Breakfast

Continental breakfast

Welcome and Keynote

Angela Hall
Associate Professor, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations
Faculty Excellence Advocate
College of Social Science

Charting Your Broader Impacts Pathway

Come to this session to envision your broader impacts pathway to achieving societal impacts through your research! After a brief overview of the basics of broader impacts, attendees will participate in facilitated discussion to identify their desired impacts, the audiences or communities they intend to engage, and the partners who will assist them in engaging effectively with those audiences or communities.

Miles McNall, Director for Community-Engaged Research, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship

Partnering for Impact: Best Practices in Broader Impacts Partnerships

Strong, equitable partnerships based on trust are essential to achieving broader impacts. In this panel discussion, researchers who engage in community-based and participatory research will share their tips for how to develop and sustain reciprocal partnerships to achieve societal impacts. 

Jessica Barnes-Najor, Director for Community Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Joanne Marciano, Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education
Kurt Dewhurst, Director for Arts and Cultural Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship
Elizabeth Schultheis, Outreach and Education Coordinator, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station

Lunch and Networking

Concurrent session

Broadening Participation in STEM: Best Practices and MSU Partners

Come to this panel discussion to learn about best practices in broadening participation in STEM education, research, and careers and meet MSU partners who can help you reach your inclusion goals.

Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
Evangelyn (Vangie) Alocilja, Professor, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Leapetswe Malete, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology

Concurrent session

Achieving Broader Impacts Through Science Communication (Panel Discussion)

Every broader impacts activity requires effective communication of science to nonscientists. In this panel, science communication practitioners share their tips for communicating effectively with public audiences.

Devin Silvia, Specialist, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Abbie Stevens, Manager of Programming, MSU Museum CoLab Studio
Maeve Bassett, Education Director, W. J. Beal Botanical Garden and Campus Arboretum
Sierra Casten, Graduate Student, Department of Physics and Astronomy

MSU Partners for Broader Impacts Lightning Talks

Through short lightning talks, this session highlights MSU's broader impacts partners who assist researchers in engaging effectively with public audiences and communities.

Denice Blair, Director of Education, Michigan State University Museum
Jodi Coalter, Librarian, MSU Libraries
Matthew Grossman, Director, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
Misty Klotz, Education and Outreach Coordinator, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Katherine Prokopchuk, Science Festival Coordinator, University Outreach and Engagement
Shannon Schmoll, Director, Abrams Planetarium
Frank Urban, Director of Venture Creation - Life Sciences, Spartan Innovations, MSU Research Foundation
Michelle Word, Director of Education, MSU Broad Art Museum

Meet MSU Broader Impacts Partners Networking Session

In this networking session, participants will network with BI partners to discuss opportunities for collaboration and potential strategies for engaging with their intended audiences or communities.

MSU BI Partners (see above)
Steven Thomas, Coordinator for Inclusive Strategic Partnerships and Program Director, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate and Summer Research Opportunities Program, The Graduate School

Closing Session

In this closing session, participants will learn about upcoming grant opportunities and available support for proposal and BI plan development.