An official update on MSU presidential search released to the university community. The letter from Trustees Melanie Foster and Dianne Byrum responded to concerns of transparency expressed among students, faculty and others and announced the decision to close the search to the public.
Trustee George Perles has resigned from the MSU Board of Trustees, effective immediately, a university press release said.
The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, or LARA, has ended its investigation into Brooke Lemmen, former co-worker and friend to ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar. Lemmen worked with Nassar at both MSU and Twistars Gymnastics Club. She resigned from MSU in January 2017.
MSU alumna Kelly Roudebush will be the first woman to act as the chief of police for Michigan State University.
A new research facility through MSU AgBioResearch with the aim to focus on natural resource issues will officially open this Wednesday. The off-campus facility, the Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center, is the 14th AgBioResearch center in Michigan and will open outside Laingsburg, a press release said.
A new tuition structure — block tuition — will be implemented at MSU by the fall of 2019. Under the model, undergraduate students taking 12 to 18 credit hours will be charged a flat rate for tuition equal to paying for 15 credits. Since its unanimous approval by the MSU Board of Trustees at the June board meeting, not much of its eventual implementation has been discussed, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Mark Largent said.
Former Michigan State President Lou Anna K. Simon was arraigned Monday on four counts of lying to investigators about her knowledge of ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse.
Former Michigan State President Lou Anna K. Simon discussed ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse in a meeting in May 2014, according to court records.
Former MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon was charged Tuesday with two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts for lying to police. Members of the community reacted to the news with surprise and concern.
Ex-MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon was charged Tuesday with lying to police as part of an ongoing investigation into MSU's handling of Larry Nassar, according a report by the Lansing State Journal.
Following the proposed Title IX rules announced by the U.S. Department of Education on Nov. 16, MSU released a statement in response to these changes, which could affect how universities investigate on-campus sexual assaults.
Students and faculty gathered in the Erickson Hall Kiva on Wednesday for 'Embrace the Rain' — an annual showcase of narratives, poetry, art and music relating to mental health awareness.
Merri Jo Bales, a former executive director at Consumers Energy, is joining MSU as vice president and strategic director of university communications, according to a university press release. Her appointment was made in light of the university’s changing communications needs.
At the ASMSU general assembly meeting Thursday night, student and faculty group Reclaim MSU, representatives from MSU’s chapter of the Roosevelt Institute and Trustees Melanie Foster and Dianne Byrum discussed student and faculty representation on the MSU Board of Trustees and the presidential search.
In an effort to fill the associate vice president position in the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance, MSU has named a campus-wide search committee and chose a national search firm, according to a press release from the university.
Nov. 12 marked the official start of Mental Health Awareness Week at MSU. Mental Health Awareness Week is a program run by the Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, and consists of events to promote awareness about mental health and to help erase the stigma surrounding mental illness.
At Tuesday's MSU Faculty Senate meeting, attendees discussed the hopes and fears they had as the presidential search process enters its second, closed phase.
Will Witt, a prominent conservative figure on different social medias, spoke on Monday night to a small group at Michigan State about how he believes the First Amendment is often pushed to the side on college campuses.
In an email sent out to students Monday, MSU said the use or possession of marijuana on any property owned or managed by the university will still be prohibited after Proposal 1 on the Nov. 6 ballot passed.
MSU's Infrastructure Planning and Facilities (IPF) has sent out its November construction agenda, which includes a campus snow plan, campus water system improvements and several building renovations.