MSU has announced a university policies website and a Policy Management Program that will allow for students, faculty and staff to see all university policies in one, organized location.
MSU won't use the automatic locks and door-closing mechanism recommended by the outside review of MSU's response to the campus shooting. They also aren't installing as many locks as they initially claimed. But why?
ASMSU’s bill 60-30 “advocates for ASMSU and MSU to address the ongoing Palestinian crisis and support Palestinian students and all impacted students.” It also advocates for MSU to organize and facilitate educational sessions on the issue.
"Faculty are the heart and soul of a university," chemistry professor Piotr Piecuch, who sits on the committee organizing the union, said. "We are the ones who make new discoveries, who create and disseminate knowledge … so we feel we should have a voice, and we feel that we don't have it now."
After a successful implementation of their mass casualty code triage during the MSU shooting, Sparrow Hospital has begun to consider how they would handle larger and different events.
“The lack of transparency with these documents shows a blatant lack of respect for all survivors on campus, those who have the right to know how these gross injustices were condoned for so long at the school we trust with our safety,” ASMSU's statement said. “It displays a tragic disregard for the students who continue to suffer relationship violence and sexual misconduct crimes on campus with no administrative acknowledgment of their role in cultivating this culture on campus."
Michigan State University has fired Brendan Doyle, the kinesiology instructor whose students connected him to a 2020 Louisiana meth lab. According to personnel records, Doyle was fired for “unprofessional behavior” and repeated absences from his class.
Michigan State University translational neuroscience Associate Professor Irving Vega researches the neurological aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease. A big component of his research is understanding Alzheimer's in the Latino community, as studies show they tend to have a 50% increased chance of developing the disease than white people.
In her comments at Friday's meeting, Vassar was clear that she took issue with many of the allegations and will not be stepping down. But Scott stood by her claims.
As the spring semester approaches, MSU has announced that no classes will be taught in classrooms directly impacted by the Feb. 13 shooting. The university will also install new door locks in the building before the semester starts.
Denno attempted the motion after numerous public commenters called for the board to vote on releasing the documents to the attorney general.
The MSU NAACP and BSA held a town hall with university leaders to discuss recurring racial discrimination and safety issues on campus. Students discussed recent incidents of racism on campus and what MSU needs to do to better support them.
Michigan State University’s faculty senate moved to file a report with the school’s accreditor alerting them to conduct of embattled board chair Rema Vassar which they believe could jeopardize accreditation. The resolution also called for Vassar’s resignation, and said that if she refuses, the other trustees should vote her out as chair and call on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to completely remove her from the board.
It’s rare for a Michigan governor to remove a member of a university governing board. But with recent calls for Michigan State University’s board chair to be removed, the decades-unused constitutional right may finally be utilized. How does it work?
The admitted conduct of embattled board chair Rema Vassar has put MSU’s accreditation in jeopardy, the school’s head of accreditation said. Losing accreditation would jeopardize MSU's federal funding and ability to offer financial aid.
With an increased fee causing graduate students' financial troubles, student groups disagree on what MSU should do.
Whitmer told the MSU Board of Trustees that civil rights investigations relating to sexual harassment/assault "should be treated with the highest level of care and sensitivity by everyone involved, including and especially those in leadership positions," and stressed the importance of cooperating with them.
Fired MSU football coach Mel Tucker will appeal the resolution officer's decision that he violated university policy, according to a statement from his sports agent. The statement said the decision comes as “absolutely no surprise,” and is “fraught with countless factual and legal errors.”
Michigan State University board chair Rema Vassar has retained outside counsel to represent her in the ongoing investigation into who at the university may have leaked the identity of Brenda Tracy, the woman accusing fired football coach Mel Tucker of sexual harassment, according to university documents.
Fired MSU football coach Mel Tucker has been found responsible for violating the university's sexual harassment policies in his interactions with rape survivor and advocate Brenda Tracy, who was consulting for his team.