As the search for MSU's next president continues, almost everything about it remains a secret. Members of the search committee say the confidentiality is an asset, but the community and experts say it's a cause for concern.
Brenda Tracy, the rape survivor and advocate who accused MSU head football coach Mel Tucker of sexual harassment, said she was forced to come forward because her identity was leaked to the media by a "outside party."
Across the globe, many countries have different workplace customs and expectations that dictate how employees can balance their work and social lives. For many international students at Michigan State University, American workplace expectations can often require an adjustment.
MSU's Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum kicked off the year with its fall opening party on Friday. The event introduced the museum's four new unique exhibits to the public.
Brenda Tracy, the survivor and advocate who filed a sexual harassment report that led to the suspension of MSU football coach Mel Tucker, refuted Tucker's statement about the ongoing investigation. "This is just more of the same DARVO, deflection, victim blaming and lies that I’ve been dealing with now for months," she wrote on social media.
Michigan State University football coach Mel Tucker has released a statement responding to allegations of sexual harassment.
In an email to the MSU community Monday afternoon, Interim President Teresa Woodruff addressed concerns regarding MSU's process to suspend football coach Mel Tucker. Woodruff wrote that "confidentiality does not mean that steps were not taken."
MSU's W.J. Beal Botanical Garden, the nation’s oldest maintained botanical garden on a university campus, celebrates its 150th anniversary this Wednesday, Sept. 13. To celebrate the sesquicentennial, there will be a public celebration at the garden with music, food and activities from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Michigan State's head football coach Mel Tucker has been suspended without pay after a report revealed he is under investigation for sexual harassment.
MSU’s interim president and athletic director will hold a press conference Sunday at 5 p.m., hours after news broke that MSU is investigating head football coach Mel Tucker for sexually harassing a rape survivor and advocate who was advising his team.
“I think that MSU needs to fire (Tucker),” one student said. “If the MSU athletic department only suspends him, I think we as students need to boycott the football games.”
Having just begun his fourth season as MSU coach, a USA Today report was released uncovering an ongoing investigation of Tucker after he was accused of sexually harassing known sexual violence educator and rape survivor Brenda Tracy.
Michigan State University head football football coach Mel Tucker is the subject of an ongoing Title XI investigation, according to a report from USA Today. He is accused of sexually harassing Brenda Tracy, a rape survivor and advocate who worked with Tucker to educate his team on sexual violence.
Recent extreme weather events have generated discussion among MSU experts over climate change and its implications for Michigan.Earth and environmental sciences professor Bruno Basso said climate change is increasing the frequency of severe weather.
The MSU Board of Trustees amended its bylaws to end contentious chair elections in favor of year-long terms decided by seniority. "We have relationships on this board that have been fractured because of the board chair election," Trustee Brianna Scott said.
MSU held its first local job and internship fair of the school year yesterday, ushering in over 600 students from all years and majors. The event aimed to connect prospective student employees with 66 local businesses and organizations.
Survivors of sexual abuse by disgraced ex-Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar addressed the university’s board at their meeting Friday, individually condemning each of the eight trustees and serving them with copies of an updated lawsuit. The survivors criticized the board’s April decision to continue withholding thousands of documents relating to MSU’s handling of Nassar’s abuse.
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to amend the campus gun policy, ending an exception that allows visitors to legally carry firearms on campus. The revisions, which the board passed 5-2, remove that exception and add new, more specific carve-outs allowing only law enforcement to carry firearms on campus.
Michigan State University Health Sciences will partner with Henry Ford Health and the Gilbert Family Foundation in a nearly $400 million effort to cure a rare genetic disease and increase access to rehabilitation care in Detroit.
Staffing shortages in MSU dining halls have forced culinary services to resort to disposable cutlery. In response, students have expressed concern that using single-use plastics produces unnecessary waste.