Long-time Michigan State University faculty member and administrator Sue Carter has been named MSU’s faculty athletic representative.
Appointed by the university president, the representative is a tenured faculty member who represents the university and its faculty in the university’s relationships with the NCAA and the Big Ten.
In addition, the representative chairs the Athletic Council which functions as the faculty voice in intercollegiate athletics on issues of academic policy related to student-athletes.
Carter is a professor in the MSU School of Journalism. She joined the faculty in 1991 after a 17-year career as a news broadcaster and talk show host at radio and television stations in Michigan, Connecticut and Ontario, Canada.
Before coming to MSU, she taught journalism at Wayne State University in Detroit. She also served as Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Executive Assistant to Presidents Peter McPherson and Lou Anna K. Simon.
Her broadcasting has been recognized in Michigan and nationally. In 1990 she was named UPI Sports Broadcaster of the Year for reporting on the Detroit Free Press International Marathon while running.
She also is the winner of two Emmy awards and in 2007 was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.
A graduate of MSU with a B.A. in humanities, Carter earned a master’s degree and a law degree from Wayne State; a Master of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary; and a Doctorate of Ministry from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.
Carter succeeds Michael Kasavana, a professor in the School of Hospitality Business, who has served as faculty rep since 1988.