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Oct. 1, 2018

Presidential Search Committee Named

19-member panel will gather community input

The MSU Board of Trustees has assembled a 19-member search committee to help ?nd a permanent replacement for Interim President John Engler.

Committee members were chosen to rep-resent a range of constituencies and a variety of disciplines. 

They will gather input from faculty, staff, students, and alumni to develop a set of criteria for selecting the university’s next leader, who will be elected by the BOT.

The board anticipates announcing that decision in June 2019.

The committee will be co-chaired by MSU Trustees Dianne Byrum, ’74, and Melanie Foster, ’77. Alumna Teresa A. Sullivan, ’70, ’14, former president of the University of Virginia, is serving as an adviser to the co-chairs.

The other members are:

• Debra Bittner, ’84, president, Coalition of Labor Organizations at MSU

• Pero Gaglo Dagbovie, ’93, ’95, Universi-ty Distinguished Professor of history and associate dean, Graduate School

•Prabu David, dean, College of Communication Arts and Sciences

• Joel Ferguson, MSU Trustee, ’65

•Mary Finn, director and professor, School of Criminal Justice

• Thomas Glasmacher, laboratory and project director, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and University Distinguished Professor

•Linda Hubbard, ’82 , president and COO, Carhartt, Inc.

•Tomas Hult, Byington Endowed Chair and director, International Business Center in the Eli Broad College of Business

• Dan Kelly, MSU Trustee

•Leo Kempel, dean, College of Engineering

•Bonnie Knutson, ’78, ’82, professor, School of Hospitality Business

•Wanda Lipscomb, ’78, associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, and senior associate dean for Diversity & Inclusion, College of Human Medicine

•Mark A. Murray, ’76, ’79, past president, Grand Valley State University

•David L. Porteous, ’74, Board of Directors of Huntington Bancshares Inc. and past MSU Trustee

•Katherine Ri?otis, president, Associated Students of Michigan State University

•Gregory J. Spray, ’14, doctoral candidate, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, College of Communication Arts and Sciences

•Felicia Wu, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.


Beneath the Pines: Fall 2018

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Shadows

“...When from these scenes we wander And twilight shadows fade,"

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
cardinal perched on a snowy pine branch

Join the Flock

Push away from your electronic devices, bundle up, and enjoy birding at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
archaeologist unearths cow skeleton

Six Feet Under

Road work last summer uncovered a visual reminder of our agricultural roots. Archaeology students came to the rescue.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
Science writer, Sheril Kirshenbaum poses in kitchen

Let’s Talk Food

Are you confused about what to put on your plate? Most of us are. That’s why MSU has launched Our Table.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
kevin pauga, the stat king

The Stat King

Tracking basketball data is a hobby for Kevin Pauga, but his massive “matrix” has gained a serious following.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
Marion Coleman, quilted imagery and words, dedicated to Nelson Mandela and his work to find an HIV cure.

Healing Hearts, Healing Hands

Quilters possess special powers.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
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Real Estate Magnate Means Business

Developer Edward J. Minskoff makes largest private gift in university’s history.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
women join hands around tree with teal ribbon

In Honor of Survivors

The University Museum is preserving more than 200 teal mesh bows tied to trees last winter in tribute to young women who’d survived sexual abuse by former physician Larry Nassar.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
Sparty Statue

Presidential Search Committee Named

The MSU Board of Trustees has assembled a 19-member search committee to help ?nd a permanent replacement for Interim President John Engler.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018
Marti K.S. Heil appointed vice president of University Advancement.

Leadership Change

University Advancement is welcoming a new leader as its successful $1.7 billion capital campaign wraps up this fall.

Spartan Magazine, Fall 2018

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