who served in that role for 9 years. Arc or will continue to service. King center director as well. The vikings first practices august 9th. >> In their first game is august. 26th at monroe high school you jackson reporter joe gebhart. Fox 47 news. >> Something new is in the planning process for michigan state's campus nor michigan state university neighborhood reporter. Yes, me ludy gives us a look at what could be in store for the science and engineering department. >> A lot of changes are coming to msu like renovations to the sports complex and now planning for a new building is in the works. On friday, the msu board of trustees authorize the administration to plan. >> For a new engineering in digital innovation, building. >> The incoming class this fall's comey over 1900. So there's a thing that's been a rising demand for the majors offered in the college of and tenure and with more students means you need more space to keep up with it all. >> Having enough space to grow our programs to meet the and we're going to more faculty. >> Need the teacher space. >> You can't do this kind of work. >> Online the new building is not only for more space, it's also creating room for new majors and we'll have a digital innovation component that will allow collaboration between other colleges on campus really want to. >> Allow students from various programs around campus to interact in ways that they haven't done before in this case. What they did get digital focus. Campbell also tells me the new space will help the college produce graduates. >> Who can be an asset to the workforce. >> Now, this is all just in the planning campbell says he doesn't know what the costs will be. But he says the building will be big and it will be located near the current engineering building. The msu board of trustees also approved for authorization to plan a plants and environmental science building. For now, I'm your neighborhood reporter. Yes. Mean louis fox 47 news. >> It's a growing need across our community. The need for host families for international students are neighborhood reporter hunter getwell joins us now on how you can open your home to others. >> The ssc international student exchange program is currently trying to connect international students with host families for the upcoming school year. >> Every year, students from other countries come to mid-michigan to attend high school. They live with a host family during the school year. People like anthony. So don't james mcgrath. >> We wanted to host for for our our young daughter. We want her to be able to sort of set a you know, meet people and I'd be exposed to different ways of thinking. >> The first student teams from france. And later, mia from thailand who attended lansing high school. I >> And extroverted very sort of, know, I'm going, you know, young young man versus a young lady who is much more shy, much more happy you know, being being at home. But he's an mia came to the united states to be students. But they also became teachers. >> We asked them questions if there are things in the news but politics are new stories to ask them there perspective as a french young man or is it high and woman. >> Well students returned home. But they'll all see each other again soon. In a week. Now we're going to and france. >> Some to visit him because a man. A lot of years and I've seen him like I do see it. >> They say a trip to thailand to see me as next to stop body a student from mexico attended obama's high school last year. Sable says he didn't have very high expectations but was happily surprised. >> I was just ike respect love with my family. But when 19 it was more than that. He struggled with english. >> Are you seeing is more like I don't know how they say and I I'm trying to be more expressive. But like I cannot speak. >> But as host brother peyton offered support. >> He was trying to teach me a bit more of a list because when I when I came to united states might my ability to speak english and wes I 5%. >> To stop was back in mexico but has plans to move back to the states for grad school. Karen joe said of the area representative sse international student exchange programs helps connect students and families with similar interests want. We want the kids to be happy. >> But it's really the host parents that choose to