The meeting will be held at an MSU Extension center in Benton Harbor. 

Budget and Tuition 

The board is set to vote on the fiscal year 2027 budget, as well as tuition. 

The Michigan Legislature has yet to finalize the budget for public universities in the state, meaning that the budget passed by the board will not be informed by funds received from the state.

The agenda’s action item is not hyperlinked, unlike other action items on the agenda, meaning it is unclear what changes tuition will be subject to. 

During last year’s June meeting, the board increased tuition by 4.5%. That tuition hike equated to roughly $798 more per academic year for resident undergraduates.

Renewable natural gas facility

Located off campus, the renewable natural gas facility will be situated next to the current anaerobic digester, which is also set to be expanded. 

The expansion of the digester and the addition of the renewable natural gas facility will “double” the capacity of the existing anaerobic digester and will “help meet programmatic goals” for the Dairy Cattle Research and Teaching Center, which was recently constructed about three miles off campus. 

The project was approved in December 2025. If passed, the project will be funded through a mix of long-term debt, which will be paid for largely by the project itself. MSU also expects to receive federal tax incentives that could cover up to 40% of the project's eligible costs. 

Ahead of the meeting 

The meeting comes as the university prepares for a leadership transition following President Kevin Guskiewicz's decision to leave for Clemson University, alongside ongoing disagreements among trustees over recent revisions to the board's code of ethics and conduct. 

On the agenda is the routine president’s report. MSU spokesperson Emily Guerrant said in a statement Tuesday that she does “anticipate” that Guskiewicz will be at the upcoming board meeting. 

The last time the board met was during a May 17 special meeting, a last-ditch attempt to retain the president prior to the Clemson announcement. 

At the meeting, the board voted to offer Guskiewicz a $1 million dollar raise and extend his contract through 2031. 10 days later, Clemson University voted to welcome Guskiewicz as their next leader. It is currently unclear when Guskiewicz will leave MSU, although he has said he will assume the role of Clemson's president in August. 

The MSU board also voted to revise their code of ethics and conduct at the same May 17 meeting, barring trustees from publicly dissenting from majority board decisions in their individual capacities.

Trustees Mike Balow and Rema Vassar have continued to push back against the code, claiming it infringes on their free speech rights, resulting in the revocation of their credentials to the Mackinac Policy Conference. It is unclear if they will face further consequences for not signing and agreeing to the code.