Female students looking for a new place to shop for clothes in downtown East Lansing have another option this week with the opening of Pitaya, a clothing store hoping to fill a niche for affordable fashion in the area.
The Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, hopes to negotiate a new contract with the university before the current one expires at the end of the semester.
The familiarity of sites, such as Facebook, leads students to use them as tools for academic success, said Cliff Lampe, an assistant professor of telecommunication, information studies and media who did research about students using social networking sites to succeed academically.
The results of a recent study led by an MSU professor might have implications for the way soldiers respond to stress on the battlefield.
Four days after it launched Monday, ASMSU’s iClicker rental program was fresh out of its iClickers — 192 of them at the start of the program, said Justin Epstein, Academic Assembly chairman.
Molly Blackburn remembers feeling stressed her freshman year of college. In a new environment away from the familiarity of home, she was unaware about the health services MSU offered to students and how they could help her deal with stress.
When Jeremy Blaney walked into Geri Zeldes’ Reporting on Islam class in fall 2009, it was his first journalistic experience since writing for his high school paper, and he admitted he was fairly new to the field.
Officials at Zipcar — a car-sharing company — hope their alternative mode of transportation will catch on in Spartan country following an event Wednesday.
Three days into the 2011 spring semester, MSU Hillel Jewish Student Center Community Service Chair Wendy Stein started her planned journey of service volunteer opportunities without using busy as an excuse.
When an earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, doctoral student Michelle Vital was shocked about what happened.
MSU is working to train current and future educators in a subject that’s becoming increasingly more important to students in Michigan — teaching Arabic.
Even though painter and photographer Juanita Baldwin has won awards at the national level for some of her artwork, she still takes the time to get involved in local art shows.
While mentoring children through an MSU program called My Brother’s Keeper, which encourages nontraditional forms of education, Bryce Colquitt had an idea.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon spoke to members of the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, at its meeting Wednesday night to discuss the budget forecast and to give an update on the search for a new vice president for Student Affairs and Services.
MSU’s Career Services network will host the Diversity Career Fair from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Kellogg Center.
Trustee Joel Ferguson was reelected as chairperson of the MSU Board of Trustees Wednesday morning and Trustee Melanie Foster was reelected as the vice chairperson.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly discussed concerns about representation numbers and options for nonprofit status Tuesday night.
When Pamela Yang and her family thought about choosing a name for their business, they wanted to make sure they embodied the true meaning of Thai cuisine. After some debate, they chose Thai 102 Degrees.
A class this semester looks to assist military veterans in adjusting to and succeeding in an academic learning environment, a first of its kind at MSU.
A congressional battle is brewing, and college students undoubtedly will be caught in the fray. That’s because a vote by the Republican-dominated U.S. House on whether to repeal health care reform enacted last March is expected next week.