John Mathias Engler is an American politician,lawyer,businessman,and lobbyist who served as the 46th governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. Considered one of the country's top lobbyists,he is a member of the Republican Party.
Michigan State University is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing,Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan,the first of its kind in the United States. After the introduction of the Morrill Act in 1862,the state designated the college a land-grant institution in 1863,making it the first of the land-grant colleges in the United States. The college became coeducational in 1870. Today,Michigan State has rapidly expanded its footprint across the state of Michigan with facilities all across the state and one of the largest collegiate alumni networks with 634,000 members.
The Michigan State University College of Law is the law school of Michigan State University,a public research university in East Lansing,Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law,it was the first law school in the Detroit,Michigan area and the second in the state of Michigan. In October 2018,the college began a process to fully integrate into Michigan State University,changing from a private to a public law school. The integration with Michigan State University was finalized on August 17,2020.
Dianne Byrum is an American university trustee and Democratic politician from Michigan. Byrum is a trustee for the Michigan State University and a partner with Byrum &Fisk Advocacy Communications,an East Lansing,Mich.-based public relations firm.
Alice B. Cowles House is a structure on the campus of Michigan State University. It is the oldest extant building on MSU's campus,though only the foundation and two exterior walls remain from the original 1857 construction.
The State News is the student newspaper of Michigan State University in East Lansing,Michigan. It is supported by a combination of advertising revenue and a $7.50 refundable tax that students pay at each semester's matriculation. Though The State News is supported by a student tax,the faculty and administration do not interfere in the paper's content. The State News is governed by a Board of Directors,which comprises journalism professionals,faculty and students. In 2010,the Princeton Review ranked The State News as the #8 best college newspaper in the country. And in 2015,the Society of Professional Journalists named TSN as the nation's best daily college newspaper for 2014.
Samuel L. Stanley Jr. is an American educator and biomedical researcher. He was President of Michigan State University from 2019 to November 2022,and President of Stony Brook University from 2009 to 2019. Stanley is one of the founding directors of the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research.
Thomas L. Leonard III is an American attorney and politician. He is a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives who served as Speaker of the House from 2017 to 2019. Elected in 2012 to succeed term-limited Paul Opsommer,Leonard represented the residents of Clinton and Gratiot County. Prior to that,he worked as a prosecutor. Leonard unsuccessfully ran for Michigan Attorney General in 2018 and was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan.
Kim E. Schatzel is an American academic administrator who is the 19th president of the University of Louisville. She joined Eastern Michigan University in January 2012 as provost and executive vice president of academic and student affairs,and became interim president on July 8,2015,following the resignation of Susan Martin. Schatzel was previously dean of the college of business at University of Michigan–Dearborn. On November 30,2022,she was announced as the next president of University of Louisville and began her tenure on February 1,2023.
Stephen D. Penny Jr. is an American businessman and sports administrator. He was president and CEO of USA Gymnastics (USAG) from 2005 until 2017,and is a key figure in the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal.
Elizabeth H. Simmons is an American theoretical physicist,and Executive Vice Chancellor at University of California San Diego. Formerly,she was a distinguished professor of physics at Michigan State University,the dean of Lyman Briggs College,and the associate provost for faculty and academic staff development. She has also held positions at Harvard University and Boston University. Simmons is married to fellow physicist,R. Sekhar Chivukula. Together they have two children.
The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal relates to the sexual abuse of hundreds of gymnasts—primarily minors at the time of the abuse—over two decades in the United States,starting in the 1990s. More than 500 athletes alleged that they were sexually assaulted "by gym owners,coaches,and staff working for gymnastics programs across the country",including USA Gymnastics (USAG) and Michigan State University (MSU). It is considered the largest sexual abuse scandal in sports history.
Lawrence Gerard Nassar is an American former sports medicine physician,convicted sex offender and serial child molester. For 18 years,he was the team doctor of the United States women's national gymnastics team,where he used his position to exploit and sexually assault hundreds of young athletes.
June Youatt is an American university professor and former administrator,holding the posts of Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies as well as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Michigan State University (MSU).
Events from the year 2017 in Michigan.
Events from the year 2018 in Michigan.
Rachael Joy Denhollander is an American lawyer and former gymnast. She was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar,the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor,of sexual assault. Denhollander is 2018 Glamour Woman of the Year and was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018. She is the recipient of the 2021 Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life.
Teresa K. Woodruff is an American medical researcher in human reproduction and oncology,with a focus on ovarian biology,endocrinology,and women's health. She joined Michigan State University as the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs in August 2020. Woodruff became the interim President of Michigan State University on November 4,2022 after the resignation of Samuel L. Stanley. She was previously the Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago,Illinois. Woodruff was Dean of the Graduate School and Professor in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston,Illinois as well. She is credited with coining the term oncofertility and founded the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She is also founder and chief of the Division of Fertility Preservation and founder and director of the Women's Health Research Institute at Northwestern University.
Dana Michelle Nessel is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 54th Attorney General of Michigan since January 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Angela Povilaitis is a former assistant attorney general of Michigan. In 2018,she gained national media attention as the attorney who led the prosecution of Larry Nassar,the ex-USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor accused of molestation by hundreds of women and girls.
