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Academic Operations
MSU returns to weeklong Juneteenth celebrations
The State News (June 14)
Collaboration
Ferris State partnership helps high school students explore careers, gain college credit
WYBR FM (June 18)
Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement
University of Michigan to open $165M recreation center
MLive (June 15)
MSU Research Foundation plans $20M headquarters in East Lansing
Lansing State Journal (June 16)
The MSU Research Foundation is investing $20 million to spark the next generation of breakthroughs
MLive (June 17)
Campus archaeology team heads back to 1880 MSU observatory site
The State News (June 18)
Bees are buzzing on Michigan State’s campus
Yale Climate Connections (June 18)
UM testing American Center for Mobility site as it seeks home for supercomputer center
Crain’s Detroit Business (June 18)
Higher Education Finance — Institutional Dynamics
MSU Athletics announces jersey patch partnership with MSUFCU
WILX TV (June 15)
Despite MSU leader exits, MSU athletics nonprofit launching July 1
The Detroit News (June 15)
Spartan Ventures 'all systems go' despite loss of MSU's AD, president
Lansing State Journal (June 18)
Higher Education Finance — Other State Support
Sault Tribe Of Chippewa Doles Out ‘2% Grants’ To 30 U.P. Communities [LSSU]
Radio Results Network (June 15)
Higher Education in the 2026 Elections
At the center of Michigan’s strong voter turnout: How college campuses engage students [UM, WSU]
Michigan Advance (June 16)
Labor Relations
Union representing UM-Flint lecturers ratifies annual increase agreement
WNEM TV (June 15)
U-M Flint lecturers' union ratifies their salary re-opener agreement
WJRT TV (June 16)
Leadership Transitions
MSU does not have timeline for finding president's replacement
The State News (June 12)
MSU Board of Trustees approves new dean and natural gas facility
The State News (June 12)
J Batt to leave MSU for the University of Kentucky
The State News (June 15)
Michigan State athletic director J Batt leaving for Kentucky
Detroit Free Press (June 15)
Former MSU AD J Batt will make nearly $3 million per year at Kentucky
The Detroit News (June 17)
Philanthropic Support
$5M in gifts supports Eastern Michigan University faculty research, innovation
MLive (June 15)
Ferris State's Indoor Activities Complex reaches $1 million fundraising mark
Big Rapids Daily News (June 15)
Program Delivery
Music, theatre among degree programs in Michigan that could lose federal loan access under new rule [MASU]
Michigan Public (June 12)
Michigan playing catch-up on drone race, but manufacturing past should help [CMU, UM, WMU]
The Daily Mining Gazette (June 15)
WMU Cold Case Program helps solve another murder with Michigan State Police
WWMT TV (June 15)
Ferris State University hosts America’s Cutting Edge CNC machining training
WWTV TV (June 18)
Recognitions & Awards
3 Michigan colleges in top 500 globally, U.S. News rankings say
MLive (June 16)
6 MI Universities Ranked Among World’s Best By US News
Patch (June 17)
Tuition
MSU increases tuition rates, could face budget deficit
WKAR FM (June 12)
MSU Board approves 3.99% tuition increase, finalizes budget amid $12M deficit
The State News (June 12)
Michigan State University projects $12.4M deficit as it passes budget with tuition hike
Crain’s Detroit Business (June 12)
SVSU approves tuition increase, housing renovations for upcoming year
MLive (June 15)
SVSU approves budget and tuition increase for upcoming school year
WJRT TV (June 16)
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