Kevin Guskiewicz spent Tuesday afternoon at Michigan State University’s College of Nursing, touring the facilities and talking to students and staff. They told him that their simulation rooms — where students practice drawing blood or palpating abdomens — were aging and in need of repairs, said Guskiewicz, who began work as MSU’s president last week. He quickly devised a plan: finance new simulation rooms by identifying interested donors or leveraging Michigan’s current nurse shortage to get state funding for the project. The visit and ensuing discussions was one of the first stops in a months-long "listening and learning tour" Guskiewicz plans to complete as he begins his presidency. He hopes to do what he did at the nursing school at each of his 48 visits: hear directly from his constituents and conceive creative solutions for problems they’re facing, he said. Read more at the link in our bio. ✍️: Alex Walters 📸: Alexis Schmidt