The forecast predicts that it will be a cold day with the high being 56 and the low being 35.
Board to vote on removing ‘diversity’ from VP’s title
Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees will vote Friday on whether to tweak the title of the institution’s top diversity, equity and inclusion administrator. Jabbar Bennett currently holds the title of Vice President and Diversity Officer, a position housed within MSU’s Office of Inclusive Excellence and Impact. The board resolution proposes changing his title to Vice President and Chief Inclusion Officer, according to the meeting agenda. The vote comes as MSU, and universities across the country, respond to the Trump Administration’s efforts to curtail DEI programs nationwide. The federal government has framed them as discriminatory in nature and antithetical to meritocracy, while threatening to investigate and cut funding to institutions that maintain them.
Board to vote on scaling back Spartan Gateway District
Much-anticipated plans to construct restaurants, retail spaces, a hotel and a new sports arena on the Michigan State University campus are being scaled down, pending the Board of Trustees’ approval at its Friday meeting. University spokesperson Amber McCann said the move is shaped by the athletic department’s view that constructing a 6,000-seat arena, originally slated as the centerpiece of the Spartan Gateway District and expected to cost $150 million, “might not be the best use of our resources at this time.” As part of the change, the university would also scrap plans for a new academic or health-care building and additional parking structures, and consider new sites for the district away from the southwest corner of campus. That new location could also require the district to be further downscaled to accommodate existing structures.
MSU hockey shows improvement in sweep of Northern Michigan
The Spartans saw another opportunity to grow, and they took it. This weekend the No. 1 Michigan State hockey team took on the Northern Michigan Wildcats, sweeping the series with a 4-0 shutout and a 6-2 victory. With the pair of wins the Spartans move to 5-1-0, continuing their five-game win streak. Despite two goals during the first period in Game 1, head coach Adam Nightingale wished the team had gotten to its game quicker, he said in a post-game press conference, noting that the team was being “cute” in response to NMU’s smothering. However, MSU set the tone early in Game 2. MSU will kick off Big Ten play against the Penn State Nittany Lions, Friday, Nov. 7 and Saturday, Nov. 8. Game times have not been released yet, but the series will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.
MSU faces major funding cuts for arts and humanities
Michigan State University recently decided on budget cuts for certain departments, with numerous arts programs facing major funding cuts. President Kevin Guskiewicz announced that the university will reduce spending by around 9% for the next two years to balance an $85 million deficit. Departments are being asked to lower budgets, with arts research being affected significantly. MSU’s Center for Digital Humanities & Social Science, also known asMatrix, has lost seven NEH grants. Lasting impacts of these budget cuts could lead to smaller research teams, fewer courses and fewer arts events across campus.
