The W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded Michigan State University’s Marcos Dantus and Elad Harel $1.3 million to start a new revolution in the way we use optical microscopes to understand the living world. The philanthropic grant is one of six awarded nationally by the Keck Foundation in 2022 for science and engineering. This also marks the first time that scientists at MSU have claimed the award. This also marks the first time that scientists at MSU have claimed the award. The Keck Foundation enc...
Aug 15, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 46
Jackson describes his background and talks about what attracted him to MSU. “Michigan State really is the prototype for what land grants were built on, and to be at the epicenter for the commitment to the roles and functions that a state should give to its citizens from a post-secondary education opportunity just seemed very opportune. I was also attracted to the hardworking spirit of Michigan State. It’s in the DNA. And MSU works hard on access to its excellence.” Jackson describes some of the ...
Jul 27, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 45
“Strategic communication is one of those terms that we hear thrown around a lot in the communication field. And what we're talking about with strategic communication really is the idea that we all communicate with each other daily, in organizations, interpersonally, with family and friends. And that communication is designed to relay a message between you and me right now to achieve some objective. When we talk about strategic communication, we're really talking about looking at a vision, object...
Jul 12, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 44
The academy in Detroit is the first in the United States, launched as part of Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. The free program offers students an opportunity to become entrepreneurs and app developers by learning the fundamentals of coding, design, marketing, and project management — with an emphasis on inclusivity and making a positive impact in local communities. HEAR the ceremony HERE: (00:00) Sarah Gretter, PhD – Director of the Apple Developer Academy (:55) – “Supa” Mario Crip...
Jul 05, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 43
You're in Detroit this week to congratulate the inaugural class of graduates of the Apple Developer Academy . Remind us of the academy's evolution and mission. “The academy is a groundbreaking opportunity for individuals in Detroit and all of Michigan. And this is the first Apple Developer Academy in the United States. It's an opportunity for individuals 18 and above to learn how to code and develop apps for the Apple operating system. When students finish, they're well prepared to code for Appl...
Jun 29, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 42
“Our overall goal at MSU Sports Medicine is to be a single location for patients and athletes alike to come when they're having pain, ailments, or even just looking for advice on how to get active and stay active,” says Nate Fitton , a team physician at the MSU Health Care Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center . “Our ultimate goal for all patients is to lead a fulfilling, active life. We see a wide variety of acute injuries, chronic injuries, as well as people just looking to get active and talk...
Jun 20, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 41
This year's keynote speaker is College of Arts and Letters English professor Julian Chambliss , who has a focus on popular culture, comics, and digital humanities, and his research explores race, identity, and power in urban spaces. His address is titled “ Not Only Darkness: The Legacy and Future of Black Speculative Practice .” Chambliss' keynote will focus on Afrofuturism, what it is, and its impact on society today. His keynote will also examine the relationship between Afrofuturism and specu...
Jun 14, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Read President Stanley's May 2022 Spartan Community letter here . MSU brought a very successful academic year to a close this month with graduation ceremonies honoring 6,917 undergraduate degree earners and 2,684 advanced degree recipients. What struck you and will stay with you about this spring’s ceremonies? “It was wonderful to be in person. We had the opportunity because of low COVID transmission to be without masks for people who didn't want a mask, and so that was great. There was really a...
May 31, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 39
“The scope of Title IX extends well beyond athletics,” says Dr. Ashely Baker , chief diversity officer for Spartan Athletics . “Title IX legislation was really focused broadly on access to education and access to opportunities for women, and sport has been a space where we've really been able to see that more tangibly than in other places. When you think about the root and the focus of what this initial legislation was about, it was looking at what was happening in education and employment and a...
May 23, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 38
“I've been doing a lot of reflecting lately as you can probably imagine because I truly have grown up here. I started at WKAR as a student in their student employment program and never looked back. I love WKAR and MSU. This whole community has just been a wonderful place to be. I learned everything I know through the staff at WKAR.” What are some key accomplishments you're proud of the station has made under your leadership? “It's probably our education services. We often say we're so much more ...
