Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees have continually made headlines this past year as its infighting spilled out into the open, attracting scrutiny and criticism from across the state.
While the eight publicly elected officials that comprise the board — tasked with providing broad oversight of the university’s affairs and finances — have made some headway on repairing internal tensions in recent months, their fate ultimately rests in the governor’s hands as she decides whether to remove two of its members for misconduct.
Here’s a timeline of everything that brought the board to the fragile position it’s in today:
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