Professional Development

Faculty/staff are encouraged to bring their lunch for these Lunch & Learn webinars. Student Engagement Center provides desserts and drinks.

Dates & Topics Coming Soon!

These sessions are designed to increase participants’ capacity to work with differing identities and backgrounds. Attendees will build awareness and skills which support communities and cultivate a safe and equitable space where everyone feels valued.

Dates & Topics Coming Soon!

MSU Texas community members can request professional development. Please submit requests at least 3 weeks before the requested date.

Request a Professional Development Session.

• Mitigating implicit bias. What is unconscious bias and how does it affect how we interact with one another? How does it impact our decisions or how we engage in our work? In this training, participants will learn about the types of unconscious bias, and how it may influence communication and decision-making. There will be interactive activities and examples that will help better understand this concept. Participants will also learn a variety of ways in which we can mitigate the impact of unconscious bias in our professional and personal lives.
• Intercultural Development (need 4 weeks notice)
  • Level I. Intercultural Competency is the ability to function effectively across difference, to think and act appropriately, and to communicate and work with people from different backgrounds – at home or abroad. This session will talk about the basics of IC and explore your values.
  • Level II. In the intermediate course, you have the ability to explore more about your values by taking the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), an assessment to help build intercultural competence. *NOTE: There is a fee for participation.