During the academic year, the Dean of the Graduate School, Pero Dagbovie, invites graduate students to join him and his graduate school colleagues for lunch and conversation in Chittenden Hall along the beautiful and historic Laboratory Row.

Graduate Program Assistants are welcome to attend this training event, hosted by The Graduate School. Topics will include end-of-year processes like RECR, GradPlan, ETDs, and funding deadlines.

During the academic year, the Dean of the Graduate School, Pero Dagbovie, invites graduate students to join him and his graduate school colleagues for lunch and conversation in Chittenden Hall along the beautiful and historic Laboratory Row.

During the academic year, the Dean of the Graduate School, Pero Dagbovie, invites graduate students to join him and his graduate school colleagues for lunch and conversation in Chittenden Hall along the beautiful and historic Laboratory Row.

You are a new Graduate Teaching Assistant and/or want to learn more about MSU’s learning management system (D2L) features to support your instructional role.

Join us for this session in which two experts from MSU Instructional Technology role will get you started on D2L features such as the Gradebook, Accessibility Checkers, Intelligent Agents, and share best practices to effectively use D2L for effective communication and student success. Come prepared to ask questions to get the most out of this session.

This session is part of the 2026 Spring GTA Preparation Program.

Effective grading is a result of understanding how to assess students in a manner that is both helpful to their development and an efficient use of your own time. 

In this session, we will discuss the preparation you should go through to be able to assess students effectively based on Learning Outcomes. You will learn how to write learning outcomes and use Backward Design to align learning outcomes with assessments and learning activities. 

This session is part of the 2026 Spring GTA Preparation Program.

Presenter(s):

Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) play a critical role in fostering student learning and success; however, not everything is smooth sailing! In this workshop, GTAs will be alerted to common academic and personal challenges—such as absences, late or missing assignments, and early withdrawals - which may come up during the semester.

In this session, Dr. Shannon Lynn Burton (MSU Ombudsperson) will present key strategies in discussing the importance of academic integrity, as well as in preventing misconduct, both in its more traditional forms, as well as in the digital space. Additionally, university policies and procedures in responding to misconduct will be explored to assist you in navigating these conversations.

Participants will have the chance to discuss scenarios and think about strategies for how to communicate clearly with students including discussions about AI.

GTAs take on multiple roles while managing their own courseload. In this session you will have the opportunity to connect to and learn from experienced GTAs.

Four graduate students who have served as grader, lab leader, recitation leader, and section leader share what their workload looks like and how they manage their time, tips and tricks on how to work with students, and challenges they have addressed. GTAs will walk away with a set of tools for successfully working in their roles.

This session is part of the 2026 Spring GTA Preparation Program.

GPDs, GPAs

Graduate program directors and graduate program assistants are welcome to attend this session that will review the University Distinguished Fellowship process within Slate.

Register using the link below.

Join the meeting using this link.

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