Sherri Welch

1 week ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Mat Ishbia, president and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage, will address thousands of new graduates at Michigan State University’s undergraduate ceremony next month. Ishbia is one of several notable MSU alumni speaking at the East Lansing-based university’s graduation commencement this spring. Ishbia will deliver the address at the May 2 convocation at Breslin Center on MSU’s campus. Ishbia is one of the largest donors to MSU.

1 week ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Michigan State University is creating a $15 million endowment to help fill part of the need for research dollars amid federal funding cuts. The East Lansing-based university is committing $5 million per year over the next three years to a restricted endowment fund designated for advancing strategic initiatives at MSU, university President Kevin Guskiewicz said Friday.

1 week ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved moving forward on a plan that will bring a new $150 million stadium, hotel and other new developments to its East Lansing campus. As envisioned, the mixed-use “Spartan Gateway District” project slated for 14 acres on the west side of MSU’s East Lansing campus will include a new hotel, retail space and a 6,000-seat athletics arena, along with locker rooms, coaches’ office space and classrooms for various academic units.

2 weeks ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Wayne State University says the Trump administration has cut more than $10 million in research grants and contracts with the Detroit-based research institution. Those 18 terminated grants/contracts were funding projects including cancer and HIV/AIDS treatments, interventions for substance use disorders and detection of infectious disease markers in wastewater, President Kimberly Espy and other leaders said in a late Wednesday email to staff and faculty.

2 weeks ago | crainsdetroit.com | Sherri Welch

Detroit-based Wayne State University dropped to No. 71 on the national list from No. 55 last year, tying with the University of Richmond. And Michigan State University’s law school dropped seven spots from last year’s list to No. 115.  Meanwhile, the University of Detroit Mercy rose two spots to No. 134. The Lansing-based Cooley Law School was not ranked. It declined to provide information, U.S. News noted.