Remote Sensing & GIS Workshops (August, September, November 2017)

July 11, 2017, 9:24 am

≫ Next: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series (2017)

≪ Previous: Great Lakes Folk Festival (August 2017)

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The Training Center at the RS&GIS is a state-of-the-art computer facility, equipped with the latest software and hardware. This lab is the perfect place to take a RS&GIS workshop or host your own event. These one- to two- days of CEU certified technical workshops cover the principle tools of geospatial technology. These hands-on classes, taught by a staff of Certified GIS Professionals, give you the opportunity to expand your technical skills, spatial knowledge, and software proficiency. Full-day or multiple-day courses carry CEU credits.

 

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Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series (2017)

July 27, 2017, 5:40 am

≫ Next: Innovate Michigan! Summit (September 2017)

≪ Previous: Remote Sensing & GIS Workshops (August, September, November 2017)

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The 2017 Master Citizen Planner (MCP) Webinar Series is designed to offer participants the latest updates and information on current topics. Using Zoom Webinar, MSU Extension educators will provide an overview of topics of interest to planning and zoning officials. Webinars are the third Thursday of February, April, June, August, October and December from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Each session is available individually or participants can register for all six at once. MCPs will earn one hour of continuing education per webinar.

Innovate Michigan! Summit (September 2017)

August 7, 2017, 1:20 pm

≫ Next: Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference (October 2017)

≪ Previous: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series (2017)

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Each year, the MSU-EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation (REI) organizes the Innovate Michigan! Summit, a conference that brings together economic experts and enthusiasts alike to share, learn, and create unique and innovative approaches to economic development and revitalization in the State of Michigan.

This year's Innovate Michigan! Summit will be a half-day event featuring presentations on new economic development tools, models, policies, programs, and practices, along with community-university projects from around the state, and an opportunity for participants to prioritize topics and ideas for future REI activities. An evening networking reception will conclude the day.

Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference (October 2017)

August 10, 2017, 7:05 am

≫ Next: Sharper Focus/Wider Lens Forums (2017 - 2018)

≪ Previous: Innovate Michigan! Summit (September 2017)

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Throughout this conference, participants have a chance to learn best practices from entrepreneurial professionals across the country. Twenty-four break-out sessions will be held in historical downtown Howell venues—all within walking distance. Wednesday evening includes a networking event where participants have the opportunity to continue the conversation with colleagues from both rural and urban communities.

Conference registration is $85, which includes breakout sessions, lunches, networking event, and keynotes speeches from local entrepreneurs Joe Parker, and Renee Chodkowski.

Sharper Focus/Wider Lens Forums (2017 - 2018)

August 21, 2017, 12:44 pm

≫ Next: Michigan Citizen Planner Classroom Program (Fall 2017)

≪ Previous: Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference (October 2017)

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This lecture series offers students, faculty, staff and the Greater Lansing community the opportunity to grapple with important issues or questions in a trans-disciplinary format. The faculty panel will bring their unique research, teaching and writing experiences from a wide range of disciplines to explore contemporary and historical issues. Refreshments are provided.

 

Michigan Citizen Planner Classroom Program (Fall 2017)

August 21, 2017, 1:52 pm

≫ Next: PhotoVoice: Using Images to Tell Community Stories (October 2017)

≪ Previous: Sharper Focus/Wider Lens Forums (2017 - 2018)

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Michigan Citizen Planner provides time-tested educational programs on important local issues that are
proven to be comprehensive without being overwhelming. The program is offered locally to provide a
convenient way for busy volunteer community leaders to obtain the latest technical knowledge and
information they need to perform their duties more effectively and responsibly. Michigan Citizen Planner offers the Fundamentals of Planning and Zoning, a seven-session course leading to a certificate of completion awarded by Michigan State University Extension:

• Introduction to Planning and Zoning: Smart Growth and the New Economy, Conflict of Interest and Planning Resources
• Legal Foundations of Planning and Zoning: Cases, Statutes and other Planning Authority
• Roles and Responsibilities, Part I: Master Plan and Planning Process, Sub-Area Plans, and Working with the Public
• Roles and Responsibilities, Part II: Zoning, Site Plans and Zoning Board of Appeals Process
• Plan Implementation and Development Controls: Subdividing Land, Zoning Controls and NonRegulatory Techniques
• Best Practices for Innovative Planning and Zoning: Green Development, Form-Based Code, Traditional Neighborhood Design and Conservation Design
• The Art of Community Planning: Participation, Effective Meetings and Managing Conflict

