Join us for the kickoff of our 2026-2027 MSU AgeAlive Town & Gown Series with our first session on Friday, October 16, 2026, from noon-1 pm at The People’s Church (200 W. Grand River Ave., East Lansing). Our featured speaker will be MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, PhD, for a special presentation, “Age-Friendly University Update & Discussion.” The event is free and open to the campus and community with registration (space limited). Participation is available in person and virtually through Zoom. Free parking is available in The Peoples Church parking lot. To register, visit: https://forms.gle/8xbBvoFtcFcBmn9m6.
The Town & Gown Series is an MSU AgeAlive program in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, in partnership with MSU Social Science Scholars Program, Generations Connect, Friends of the East Lansing Seniors Program, East Lansing Prime Time Seniors Program, The Great Decisions Program of the Foreign Policy Association, The Peoples Church of East Lansing and IMPART Alliance.
About the presenter:
Kevin is a neuroscientist, academic leader and concussion researcher. He is a nationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions and maintains an active research portfolio in the areas of sports medicine and neuroscience. His team’s groundbreaking work has garnered numerous awards and has influenced concussion guidelines in the NFL and NCAA. In 2011, Guskiewicz received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his innovative work on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. TIME Magazine in 2013 named him a Game Changer, one of 18 “innovators and problem-solvers that are inspiring change in America.” In 2020, Kevin was inducted into the National Athletic Trainer’s Association Hall of Fame.
Kevin earned a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from West Chester University, a master’s in exercise physiology/athletic training from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctorate in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. He joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s faculty in 1995 where he rose through the ranks as Department Chair of Exercise and Sport Science, Founding Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, and later became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2016. He was then appointed Chancellor in 2019, where he led the University through a successful $5B capital campaign, while navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2024, Kevin began his tenure as Michigan State University’s 22nd President.