The university presidential transition and looming budget cuts were the main topics of discussion as Interim University President Kathy Wilbur addressed Campus Conservatives Tuesday night.
The meeting, which took place in the Bovee University Center’s Lake St. Clair Room, continued a series of forums that Wilbur has hosted with various student groups around campus.
“We were very [...]

Interim University President Kathy Wilbur today said the university has initiated a budget reduction plan due next month.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she hopes to diversify Michigan’s economy by removing barriers to higher education to double the number of Michigan college graduates.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm will speak from 9:15 to 10 a.m. Thursday in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium regarding the status of the Michigan Promise.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm is advocating for the reinstatement of the Michigan Promise Scholarship and says she knows how to do it.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans on vetoing portions of the final six 2009-10 state budget bills presented to her Tuesday.

LAST UPDATED: 3:20 a.m. Oct. 1 … Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in a prepared statement that she “has rejected Senate Republican cuts that eliminate college scholarships for over 50,000 Michigan students.”

The Michigan Promise is needed by many of Michigan’s students. If the Michigan Senate want the state’s economy to improve, they need to invest in educating young adults now.