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Summer is a surprisingly busy time of year for MSU IT. With fewer classes in session, teams across campus are advancing projects that strengthen core systems, support teaching and learning, and improve the daily technology experiences for students, faculty, and staff. 

The work highlighted here represents some of the larger efforts underway this summer and is not a complete list. Read Full Article →

Incidents like these can lead to an increase in phishing and scam activities targeting students, faculty, and staff. This is a good time to review safe cybersecurity practices.

We encourage all members of the MSU community to keep the following best practices in mind:

• Be alert for signs of phishing, including unexpected emails, texts, calls, suspicious links, or requests for sensitive information.

New and existing AI assistants to support teaching, learning, and work can be found on tech.msu.edu/ai. You’ll also find important guidance on the appropriate use of these tools below. 

• Google Gemini and NotebookLM are now available at no cost to all students, faculty, and staff with an MSU Google account.

MSU IT welcomed Laura Clark as assistant chief information officer on Monday, January 12, 2026. 

Laura comes to MSU from the State of Michigan, where she served as chief information officer (CIO). In that role, she oversaw operations for the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB), which provides information technology, business, and administrative services to state employees and stakeholders, as well as Michigan residents, visitors, and businesses. Read Full Article →

MSU no longer supports Oracle Java Runtime as part of an effort to bolster security and promote standardization across all units.

Oracle has changed their licensing model for Java Runtime. MSU will not be participating in this new enterprise model. Unit and college IT administrators should evaluate their use of Oracle Java Runtime and stop using the software as soon as possible. Read Full Article →

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and MSU IT is putting Spartans’ cybersecurity knowledge to the test! Join us each week in October as we launch a new episode of MSU IT Street Trivia where Spartans play to win prizes from the MSU Tech Store! 

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Spartans: Your digital life, your social media, coursework, and personal data are important. And like anything valuable, it can be targeted or misused. That’s why MSU IT offers annual cybersecurity awareness training to help you protect yourself online.   

While training is required for all MSU students, faculty, and staff, October is the month students are asked to complete the course. Read Full Article →

All open IT roles can be found at careers.msu.edu. Student IT jobs can be found at msu.joinhandshake.com Read Full Article →

By Carlos Acevedo, Internal Communications Editor, University Communications

Michigan, a state embraced by the Great Lakes, is a prominent U.S. Coast Guard hub. However, as one of the smallest military branches, this scrappy maritime organization of almost 42,000 active-duty service members is often overshadowed by the larger active-duty armed forces: the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Read Full Article →

MSU IT is excited to formally announce the five faculty members selected as recipients of the 2023 AT&T Excellence in Teaching with Technology awards. These awards recognize outstanding contributions to the use and development of information technology for teaching and learning in credit-bearing courses at Michigan State University.

The 2023 AT&T Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award recipients are:

Ayman Mohamed, College of Arts & Letters: Elementary Arabic (ARB 101) — Used technology to redesign the class structure to advocate for inclusive pedagogy. Read Full Article →