Plans to construct a "Spartan Gateway District" on the Michigan State University campus were approved at the Friday board meeting, though not without some concerns from trustees and community members.
Friday’s policy tweak — which passed with a 5-3 vote — seems to represent a closing chapter in the saga of the policy, which started amid broader division on the board in fall 2023.
Every semester Sustainable Spartans hosts a trash pick-up competition where club members spend an hour picking up litter around campus for the chance to win a free scoop of ice cream from the Dairy Store. Sustainable Spartans is a project-based student led organization with the goal of making MSU more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Trustees Dennis Denno, Rema Vassar and Mike Balow broke with the board, voting against a proposed increase in room and board rates for the upcoming academic year.
President Kevin Guskiewicz said that while those funds won't replace federal funding — and "could not fully do so" — it demonstrates the institution's "deep commitment" to its research mission.
Two grants supporting stewardship efforts and accessibility improvements at the Michigan State University Museum were terminated within the last 24 hours, the museum director said.
The push-back represents further discord between MSU and the Trump administration.
Her lawyer has unsuccessfully fought to have the charges dropped, and a new Michigan Supreme Court decision appears to have further thrown a wrench into the defense's plans. The defense lawyer says, however, that "nothing has changed."
The event invited students to write letters that will be given to people who utilize Center for Survivor resources, contribute to a community art project bulletin board and take part in mindful coloring, all as forms of advocacy and healing.
At least some international students at MSU have had their visas revoked by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a university spokesperson confirmed Monday.
A minor with a pocketknife was arrested at the Law Library Wednesday evening after police responded to reports of suspicious activity.
An MSU college is providing donor funding for student organizations' projects that support diversity, equity and inclusion — although it's being careful to stay in compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws.
Plans to proceed with a "transformational" development in South Neighborhood, including retail shops, restaurants, a hotel and a 6,000-seat Olympic sports venue will be voted on at the Board of Trustees' upcoming meeting.
Last year, Michigan State University’s undergraduate student body voted to popularly elect its president. This year, the undergraduate student government is trying to overturn that decision.
MSU Turning Point USA's earnest desire to engage in political discussion is often paired — and sometimes rivaled — by an inability to resist a good joke.
The video showing the burning of the Islamic holy text was reported to MSU’s Office of Civil Rights, according to a university spokesperson, though they declined to say whether it was investigated.
New emails further contextualize some of the allegations MSU is currently investigating.
Michigan State University is encouraging the community to be aware of some areas on campus that are flooded after this week’s storms and heavy rainfall.
Michigan State University Police and Public Safety responded to a call of what was believed to be an individual who fallen into the Red Cedar River Thursday night.
On March 26, MSU College of Law Dean Michael Sant’Ambrogio joined 79 other law school deans in signing a letter condemning the sanctions that the Trump administration has imposed against a number of law firms and their lawyers.