MeetMichigan: Orienting Faculty and Staff to the Partnerships between Michigan State University and Michigan's Communities

As part of its commitment to building faculty capacity across the mission, the provost sponsors one-day and four-day off-campus bus tours that enable faculty to both observe Michigan State outreach activities in situ and also interact with community leaders and university field staff. The wide mix of disciplines and departments represented by faculty members on each tour also fosters better cross-unit understanding and cooperation. Several interdisciplinary research/outreach projects have arisen from relationships established on the MeetMichigan bus.