September 28, 2024

News from MASU

Welcome to MASU’s new and improved This Week publication! You can expect to see an increased focus on our activities at the top of each issue.


Please join MASU in congratulating Dr. Neil MacKinnon on his appointment as the 16th President of Central Michigan University! President-elect MacKinnon will begin November 1. See related stories below under Leadership Transitions.


New for our high school partners: the annual Michigan's Public Universities Guide to Admissions 2024-25. This guide can be printed as a brochure or displayed as a large poster, featuring information like class size, incoming GPA, tuition, and more for high school students and their families!


MASU is pleased to relaunch our Student Success Innovations Exchange on our website, featuring replicable case studies of how Michigan’s public universities are helping students succeed. This case study is freshly updated: Learning Experience Design Graduate Certificate—University of Michigan

In the News

Collaboration

'The Way Forward,' agreement opens pathways between Delta and SVSU

Route Bay City (Sep. 26)


Economic Development

Foundations serving as 'society’s venture capital' with investments in Detroit neighborhoods [UM, WSU]

Crain’s Detroit Business (Sep. 19)


Enrollment

UM Flint enrollment increases for second year; UM Dearborn also increases [UM]

The Detroit News (Sep. 20)


WMU sees first enrollment increase in over a decade

MLive (Sep. 20)


SVSU reports uptick of freshmen, transfers, but overall enrollment drops again

MLive (Sep. 23)


Freshman enrollment up at Saginaw Valley State University

WNEM TV (Sep. 23)


SVSU Reports Increase in New Student Enrollment

WSGW FM (Sep. 24)


Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

EMU assures campus safety during demolition of Brown-Munson, Jones-Goddard halls

Eastern Echo (Sep. 23)


Governance & Speech

BOG talks enrollment data, approves library updates, public commenters continue divestment and student advocacy [WSU]

The South End (Sep. 19)


NMU Board of Trustees passes $131.1M budget, salary increase for Tessman

WLUC TV (Sep. 20)


NMU budgets $2.6 million for new investments

WNMU FM (Sep. 21)


Higher Education Finance — Institutional Dynamics

Grand Valley State University sold nearly $40,000 from alcohol sales at football games

MLive (Sep. 20)


Higher Education in the 2024 Elections

Ferris State university goes head-to-head with rival schools for voter registration battle [GVSU, WSU]

WWTV TV (Sep. 20)


Student voter registration contest pits GVSU, WMU against rivals

WOOD TV (Sep. 20)


Voter guide: Statewide races in Michigan [MSU, UM, WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Sep. 21)


Ferris State taking on GVSU, Wayne State in Secretary of State competition for most student voter registrations, absentee ballot requests

WYBR FM (Sep. 21)


MSU earns “Gold Campus” award for voter turnout

WLNS TV (Sep. 23)


Institutional Leadership

‘You Become a Mere Mortal’: What Happens When Presidents Go Back to the Faculty [WSU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Sep. 18)


Ferris State President Bill Pink, Vice President David Pilgrim and foundation board chair Arlen-Dean Gaddy honored by Crain's as Notable Black Leaders

WYBR FM (Sep. 22)


School leaders to speak at Bay County’s upcoming State of Education event [SVSU]

MLive (Sep. 24)


Leadership Transitions

Central Michigan University to offer 'major update' on president search

Midland Daily News (Sep. 23)


Central Michigan University taps Augusta University administrator as president

Bridge (Sep. 26)


Board of trustees picks CMU's 16th president

The Detroit News (Sep. 26)


Central Michigan University appoints 16th president

WOOD TV (Sep. 26)


Central Michigan University appoints next president

WJRT TV (Sep. 26)


Central Michigan University trustees name newest university president

WILX TV (Sep. 26)


CMU trustees select Neil MacKinnon to be next university president

Midland Daily News (Sep. 26)


New CMU President MacKinnon to prioritize enrollment, retention rates; College of Medicine move to Saginaw

Midland Daily News (Sep. 27)


Neil MacKinnon to take over as Central Michigan University president in November

WZZM TV (Sep. 27)


Philanthropic Support

Former GOP leader, UM Regent Ron Weiser gives $25 million for new breast cancer center [UM]

The Detroit News (Sep. 19)


Recognitions & Awards

NMU earns gold STARS rating for sustainability

The Mining Journal (Sep. 20)


NMU celebrates 125 years with homecoming parade

WLUC TV (Sep. 21)


These Michigan colleges are gold level veteran-friendly schools, agency says

MLive (Sep. 23)


These 9 Michigan universities are in the top-300 in the country, U.S. News ranking says

MLive (Sep. 24)


Hope, Grand Valley recognized on U.S. News ‘Best Colleges’ 2025

Holland Sentinel (Sep. 25)


U.S. News & World Report ranked the nation's best colleges. Here's where MSU placed

Lansing State Journal (Sep. 25)

Commentaries

Oakland University president: Stop using institutional neutrality as a crutch by OU Pres. Ora Pescovitz

The Detroit News (Sep. 24)

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