Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State
Join this Career Pathways Lunch & Learn hosted by the Minnesota State P-20 unit on March 19. Learn from colleagues as they share strategies for designing structured, industry-aligned pathways in partnership with secondary high schools.
Join 2019 Educator of the Year Kari Frisch from Central Lakes College on March 25 in the session "Windows, Mirrors, and Gray Matters." The session is part of the NED Excellence in Teaching series which honor and showcase the expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year.
Join the Minnesota State Office of Equity and Inclusion for the webinar "The Equity Exchange: What We Learned, What We’re Building." Key themes and learnings that emerged from the Equity and Student Success Regional Convenings will be shared.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is hosting its next virtual monthly data presentation series on February 20 at 10:00 a.m. Join to learn how Z-degrees are saving money for Minnesota State students and transforming access to education.
Accessibility+, a tool within D2L Brightspace that supports inclusive and accessible course design, is now available to all Minnesota State D2L Brightspace users. Initial functions of the tool have started to roll out, learn more about them, what's on the horizon, and how to join upcoming Accessibility Sprints to get practical guidance.
Explore the Spring 2026 NextGen Newsletter! Take a closer look at data conversion, hear from presidents and functional co-coordinators, and register for the upcoming 'More than Workday: NextGen Student Showcase' sessions.
Join Mantra Health and Minnesota State for a special Lunch & Learn exploring the impact of generative AI on student well-being. Whether you’re seeing shifts in how students seek support or you’re just curious about the landscape, this session will cover what you need to know.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is hosting its next virtual monthly data presentation series on January 16 at 10:00 a.m. Join to learn how to extract insights about student pathways from high school to graduate employment outcomes.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is hosting its next monthly data presentation series on December 19 at 10:00 a.m. Learn about how college-level math and writing course placement and course success have changed over time.
Join 2025 Educator of the Year J. Scott Baker from St. Cloud State University on November 13 and 20 in the sessions "I can’t teach with the arts, and other academic lies we tell ourselves." The sessions are part of the NED Excellence in Teaching series which honor and showcase the expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is hosting its next monthly data presentation series on November 21 - all about Credit for Prior Learning. The presentation will share findings and insights from national research, Minnesota State data on CPL, and a systemwide study on student experiences, attitudes, and perceptions.
Join 2025 Educator of the Year J. Scott Baker from St. Cloud State University on November 13 and 20 in the sessions "I can’t teach with the arts, and other academic lies we tell ourselves." The sessions are part of the NED Excellence in Teaching series which honor and showcase the expertise of the Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence Educators of the Year.
The Minnesota State Network for Educational Development is pleased to offer a series of short courses, workshops, and faculty learning communities on the NED Events Calendar for the Spring 2026 term. Learn more and plan ahead for your professional development.
Attend an upcoming virtual meeting on October 30 or October 31, 2025. Whether newly assigned or already teaching a co-req course, you are invited to explore how partnering with Adult Education can enhance student success.
Join the next Conversations with Colleagues on October 28 at noon, the topic is "Helping Students Navigate Educational Technology."
Collaborate with Minnesota State faculty who are committed to saving students on the cost of textbooks and course resources by using open educational resources (OER). There are several project types to choose from like redesigning a course, creating ancillary materials, or authoring course resources. Learn more and apply by January 9, 2026.
Minnesota State will support up to ten seats for the Creative Commons Certificate for librarians or educators for each of the upcoming ten-week sessions. The certificate is an in-depth course about Creative Commons licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is hosting its next hybrid monthly data presentation series on October 17 - all about Power BI Functionality. We will demonstrate helpful Power BI report functionality, showing examples of how to interact with slicers, filters and visuals within reports, and how to extract meaningful data from Power BI.
The Minnesota State NED partnered with Math Pathways to offer faculty learning communities tailored to support Minnesota State mathematics and statistics faculty. Register for these events by October 6!
OER Community Conversations are open forum conversations for all to share, discuss, and learn from colleagues in the Minnesota State OER community. The next OER Community Conversation "Bring Ideas to Life: Create, Animate, Express!" will be held October 8, 2025.
The System Institutional Research unit is hosting its next virtual monthly data presentation series on September 19. Previously scheduled for August, the topic is on how IPEDS race/ethnicity leads to undercounting of some students of color categories, particularly Native American and Alaskan Native students.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is hosting its next virtual monthly data presentation series on August 20. The topic is on how IPEDS race/ethnicity leads to undercounting of some students of color categories, particularly Native American and Alaskan Native students.
Collaborate with Minnesota State faculty who are committed to saving students on the cost of textbooks and course resources by using open educational resources (OER). There are several project types to choose from like redesigning a course, creating ancillary materials, or authoring course resources. Learn more and apply by August 15, 2025.
The Minnesota State Network for Educational Development is pleased to offer a series of short courses, long courses, workshops, and faculty learning communities on the NED Events Calendar for the Fall 2025 term. Plan ahead for your professional development.
Join one or both upcoming virtual training opportunities where staff from the Minnesota State system office will review the Enrollment Fraud User Guide, which can help campus and system office employees reduce enrollment fraud.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is hosting its second virtual monthly data presentation series on July 23 at 10:00 a.m. Register to learn more, the topic this month is dual enrollment.
The Minnesota State System Institutional Research unit is launching a virtual monthly data presentation series open to all Minnesota State employees, beginning June 18, 2025.
Register now for the upcoming student panel "Beyond Accommodations: Faces and Voices of Neurodivergent Students on the Classroom, College Life, and Campus Climate." This webinar will be held April 23 at 1:00 p.m.
April 10 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Take a tour of the newly revised and re-launched CPL Academy, a professional development resource. Developed by Minnesota State faculty, the CPL Academy provides a solid foundation in credit for prior learning principles and practices, for faculty, staff, and administrators working in various aspects of CPL processes.
The Minnesota State Network for Educational Development is pleased to offer a series of short courses, long courses, workshops, and faculty learning communities on the NED Events Calendar for the Summer 2025 term. Plan ahead for your professional development.
