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(03/24/24 12:17pm)
Michigan State University’s embattled former board chair, Rema Vassar, has released a lengthy response to an independent investigation that spurred her resignation as chair, arguing the findings of widespread misconduct are poorly supported and that the investigators were biased.
(03/21/24 6:19pm)
Dan Kelly, the chair of MSU’s Board of Trustees and its lone Republican, stepped into the role earlier this month under unique circumstances.
(03/18/24 11:45pm)
Months of tension within Michigan State University’s administration came to a head on March 3, when an embattled Board of Trustees voted to refer two of its own members to the governor for removal.
(03/13/24 3:32pm)
Kevin Guskiewicz spent Tuesday afternoon at Michigan State University’s College of Nursing, touring the facilities and talking to students and staff.
(03/07/24 4:44pm)
In this episode of The 1909, host Alex Walters along with The State News' administration reporters Theo Scheer and Owen McCarthy get to the bottom of the Michigan State University Board of Trustees drama and the Nassar documents.
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► Former MSU board chair: "I'm not going away" despite disturbing board vote https://statenews.com/article/2024/03/former-msu-board-chair-vassar-i-m-not-going-away-despite-disturbing-board-vote
► MSU student organizations say new President Kevin Guskiewicz must listen to, engage with students for change https://statenews.com/article/2024/03/msu-student-organizations-say-new-president-kevin-guskiewicz-must-listen-to-engage-with-students-for-change
► MSU board refers trustees Vassar and Denno to governor to consider removal, censures trustee Scott https://statenews.com/article/2024/03/msu-board-refers-trustees-vassar-and-denno-to-governor-to-consider-removal-censures-trustee-scott
► Embattled MSU board members 'exploited racial identities,' manipulated students to smear colleagues, Palestinian student activist says https://statenews.com/article/2024/03/embattled-msu-board-members-exploited-racial-identities-manipulated-students-to-smear-colleagues-palestinian-student-activist-says
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(03/06/24 5:55pm)
Former Michigan State University board chair Rema Vassar called the board’s historic vote to censure her and fellow trustee Dennis Denno, strip them of their duties and refer them to the governor to consider their removal a “disturbing overreaction to my actions.”
(03/04/24 4:09am)
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees voted to refer board chair Rema Vassar and trustee Dennis Denno to the governor to consider their removal at a special meeting late Sunday evening, hours after Vassar announced her resignation from her position as board chair.
(03/04/24 1:39am)
Michigan State University trustee Rema Vassar has resigned from her position as board chair.
(03/01/24 6:47pm)
Michigan State University has begun the release of thousands of long-withheld documents relating to the university’s handling of years of sexual abuse by disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar.
(02/28/24 11:53pm)
An investigation into impropriety within the Michigan State University Board of Trustees found that board chair Rema Vassar and trustee Dennis Denno “engaged in conduct that exceeds the scope of their authority.”
(02/02/24 11:39pm)
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees approved several agenda items that revise existing university policies and make changes to university infrastructure.
(02/02/24 2:36pm)
MSU will release the thousands of long-withheld documents relating to the university’s handling of years of sexual abuse by disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in late February.
(02/01/24 6:11pm)
There may be no issue of greater importance to the MSU community than the university’s handling of campus sexual violence. After sexual violence and misconduct from Larry Nassar, William Strampel and Mel Tucker and the countless lawsuits, third-party reviews and federal investigations — it’s clear something is awry.
(02/01/24 4:52pm)
When an allegation of sexual misconduct by Mel Tucker was made public, Michigan State University moved swiftly to distance itself from the then-football coach.
(12/16/23 4:42am)
Students at Michigan State University had been anticipating their chance to address administration at this month’s Board of Trustees meeting on a number of issues facing the community: the university’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, the reopening of classrooms that were the site of the February mass shooting and recent instances of racial discrimination.
(12/15/23 8:44pm)
Sister survivors embrace following vote to release Nassar documents on Dec. 15, 2023.
(12/15/23 8:49pm)
The sister survivors were preparing themselves for another emotionally draining meeting of Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees when an agenda item was added to the schedule at the last minute: the board was set to vote on the “Authorization of Examination and Release of Certain Documents.”
(12/15/23 8:15pm)
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees’ decision to release thousands of long withheld documents relating to the university’s handling of sexual abuse by disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar is “a step in the right direction,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said Friday.
(12/15/23 2:46pm)
Survivors embrace after the Board of Trustees voted to release the thousands of documents relating to disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar on Dec. 15, 2023.
(12/15/23 2:21pm)
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted Friday to begin the release of more of thousands of long-withheld documents relating to the university’s handling of years of sexual abuse by disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar.