Vice Provost Mark Largent and Senior Vice President of Office of Health Sciences Norman Hubbard presented to the ASMSU General Assembly about "One Team One Health" and the benefits they believe it will provide to medical students. 

The premise of "One Team One Health" is to combine the College of Osteopathic Medicine and the College of Human Medicine. Simultaneously, this initiative aims to create a new College of Health Professions. 

According to Hubbard, this initiative would create a university-wide platform that connects human, animal and environmental health studies, thus strengthening the unity between health and medicine studies. 

"Our job is to design a university, not for what we want students to do because it's convenient for us, but design a university for the things that students are showing us they want to do and cluster things and build things around what you want to do," Largent said.

Largent and Hubbard both encouraged student input and communication from ASMSU. Despite the current student body being unaffected by these potential changes, both emphasized that student action can directly impact this initiative. 

Inclusion of TransAct Representatives in the General Assembly from Spring 2026 onward 

TransAction, a student organization for Trans, Nonbinary, Two-Spirit, Genderfluid, Gender Non-Conforming and Questioning-identifying students, has no representation in the General Assembly. Bill 62-20 looks to change that.

Jacob Doss, General Assembly representative for North American Indigenous Student Organization (NAISO), introduced bill 62-20, explaining the strain transgender students have experienced due to concentrated backlash against them. For increased transgender visibility and to advance the needs of all students and ensure all students are represented, Doss encouraged the passing of this bill. 

"Giving a seat on the stage to these communities in student government allows for better advocacy on these dire issues that trans and gender non-conforming Spartans face daily," Doss stated. 

Speaking as a member of the public and as a member of TransAction, Lyra Opalikhin advocated for the passing of this bill. 

"ASMSU is committed to advocating for all students and that would include trans students by working across, you know, identities to make this happen," Opalikhin said. "I believe that we can really pass some good changes here in ASMSU."

The bill passed with a majority roll call vote. 

Approval of ASMSU Lansing Advocacy Day Advocacy Points

Bill 62-21 looks for ASMSU’s General Assembly vote in approval for advocacy points that will be discussed during ASMSU Lansing Advocacy Day. 

These points will broadly cover subjects regarding the student body and the priorities of ASMSU. Topics will include higher education, academic affairs, workforce, health, safety, wellness and sustainability.

Deonte Sparks, vice president of governmental affairs, who introduced this bill mentioned a rescheduling of the Advocacy Day from October 1 to October 29, due to a possible government shutdown on the first of October. 

The bill passed with a voice majority. 

Reports from the Office of the President 

Vice President of Finance and Operations Anna Burk discussed putting together graduate school information sessions with the Princeton Review, as well as getting in contact with the New York Times to repair the link that grants students access to the New York Times' Games. 

President Kathryn Harding encouraged attendance for their upcoming open forum on September 30, taking place at the MSU Union Room 50. Additionally, Harding received updates on the status of CAPS, stating that there are discussions ongoing to decide an ideal way to continue providing psychiatric services to students.

"I have made it clear to the provost, president and VPSA that ASMSU firmly believes that students deserve accessible psychiatric care that is tailored to us," Harding said. 

Members of the Office of the President said they are working with members of the MSU administration to advocate for the bills passed.