Podcasts
MSU Today on News/Talk 760 WJR
President Lou Anna K. Simon regularly co-hosts MSU Today on News/Talk 760 WJR. Listen to audio files by following the links provided below. For older audio clips of the show, visit spartanpodcast.com.
June 6, 2013: President Lou Anna K. Simon and Athletics Director Mark Hollis talk with MSU women's basketball coach Suzy Merchant about her greatest challenge as coach of the Spartans, the state of collegiate women's basketball, and her outlook for next year. Detroit Free Press Spartan sports beat writer Joe Rexrode talks about how his job has changed over the years as technology changes. MSU Alumni Associate executive director Scott Westerman shares his "I am a Spartan" essay.
May 2, 2013: President Lou Anna K. Simon and Athletics Director Mark Hollis talk about what Spartans should remember from the 2012–13 academic year and what to look forward to in the year ahead. President Simon touches on the higher education budget situation, MSU’s Energy Transition Plan, the status of FRIB, and issues she and her colleagues are tackling in the Big Ten and NCAA.
April 4, 2013: President Lou Anna K. Simon and Athletics Director Mark Hollis talk with Spartan Marching Band Director John Madden about Spartan Marching Band traditions and with WJR morning drive personality Paul W. Smith about a divided government, the battle for new roads, MSU alumnus Dan Gilbert's “Webward” activity in Detroit, and the University Research Corridor.
March 11, 2013: President Lou Anna K. Simon and Athletics Director Mark Hollis talk with former Spartan basketball player Lauren Aitch about how being a Spartan athlete has impacted her thriving entrepreneurial spirit.
March 6, 2013: President Lou Anna K. Simon and Athletics Director Mark Hollis talk with MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio about developing leaders on his team and with MSU Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Stephen Hsu about why universities engage in research.
Podcasts featuring President Lou Anna K. Simon
April 27, 2012: President Lou Anna K. Simon discusses FRIB following what she calls a "really great review" of the project by the Department of Energy.
April 18, 2012: President Lou Anna K. Simon discusses the MSU Energy Transition Plan.
April 4, 2012: President Lou Anna K. Simon discusses FRIB funding, state funding for higher education, and the "new realities".
January 18, 2012: President Lou Anna K. Simon discusses FRIB, the BCS, and transitioning to renewable energy.
January 16, 2012: President Lou Anna K. Simon discusses FRIB with Paul W. Smith at News/Talk 760 WJR.
