks. It offers strategies to support career planning and long-term professional advancement.
- NCFDD Mentoring Map: A tool that helps faculty assess and strengthen their mentoring network by identifying mentors, sponsors, collaborators, and peers who contribute to professional growth and career development.
- Expanding Your Mentoring Network: Opportunities for faculty to build connections with colleagues, engage in shared learning, exchange experiences, and develop supportive professional networks across career stages.
- Advancing Diversity Through Alignment of Policies and Practices: Resources to support inclusion in mentoring and faculty development.
- Graduate Student Mentoring Toolkit: Guidance and best practices for mentoring graduate students.
- Academic Resources: Materials and support for faculty navigating mentoring expectations, evaluation and professional growth.
Health Promotion and Engagement WorkLife Wellbeing
Health Promotion and Engagement WorkLife Wellbeing provides support for faculty navigating relocation, family care and work-life balance. It offers resources for dual-career support, childcare, eldercare and wellness. The office also helps faculty connect with peer networks and informal mentoring opportunities, which are especially valuable for those new to the Greater Lansing area.
Teaching Resources
The CANR Faculty & Staff Teaching Resources page includes instructional tools, course development support and links to university-wide teaching initiatives.
Research Resources
The MSU Office of Research and Innovation offers onboarding materials, internal and external funding opportunities and interdisciplinary collaboration platforms. Faculty can also manage their academic profiles and increase visibility through MSU Scholars.
Additional research resources include:
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Project GREEEN (for funding)
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MSU Scholars (to find collaborators – Faculty Login at the bottom of the page for further insights) Home - Michigan State University | MSU Scholars
Extension Resources
CANR provides guidance and resources to support faculty with Extension appointments and responsibilities. The CANR Guidance and Support for Faculty with Extension Appointments and Responsibilities provides information on Extension expectations, programming, stakeholder engagement, evaluation, impact, and professional development. Faculty with Extension responsibilities are encouraged to use this guidance in discussions with their mentors, unit leaders, and Extension colleagues.
Foundation Relations Support
Greg Witbeck, CANR’s Director of Foundation Relations, connects faculty with non-federal foundation grant opportunities. He offers consultations to help align projects with potential funders, provides guidance for faculty new to foundation funding and introduces MSU’s tools for tracking opportunities.
MSU Foundation Relations RFP Tracker: Active Foundation RFP List - Airtable
Awards
Recognition of faculty achievement is an important part of the mentoring process. Mentees are encouraged to work with their mentors to identify opportunities for internal and external awards. These awards can enhance professional visibility, support promotion and contribute to a positive mentoring culture.
Award programs are listed on the Awards and Recognition page. Mentors may also serve as sponsors by writing nomination letters, facilitating networking and helping mentees gain visibility within the university and broader academic community.
Development Opportunities
MSU and CANR offer a variety of professional development programs to support faculty at all stages of their careers. These include workshops on promotion and tenure, leadership development and cohort-based initiatives.
Key programs include:
Participation in these programs is encouraged as part of a holistic approach to mentoring and career development.
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