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MSU board votes to freeze housing and tuition rates for 2020-21

Posted at 8:41 AM, May 15, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-15 08:42:10-04

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) — The Michigan State University Board of Trustees unanimously voted to freeze housing and tuition rates for 2020-21.

The board voted on Friday morning via Zoom call as they continued their meetings during the coronavirus pandemic.

It's the latest university to freeze tuition rates during the pandemic.

The board also approved the appointment of Teresa Woodruff as the university's new provost and executive vice president of academic affairs.

In April, MSU President Samuel Stanley announced the selection of Woodruff, who was previously the dean of the grad school andn associate provost for graduate education at Northwestern.

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