MSU students set up Gaza solidarity encampment
Michigan State University students have set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on campus, the latest and most extreme effort in their calls for the university to divest funds from Israel.
Michigan State University students have set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on campus, the latest and most extreme effort in their calls for the university to divest funds from Israel.
This academic year, we filed hundreds of requests with Michigan State University’s Freedom of Information Act Office. Sometimes, the redactions are quite funny — at least to FOIA nerds like us. We’ve compiled the funniest FOIA redactions of this academic year.
The Michigan State University community has weighed in on what the Feb. 13, 2023 memorial should be like.
MSU's commencement ceremonies for graduating seniors will be held on April 26, 27 and 28 at the Breslin and Wharton Centers. Former MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio will be addressing all baccalaureate degree candidates at the Breslin Center on April 26 at 1 p.m.
Students peacefully protested outside the Hannah Administration Building today to advocate for MSU to adhere to diversity, equity and inclusion standards in support of transgender and gender non-conforming students. The protest was a response to a demonstration held in Brody Hall on April 4 that students deemed transphobic.
MSU's residential college in public affairs and international relations, James Madison College, is hosting an open forum tonight for students to discuss concerns regarding a lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in the college.
President Kevin Guskiewicz told reporters after the meeting that the university is “doing everything to protect the endowment and our financial investments from any political influence.” Jesse Estrada White, a comparative culture and politics junior and organizer with Sunrise MSU, said that not divesting is a political choice of its own.
As a part of its spring-long process of stocking rivers and lakes, employees from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources released 3,300 steelhead trout into the Red Cedar River. After molting in the river for a short period of time, the trout will swim downstream toward Lake Michigan to join the local ecosystem.
At Friday’s board meeting, several public commenters called on the university to voluntarily recognize the Union of Tenure Stream Faculty. They argued the university is stalling in providing a list of all faculty members it considers part of the bargaining unit, which is needed to move forward with negotiations.
During the final day of the Associated Students of Michigan State University elections, the general assembly elected Josie Danielkiewicz as vice president of governmental affairs, Kathryn Harding as vice president of internal administration, and Mohsin Mohammed as vice president for student allocations in the 61st assembly.
MSU board chair Dan Kelly said the Office of Audit Risk and Compliance is conducting an investigation into a gesture former board chair Rema Vassar made during a March 3 special meeting of the board.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees approved several infrastructure updates, a new scholarship and the establishment of a research building in Detroit.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees approved a 6.89% increase in rates for residence halls and dining plans at its meeting Friday to account for rising inflation and renovations.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees said it will review its financial investments but will not consider “divestment of any kind."
Michigan State University president Kevin Guskiewicz announced at this morning’s Board of Trustees meeting that the thousands of long-withheld documents relating to the university’s handling of years of sexual abuse by disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar have been fully transferred to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
In a recorded meeting, trustee Denno said the new president “knows who helped bring him here."
The university argues that the records — which were released to Michigan’s attorney general in December — are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act because they fall under an exemption covering “records compiled for law enforcement purposes.”
For months, a trustee requested personal favors from MSU's top administrators. The new president says that stops under him.
History and political science junior Connor Le was elected to be the next president of the Associated Students of Michigan State University by the general assembly.
The Neighborhood Student Success Center River Trail/MASP Neighborhood, in collaboration with the Owen Hall student government, is holding a Destress for Success event for students to relax while preparing for the final weeks of the spring semester.