Theo Scheer

Though representatives from the Higher Learning Commission decide whether to renew MSU’s accreditation every ten years, recent turmoil within MSU’s Board of Trustees has raised additional concerns for its current review.

Behavioral neuroscience professor Alexa Veenema wrote to students after the election that it was "unbelievable" that "so many Americans are so utterly naïve and would fall for this and support misogyny, racism, xenophobia, hate and violence." Students argue this violated MSU policies.

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.

Gannett Co., the mass media company that owns USA TODAY, is suing MSU for redacting information in a public records request about a woman reporters believe is "another possible victim of Tucker's sexual misconduct."

An Eaton County judge is suing Lansing hospitals and medical workers affiliated with Michigan State University, claiming she received “negligent care” during the birth of her daughter in 2014.

Michigan State University officials doubled down on its endowment at a meeting with reporters Wednesday, amidst continued calls to divest from Israel from student and faculty groups.

Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees have postponed a controversial vote to shorten the time allowed for public comments at their meetings.

The board will vote on shortening the time allotted for public comment at their meetings to 45 minutes total. Activists say the university is limiting one of their only ways to address campus leadership.

University faculty and staff must use a “Personal Observance Day” to celebrate the holiday. 

Holly Rosen worked for MSU Safe Place, a nationally respected relationship violence shelter and support program, for 30 years. She retired after being “ambushed with threats of termination and unpaid suspension.”

A union of graduate students employed by Michigan State University has renewed its contract with the university, winning increased wages and expanded healthcare coverage but falling short of the group’s original goals.

A union of graduate students employed by Michigan State University has renewed its contract with the university, winning increased wages and expanded healthcare coverage but falling short of the group’s original goals.

Michigan State University plans to expand its new centralized surveillance system into the city of East Lansing, a move experts say exacerbates current privacy and civil liberty concerns with the system. 

President Kevin Guskiewicz told reporters after the meeting that the university is “doing everything to protect the endowment and our financial investments from any political influence.” Jesse Estrada White, a comparative culture and politics junior and organizer with Sunrise MSU, said that not divesting is a political choice of its own.

Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees said it will review its financial investments but will not consider “divestment of any kind.”

The university has taken great steps to draw attention away from what’s beneath campus’ surface. But despite its efforts, intrigue and a lack of security has kept the student body talking about — and sometimes entering — the world below their feet for decades.

Michigan State University’s board of trustees’ finance committee will review MSU’s financial investments, following continued calls for the university’s divestment from Israel at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. 

Title IX Communications Manager Christian Chapman lays out the process that MSU’s Office of Institutional Equity takes to respond to Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct and Title IX cases.

MSU’s Jewish students and faculty are grieving and have come together as a community amid violence in the Middle East.

From MSU’s inception, pedestrians have been using their feet to tell campus planners where sidewalks should go. They listened.