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I’ve been a little quiet here lately as this very difficult semester comes to a close. It was healing yesterday to spend some time with Dr. Fauci before our MSU doctoral convocation. https://t.co/UaDkhO6DNB

A few weeks ago, we had to charge a committee to think through budget issues connected with summer course scheduling. We took a @humetricshss #ValuesEnacted approach to the initial gathering of the committee in which we identified values and then talked …

What a joy to celebrate our named and distinguished professors in @msucal yesterday at Cowles House! #highered #faculty

Let me share our article about the Charting Pathways to Intellectual Leadership initiative here: https://t.co/Ljfu3kLV9Y I am interested to see if my IFTTT rule pushed this post from Mastodon to Twitter. #highered #Leadership

This week I was honored to receive the 2023 MSU Institutional Champion Award for Community Engagement Scholarship. Here are the remarks I made at the very moving awards ceremony. #HigherEd #Community #Engagement #Research https://t.co/ylBQqkcXP1

Police officer at #Okemos school reporting to my wife, which I heard over the phone: no shooting, no injuries. They are treating this as an active shooter situation, but he said it is likely a hoax. Kids being evacuated now.

Wholeness in a Torn World - The processes and practices that shape our academic lives are badly out of joint with the purposes that give our lives meaning. https://t.co/2NYq07dEhX

The @michiganstateu College of Arts & Letters held an event Nov. 17 for the new space dedicated to the Department of African American and African Studies. “The Ascension of AAAS” event also celebrated the new AAAS bachelor’s degree.

In anticipation of the new @TheBlackPanther movie, @JulianChambliss, @MSUEnglish Professor and Val Berryman Curator of History at @MSUMuseum, shares some examples of #Afrofuturism based on his scholarship in comics, film, and media studies. #WakandaForever

Regarding the recent protests in Iran, #MSUCAL and @MSUHC Dean Christopher P. Long (@cplong) shares a message of solidarity with our Iranian and Iranian-American community members by condemning violence and promoting gender equality worldwide. https://t.co/na25WzGQ6d

This is a very welcome development for those of us who are seeking to align our practices with our values. Join me over on #Mastadon at https://t.co/ihS9Fjt5m3. @HuMetricsHSS @PubPhilJ

"I got to thinking about how part of liberation is having the courage to hope, imagine, and work for it in communities of trust." - Jessica Reed. A Love Note to Black EDUCATORS: My trip to New Orleans

Today was a gift - we had the joy to be in the presence of two performances by @honeychile13 - Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes at the #RevisitRethinkReimagine Ubuntu Dialogues Conference. Here is an amazing performance of “Chasms” - https://t.co/G8HvSaBfMG

The highlight of my visit to South Africa so far was the candid conversation I had with this thoughtful group of students, including Brendina, Indiphile, Jacques, and @EnathiMlomo. I am grateful for their willingness honestly to share their experience - #RevisitRethinkReimagine

We celebrated the opening of the Ubuntu Dialogues Conference at @stellenboschuni and the @stellenboschmuseum today. #RevisitRethinkReimagine @ Stellenbosch University

Registering at the #UbuntuRevisitRethinkReimagine Conference at @stellenboschuni with Marietjie, Natasha, and Lloyd from the @stellenboschmuseum.

We are set to head out to South Africa for the Ubuntu Dialogues Conference. I’m sitting with @lilycrossss a Journalism major in @msucomartsci. Check us out, @prabu.david! @ Detroit Metro Airport (DTW)

ACAMDEMIC JOB 🧵: What does a research dean ask job candidates? Context: as an associate dean for research, I usually have a short meeting with EVERY job candidate for a faculty position in our college. It's one of my favorite parts of the job. What do we talk about? 1/N