Yusef Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five and a New York City council member, spoke at Michigan State University’s Malcolm X Muslim Studies Community Forum about his wrongful conviction in the Central Park jogger case.
A Michigan State University collective launched with the intention of bolstering the state’s workforce and economy has announced its three initiatives designed to achieve those goals. Feedback to the "Green and White Council" initiatives has been mixed however, as MSU’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Tuesday evening pushing back against these plans. Several faculty members argued that some curriculum changes which the initiatives propose overstep traditional academic governance procedures.
Michigan State University students and staff, alongside East Lansing residents, protested the second administration of President Donald Trump outside the Main Library on Tuesday, the first anniversary of his inauguration.
On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation establishing King’s birthday as a national holiday, 15 years after the proposal was first introduced in the wake of King’s assassination in 1968. The path to federal recognition, however, was long and fiercely contested.
Alongside the Venezuelan cause, protestors opposed increased ICE raids and voiced support for Michigan to divest from the state of Israel.
More than 40 Michigan State students braved the cold to protest the death of Renee Nicole Good and the practices of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Friday afternoon, voicing their concerns and frustrations through silence.
Michigan's 15 public universities collectively contributed $45 billion dollars to the state's economy during fiscal year 2024, a data point schools are using to ask for more future funding. MSU's share of that contribution was $6.8 billion, or roughly 15%.
In two acts earlier this week a Jewish Center located off of Michigan State University’s campus in Downtown East Lansing was vandalized. The Jewish Center, MSU Chabad, had rocks thrown at its windows and “Nazi symbols” spray-painted on the building’s front door on two separate days, according to a press release from the East Lansing Police Department.
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees' Friday board meeting featured parallel celebrations of university leaders and faculty concerns over the impact of budget cuts on the institution's educational mission.
The raise makes Izzo the highest paid men's basketball coach in the Big Ten conference.
MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz said he has not spoken to Vice President for University Advancement Kim Tobin about revelations regarding her "fear-based" leadership which detailed in a report published by The State News earlier this week. Guskiewicz said he has not read the article, calling it an "Op-ed."
The MSU Board of Trustees established a new committee to consider concerns about the school's investments amid calls for it to divest from holdings tied to fossil fuels, weapons manufacturers and Israel. Student activists expressed doubt about committee, referring to it a bureaucratic tool for slowing down their cause.
MSU Board of Trustees chair Kelly Tebay concludes her year-long service as the board's leader. Trustee Brianna Scott will adopt the role of chair, and Trustee Renee Knake Jefferson will take on vice chair, effective Jan. 1.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees approved new head coach Pat Fitzgerald’s contract at its Friday meeting. A term sheet spelling out certain aspects of Fitzgerald's deal with MSU has been publicized, but a complete version of his contract has not been.
