Merri Jo Bales, a former executive director at Consumers Energy, is joining MSU as vice president and strategic director of university communications, according to a university press release. Her appointment was made in light of the university’s changing communications needs.
At the ASMSU general assembly meeting Thursday night, student and faculty group Reclaim MSU, representatives from MSU’s chapter of the Roosevelt Institute and Trustees Melanie Foster and Dianne Byrum discussed student and faculty representation on the MSU Board of Trustees and the presidential search.
In an effort to fill the associate vice president position in the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance, MSU has named a campus-wide search committee and chose a national search firm, according to a press release from the university.
Nov. 12 marked the official start of Mental Health Awareness Week at MSU. Mental Health Awareness Week is a program run by the Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, and consists of events to promote awareness about mental health and to help erase the stigma surrounding mental illness.
At Tuesday's MSU Faculty Senate meeting, attendees discussed the hopes and fears they had as the presidential search process enters its second, closed phase.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, began its Mental Health Awareness Week Nov. 10. The latest in the week's event line-up was a panel held so students and panelists could discuss their struggles with homesickness.
A former MSU football staffer is suing head football coach Mark Dantonio and other university officials, alleging they unjustly fired him after he spoke with athletes accused of a January 2017 sexual assault.
Will Witt, a prominent conservative figure on different social medias, spoke on Monday night to a small group at Michigan State about how he believes the First Amendment is often pushed to the side on college campuses.
In an email sent out to students Monday, MSU said the use or possession of marijuana on any property owned or managed by the university will still be prohibited after Proposal 1 on the Nov. 6 ballot passed.
MSU's Infrastructure Planning and Facilities (IPF) has sent out its November construction agenda, which includes a campus snow plan, campus water system improvements and several building renovations.
As a father to two daughters, Keith Edwards has stepped up to the plate to deliver speeches all around the country to inform the public of the dangers of sexual assault, and how to prevent it from happening.
With the stage full of music and the main floor riddled with people dancing, attendees of the statewide Democratic watch party in Detroit celebrated reports of Debbie Stabenow being re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
MSU announced a change in the structure of their new compliance office that will centralize the existing Department of Audit and Risk with the still-evolving compliance office. When the office was initially announced in July by Interim President John Engler, MSU law professor Nicholas Wittner was named interim director.
Democrats Brianna Scott and Kelly Tebay have won the two open seats on the MSU Board of Trustees. Both have said they hope to help change the current climate on MSU's campus and listen to the needs of students.
A motion to dismiss criminal charges against former Dean of Osteopathic medicine William Strampel was denied Wednesday by a judge in Lansing.
After a long period of counting, Brianna Scott and Kelly Tebay have secured the two open seats on the MSU Board of Trustees.
Democrat Elissa Slotkin will be the next representative from Michigan's 8th Congressional District after defeating two-term Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Bishop in the midterm elections.
Follow along with live results from Ingham County for the 2018 midterm elections. The leader will be in bold.
The State News has reporters at seven watch parties for the results of the 2018 midterm elections.
Campus voter turnout has steadily increased throughout the day, according to election officials.