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MSU Police Chief: Employee clicking wrong button to blame for false alert incident
A review of last week’s accidental emergency notification, which incited panic across the Michigan State University community, has yet to be completed. But the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is pretty sure what went wrong. According to DPPS officials, the human error which resulted in students, staff, faculty and parents receiving the notification involved a Security and Operations Center employee who, during a routine test, accidentally clicked the wrong button.
Student group probing MSU college with Republican lawmaker’s blessing
The Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative student organization on campus, is investigating 11 College of Education courses by way of a Freedom of Information Act request. The student organization hopes to use responsive documents from the FOIA to prove that the college is pushing anti-white curriculum and limiting academic freedom. The probe is being aided by the group's national division, Young American's Foundation, and has the blessing of Republican legislators.
MSU board reinstates September meeting for 2026
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees will host a sixth meeting this year, after voting to reduce the required annual number to five in 2024. MSU and its board have settled on hosting another private forum with university stakeholders in addition to the public meeting in September.
MSU apologizes for accidental active violence alert
Michigan State University issued an apology Tuesday afternoon for a “drill” emergency notification sent to students, faculty, staff and parents. In a letter penned by MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz and MSU Department of Police and Public Safety Chief of Police Mike Yankowski, they wrote that the message was “inadvertently” sent during a routine system test by MSU’s Security Operations Center (SOC).
MSU board talks immigration concerns, votes to renovate Wilson Hall
In the wake of immigration crackdowns on a national scale, Michigan State University’s first Board of Trustees meeting of the semester spent its opening minutes addressing students and faculty concerns, which dotted the public comment period. The meeting marked the turnover of several key MSU administrators, including a new board chair. Also approved at the meeting were renovations to an MSU dormitory, adding laboratories for an engineering program. Several trustees were physically absent from the meeting, with one not appearing virtually until over an hour-and-a-half into the meeting.
