This Week in Michigan Public Higher Education News

April 24, 2020

MASU has published an updated-as-needed tracker of university operating statuses here:

Operational Status of Michigan Public Universities in Response to COVID-19

Special Coverage: COVID-19 / Novel Coronavirus

Academic Operations

In-person classes for fall semester remain unknown as COVID-19 continues [CMU, MSU, SVSU]

WNEM TV (Apr. 16, 2020)

Ferris State's $300 gifts helping students struggling during coronavirus crisis [WMU]

MLive (Apr. 17, 2020)

Lake Superior State University Adjusts Admission Policies Due to COVID-19

WWTV TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

Michigan State Students internship going remote amid COVID-19

WLNS TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

More than $80K combined from two relief funds helping people affected by COVID-19 [NMU]

WLUC TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

GVSU announces 'test-optional' application for fall 2021

WWMT TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

GVSU won't require ACT, SAT for fall enrollment [MSU, UM]

WZZM TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

Michigan colleges don't know if students will return to campus this fall [CMU, MSU, OU, UM, MASU]

Bridge (Apr. 20, 2020)

Ferris State to Host Virtual Open House For Students

WWTV TV (Apr. 20, 2020)

Nervous Michigan colleges to high school seniors: Call me, maybe [MSU, OU, MASU]

Bridge (Apr. 22, 2020)

Michigan State, Wayne State planning for online fall classes. University of Michigan still hopeful to be back

MLive (Apr. 24, 2020)

Commencements

GVSU reschedules spring commencement for October

Holland Sentinel (Apr. 19, 2020)

Michigan State University to hold virtual commencement on May 16

The Detroit News (Apr. 21, 2020)

Michigan State University to have virtual graduation ceremony May 16

MLive (Apr. 22, 2020)

Saginaw Valley State spring grads will have online event in May, walk in December commencement

MLive (Apr. 22, 2020)

Finance and Labor

UM officials taking pay cuts amid projections of up to $1B in losses from COVID-19 [CMU, MSU]

The Detroit News (Apr. 20, 2020)

University of Michigan imposes hiring, salary freezes to face anticipated losses of $400M to $1B

MLive (Apr. 20, 2020)

Beaumont CEO says he's taking a 70% pay cut as layoffs sweep through administrative staff [UM, WSU]

Bridge (Apr. 21, 2020)

MSU sued for refunds after classes move online due to COVID-19 concerns

Lansing State Journal (Apr. 21, 2020)

UM, WSU, MSU sued by students for bigger refunds amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Detroit News (Apr. 21, 2020)

Budget cuts, layoffs, tuition increases possible at Wayne State amid COVID-19 [CMU, MSU]

The Detroit News (Apr. 22, 2020)

Wayne State weighs potential $60 million financial hit from coronavirus outbreak [MSU, UM]

Crain's Detroit Business (Apr. 22, 2020)

Despite uptick in fall enrollment, Wayne State faces up to $60 million in budget cuts

Michigan Radio (Apr. 22, 2020)

Lawsuits filed against Michigan colleges for tuition reimbursement after changes made due to COVID-19 [MSU, UM, WSU, WMU]

WDIV TV (Apr. 22, 2020)

WSU leaders take pay cuts, donate to fund for students amid COVID-19

The Detroit News (Apr. 24, 2020)

Coronavirus guts Michigan college budgets. And it's going to get worse [MASU]

Bridge (Apr. 24, 2020)

OU plans 'hybrid' fall semester, president takes 20% pay cut amid COVID-19

The Detroit News (Apr. 24, 2020)

Housing and Dining Operations

$100K Mott Foundation grant ensures UM-Flint resident halls remain free to essential workers

MLive (Apr. 21, 2020)

Ferris State housing students during pandemic

WZZM TV (Apr. 23, 2020)

Health and Medical Care

WMU nursing students prepare to help on front line of COVID-19 outbreak

WWMT TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

MSU develops more accurate COVID-19 test, looks for federal authorization to help patients

Lansing State Journal (Apr. 17, 2020)

EMU produces intubation boxes in wake of widespread medical supply shortages

The Eastern Echo (Apr. 17, 2020)

MTU launches COVID-19 testing

The Daily Mining Gazette (Apr. 18, 2020)

Eastern Michigan University students, professors making masks, face shields for health care workers

MLive (Apr. 18, 2020)

Student doctors build hand-washing stations in Detroit for the homeless during COVID-19 pandemic [MSU]

WXYZ TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

MSU nursing student trades class time for 12-hour shifts on coronavirus ICU

Bridge (Apr. 20, 2020)

