This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News

August 2, 2019

Please join MASU in welcoming Dr. Samuel Stanley, Jr., the 21st President of Michigan State University, and Dr. Debasish Dutta, the 8th Chancellor of the University of Michigan-Flint, as they begin their tenures!

In The News

Collaboration

Jackson College adds teacher education program [WSU]

MLive (July 25, 2019)

Program targets boardroom inclusion [FSU, GVSU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (July 26, 2019)

GRCC, Ferris State deal helps with in-demand hospitality management jobs, officials say [GVSU]

MLive (July 30, 2019)

Covenant HealthCare and CMU forge 25-year deal to train medical students in Saginaw

MLive (July 30, 2019)

CMU, Covenant HealthCare sign 25 year partnership

WJRT TV (July 30, 2019)

Community gathers to view work of Ferris State students

WPBN TV (Aug. 1, 2019)

College Access & Affordability

Applying for student loans [NMU]

WLUC TV (July 30, 2019)

Diversity on Campus

Business minded [UM, WSU]

The Chaldean News (July 26, 2019)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

NMU Northern Center expected to be complete mid-September

WLUC TV (July 26, 2019)

City of Flint developing, planning $324 million in construction projects [UM-F]

WNEM TV (July 26, 2019)

Facility for Rare Isotope Beams '92 percent complete' [MSU]

Lansing State Journal (July 29, 2019)

UM's growth sets stage for conflict on Ann Arbor streets, city admin says

MLive (July 30, 2019)

NMU remodeling new lab for growing medicinal plant chemistry program

WLUC TV (July 31, 2019)

Flint Water Crisis & PFAS

Michigan's worst 'environmental injustice' areas ID'd [UM]

Detroit Free Press (July 25, 2019)

Issues & Ale recap: Michigan's growing PFAS crisis [CMU, GVSU]

Michigan Radio (July 26, 2019)

Governance & Speech

Judge rules against Wayne State board members seeking to overturn property purchase

Detroit Free Press (Aug. 1, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Michigan Tech's LSSI program receives funding grant

The Daily Mining Gazette (July 29, 2019)

University Of Detroit-Mercy And Wayne State Receive Over $19 Million For Research Program

WWJ TV (July 29, 2019)

ReBUILDetroit Program Receives $19.4M Renewal Grant from National Institutes of Health [WSU]

dbusiness (July 30, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Dynamics

WMU glides into drone consultancy

Grand Rapids Business Journal (July 26, 2019)

University Pediatricians discusses future with Central Michigan, Wayne State

Crain's Detroit Business (July 30, 2019)

Higher Education Finance - State Capital Outlay

$1.5M state grant supports Sault Ste. Marie property cleanup [LSSU]

WPBN TV (July 26, 2019)

New health, athletic centers at Eastern Michigan among $100 million in capital projects

Crain's Detroit Business (July 29, 2019)

Leadership Transitions

New Presidents or Provosts: Alcorn State U, Beloit College, Central CC-Hastings, Framingham State U, Hawkeye CC, U of Tennessee-Knoxville, Walden U, Western Carolina U, Western Michigan U Cooley Law School, Widener U

Inside Higher Ed (July 26, 2019)

New GVSU president talks opportunities, affordability, student engagement [FSU, MSU]

MLive (July 28, 2019)

LSSU welcomes new Dean of Student Affairs

The Sault News (July 30, 2019)

MSU ex-president Lou Anna Simon to retire, get $2.45 million [UM]

The Detroit News (July 30, 2019)

Former MSU President Lou Anna Simon, facing criminal charges, retires from school

Detroit Free Press (July 30, 2019)

Michigan State's Ex-President, Who Faces Criminal Charges, Will Retire With a $2.5-Million Payout

The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 30, 2019)

Samuel Stanley takes over as Michigan State president

The Detroit News (Aug. 1, 2019)

Program Delivery

Gov. Whitmer makes appointments to boards, commissions [WMU, UM, MSU, WSU, OU]

The Oakland Press (July 28, 2019)

U. of Michigan Hints at Growth Plans for Office of Academic Innovation

EdSurge (July 30, 2019)

GVSU's Traverse City Campus Encourages Students to Stay in Northern Michigan

WWTV TV (July 31, 2019)

A passport back in time: discovering the history at Camp Au Train [MTU]

WJMN TV (July 31, 2019)

Safety & Health

Wayne State University: Students may have been exposed to chickenpox

WDIV TV (July 26, 2019)

Emergency training planned on SVSU campus for first responders

MLive (July 26, 2019)

WSU sends out health alert, possible chickenpox exposure

The South End (July 26, 2019)

University of Michigan-Dearborn to hold campus crisis exercise

Press & Guide (July 29, 2019)

Cosmetic Services offered at CMU Health clinic

The Morning Sun (July 29, 2019)

Tuition

Undocumented student community expresses mixed feelings after 'U' revises in-state tuition policy [UM, MSU, OU, GVSU]

The Michigan Daily (July 31, 2019)

University Accountability

Grand jury indicts University of Michigan Professor David Daniels in rape case

MLive (July 26, 2019)

Congress: U.S. Olympic Committee, FBI failed to protect athletes from Larry Nassar's abuse [MSU]

CBS News (July 30, 2019)

WSU loses public record lawsuit

The South End (July 30, 2019)

Michigan State, other groups 'fundamentally failed' in Nassar scandal, Senate report says

MLive (July 30, 2019)

Attorney: Evidence for felony charge against former MSU gymnastics coach Kathie Klages falls short

Lansing State Journal (July 31, 2019)

Accuser calls University of Michigan's David Daniels a 'shark swimming in the water'

MLive (July 31, 2019)

U-M trying to out former grad student as gay, court filing claims

Detroit Free Press (July 31, 2019)

Workforce Alignment

Program for businesses wanting to enter defense sector staged [MTU, NMU]

The Mining Journal (July 28, 2019)

Commentaries

Make careful decisions on loans to pay for college

The Daily News (July 30, 2019)

All public universities get private money, but some get much more than the rest [UM]

The Conversation (July 31, 2019)

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