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May 15, 2008

Graduate employees union's new contract takes effect

Updated Wed 11:46pm

After months of negotiations with the university, the Graduate Employees Union’s new three-year contract will go into effect tomorrow.

The contract was ratified by 97 percent of the union’s general membership through an online vote with no changes from the tentative agreement the union reached with the university on April 22.

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Trustees to vote on new position, linking programs

Updated Wed 11:45pm

After an eight-year, $1.4 billion campaign ended in October, the MSU Board of Trustees is considering linking two of the university’s largest outreach programs to help increase fundraising.

At its meeting Friday, the board will vote to add a vice president for advancement that would oversee University Development and the MSU Alumni Association.

“It seems to be a trend across the country,” Trustee Colleen McNamara said.

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Also in Campus

  • Barreled over

    Updated Wed 11:31pm

    From the images of Spartans lining the halls of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building to the railings on the walkways of the new Farm Lane, construction projects across MSU are working toward a changed campus within the next year. While 34 buildings deemed too expensive to repair are being demolished at Spartan Village, Wharton Center is receiving its first repairs in 25 years.

  • Service dogs get free eye checkups from MSU vets

    Updated Wed 11:32pm

    Valarie Franklin made a lifelong friend when she met Sunny in high school.

    Since then she and Sunny, an 8-year-old golden retriever mix, have been inseparable. Franklin, a pharmacy senior at Ferris State University, brought Sunny to the MSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital Tuesday for an event that offered free eye exams for service dogs.

    The event helped special dogs that do services for individual people and the community.

    “He has definitely changed my life,” said Franklin, who was born with brittle bone disease and uses Sunny for assistance wherever she goes.

  • MSU racing team speeds for cause

    Updated Tue 8:47pm

    Every lap that brings the MSU Formula Racing team closer to victory also brings the wishes of children around the world closer to becoming a reality.

    While raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan, the team will compete at the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers, one of the largest engineering competitions in the world.

  • CATA announces summer bus routes

    Updated Mon 10:20pm

    With the end of the spring semester came the conclusion of the Capital Area Transportation Authority’s Spartan Service until August 18.

    Summer service changes were outlined in a CATA news release, including fewer frequent routes, detours and in some instances, discontinued campus operation entirely.

    Route 1 no longer operates Friday and Saturday Late Night Service after 11:15 p.m.

  • Summer course teaches students wilderness skills

    Updated Sun 9:39pm

    Fake blood, simulated heart attacks and being lost in the woods are some of the potential pitfalls awaiting participants of Wilderness First Responder, a summer class that ran May 4-12.

    While most students might not be able to treat a poisonous snake bite, the nine-day class tested students’ decision-making abilities and increases students’ confidence in critical situations, said Joe Arvai, program coordinator and MSU associate professor who teaches risk, values and decision making.

    “It’s not really a class where students have to memorize a long list of protocol,” Arvai said.

  • Meetings cover Spartan Village concerns

    Updated Sun 10:22pm