For the eighth consecutive year, the MSU Board of Trustees raised tuition by an average of 3.3 percent for in-state students for the 2017-18 academic year. Administration also announced its new "Go Green, Go 15" initiative and a proposed tuition freeze for MSU freshmen for the 2018-19 year.
Spartan Marching Band Director and MSU professor John T. Madden will retire from the Spartan Marching Band and the university on Aug. 16. David Thornton, previously assistant director of bands and associate director of the Spartan Marching Band, was appointed as the new Spartan Marching Band director effective June 14.
Students will have to register their mopeds with the university and must walk them on sidewalks starting next year, but will be allowed to park them at bike racks until Fall 2018.
MSU's Title IX office released its first mid-year Title IX report Tuesday. The report details specific incidents reported to MSU's Title IX office under the RVSM policy from Aug. 16, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2016.
Musicians and MSU faculty members remember William David Brohn, a world-famous, award-winning orchestrator and MSU graduate.
Odyssey of the Mind is an educational, problem-solving competition for students K-12 and at the college level. The 2017 World Finals were held at MSU May 24 to May 27.
The State News sat down with Officer Adam Atkinson to find out what serving means to him, his fellow officers, and his two canine units, Wolf and Cora.
MSU ranked in the top 100 of Forbes' list of America's best employers for 2017. Forbes collaborated with Statista to survey 30,000 American workers to ask how they would rank their respective employers.
MSUPD is looking to identify subjects as a part of two ongoing investigations, according to Facebook posts the department made Monday afternoon.
The 8th Annual Woofer Walk and 5K took place this Saturday at MSU Auditorium. About 200 people gathered with their dogs to raise money in support of the Ingham County Animal Shelter Fund and Animal Care Fund.
Dr. Robert Richardson, an associate professor at MSU, voices his opinion on the EPA's decision to release nine members from the Board of Scientific Counselors. Richardson was a member of this board for three years and was notified on Friday, May 5 that his position would not be renewed.
After the first of three preliminary examination hearings on Friday, it is still unclear as to whether or not ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar will stand trial on charges of criminal sexual assault at the 55th District Court in Ingham County. Nassar currently faces 15 first-degree criminal sexual conduct charges at the 55th District Court.
Michigan First Lady Sue Snyder announced her plans to develop a campus sexual assault workgroup Friday morning in a press release. The new initiative will create resources for campus sexual assault survivors across the state.
The new website, Our Commitment, has been introduced with an accompanying video of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon following her April 26 letter to students.
MSU alumnus Russell “Russ” Palmer, CEO of the Philadelphia-based private investment group, The Palmer Group, gifted $2 million toward the construction of MSU’s planned Business Pavilion.
In 2015, 20 moped crashes took place within 5,000 feet of the intersection of Wilson Road and Farm Lane, according to a Michigan Traffic Crash Facts report. The 2015 crashes represent 27 percent of the total amount of crashes, which totals 74.
In light of campus and national media stories and controversies surrounding ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar, allegations of sexual assault made against members of the MSU football team and other issues of sexual assault on campus, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon sent a campus-wide email to provide an update about how MSU is addressing these concerns.
During the past year, MSU’s Board of Trustees initiated new renovation projects, addressed campus and national controversies and put new policies into place. Here are the highlights of the 2016-17 academic year.
In a report based on hundreds of pages of records and emails obtained by the Washington Post, MSU missed multiple signals about Larry Nassar and his multiple alleged sexual abuses since his hiring in 1997.