"It's also an intentional community," Public policy senior Sky Stillwell said. "So, you have to be ready to work towards that and live cooperatively with your housemates as well. That's definitely a difference to other housing options and something people really should be ready for."
The statement listed reasons explaining the endorsement for Woodruff. Among those reasons were Woodruff’s ability to continue the implementation of the MSU 2030 Strategic Plan and DEI Plan and progress toward Title IX compliance.
"I think longevity is a gift — you don’t know how long you’re going to be here, but it’s a gift that you ought to try to treat it right," Bibbs said. "Take care of yourself and try to stay here as long as you can."
Here's a look at what's on the agenda, including the recommendation of Brian Quinn for acting secretary and chief of staff.
“I wanted to help people and to make sure people have a voice when they don’t feel like they do and just be someone’s biggest advocate they have,” Bailey Hall residential assistant Marvin Pride said.
MSU Board of Trustees candidates speak on what they will be looking for in the next president.
ASMSU elected Sophia Strach as the new vice president for governmental affairs and passed three bills, including one encouraging the Board of Trustees to increase the transparency of its investment portfolio.
The MSU Health Care Pharmacy now provides a free-standing order for Narcan. This means healthcare teams, including nurses or medical assistants, are authorized to dispense Naloxone without having to obtain a physician's order.
Stanley announced he will cooperate with the Board of Trustees in the interim president search at the university council meeting. The council also passed a no-confidence vote in the Board of Trustees.
“When someone goes into an environment and they have not had the same tools economically or in other ways that other students might have, it can be overwhelming and very frightening,” Upward Bound program director Stephanie Anthony said. “We don’t want people to be discouraged. We want them to be encouraged and to feel as though ‘I can make it.’”
Spartans are now able to vote, register to vote and pick up absentee ballots on campus using the new mobile satellite voting offices.
The board said it expects Stanley to remain in his position for the full 90 days to "make sure steady leadership is in place while a presidential search gets underway."
The board has already started its search for an interim president. The heads-up on Stanley's departure could change the dynamic of the search. However, it remains unsure when we will see a new permanent hire.
Since the departure of Lou Anna K. Simon from the Michigan State University presidency in 2018, the university has seen three presidents at its helm. Now, upon the resignation of Samuel L. Stanley Jr. on Oct. 13, the search begins for what the MSU community hopes will be a president with longevity.
President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. entered the role determined to improve policies and now he is the third consecutive president to resign amidst Title IX controversies although the reasons why are significantly different.
Parents of Sister Survivors Engage interviewed all four MSU trustee candidates. Here's what they learned.
To promote exercise on campus, participants walked quarter-mile laps around the indoor track of IM East fitness center.
"And here we are now over 100 years later," MSU alumna Lauren Dietz said. "And those women, that 17 women really started something, giving me goosebumps.”
At the ASMSU committee meetings on Oct. 13, one bill was delayed and one bill was passed despite sparse attendance rates.
Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. announced his resignation from Michigan State on Thursday. Leading up to that was over a month of controversy surrounding discussion of his contract. The State News has broken down the timeline of events that led to Stanley leaving the university.