Inclusive Excellence Grants, Research and Assessment
Building on MSU’s values, significant time has been dedicated to initiating the Boldness by Design strategic imperatives, foremost among which are quality, connectivity, and inclusiveness.
During the President’s 2005 Founder’s Day Address, inclusiveness was defined as follows:
- “providing opportunity for learners from all backgrounds—bringing their passion and talent to join a vibrant, intellectual community built on mutual respect — to experience and to multiply the benefits of the power of knowledge throughout their lives.”
Creating Inclusive Excellence Grants (CIEG)
The MSU community has the opportunity to create synergy within and across organizational systems in support of an inclusive educational and work environment through the Creating Inclusive Excellence Grants (CIEG) program funding. CIEG Overview
Advancing Diversity through the Alignment of Policies and Practices
MSU’s ADVANCE program has been established to promote MSU’s values of quality and inclusion by enhancing the alignment, consistency, transparency and objectivity of academic human resource practices across the STEM fields.