February 13 marked the one-year anniversary of the 2023 shooting at MSU. No classes were held that day to allow students to reflect and grieve. At spaces around campus and in the East Lansing community, Spartans joined together to reflect, grieve and honor those who were lost and all who were impacted by the tragic event. […]
With a focus on changing the lives of kids and their communities, Alyse Folino Ley, D.O., director of Prevent 2 Protect, says the efforts of this program are already being felt in school districts and communities in Michigan just two years after it kicked off. The Prevent 2 Protect program launched in October 2022 funded […]
The Franklin College Pulliam School of Journalism and the Trust for Trauma Journalism hosted the first day of their annual National Trauma Journalism Symposium on the campus of Franklin College Thursday. The event’s opening speaker was Dr. Alyse Ley, director of Prevent 2 Protect, an adolescent-targeted violence prevention program. Ley’s organization, P2P, operates out of Michigan and […]
In 2018, Aaron Stark stood on stage in Boulder, Colorado, and began his Ted Talk by uttering the words, “I was almost a school shooter.” Stark, a high school student in 1996, admitted through tear-streaked eyes and a quivering voice that in a moment of pain and anger, he almost committed a terrible atrocity. The […]
In March of 2023 dean Aron Sousa attended a conference with the Association of American Medical Colleges. Just weeks after the violence on MSU’s campus, Sousa found himself at a session on gun violence. Presenters from Northwell Health were sharing their work to address gun violence — including physicians asking patients about access to guns in their households and […]
The Michigan State University community may be feeling a range of emotions as the one-year mark of an on-campus shooting approaches. Whether you’re experiencing stress, anxiety, lingering trauma or just feeling unsettled, mental health experts say you’re not alone. “At the anniversary time, the symptoms can be brought back up to the surface,” said Alyse […]
The idea behind the project is to identify those individuals in the K-12 school system that have been deemed at risk of committing an act of violence. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michigan State University is at the forefront of an initiative aimed at preventing youth targeted violence. It’s through a project called Prevent 2 Protect. The […]
Acts of mass violence Gun violence and mass shootings continued to plague the U.S., with 632 documented in 2023 so far, including one on our very own campus on Feb. 13. In the wake of the violence our campus experienced, several MSU faculty members advocated through research and launched projects that seek to address this concerning […]
Senator Debbie Stabenow Visits Pediatric Clinic as Part of Expanded Mental Health Services for Children in Michigan EAST LANSING – MSU Health Care Pediatrics Lansing welcomed Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow on September 25, 2023, to understand the impact the Michigan Clinical Consultation & Care Program on its patient population. Senator Stabenow visited the clinical site where a […]
In March of 2018, the rural community of Paw Paw west of Kalamazoo was shaken by terrifying news of tragedy narrowly averted: a 15-year-old student had been arrested just hours before he planned to commit a mass shooting at the local high school the next day. The teen was found to have a hit list […]