Governor signs executive order creating Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities [GVSU, MSU, UM, WSU]

WDIV TV (Apr. 20, 2020)

Rapid testing for potential COVID-19 patients started at Michigan Tech

WPBN TV (Apr. 21, 2020)

Colleges Mobilize to Combat the Coronavirus Crisis [OU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Apr. 21, 2020)

CMU Students, Faculty Make Critical Component in COVID-19 Test Kits

WWUP TV (Apr. 21, 2020)

Army Corps of Engineers Teams Up with LSSU Nursing Faculty to Create Mobile ICUs

WWTV TV (Apr. 21, 2020)

MSU researcher's test detects coronavirus within minutes but still needs federal approval

Lansing State Journal (Apr. 22, 2020)

Lake Superior State University nursing collaborates to create acute container care pods

WLNS TV (Apr. 23, 2020)

University of Michigan invents device to increase ventilator abilities during coronavirus pandemic

MLive (Apr. 24, 2020)

In The News

Economic Development

Invent@NMU, Innovate Marquette SmartZone offering free services to businesses

WBUP TV (Apr. 16, 2020)

Facilities Planning & Campus Improvement

Eastern Michigan University looks to sell Gary Owen Building, move College of Business to central campus

MLive (Apr. 22, 2020)

Governance & Speech

WMU Board of Trustees meeting continues without public attendance due to technical difficulties

Western Herald (Apr. 23, 2020)

Higher Education Finance - Federal Funding & Financial Aid

Local colleges to get CARES Act funding [GVSU, MSU, UM, WSU]

Holland Sentinel (Apr. 20, 2020)

University of Michigan Hospital receives $649,000 to expand telehealth

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 21, 2020)

DeVos excludes DACA recipients, foreign students from grants

The Detroit News (Apr. 23, 2020)

Higher Education Finance - Institutional Financial Aid

EMU Expanding Grants To Help Graduate Students Taking Online Summer Courses

WEMU FM (Apr. 21, 2020)

Institutional Leadership

Former NMU 'First Lady' June Jamrich dies

WLUC TV (Apr. 21, 2020)

Racial Health Disparities Exist, COVID-19 Just Makes It Clearer [WSU]

WDET FM (Apr. 22, 2020)

Labor Relations

University of Michigan reaches agreement with Graduate Employees Organization for three-year contract

MLive (Apr. 17, 2020)

Leadership Transitions

COO Scott Kunselman reflects on time at OU ahead of retirement

The Oakland Post (Apr. 22, 2020)

Program Delivery

EMU professors react to the transition to online classes

The Eastern Echo (Apr. 17, 2020)

SVSU students' online art exhibit 'calms the soul' during coronavirus pandemic

MLive (Apr. 21, 2020)

U Michigan Expanding Online Programs in Public Health for the Fall

Campus Technology (Apr. 21, 2020)

Social work project conforms to COVID-19: NMU professor making adaptations

The Mining Journal (Apr. 23, 2020)

Recognitions & Awards

Law school continues its rise in rankings [WSU]

Oakland County Legal News (Apr. 22, 2020)

Oakland U Rated Safest College in Michigan [NMU]

WWJ TV (Apr. 23, 2020)

Tuition

Central Michigan University freezes 2020-2021 undergraduate tuition amid coronavirus [SVSU]

MLive (Apr. 17, 2020)

Michigan State University to freeze tuition for next school year

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 17, 2020)

Michigan State University freezing tuition rates amid coronavirus pandemic [CMU]

MLive (Apr. 17, 2020)

Michigan State University to freeze tuition in response to COVID-19

WILX TV (Apr. 17, 2020)

Western Michigan University proposes no increase to tuition, room and board

MLive (Apr. 21, 2020)

University Accountability

Black men were 'particularly vulnerable' to sexual abuse by late University of Michigan doctor, lawyer says

MLive (Apr. 22, 2020)

Commentaries

It's Time for Radical Reorganization [MSU]

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Apr. 15, 2020)

Race disparities amid infectious diseases aren't new. It's time we took action | Opinion [WSU] by WSU President M. Roy Wilson

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 16, 2020)

Opinion: Our plan to help students in unprecedented times [CMU] by CMU President Bob Davies

The Detroit News (Apr. 17, 2020)

For first-responders and healthcare workers, a mental health lifeline [WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 18, 2020)

You're graduating in a pandemic. What's next? [MSU]

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 22, 2020)

Why Detroit kids should apply to college, even during a pandemic

Detroit Free Press (Apr. 23, 2020)

Michigan Association of State Universities | masu.org

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