A recurring donor for the Wharton Center, Nancy Passanante is making ripples in East Lansing. She donates her time and money to different organizations.
University administrators sent a preemptive response to MSU faculty, staff and students Friday, Jan. 15, outlining policy and procedure changes surrounding relationship violence and sexual misconduct three years after 204 women provided nine days of impact statements in Ingham and Eaton Counties in the wake of Larry Nassar's abuse.
A majority of the training will most likely be held virtually up until Resident Assistants (RA) are able to move onto campus in the summer. Furthermore, RA fall training is scheduled to occur Aug. 15-27 in person.
Despite the pandemic, the Prevention, Outreach and Education department is still working hard to promote a safe campus culture free of relationship and sexual violence.
Michigan State announced a partnership with Henry Ford Health System in order to increase Michigan's status as a premier location for healthcare.
Programs include the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence (SARV) Prevention Workshop, Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct program (RVSM), MSU’s Center for Survivors, and MSU’s Sexual Assault Healthcare Program.
The full 2021-22 season will likely be announced in late spring, at which point tickets will become available by subscription, Wharton Center Marketing and Group Sales Manager Tara Peplowski said.
Increased compliance with mitigation strategies will decrease the spread of the new variant of COVID-19.
Michigan State students were called out specifically in the latest Michigan State Police press release, citing a June 2020 gathering at Harpers Restaurant and Brewpub that led to over 180 cases of COVID-19.
Students return to campus as Michigan State expands its on-campus presence for the spring.
The traditional MSU Department of Theatre's freshman showcase took a new form as a web series this year. With an abundance of creative content from the freshmen and directors alike, this group is bonding through comedic relief.
The 11 women filed the lawsuit on behalf of the women's swim and dive team.
Here are a few headlines you might have missed during the break.
Second-year medical student Michelle Walls won the "Diversity in Medicine" scholarship and was featured on "The Dr. Oz Show." She talked about how the scholarship has influenced her journey in the medical field so far.
"Trustee Scott has failed survivors and in doing so, Trustee Scott has failed Michigan State," Alyssa Gorsling said. "This healing fund she is supposed to oversee is an absolute mess. Nobody deserves the nightmare of abuse Brianna Scott has put these survivors through."
The fight to bring back a sport cut in October came to the Board of Trustees Wednesday morning.
Former Michigan State University diver and member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team Julie Farrell-Ovenhouse will speak during public participation at the Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, addressing the elimination of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs after the 2020-21 season.
This was the last opportunity to address the MSU Board of Trustees directly and publicly before the new year.
The university is working to transition the semester start date; however, it is unclear if the pushback will only apply for classes being held in person, or those entirely online as well.
If this semester was a meal at a restaurant, it’d be — for MSU mechanical engineering freshman Tyler Burr — a tuna club sandwich, but the tuna is expired, the tomatoes are mushy, the bread is soggy and the waiter forgot to put a pickle spear on the side. After taking a bite, he asked himself, “Why did I pay for this?”