MSU Provost Lou Anna Simon ended her stint as a “refugee” administrator and returned to MSU early Saturday morning.

“I was at the airport for four hours on Friday trying to get a flight back,” she said.

Simon was stuck in California after her Tuesday flight back from an American Association of Universities meeting was canceled due to the grounding of all domestic flights following last week’s terrorist attacks.

She spent her extended stay chatting with colleagues from across the country.

“There is no doubt that the security at the airport is dramatically different,” she said. “There will be a number of changes collectively over the next weeks and months.”

Simon said she used her laptop Friday to watch the day of remembrance service at Wharton Center online.

“It was great to see the university come together like we did on Friday,” she said.