Screams and giggles could be heard from outside of a conference room in the University Club, 3435 Forest Road, on Thursday, as about 18 MSU medical students learned where they will train for the next three years.
Members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly will vote on whether to approve revisions to the assembly's Code of Operations Tuesday.Since January, members of MSU's undergraduate student government's Code Committee have reviewed and revised the document.The code sets rules for ASMSU officials and stipulates how Academic Assembly should be run.The Code Committee's revisions, including a change in the fall, are the first in several years.The Policy Committee also reviewed the recommended changes and assembly members had the chance to voice their opinions during the last meeting on March 11.One issue that brought heated debate centered around how many absences should be allotted for members.
Kappa Delta sorority invites all students to participate in its 20th annual "Shamrock Project," a 5K run/walk event 10 a.m.
More than 70 people crowded into the Mason Hall lobby Wednesday to show their support for graduate student domestic partners Rebecca Linz and Carolyn O'Laughlin by helping them move out of their residence.O'Laughlin, the former Mason Hall assistant hall director, resigned Monday after fighting for more than six months to change MSU's policy, which does not allow domestic partners to live together in on-campus housing.
In less than a decade, the first of the baby boomer generation will turn 65, increasing the demand of doctors to care for them - some who are future physicians in MSU's medical schools.
On Jan. 23, actress Nell Carter died from complications of diabetes. Carter, who was black, had long been a crusader for diabetes awareness.
Supporters of domestic partner benefits for same-sex student couples plan to gather today to help graduate student domestic partners Rebecca Linz and Carolyn O'Laughlin move out of their residence hall quarters.O'Laughlin resigned from her position as assistant residence hall director Monday after supervisors said her partner was not allowed to live with her.
Members of the MSU Student Michigan Education Association will hold a Skate for Literacy fundraiser for the Capital Area Literacy Coalition. The fundraiser will take place from 7-10 p.m.
ASMSU is urging students to vote in today's election. Here's a look at what's on the ballot and how to make your voice heard. How to vote ASMSU Student Assembly Chairperson Matt Weingarden said the one-day voting process will be quick for students. "It's going to be like boom, boom, boom, excitement, excitement, excitement," he said. The voting process begins at 7 a.m.
When Amanda Krueger wanted to immerse herself in French language and culture, she only had to travel a few hours north.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson is heading to China this weekend. McPherson will participate in the fourth annual China Development Forum, which takes place March 22-24.
Members of Students Protecting And Representing Education met Friday to discuss plans to sponsor an unauthorized "skip day" for students in protest of possible cuts to higher education.SPARE was formed to combat possible university cuts and tuition increases because of potential reductions in state appropriations to higher education.
Students performing live dissections on animals in base-level science courses should be given alternatives, some MSU faculty and students say. In light of a case brought up at the University of Illinois-Champaign when a student's grade was penalized after refusing to dissect a live frog, the first policy protecting religious and ethical beliefs at a large university could be implemented in April. "I know of high schools where students that have conscientious objections to dissecting frogs are offered alternatives," said Tom Tomlinson, an MSU professor and director for the Center of Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences Building.
The fifth annual MSU Music Therapy Recital will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Music Auditorium. The recital will highlight the musical abilities of children and adults diagnosed with autism, traumatic brain injuries, mental illness and other physical and mental impairments.
When Patrick LeBlanc first attended MSU as a student, he was a cheerleader.Now he's back at MSU, cheering for the College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Teaching Hospital.More than 20 years after his days in green and white, LeBlanc was named the new director of the hospital.LeBlanc received his veterinary degree from MSU in 1982 and became a member of the faculty in 1986.But he left the university in 1994 to run a manufacturing business.
A former president of Brazil and a former U.S. secretary of state are slated to speak at MSU in the final two lectures of the World View Lecture Series. The lectures will take place March 24 and April 3 in Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre.
Greeks want you to vote, so they can have a vote. As students log on to vote in the ASMSU elections Wednesday they will face several issues, including a proposal to allow representatives for the Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils to have a voting seat on Academic Assembly. Steve Schauer, author of the proposal and Interfraternity Council representative for Student Assembly, said membership in MSU's undergraduate student government allows greeks to share their viewpoints on student issues. "It allowed us to speak and have ideas," he said.
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority begins its community service oriented Skee Week today. At 8 tonight in the University of Michigan Room in the Union, there will be an informational session titled "Health Issues for African-Americans." At 8 p.m.
Six women in white dresses with green head wraps twirled in circles as 12 green-and-white striped sticks snapped in the air to the steady beat of traditional music at Cultural Vogue on Saturday at Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre.Five men in traditional green and white Indian dress laid on the floor in a straight line, slowly rotating their bodies as a woman glided over their backs in the presentation of the dance Raas Gula by the Coalition of Indian Undergraduate Students.
While some Americans apply mendhi, or henna, to all areas of the body as a decorative statement, students learned Thursday at Asian Wedding Planner that it is used in Indian cultures as preparation for a wedding."It's supposed to be applied to the bride's hands and feet before the wedding," event coordinator and telecommunication junior Aman Sidhu said.