Eight candidates are competing for two open seats on Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees this November, in an election that comes at a pivotal time in the university’s history.
A new MSU department will streamline communication and support for three existing offices: student accounts, the registrar and financial aid. Spartan One-Stop is entirely virtual now, with a physical office space opening in May 2025.
At a public forum, the four major party candidates for MSU trustee largely agreed on their central priorities, but had some varying approaches on exactly how to solve issues at the top of students' minds.
Mike Balow — who calls himself the "ninth trustee" — has attended every board meeting for the past four years.
Thomas Stallworth, a Democrat and longtime Detroit public servant, hopes to restore trust in the board and make the university more affordable and safe for students.
Julie Maday, a former Novi city council member, hopes to lead MSU with particular responsiveness to students and parents.
Rebecca Bahar-Cook — the CEO of a Lansing-based fundraising consulting firm with experience on non-profit boards and the Ingham County Commission — says she hopes to bring collaboration back to the MSU Board of Trustees.
MSU students set up an art installation of oversized milk cartons displaying U.S. citizens taken hostage by Hamas, in addition to other exhibits featured Tuesday afternoon near Kedzie Hall.
Artwork painted on the Rock for Indigenous People's Day by the North American Indigenous Student Organization was vandalized Monday night. Students from the MSU chapter of Turning Point USA replaced the artwork with a joke attributing the word "dibs" to Christopher Columbus.
On Wednesday, ASMSU will host the four Board of Trustees candidates in the upcoming election. It will be a virtual event divided into two sessions in which students can ask the candidates questions.
The Wharton Center for Performing Arts will be hosting Democracy at a Crossroads, an event geared towards journalism students to discuss political reporting, on Wednesday, Oct. 16. A panel of writers from The Atlantic will be there to talk to students.
The North American Indigenous Student Organization, along with students and alumni, marched across campus in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday. They held signs while chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Columbus Day has got to go” and “MSU, rent is due!”
MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities installed hundreds of new classroom door locks over the summer. This latest update marks the end of a year-and-a-half long lock installation process prompted by the campus shooting that killed three and injured five students in February 2023.
Some universities have been able to land on a clear-cut, seemingly ironclad defense of their decisions not to divest from Israel — the law. MSU hasn’t been one of them.
The North American Indigenous Student Organization set up camp on MSU campus to honor their ancestors and demand that the university acknowledge its role in the erasure of Indigenous people. The protestors have a list of demands for the university.
Students walked out of class Friday for a study-in at the Hannah Administration Building, where they sat in the lobby of the Office of the President to protest what they described as MSU’s complacency in genocide. This was the latest in students' efforts to call on MSU to divest from Israel and other entities funding the nation since the war began last year.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University held their general assembly meeting Thursday, where they debated whether to vote on a bill that would reaffirm support for divestment.
Current Senior Vice President for Student Life and Engagement Vennie Gore will become the university’s executive vice president for administration, according to a campus email from the president.
Although the Nassar documents reveal a troubled past, they aren’t a reflection of MSU today, university leaders say. The State News met with MSU’s president and leaders of campus programs aimed at preventing sexual misconduct to discuss how the university has changed since Nassar’s abuse thrust it into national scrutiny.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked Michigan’s attorney general to advise her on demands that she remove two controversial members of Michigan State University’s board.