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(10/31/23 12:00pm)
MSU's Center for Engaged Student Learning is running a winter wear drive to collect outerwear donations for the Cristo Rey Community Center in Lansing. Students, faculty and staff can drop off all new and gently used hats, scarves, gloves and other outerwear gear to suite 101 in the Student Services Building until Nov. 10.
(10/27/23 9:31pm)
The wait is almost over. Women's basketball season is right around the corner. With exhibition games and practices on the way, the Michigan State women's basketball team is preparing to improve off of last season with new coaches and players.
(10/26/23 11:14pm)
Michigan State University’s faculty senate moved Thursday to file a report with the school’s accreditor alerting them to conduct of embattled board chair Rema Vassar which they believe could jeopardize accreditation.
(10/26/23 10:33pm)
The admitted conduct of embattled board chair Rema Vassar has put Michigan State University’s accreditation in jeopardy, the school’s head of accreditation said Thursday.
(10/26/23 11:02pm)
It’s rare for a Michigan governor to remove a member of a university governing board. But with recent calls for Michigan State University’s board chair to be removed, the decades-unused constitutional right may finally be utilized.
(10/26/23 5:25pm)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees responding to claims that board chair Rema Vassar did not comply with an outside investigation into the alleged leak of Brenda Tracy’s identity.
(10/26/23 2:12pm)
Fired MSU football coach Mel Tucker will appeal the resolution officer's decision that he violated university policy by sexually harassing and exploiting rape survivor and advocate Brenda Tracy. The months-long Title IX investigation into his behavior ended yesterday, according to Tracy’s attorney, Karen Truszkowski, with the hearing officer concluding that his account contained false claims and contradictions.
(10/27/23 12:08pm)
"Odyssey" is coming to Michigan State University's Wharton Center this weekend. This new adaptation of Homer’s epic, "The Odyssey," modernizes the ancient tale of Odysseus’s return to Ithaca and tells the story of four migrant women, who recount the original story as they struggle to make their own journey home.
(11/07/23 5:23pm)
We’ve all seen it: the so-called “trauma bangs” or damaged “do-it-yourself” bleach blond hair that ensues after someone goes through a bad breakup.
(10/25/23 9:38pm)
Fired MSU football coach Mel Tucker has been found responsible for violating the university's sexual harassment policies in his interactions with rape survivor and advocate Brenda Tracy, who was consulting for his team, according to Karen Truszkowski, Tracy's attorney.
(10/25/23 5:36pm)
Michigan State University trustee Brianna Scott is disappointed that her colleagues haven't publicly joined her call for the removal of board chair Rema Vassar. But with Vassar branding the allegations as racially motivated, Scott says she understands their fear.
(10/25/23 5:59pm)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she was "alarmed" by the allegations against MSU board chair Rema Vassar and that she will be watching the Board of Trustees "closely" before taking action to remove a trustee or change the Michigan Constitution.
(10/24/23 11:00pm)
MSU trustee Brianna Scott called for the removal of board chair Rema Vassar on Sunday in a letter accusing her of orchestrating major university decisions without the knowledge or consent of other board members or interim-president.
(10/26/23 5:41pm)
While Michigan State University says their new Student Recreation and Wellness Center will “support students’ overall wellbeing,” graduate student groups have expressed concerns about the hefty fee attached.
(10/24/23 5:09pm)
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Former Michigan Gov. James Blanchard have joined the calls for the removal of Michigan State University Board Chair Rema Vassar. Stabenow, an MSU alumnus who represents Michigan in the U.S. Senate, said Vassar should resign immediately for the sake of the university. Blanchard called Vassar's alleged bullying an "open secret" and called for officials to stand up to their mistreatment.
(10/24/23 4:22pm)
The search committee tasked with helping Michigan State University select its next president has concluded its work and turned over recommendations to the board of trustees, which is tasked with making the final decision, the university’s search consultant said Tuesday.
(10/24/23 12:48pm)
Michigan State University board chair Rema Vassar has responded to calls for her removal, describing Scott's allegations as “fabrications, misstatements, innuendo, and untruths.” She accuses "three board members" of interfering with the board's work due to "personal grievances."
(10/23/23 11:06pm)
MSU trustee and committee chair Dan Kelly has called upon the university's office of audit, risk and compliance to review trustee Brianna Scott’s allegations against board chair Rema Vassar.
(10/23/23 9:21pm)
Michigan State University’s interim president Teresa Woodruff released a brief statement Monday afternoon amid allegations that she is being bullied and usurped by board chair Rema Vassar.
(10/23/23 6:29pm)
Two former Michigan State University trustees have joined growing calls for board chair Rema Vassar's resignation.