PhotoVoice: Using Images to Tell Community Stories (October 2017)

August 25, 2017, 9:22 am

≫ Next: Master Citizen Planner Credentialing Program

≪ Previous: Michigan Citizen Planner Classroom Program (Fall 2017)

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PhotoVoice is a participatory action research method, particularly powerful for traditionally marginalized groups, including youth. PhotoVoice participants explore important community questions through imagery and their stories about their photos. Through cycles of photography, writing, reflection, and storytelling, participants articulate their own views, identify common themes, hold critical dialogues, and foster change in their communities.

This will be a two-part workshop. Participants should plan to attend both sessions (October 27 and November 3).

Master Citizen Planner Credentialing Program

September 11, 2017, 8:53 am

≫ Next: Global Engagement Speaker Series (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

≪ Previous: PhotoVoice: Using Images to Tell Community Stories (October 2017)

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The Master Citizen Planner (MCP) Program provides advanced skill development and a benchmark for continuing education among Michigan elected and appointed officials and citizen volunteers. The MCP program involves completing the Citizen Planner course of seven core sessions (in classroom or online), passing an examination, developing a capstone project, and meeting continuing education requirements. The MCP designation is an achievement recognized as the standard of excellence among planning officials and community leaders in Michigan, and participants who complete the MCP program receive incentives such as course discounts, exclusive training opportunities, and scholarships for annual conferences and regional training offered by partnering organizations.

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Global Engagement Speaker Series (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

October 13, 2017, 11:42 am

≫ Next: Understanding Tourism for Michigan Communities (January, March 2018)

≪ Previous: Master Citizen Planner Credentialing Program

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MSU's National Collaborative for the Study of University Engagement (NCSUE) offers a global speaker series with four invited international speakers, around the topic of global engagement.  

Understanding Tourism for Michigan Communities (January, March 2018)

November 28, 2017, 12:24 pm

≫ Next: Afrobarometer Survey Data Analysis and Publications

≪ Previous: Global Engagement Speaker Series (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

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Workshop Objectives include:

• To demonstrate the magnitude and significance of the tourism industry
• To expose communities to relevant tourism trends and travelers’ interests
• To provide a facilitated, open forum for innovative and collaborative exchange for developing tourism across your region

Afrobarometer Survey Data Analysis and Publications

December 12, 2017, 9:02 am

≫ Next: Supporting Local Food Councils: A New Professional Development Course (January 2018)

≪ Previous: Understanding Tourism for Michigan Communities (January, March 2018)

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Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa. It collects and publishes high-quality, reliable statistical data on Africa which is freely available to the public.Through the research findings, ordinary citizens can have a voice in policy-making processes that affect their lives.

Supporting Local Food Councils: A New Professional Development Course (January 2018)

January 5, 2018, 11:18 am

≫ Next: Dunaway Lecture on Economics (March 2018)

≪ Previous: Afrobarometer Survey Data Analysis and Publications

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Supporting Local Food Councils is a new professional development course designed to equip Extension staff and community development professionals with the education, material resources, organizational tools and videos to support the development and sustainability of food councils. Participants in this webinar will be given an overview of the course’s 15 modules and will have a chance to view a few of the course videos.

Dunaway Lecture on Economics (March 2018)

January 29, 2018, 8:24 am

≫ Next: Fate of the Earth Symposium (March 2018)

≪ Previous: Supporting Local Food Councils: A New Professional Development Course (January 2018)

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The 2018 Dunaway lecturer is Sir Angus Deaton, Dwight D Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus, Princeton University and recipient of the 2015 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He will present on: Why is global (and American) poverty so hard to measure and to eradicate?

