Research on sweet potatoes in Africa has helped the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources earn $4 million in grants. The grants include $1.2 million from The Rockefeller Foundation and $2.4 million from the U.S.
The Interfraternity and Panhellenic councils will hold the Greek Music Fest from 2-9 p.m. Saturday in the IM Sports-West arena to benefit the Burcham Hills Retirement Community. A donation of $10 to benefit Burcham Hills will be requested at the door. Numerous local Michigan bands and DJs will be featured. The Flutor's, Eyes Like Damn, Green Street, Pushing 33 and Until Sunday will be performing along with the Tech Avenue DJs. "Hopefully this will turn into an annual event," said Angela Corsi, Panhellenic Council vice president for external relations.
With the help of an MSU student, the Residence Halls Association's quest for a new logo ended Wednesday at its weekly meeting. The general assembly voted to use chemistry junior Carrie Thomas' design for RHA's new logo.
Food industry management junior Elizabeth Manning said students in her statistics class are livid after two masked assailants hit their professor in the face with two "cream" objects during their Wednesday night class.The class, a review session for a test, had to be ended minutes after the attack."Everybody was pretty shocked," Manning said.
Fresh out of high school, Jason L. Tye was convinced he knew everything there was to know about computers."I was a big PC fan," Tye said.
A new radio show on campus aims to air the minority voice to the MSU community.The minority program, which is part of Impact's Exposure, was on the air for the second time at 7 p.m.
The Senior Class Council is sponsoring its 2002-03 Senior Class Gift Challenge from noon-5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. The challenge is an annual competition for donations between the senior classes of MSU and the University of Michigan.
The nation's largest community service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, will host a 5K run/walk called "Chase For Charity" on Saturday in front of the MSU Psychology Research Building. The MSU chapter of the fraternity developed the race in an effort to promote community fellowship and raise money for the various organizations they represent.
The Residence Halls Association will recognize a few halls for quality programming for this semester.The organization is accepting bids for the Hall/Organization of the Semester Award for different halls and organizations on campus.
Martin Luther King Jr. called the Rev. James Lawson "one who's been in this struggle for many years.""He's been to jail for struggling; but he's still going on, fighting for the rights of his people," King said of Lawson in his last speech, "I See the Promised Land."And now Lawson is scheduled to visit MSU on Jan.
The energetic pulse of Latin music resonated through the basement hallway of East Shaw Hall on Tuesday night, as students captured the movements of salsa and merengue.
Two ASMSU representatives are hoping to identify problems that exist between teaching assistants and undergraduate students.Tom Morse, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences representative, and Dan Weber, the College of Natural Science representative, both members of ASMSU's Academic Assembly, have been meeting with faculty and graduate students since the beginning of November to discuss the initiative."We're just trying to find out what undergraduates think about their TAs," Weber said.
Members of the Residence Halls Association participated in a conference at the University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh to develop program ideas and build leadership skills last weekend. MSU's RHA came back from the Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls conference, Nov.
Freshmen and sophomores still searching for academic information can save time by stopping by Bessey Hall on Thursday.The Marathon of Majors is a gathering of academic advisers and representatives from all 14 MSU colleges from 5-7 p.m.
Shaw Hall will host a series of pro-active events to inform residents about safety issues during Security Awareness Week. The event is sponsored by Shaw Hall's Residence Life staff.
The Kiwanis Club of Holt is sponsoring a blood drive from 1-6:45 p.m. Nov. 21 at the United Methodist Church, 2321 N.
Members of the Delta Chi Fraternity have created a plan of action they hope will sway the East Lansing Housing Commission from evicting members living in the house. Since May 2001, three noise violations prompted the commission to impose terms and conditions on the fraternity.
Despite MSU's close loss to Penn State University in the ninth annual blood drive challenge, American Red Cross officials say people in need still benefited.MSU students gave blood at 15 on-campus blood drives and more donations were taken at the Red Cross Donor Room, 1800 E.
His résumé reads like a parent's dream.Outstanding Student Volunteer of the Year, senior citizen aide, National Honors Society Youth of the Year, a certificate of appreciation from the mayor of Flint, President's Education Award Program certificate signed by Bill Clinton, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars member - the list goes on and on.So when mechanical engineering junior Justen Bond was named the sole recipient of the 2003 National Black Engineer of the Year award in the student leadership category, he shouldn't have been surprised."I try to get involved in anything I can," he said.
A 6-foot-1 man attempted to sexually assault a female MSU student Monday night, MSU police say. The 18-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk near Kresge Art Center and the Fairchild Theatre at about 7:50 p.m.