May 11, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Good afternoon! Go Green! President Stanley, Provost Woodruff, and the Board of Trustees: Thank you for inviting me back home. To the administration, faculty, and staff — to the proud families and friends who traveled here to celebrate your loved ones — to my forever dorm-mates from Wonders Hall — and to each and every one of you in the resilient, inspiring Class of 2022: I am so proud to be your fellow Michigan State alum. Congratulations! I am deeply honored that you have let me be a part of y...
May 06, 2022•12 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Do you have any experience with either MSU or the state of Michigan? “Growing up on the north shores of Lake Superior, I would drive through the great state of Michigan many times on the way to my grandmother's house in Sarnia, Ontario on the other side of the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron. And my first college football game was in Spartan Stadium in 1992. My dad was a huge Spartans fan. He brought the whole family down, and I was just shell shocked on what a great experience it was to see all...
May 05, 2022•11 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams ( FRIB ), a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science , opened its doors to discovery with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on 2 May. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. , cut the ribbon to officially mark the start of FRIB’s scientific mission. HEAR the speakers’ comments HERE: · FRIB Lab Director Thomas Glasmacher (:00) · MSU President Stanley (2:25) · Michigan G...
May 03, 2022•55 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Michigan State University is furthering its investment in a greener future, announcing a commitment to converting 369 internal combustion engine vehicles in its fleet to fully electric vehicles over the next decade. MSU also is investing in two DC fast chargers for public use through the PowerMIFleet program; the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy’s ChargeUp Michigan program; and Capital Area Transportation Authority. The chargers will be available for public use at the C...
May 02, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Charleston describes his background and what attracted him to MSU. He talks about how a person knows whether they have a headache or facial pain they can treat themselves or whether they need to schedule a headache specialty visit. He talks about stigmas surrounding headaches and discusses current research underway and treatments on the horizon that may aid in treating headaches and facial pain. Conversation highlights : (:43) – “I’m from Detroit Michigan, and I decided I wanted to be a neurosur...
Apr 29, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Classes are wrapping up, final exams are next week and Michigan State University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D. is eagerly anticipating graduation ceremonies for some 9,000 soon-to-be Spartan alumni. He talks about feeling like a proud father to all the graduates preparing to go out and make the world a better place. And President Stanley congratulates the 179 students who have maintained 4.0 grade point averages in their time at MSU and have now been named Board of Trustees Scholars. “As...
Apr 28, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 30
RCPD is celebrating its 50th anniversary. “We've been working busily over the past five decades to help people maximize ability and opportunity,” says Hudson . “We began back in the 1971/72 academic year with a simple goal of helping people with disabilities realize the power of education to change their lives and to promote careers and lives of distinction. Our resource center is intent on maximizing ability and opportunity and helping students as they arrive at the university realize their cha...
Apr 28, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Heil has a career spanning 45 years across three universities raising critical funds, tirelessly promoting the value of philanthropy and expanding alumni engagement efforts. She came out of retirement in October of 2018, returning to MSU, where she has now spent more than 33 years in advancement. Marti was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan and is a 1976 graduate of MSU's College of Communication Arts and Sciences with a bachelor's degree in advertising . “It has been my absolute pleasure and ...
Apr 22, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Russ King, ’70, saw his first college football game at MSU and has been attracted to the campus ever since. “I just absolutely loved the environment and the physical surroundings. I just felt like I was in a paradise—even in the winter, because it can be very beautiful then, too,” he says. “Michigan State really fit my personality because it focused on people who maybe would never have a chance to go to school. And they personify that by going back to the community. We can apply our knowledge an...
Apr 20, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 28
We're joined by Inspector Chris Rozman, who's public information officer and Dana Whyte, who's a new communications manager at MSU Police and Public Safety . “We have officially launched our community engagement unit,” says Lynch. “What that means is we have officers who are now assigned full time to community engagement. So, when they work, they are spending times with our students in residence halls, with our students at the Union, with fraternities and sororities at their events, and with reg...
Apr 18, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 27
“I really like brands,” says Austin . “When you look at the Michigan State brand, it's not just a local brand. It's regional, it's national, and it's international. Sparty the mascot is very well known; I felt like the equity in the brand is here. There are always things that we can do to further the equity in the brand. But the brand, the school, the academic programs, and MSU’s reputation itself drew me to come here.” What is university licensing? And what does it mean at Michigan State ? “Uni...