Fate of the Earth Symposium (March 2018)

March 15, 2018, 8:17 am

≫ Next: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series (2018)

≪ Previous: Dunaway Lecture on Economics (March 2018)

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The Environmental Science and Policy Program has launched a symposium series to explore the challenges and opportunities we face in enhancing human well-being while protecting the environment. This symposium will bring distinguished thinkers from around the world to explore what we know, what we need to know and what we must do as we move into a century of unprecedented environmental change, technological advancement and scale of human activity. The event will include research focused seminars and discussion but will emphasize events and presentations that will speak to the broader MSU and Michigan community. In addition to live events and webcasts, the symposium will generate educational materials that can be used in classes and non-traditional education in the spring and beyond.

Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series (2018)

March 23, 2018, 1:51 pm

≫ Next: Citizen Planner on the Web (April, May 2018)

≪ Previous: Fate of the Earth Symposium (March 2018)

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The 2018 Master Citizen Planner (MCP) Webinar Series is designed to offer participants the latest updates and information on current topics. Using Zoom Webinar, MSU Extension educators will provide an overview of topics of interest to planning and zoning officials. Webinars are the third Thursday of February, April, June, August, October and December from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Each session is available individually or participants can register for all six at once. MCPs will earn one hour of continuing education per webinar.

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Citizen Planner on the Web (April, May 2018)

March 26, 2018, 8:33 am

≫ Next: Citizen Planner Advanced Academy Annual Program (June 2018)

≪ Previous: Master Citizen Planner Webinar Series (2018)

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This six session series covers land use education and training. This series will be the introduction of the newly revised and updated curriculum for this premier program.

Citizen Planner Advanced Academy Annual Program (June 2018)

March 26, 2018, 8:41 am

≫ Next: Summer Solstice Jazz Festival (June 2018)

≪ Previous: Citizen Planner on the Web (April, May 2018)

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The 2018 Citizen Planner Advanced Academy theme is: The Return on Investments in Your Community: Planning for the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Land Uses). Creating and sustaining high-quality communities requires responsible land use policies and careful decision-making. Many popular projects consume resources while other developments generate tax revenue but might be less desirable. Whether its placemaking, the sharing economy, renewable energy systems, medical marijuana facilities, or other hot topics, local leaders must understand what their community wants, who pays for it, and how it impacts the municipality.

The morning session will feature a keynote panel of private developers representing various industry areas. Hear from their point of view on working together through municipal land use approval processes. Two afternoon sessions will focus on skills that local leaders can use in their communities. Participants will learn from MSU educators and each other about the range of considerations necessary to decision-making and how to improve your community's engagement in the process.

Summer Solstice Jazz Festival (June 2018)

May 10, 2018, 2:04 pm

≫ Next: Remote Sensing and GIS Workshops

≪ Previous: Citizen Planner Advanced Academy Annual Program (June 2018)

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The Summer Solstice Jazz Festival (SSJF) is a celebration of jazz music featuring nationally recognized and regional jazz artists, as well as youth and community education for residents and visitors of East Lansing. The SSJF salutes jazz, one of the truly American art forms, and offers this free two-day event in a lively outdoor setting.

Remote Sensing and GIS Workshops

May 25, 2018, 11:55 am

≫ Next: Business and Bagels: Mid-Michigan Economic Outlook (June 2018)

≪ Previous: Summer Solstice Jazz Festival (June 2018)

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The Training Center at the RS&GIS is a state-of-the-art computer facility, equipped with the latest software and hardware. This lab is the perfect place to take a RS&GIS workshop or host your own event. These one- to two- days of CEU certified technical workshops cover the principle tools of geospatial technology. These hands-on classes, taught by a staff of Certified GIS Professionals, give you the opportunity to expand your technical skills, spatial knowledge, and software proficiency. Full-day or multiple-day courses carry CEU credits.

 

Business and Bagels: Mid-Michigan Economic Outlook (June 2018)

May 30, 2018, 2:00 pm

≫ Next: Innovate Michigan! Summit (September 2018)

≪ Previous: Remote Sensing and GIS Workshops

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Join Dr. Charley Ballard for a brief overview on the state of Michigan’s Economy.  After Dr. Ballard’s overview, he will facilitate a discussion with a panel of leaders from the Mid-Michigan area and discuss the health of our local economy, new developments and projects.