In addition to the physical preparations for Army life, the Spartan Battalion is adding academic ones to its list. For the first time this semester, the Army ROTC program put a defense studies minor into place, which is meant to prepare students in a range of studies for a career affiliated with the military.
When music education professor Cynthia Taggart heard university professors have the least stressful jobs of any career; it made her laugh. “If professors do what the university expects of them, then the job is highly stressful,” Taggart said. “(Professors) are trying to balance our own creative scholarship with our commitment to students.”
The Steering Committee, a group of administrators and campus and faculty committee leaders, met Tuesday to discuss procedural and academic happenings at MSU.
Even though East Lansing is more than 700 miles away from Newtown, Conn., the location of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, MSU students and local organizations in East Lansing have been reflecting on the tragedy.
Within the hidden woodlands of MSU’s campus lies a virtually untouched resource: fishing. When the snow melts this spring, MSU students and community members finally will be able to let their fishing lines fly and cast away from the banks of the Red Cedar River— something the university had previously banned in a 1960s ordinance.
With more than 10 sites across five continents, the crew of the new Spartans Will. 360 is setting out to show people across the globe what MSU is doing to make a difference in East Lansing.
While high school students in the U.S. attended college fairs and opened letters from interested universities, Winnie Huang, now a psychology senior, was listening to presentations about U.S. colleges from across the globe in China when she did her college hunt.
MSU researchers found brief interruptions of even three seconds, such as the time to silence a ringing cellphone, can increase the potential for errors when completing a task. In the study led by Erik Altmann, associate professor of psychology at MSU, 300 people were asked to perform tasks on a computer, according to a university press release.
What is a provost? Despite being second-in-command at MSU, many students are unaware of the impact of the role on their college education.
MSU will offer another incentive for students to stay on campus — unlimited, free access to laundry machines.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine recently released a list of the top 100 best values in public colleges. MSU placed 46th for in-state value and 66th for out-of-state value.
At the last MSU Board of Trustees meeting on Dec. 14, 2012, an array of issues were discussed and either approved to plan or proceed.
A new exhibit soon will be on display at the MSU Museum highlighting a transgender community of individuals living in transition in Istanbul, Turkey. The exhibit will open on Jan. 21 and will be on display until April 14 in the museum’s Heritage Gallery.
The MSU Community Music School, or CMS, known for its music education and music therapy classes, has relocated to a newly renovated facility at 4930 S. Hagadorn Rd. and begins its classes Monday.
The MSU Union will hold a grand reopening from 4-7 p.m. next Tuesday, Jan. 15, on the first floor of the building. The Union has been under construction since the end of last school year. The first floor then reopened in mid-December during the holiday break.
While thousands of college students across America popped champagne and watched the ball drop in New York City at midnight, biosystems engineering junior Rob Kraemer celebrated 2013’s arrival in a completely different way — sitting on a beach with about 30 strangers in Costa Rica.
Keep studying for those finals, Spartans. The end of the world isn’t going to make your grades go away.
For students itching to hit the slopes this winter break, the sight of East Lansing’s snowless landscape can make fresh powder, foggy goggles and boot warmers seem out of reach.
Both MSU’s undergraduate student government ASMSU and the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, officially have approved Impact 89FM receiving student tax money once certain conditions are met.
Some people use their spare time to watch TV, play sports or read a book.