A tumultuous two months for MSU leadership ended with President Samuel L. Stanley announcing his resignation on Thursday, Oct. 13, with a video message sent to the MSU community. How did we get here?
Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. announced his resignation from Michigan State on Thursday. Leading up to that was over a month of controversy surrounding discussion of his contract. The State News has broken down the timeline of events that led to Stanley leaving the university.
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"We are in the middle of a transitionary period," ASMSU President Jo Kovach said. "This will always be uncomfortable and things will be unexpected, but I'm hoping this is a good thing and we'll come out of this better because Spartans deserve better."
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Professor Felicia Wu said she was devastated when she heard the news of Stanley’s resignation. “I could not imagine a better president for our university,” Wu said.
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In the statement, the board expressed appreciation for Stanley's service and stated it will cooperate with Stanley during the resignation process.
"They're going to need to have great leadership. I thought they had great leadership," Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said at a campaign event today. "I'll be watching very closely. I'm concerned about it."
"It's very confusing to be a student right now." MSU students express confusion over a lack of transparency surrounding the events that led to President Stanley's resignation.
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President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. has given the Board of Trustees a 90-day notice of resignation.
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