At the first MSU Board of Trustees meeting led by recently-appointed Interim President John Engler, the trustees commented on campus climate, health and wellness on campus, the appointment of personnel positions and other issues.
The Board of Trustees extended MSU's head football coach Mark Dantonio's contract and appointed Andrea Amalfitano as interim Dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Beekman as interim athletic director and Carol Viventi as vice president and special counsel to the president.
During Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees discussed changes to health colleges and services, appointed personnel to new roles and commented on the campus climate.
ESPN's "Outside The Lines" released a report Thursday night detailing an alleged incident between a woman and freshman walk-on guard Brock Washington.
The MSU Board of Trustees is planning on holding its regularly scheduled meeting 9 a.m. Friday at the Hannah Administration Building.
Since the resignation of former MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, students, faculty, staff and the MSU community have engaged in several events in order to bring awareness to the survivors of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, the Board of Trustees’ lack of transparency, MSU’s newly appointed interim president and more.
Ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar will begin his life behind bars at a high-security federal prison in Tuscon, Arizona that specializes in treating sex offenders.
In the recent weeks, a new trend has caught the internet by storm — eating Tide pods. The internet has been full of pictures of the pods in recipes and jokes about consuming, but Olin Health Center and Sparrow Hospital have not seen any cases of consumption.
Appointed special prosecutor William Forsyth, who is in charge of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's investigation into MSU, is "under my direction," Schuette wrote in a letter obtained by the Detroit Free Press.
MSU Interim President John Engler announced new changes to MSU's administrative structure for student wellness programs, including renaming the College of Human Medicine to “College of Medicine” and the appointment of new officials.
Former MSU President Maurice Cecil Mackey, Jr. died on Feb. 8 at age 89. The former president served at MSU from 1979 to 1985 as MSU's 16th president.
In a 61-4 decision, MSU’s Faculty Senate passed a vote of no confidence in the MSU Board of Trustees Tuesday during its meeting, effectively taking the stance on behalf of the entire MSU faculty that the trustees should be replaced.
MSU faculty have called for the resignation of all MSU Trustees.
MSU Interim President John Engler will hold a press conference to announce administrative changes at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
The firm, Kroll, will start immediately, according to a press release Tuesday. From the 2015-16 school year to the 2016-17 year, OIE had a 35 percent increase in reported incidents, and the number is expected to continue increasing, according to the release.
The firm will represent MSU for inquiries from departments, agencies and Congress on Title IX and sexual assault policies.
The father of three daughters who were sexually abused by ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar became the recipient of $30,000 via a GoFundMe page after he lunged at Nassar in court. He plans to donate the money that isn't refunded to local charities that work with survivors of sexual assault.
MSU's Faculty Senate will hold a vote of no confidence in the MSU Board of Trustees Tuesday. If the vote is approved, the MSU faculty will effectively call for all members of MSU's Board of Trustees to resign immediately.
MSU has been granted an extension to provide ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar records to the Michigan House of Representatives.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, created a list of suggestions for what communication and engagement should look like on Wednesday, which was sent out to the Board of Trustees. The organization also plans to work with Engler moving forward.