Former Michigan State University Provost Teresa Woodruff is settling into her new role as the school’s interim president. She stepped into the position following the resignation earlier this fall of President Samuel Stanley Jr.
EAST LANSING- Pat O’Keefe, a chairman of the Michigan State Board of Trustees, sent Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer a letter of immediate resignation Wednesday afternoon. O’Keefe was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2020. His term was intended to run until Jan. 1, 2029. “I sought election to the Board of Trustees.
Voters elected two Democratic candidates to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. Their victory follows a period of tension on campus and the trustees will have challenges ahead of them, including picking MSU’s new permanent president.