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Week in Review: June 19

Cameron Macko
June 19, 2015

Here are the most important stories from the week of June 19.  The Board of Trustees raised tuition for upper and underclassmen for the sixth year in a row and banned smoking on campus effective August of 2016.  For graduate students of most colleges, the tuition will increase 4 percent, or $26.75 per credit hour. Another set of approvals included extending  the contracts for athletic director Mark Hollis, men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant and men’s ice hockey coach Tom Anastos by a unanimous vote.  In city news, GrandRiver Coffee Cafe, on  515 W.

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College of Human Medicine dean steps down

Ryan Squanda
June 19, 2015

Dr. Marsha Rappley is leaving her position as dean of MSU's College of Human Medicine, she announced Tuesday, according a report by MLive. Rappley has accepted a new position with Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., as vice president of for health sciences and chief executive officer of VCU Health System. Rappley accepts the position after serving as a faculty member at MSU since 1988 and acting as dean since 2006.

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MSU Grand Rapids Research Center begins construction

Ryan Squanda
June 19, 2015

Ground was broken Wednesday on the construction of MSU's new Grand Rapids Research Center. The building is an $88.1 million, six-story, 162,800-square-foot facility that will include research program spaces and five core labs that will benefit the MSU College of Human medicine scientists and researchers. "We envision the MSU research building and Grand Rapids Innovation Park to be a gateway to the Medical Mile and a magnet attracting business in life sciences and growth in the biotechnology sectors," MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon told MSU Today. The new research facility will be located on the corner in Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids and is expected to be completed and opened late 2017.  When it opens, it is expected to support 260 members of the MSU College of Human Medicine's scientific research teams.

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MSU Board of Trustees approve increased tuition and smoking ban

Cameron Macko
June 17, 2015

The Trustees raised tuition by 2.7 percent for in-state lower division students, or roughly $12 per credit hour, and 2.7 percent for upper division students. Though the Trustees lamented the tuition raise, with many blaming the declining state support for higher education. “These always difficult decisions, balancing acts," President Lou Anna K.

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Armed robbery in Okemos possibly tied to medical marijuana

Ryan Squanda
June 16, 2015

Meridian Township Police are investigating an armed robbery which took place the evening of of June 11 at the 1600 Block of Pebblestone in Okemos. According to a police report, at approximately 8:20 p.m., the two men living in the residence realized that two subjects had entered the home.

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Week in Review: June 12

AJ Moser
June 12, 2015

The top stories from the week ending on June 12.  MSU Softball player, Alyssa McBride, who just wrapped up her senior season, raised allegations against assistant coach Jessica Bograkos.