The General Assembly of ASMSU elected Maddie Hanes as the President of the 63rd session, who will serve during the 2026-2027 school year in addition to Anna Burk, who will be the re-elected Vice President of Finance and Operations.
A Michigan State University academic governance body is caught in the middle of contract negotiations between a recently recognized faculty union and the university. The University Committee on Faculty Affairs, which writes an annual memo recommending faculty raises to the administration, has been advised by the general counsel to pause its bylaw-mandated work pending contract negotiations between the Union of Tenure-System Faculty and the university.
A federal judge dismissed Brenda Tracy’s lawsuit against Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees, saying she failed to support her claims and could not overcome legal immunity defenses.
Burglary, Larceny and Stalking were all reported multiple times this past week.
Brenda Tracy has filed a lawsuit alleging that Mat Ishbia and United Wholesale Mortgage improperly influenced Michigan State University’s investigation into her sexual harassment allegations against former football coach Mel Tucker.
As students head to sites like Rate My Professor and complete semesterly surveys to evaluate their professors, some faculty say public-facing evaluations can create the wrong incentives for instructors.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib held up notes taken during the panel discussion at the behest of an audience member, where she wrote that she would consult with fellow congresswoman Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., as well as Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., to begin discussions over restoring a U.S. envoy to Sudan.
MSU’s board is again divided, after a State News report revealed that a faction of its members have “serious concerns” with the institution’s top lawyer.
Brian Quinn’s detractors and defenders are on opposite sides of a difficult question: did he guide the university through tough times, or did his advice help create them?
Students called on MSU to improve its sustainability efforts, a representative from the union representing tenure-track faculty chided the board and the university approved plans for a “Student Success Center” at the Friday Board of Trustees meeting.
With more than a year passed since President Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders restricting Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at universities like MSU, reverberations from those orders are still producing friction today. At Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, the discord those orders — and MSU’s subsequent responses — have kindled among the university community was evident.
During April's Board of Trustees meeting, the university's process of choosing a firm for a university-wide assessment of how it handles relationship violence and sexual misconduct was questioned.
A vote to subject Spartan Media Ventures to public records laws and allow trustees to view governing documents without signing non-disclosure agreements was discussed among trustees, one said Friday, but was never added to the meeting agenda.
Michigan State University is currently looking to address issues with course scheduling and seat availability in classes.
A 5% increase in housing and dining rates for the 2026-27 academic year was unanimously approved by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees at its Friday meeting. The hike in housing and dining rates for the basic residence hall double housing and silver meal plan lands on $13,574 for the upcoming academic year.
Michigan State University's Board of Trustees voted on April 10 the merge the College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be speaking at Michigan State University’s undergraduate convocation on May 1. The announcement was made by MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz as part of his report during the MSU Board of Trustees meeting.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees is looking to expand public participation in its second annual invite-only “Stakeholder Engagement Forum” in the Fall of this year. The board called upon students, staff and faculty in a campus-wide email sent Wednesday to suggest potential talking points and nominate participants via a survey.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees will vote April 10 on merging its two medical colleges.
Michigan State University has hired Guidepost Solutions to conduct a university-wide review of how it handles relationship violence and sexual misconduct.