Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State
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.
Attend an upcoming virtual meeting on April 3 or April 4, 2025. Whether you currently teach a co-req course or will be in the future, you’ll learn and hear valuable stories from those partnering to teach co-req courses.
Join 2022 Educator of the Year Lindsy Mason O'Brien from Lake Superior College for an introduction and overview of various non-traditional grading methods. Get feedback and help developing individual plans for your courses or assignments. The three-part series is part of the NED Excellence in Teaching series.
Join the CPL Campus Roadshow on April 4, 2025, co-hosted by Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College. CPL Roadshows are an ongoing free series of professional development opportunities. Everyone – no matter what stage of CPL they consider themselves, their department, or campus in – is welcome to attend.
Join 2022 Educator of the Year Lindsy Mason O'Brien from Lake Superior College for an introduction and overview of various non-traditional grading methods. 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.
Register for the “Examining Military Service From the Margins” virtual discussion series. Each session will use guiding questions and a set of core-shared resources like oral histories and films, to better understand how race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and other factors have caused the military service of some individuals to be devalued or limited in some capacity.
Join the 6th Credit for Prior Learning Campus Roadshow on April 4, 2025, co-hosted by Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College. CPL Roadshows are an ongoing free series of professional development opportunities. Everyone – no matter what stage of CPL they consider themselves, their department, or campus in – is welcome to attend.
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education announces the opening of the 2025 Dual Training Grant Request for Proposal on March 4, 2025. Learn more and join upcoming RFP Writing Workshops.
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