Apr 15, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 26
The hope is that this effort will allow all Spartans, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to shape future physical investments in support of our teaching, research, and outreach mission. Guided by the university's strategic plan, this planning process provides an opportunity to advance equity, bolster community health, and enhance support systems for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors through the physical environment of MSU's land and facilities. The resulting fra...
Apr 12, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 25
MSU Strategic Plan 2030 identifies goals within six key themes: student success; staff and faculty success; discovery, creativity, and innovation for excellence and global impact; sustainable health; stewardship and sustainability; and diversity, equity and inclusion. On this edition of MSU Today, we'll be focusing on the diversity, equity and inclusion theme of the plan with its executive sponsor, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Jabbar Bennett. “I’m really pleased you’ll be talking w...
Apr 04, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 24
In September of 2021, MSU cut the ribbon on its state-of-the art and now multiple award-winning STEM Teaching and Learning Facility . Stephen and Julie talk about MSU's evolving STEM curriculum and about some of the things that go on inside the STEM building. The goal for the position for a STEM dean at MSU initially wasn’t thought of to be for two people. “So, if you read the job ad for the position, it's a very complex position,” Libarkin says. “Stephen and I were talking about it, and we both...
Apr 04, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 23
“It was nice to be included,” says Lupien . “I recognized a lot of names on there and some folks whose work I've been following for years. “Mass Timber is an umbrella term for a variety of engineered wood building construction materials. And typically, these are panelized materials and they're really large. Imagine a big beam made of layers of 2x4s laminated together in the shape of a steel I-beam so that you could use that instead of a steel I-beam in a large building. Or imagine a large panel,...
Apr 01, 2022•16 min•Season 3Ep. 22
The sixth annual Give Green Day was on March 15th. This year, more than $1.34 million was raised from over 7,000 gifts for causes including alumni club scholarships, the MSU Center for Survivors Survivor Emergency Fund, and several college-based funds supporting Spartan students of today and tomorrow. That's an increase over last year's $1.2 million raised. “It really is impressive how people came together. The number of people who are contributing continues to grow every year,” Stanley says. “I...
Mar 30, 2022•13 min•Season 3Ep. 19
AAAS at MSU was initially founded as a PhD granting program in 2002. On July 1, 2019, AAAS became a department. In Spring 2020, MSU appointed Brown the inaugural chair. “We insist that Black studies uncovers and creates technologies of living for Black people and Black futures,” says Brown . “And when we say Black people, we mean all Black people. And when we say Black futures, we mean beyond survival into wellness. We are continuing to build and expand with the addition of new faculty hires and...
Mar 29, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 21
“It’s rightfully been on everyone’s minds,” said Ben Cabanaw, state refugee coordinator in the state’s Office of Global Michigan , and special guest during the Institute’s monthly broadcast. “There’s a lot of details still not known as this time.” Estimates are that more than 3.6 million people have fled Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s attack on its neighboring country. This month’s podcast features Host Arnold Weinfeld, IPPSR associate director, IPPSR Director Dr. Matt Grossmann and MSU economi...
Mar 25, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 20
MSU Strategic Plan 2030 identifies goals within six key themes: student success; staff and faculty success; discovery, creativity, and innovation for excellence and global impact; sustainable health; stewardship and sustainability; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. On this edition of MSU Today, we'll be focusing on the sustainable health theme of the plan with its executive sponsor, Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Norman J. Beauchamp Jr. “Sustainable health is a particularly imp...
Mar 21, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 18
MSU's Strategic Plan 2030 identifies goals within six key themes: student success, staff and faculty success, discovery; creativity, and innovation for excellence and global impact; sustainable health; stewardship and sustainability; and diverse, equity, and inclusion. On this edition of MSU Today, we'll be focusing on the stewardship and sustainability theme of the plan with its executive sponsors: Executive Vice President for Administration and Chief Information Officer Melissa Woo and Senior ...
Mar 07, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 17
