Michigan State University doesn’t need to refund students for limiting in-person services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.
The previously unreported tale greatly challenges a narrative surrounding Nassar’s years of unchecked sexual abuse.
Guidelines released Wednesday attempt to position the university "as a forum for debates, not proponents within them." They advise against university departments, colleges, administrative units and individual employees releasing statements that appear to represent the university.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University held their final General Assembly meeting of the semester Thursday night, where they voted for bills in favor of retaining ‘The Ducks’ campaign and a $15 minimum wage for undergraduate learning assistants. They also debated a vote of no confidence for ASMSU’s Chief Diversity Equity & Inclusion Officer — a motion that was ultimately unsuccessful.
As Michigan State University’s leadership considers consolidating two humanities colleges, a group of tenured faculty has called on the Board of Trustees to ensure the decision making process is "consultative" and considerate of options that would stop short of a consolidation.
Michigan State University is preparing to celebrate its Spartans with this year’s fall commencements on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 at the Breslin Center. From speakers to times of ceremonies, here’s everything you need to know before attending.
In an interview with The State News, MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz suggested that the university will solicit donations for scholarships and other student success initiatives. His administration will also soon announce a guidance on “institutional restraint” governing official statements on political issues.
MSU hosted a special event Monday, named "Farewell To The Flock," celebrating the end of its long-running Ducks campaign. A massive line of students queued at the event between 6 and 8 p.m., eager to grab the final pieces of beloved duck-themed memorabilia, including limited-edition T-shirts and stickers.
The last time MSU launched a major fundraising campaign was 2014, before it had weathered the host of perception-shaping incidents that have come to define the university’s difficult decade. Now, in a vastly different place than it was 10 years ago, MSU has confirmed it’s trying again, looking to donor support at a pivotal point in the university’s history.
A former MSU graduate student intends to seek damages from the university, claiming that her recent cancer diagnosis was caused by the university’s failure to protect her from exposure to "hazardous pesticides and herbicides" during the course of field research she was required to conduct while pursuing her master’s degree.
In October of this year MSU advertising junior Liam Clegg was diagnosed with end stage kidney disease. Since the diagnosis, his family has been determined to find him a living donor.
An ongoing Department of Education investigation puts MSU in an especially uncomfortable position — again defending its Title IX process amid allegations of sexual misconduct by one of its healthcare providers.
Republican Mike Balow and Democrat Rebecca Bahar-Cook will be the newest members of Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees after a narrow election.
Though representatives from the Higher Learning Commission decide whether to renew MSU’s accreditation every ten years, recent turmoil within MSU’s Board of Trustees has raised additional concerns for its current review.
