[Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon talks about the current state of Michigan State University].

Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon congratulates the All-University Awards honorees and thanks them for their contributions to MSU. President Simon also acknowledges MSU's Founders Day and discusses the 2017 State of the University. She recounts the advances made by the University, the challenges ahead, and reemphasizes national and global outreach as part of the mission of land grant universities. In addition, President Simon talks about the ranking of graduate programs, fundraising, state funding shortfalls, the enrollment of Michigan students, graduation rates, and the new research facilities being built on campus. Held in the Pasant Theatre at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts.

Broadcast 2017 February 8