“I’m not going to mince words with you,” Tracy told the board. “I’m here today to tell you some of the ways you have harmed me.”
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees approved several infrastructure improvements and leadership changes, and heard calls for divestment and recognition of campus unions from public commenters at its Friday meeting.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University voted against the potential merge of two colleges at its meeting Thursday night, after hearing from Interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko on the matter earlier in the night.
Michigan State University trustees commemorated the late longtime former trustee and community leader Joel Ferguson as a skilled collaborator and model for university leadership during Friday morning’s board meeting.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved changes that strengthen the board’s conflict of interest policy after two of its own members accepted gifts from and did favors for people outside the university.
Student anxiety and stress, alongside suicide rates have been increasing on campus in recent years. To address this, MSU University Health and Wellbeing is creating a committee to address suicide, integrating its mental health resources to be more effective, and looking to be proactive in its outreach.
With the beginning of the 2024 academic year, Michigan State University has started reenforcing its disenrollment policy. The policy says a student's enrollment may be canceled by MSU due to lack of payment or academic recess, among other factors.
Amid heated debate about the Israel-Hamas conflict, many universities have adopted 'institutional neutrality' — formal policies that stop them from weighing in. MSU hasn't adopted such a policy, but recent actions show it's already tapping into the popular playbook.
The MSU undergraduate student government and the Native American Indigenous Student Organization are advocating for removal of Justin S. Morrill's name from a university building. The 1862 Morrill Act displaced countless Indigenous peoples to build universities across the U.S.
A new MSU department will streamline communication and support for three existing offices: student accounts, the registrar and financial aid. Spartan One-Stop is entirely virtual now, with a physical office space opening in May 2025.
Mike Balow — who calls himself the "ninth trustee" — has attended every board meeting for the past four years.
Thomas Stallworth, a Democrat and longtime Detroit public servant, hopes to restore trust in the board and make the university more affordable and safe for students.
Julie Maday, a former Novi city council member, hopes to lead MSU with particular responsiveness to students and parents.
Rebecca Bahar-Cook — the CEO of a Lansing-based fundraising consulting firm with experience on non-profit boards and the Ingham County Commission — says she hopes to bring collaboration back to the MSU Board of Trustees.
The State News columnist dives into what happens to ASMSU bills after they pass. Their final destinations are uncertain, he says, hindering the student government's ability to change the university.
MSU students set up an art installation of oversized milk cartons displaying U.S. citizens taken hostage by Hamas, in addition to other exhibits featured Tuesday afternoon near Kedzie Hall.
On Wednesday, ASMSU will host the four Board of Trustees candidates in the upcoming election. It will be a virtual event divided into two sessions in which students can ask the candidates questions.
The North American Indigenous Student Organization, along with students and alumni, marched across campus in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday. They held signs while chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Columbus Day has got to go” and “MSU, rent is due!”
Some universities have been able to land on a clear-cut, seemingly ironclad defense of their decisions not to divest from Israel — the law. MSU hasn’t been one of them.
Esmaa Mohamoud's “COMPLEX DREAMS” becomes the inaugural exhibition in the museum's new “Signature Commissioned Series," which invites artists from around the world to respond directly to the museum’s architecture.