Vice president and secretary of Board of Trustees Bill Beekman appointed acting president following Simon's resignation.
Zhou Tian, an associate professor of composition at Michigan State University College of Music, has been nominated for a 2018 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for his “Concerto for Orchestra”.
Amid the sentencing and notoriety of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's scandal, MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis tendered his retirement Friday.
MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis is expected to resign Friday morning, according to the Detroit Free Press.
To better understand the Badgers, The State News interviewed Ben Pickman, sports editor and men’s basketball beat writer for The Daily Cardinal — the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s independent student newspaper.
This is a weekly series in which The State News asks seven questions to a MSU ice hockey player. This week's player is freshman forward Jake Smith.
But within the confines of the world-renowned stadium, the MSU pep band was overheard chanting a simple phrase: "We are not Penn State."
MSU's Board of Trustees will hold a public meeting Friday to discuss MSU's presidential transition.
East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows and Mayor Pro Tem Erik Altmann called for the MSU Board of Trustees to resign. Other councilmembers commented on the trustees and MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon's resignation.
MSU released the letter sent to them from the NCAA opening an investigation into the handling of of ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's case.
The MSU basketball's student section, known as the IZZONE, will participate in a "Teal Out" at Friday's basketball game to support sexual assault survivors.
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters issued a statement Thursday calling for MSU to commission an independent investigation following ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse scandal, according to a press release.
Gov. Rick Snyder has been served a lawsuit demanding that he begin an inquiry into the removal of the entire MSU Board of Trustees.
“We were 10-plus deep, and now I have, basically, seven people and six our post players,” head coach Suzy Merchant said after MSU’s, 74-48, loss to U-M. “So ya, it’s tough. It’s a challenge.”
This is just the beginning, MSU. We knew it then and we know it now. But, you must know that we, The State News will persist, so others who aim to do harm cannot.
A letter sent Thursday to the MSU's general counsel from state representatives Klint Kesto (R - Commerce Township) and Kim LaSata (R - Bainbridge Township), the chairs of the House Law and Justice Committee, requests the unredacted documents by Friday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m.
According to documents obtained by Outside the Lines, MSU asked federal officials to stop monitoring the university because administrators had gone "above and beyond" meeting standards laid out by federal officials.
"Today, I am so ashamed that I went to Michigan State University."
You are no longer a victim. You are a survivor. You are free.
At this point, MSU, you have a decision to make: Will you own up to mistakes and try to rebuild with the rest of the community, or will you become nothing more than “Michigan State University, Home of the Larry Nassar Scandal”?