Leaders of Michigan State University’s faculty senate have proposed a public question and answer session with the sole finalist for the university’s presidency, current University of North Carolina Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz.
Several MSU student groups released a statement calling on the board and administration to acknowledge safety concerns and publicly apologize to Arab and Muslim students. The statement also provides detailed demands that the university provide academic accommodations and mental health resources for affected students and protect students' right to free speech and privacy.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz is weighing leaving his current position to become president of Michigan State University, according to a statement provided to The News & Observer. Guskiewicz is the sole remaining finalist after the other dropped out Wednesday evening.
Advocates question the gender equity review into MSU's athletic department.
MSU's Abrams Planetarium held its annual Pink Floyd planetarium show Friday night, showcasing celestial displays alongside the band's "Dark Side of the Moon" album.
Miss Black & Gold scholarship pageant, an annual event hosted by the Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, celebrated the hard work women have demonstrated as students at Michigan State University.
“This moment calls on us to demonstrate that we are a community of care and compassion,” Woodruff wrote. “Our campus, after all, is many students’ front and back porch, and it should always feel like a safe and welcoming home.”
Two individuals carried out a "Halloween prank" during a class in Giltner Hall last Tuesday, causing some students and the professor to fear for their safety.
After 50 years of MSU's Society of Women Engineers chapter, current members, alumni, staff, and advisors reflect on the organization's significance in supporting women in engineering.
The Spartan Food Security Council is partnering with Sparty’s Kind Kids to run a food drive for student parents and their families who are in the Student Parent Resource Center. The drive will start Nov. 13 and run through Nov. 15.
Students supporting Palestinians said they plan to continue fighting, protesting and calling state representatives and urging them to a ceasefire.
In sworn affidavits, all eight MSU trustees say while they did meet “informally” in April to discuss releasing the documents relating to the university’s handling of disgraced ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar, there were no votes or formal actions taken at the closed-door meeting.
Berkey Hall will reopen for classes in the spring 2024 semester, though classrooms directly affected by the Feb. 13 shooting will stay closed for now. With students currently choosing classes for next semester, they are faced with the decision of whether to select classes in Berkey.
MSU announced that the external law firm Miller & Chevalier will conduct the investigation into trustee Brianna Scott’s allegations that board chair Rema Vassar violated board bylaws and university policies.
Michigan State University has expanded the scope of an outside investigation at the Board of Trustees' request, now asking lawyers to probe the source of a recent State News story reporting on the privileged document that spurred the investigation in the first place.
Michigan State is holding their annual "It's on us" week of action events this week. Evens include sharing messages, tie dyeing tote bags, leaving a handprint on a banner and assembling self-care kits all in efforts to combat sexual violence and providing awareness to those in need.
At the last Board of Trustees meeting, an MSU trustee suggested holding a special meeting to discuss voting on releasing the long-withheld Nassar documents. Now, the board is silent on whether that meeting will take place.
Despite MSU's commitment that active violent intruder training would become mandatory following the Feb. 13 shooting, the training has yet to be finished and its completion will be made optional. The choice not to require the training was influenced by feedback from the community concerned with the emotional impact the training could have on traumatized individuals.
The Council of Racial and Ethnic Students and the Council of Progressive Students voted ‘no confidence’ in the Board of Trustees, calling for the board to cease internal conflict and instead release the Nassar documents.
