It has the ability to accommodate the new evolution of the way in which we're thinking and learning and doing while really holding fast and true to that beauty and that living, learning environment where we gather when we walk between those places and spaces.” So, the key for us is to really think about those spaces and places and how the new buildings are situated within that larger ethos of a place that is restorative but continues to evolve, and that's what our campus is doing right now. People gain wholeness and in fact in this last semester, of course, healing out of this campus and our campus places. This is a place that remains a natural wonder, and we really want to protect the learning, living environment that is the campus. “I'm reading William Beal's book on the founding of MSU, and it really is about place and about that place where people could come and learn. Placemaking is the theme in this month's community letter. It was a wonderful representation of the students love for this campus and this place.”

I had a couple of people who told me about the frog pond, which I quite love as well, to places for meditation and places that they had been for their classes. One of the things I did, Russ, is to ask them about their favorite places on campus, and they ranged from the front of Cowles House to the frog pond south of the tracks. They were excited for that beautiful graduation day. I got to talk to a lot of students, and the really neat thing was to just see their spirit and their enthusiasm. “Oh, it was so exciting, and I'd never known that tiny mic was a thing. Woodruff, Ph.D., elaborates on some of the topics she covers in her May 2023 Spartan Community Letter, which you can read by clicking on the communications tab at .Ĭould you start by reflecting a bit on commencement? And it was cool to see you with the tiny mic going around Breslin Center talking to some of our grads. Michigan State University Interim President Teresa K.

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