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Employees to receive computer training
More than 800 MSU labor employees without computer access on campus will be online and computer-literate in three years, MSU officials said.
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Greek week focuses on fundraising
Thirteen teams, 135 dancers and about $195,000. Greek Week at MSU was the fourth-largest fundraising event nationwide for the American Cancer Society last year, and Panhellenic Council President Julia Lyskawa is confident this year’s event will rival that sum.
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MSU committees wrap up semester goals
As the end of the semester approaches, the standing committees of MSU’s Academic Governance system are assessing their agendas to determine what they’ve completed and what they have left to do.
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To bind a book
Lead letters are arranged on a “KWIK PRINT” gold-stamping machine. Unadorned white walls rise from the black laboratory surfaces where Eric Alstrom is working on his next book. His inspiration does not come from his work space, but from the fascination of what one person can create with a few sheets of paper, a leather binding and a sliver of gold leaf. “It’s a mixture of the hands-on, the artistic and the historical,” Alstrom said. Alstrom, the collections conservator in the Conservation Lab of Giltner Hall, has been conserving and creating books for about 20 years.
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Word on the street
Who would you pick for a commencement speaker? “Barack Obama, because I think he’s going to be our president and I would like to say that I saw our president speak. I think that a lot of his message is about our responsibilities. It’s not what he’s going to do for us, but what we need to do. I think that’s the sort of thing we need to hear upon graduation – our responsibilities as adults.” Kate Leitch zoology senior
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MSU professors give to Democratic campaigns
MSU professors fit a national trend among educators by donating more to Democratic presidential candidates than Republican candidates, even though Republicans nearly doubled the amount of contributions received from Michiganians.
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Graduate union members could picket graduation
When graduates pose for pictures outside Breslin Center this May decked out in caps and gowns, flanked by family members and diploma in hand, a line of graduate students thrusting picket signs in the air could be in the background.
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Greek Week features hypnotist
One of goals of MSU’s Greek Week is to bring the community together to raise money for charity, but that doesn’t mean the group can’t have fun while raising funds.
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Experts on environment to speak at commencement
Two world-renowned leaders in health and the environment will speak at MSU’s spring commencement May 2, signaling MSU’s emphasis on its global impact and focus on the environment.
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Exhibits teach about veterinary care
It was udder madness as hundreds of kids and parents anxiously awaited their turn to milk a cow, pet farm animals and stick their hands inside a cow’s stomach Saturday during the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s annual Vet-a-Visit.
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Fundraiser to benefit nurse in Africa
A charity art and auction show to benefit a public health nurse working in Africa will take place from 6:30-9 p.m. at McDonel Hall.
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Parking ramp named best new lot
The Grand River Avenue parking ramp near Morrill Hall and Olin Health Center has been awarded a 2008 Aon Build America Award in the “Building New” category.
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RHA charity ball proceeds go to MSU Safe Place
Holly Rosen didn’t wait for officials from MSU’s Residence Halls Association to notify her that MSU Safe Place would receive proceeds from the group’s charity ball this year.
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MSU sheep farm awaits spring
Spring’s first blue skies have a way of making students wish they were outside enjoying the sunshine instead of sitting in an artificially lit lecture hall, but it could be worse.
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MSU schools top magazine rankings
MSU has the nation’s top graduate program in both elementary and secondary education for the 14th year in a row, according to the U.S. News & World Report.
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Conference gauges program's progress
By neglecting education, some members of the black community are aiding in their own oppression, sociology professor Kalvin DaRonne Harvell said Thursday.
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MSU celebrates members advancing diversity
For Kaustav Mukherjee, the most exciting thing about MSU is the rush of learning with people who live 9,000 miles away from each other.
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Students push for interior design bill
Interior design students at MSU are teaming with interior designers statewide to get a package of bills passed in the Michigan Senate that would regulate and license their trade.
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GEU discusses potential strike platform
Stirring nervously in a cavernous, anonymous lecture hall and tapping a pencil against a desk, an MSU student waits to take a final exam — but it never comes. Because without teaching assistants to proctor for larger classes, some exams can’t be administered.
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Vigil held for bullied student
With memories of being bullied tucked away in the back of his mind, Uri Donnett held a flameless candle in honor of a boy who didn’t overcome similar treatment.