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.
The North American Indigenous Student Organization set up camp on MSU campus to honor their ancestors and demand that the university acknowledge its role in the erasure of Indigenous people. The protestors have a list of demands for the university.
Students walked out of class Friday for a study-in at the Hannah Administration Building, where they sat in the lobby of the Office of the President to protest what they described as MSU’s complacency in genocide. This was the latest in students' efforts to call on MSU to divest from Israel and other entities funding the nation since the war began last year.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University held their general assembly meeting Thursday, where they debated whether to vote on a bill that would reaffirm support for divestment.
Current Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement Vennie Gore will become the university’s executive vice president for administration, according to a campus email from the president.
Although the Nassar documents reveal a troubled past, they aren’t a reflection of MSU today, university leaders say. The State News met with MSU’s president and leaders of campus programs aimed at preventing sexual misconduct to discuss how the university has changed since Nassar’s abuse thrust it into national scrutiny.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked Michigan’s attorney general to advise her on demands that she remove two controversial members of Michigan State University’s board.
In 1953, the MSU Corn Foundation installed a plaque commemorating Professor William Beal’s pioneering work in hybridizing maize. This plaque, which still remains in the Beal Botanical Garden today, celebrates Beal as the first person to cross corn, increasing the yield of 53%. But these claims are untrue. And in 2022, the Beal Botanical Garden staff began to address these falsehoods with a sign.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, alongside Board of Trustees candidate Rebecca Bahar-Cook, spoke at an event hosted by the MSU College Democrats. They endorsed the Harris-Walz campaign, spoke of the importance of voting and encouraged students to get involved with the election.
Pro-Palestinian students and supporters gathered at Beaumont Tower Monday evening to commemorate one year since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel and reflect on the lives lost in the year since. The event served as a space for attendees to remember and reflect on the more than 40,000 people who have been killed in Gaza and surrounding areas, and to reiterate demands for MSU to divest from Israel.
It was $1 per pet at the Rock on Thursday where student organizers in the MSU Leader Dog Club brought their tail-wagging friends to help with fundraising.