Michigan State University students and faculty returned to the East Lansing campus Monday, one week after a gunman killed three students and injured five others
Michigan State international students Dheeraj Thota, left, and Chirag Bhansari, both freshman studying computer science, found a single rose on their walk to class as campus opens back up for the first day of classes on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State University is set to return to classes Monday, with officials saying they hope a return to familiarity may help the community heal. EAST LANSING, Mich.
The 50,000-student university's campus remained relatively quiet on the first day back, with many professors allowing students to attend class virtually and some students opting instead to attend a planned protest at the state Capitol in the afternoon., the university said that all students will be given a credit/no credit option this semester, which allows students to receive credit for all classes without it impacting their overall grade point average.
Brogan Kelley, a freshman at Michigan State, left East Lansing following last week's shooting to return home to his family in west Michigan but drove back on Sunday so that he could attend class in person. He said that he felt like it was important “to go back about my life.” “For me, not going to class felt like I would have been letting the shooter win. I didn't want this one tragedy to define the place I call home and the university that's giving me my education,” said Kelley.
Kelley, who was at an off-campus house when the shooting took place, said that the majority of his professors had given students the option to attend class in person or online, with many students choosing the latter.
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