NEWS
MSU programs rank high with U.S. News & World Report
Fifteen of MSU’s graduate programs made top-10 lists in U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools.
MSU
$10M donation to MSU adds to mysterious trend of anonymous giving
MSU students are expected to have access to $7 million in new scholarship funds and financial aid after the university received an anonymous $10 million donation, the largest anonymous donation for student scholarships in MSU history, the university announced Thursday.
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ASMSU elects chairpersons for 2009-10 school year
The 18th session of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected its chairpersons Tuesday, filling leadership roles that will represent the student voice for the 2009-10 school year. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
NEWS
Sorting through energy-saving options
Although it represents only about 6 percent of MSU’s $1.1 billion budget, energy and utility consumption is one area university officials are targeting to cut costs for next year in the face of decreased state support, possible layoffs and an increase in tuition.
MICHIGAN
Enhanced license drives concerns for identity
Travelers could see less hassle crossing the Canadian border after Michigan’s enhanced driver’s license became available Tuesday, but some have voiced concern about the license infringing on personal privacy.
MSU
MSU, youth celebrate Arbor Day
Each group sat around small tables carefully cutting and gluing brightly colored sheets of paper onto posters. This wasn’t an elementary classroom, but one at MSU. The students are getting ready to share information about Arbor Day with middle schoolers.
MICHIGAN
Ambassador stresses U.S.-Canada relations
As Canadian ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson spoke via satellite to a room full of scholars, business leaders and politicians Wednesday morning in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. He advocated for strong Canada-U.S. relations, especially for border states such as Michigan.
NEWS
Accident blocks Hagadorn Road traffic
Traffic on Hagadorn Road near Shaw Lane was blocked for more than an hour Tuesday evening after a motorcycle-vehicle accident.
NEWS
ASMSU's Academic Assembly elects chairpersons
The 18th session of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected its chairpersons Tuesday, filling leadership roles that will represent the student voice for the 2009-10 school year. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
MICHIGAN
E.L. feels squeeze as it plans budget
The economy’s impact on city services was reflected in sections of the city’s budget, which was presented Tuesday to the East Lansing City Council. The city’s human services, parking fund and capital improvement received little or no increase in funding, due in part to difficult economic times, council members said.
MICHIGAN
Word on the Street
Here’s what MSU students had to say about the University of Michigan’s smoking ban.
NEWS
Innovator of MSU’s clinical sociology program dies
Known as a man dedicated to developing MSU medical students into strong people — as well as doctors — longtime MSU professor David Kallen died Monday at his home in Grand Ledge. He was 79.
NEWS
The fallout for MSU financial aid
Like many aspects of life, the amount of financial aid available to MSU students is a process of give and take. How much money goes to help students pay for college? And how much goes to fund the classes themselves?
NEWS
U-M announces smoking ban at 3 campuses
Although MSU campus buildings went smoke free in fall 2008, University of Michigan officials took smoking bans a step further in their decision to push smoking off campus grounds.
MICHIGAN
E.L. named 'Tree City' in honor of Arbor Day
The city of East Lansing has been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation for the 22nd year. The recognition is given to cities that have a continual commitment to community forestry.
MICHIGAN
More Common Ground acts announced
Stone Temple Pilots are among the three new acts added to the lineup for the 10th Annual Common Ground Music Festival, slated to be held July 6-12. Los Lonely Boys and Billy Squier also were announced as performers at the festival, which will be held at Adado Riverfront Park in downtown Lansing.
MSU
Students must see book lists early, federal law mandates
Lengthy lines and scrambling students could potentially disappear from bookstores at the beginning of a new semester as a result of federal legislation. The legislation requires universities to make lists of course materials available to students by the opening of the enrollment process.
MSU
Take Back the Night empowers survivors
They varied in size, color and style, but the 300 shirts that hung from clotheslines Tuesday in the Union were all interwoven with a common theme: empowerment for the women who decorated them, survivors of sexual violence.
MICHIGAN
Famed zookeeper draws attention to local project
To help boost their Rhino Expansion Project, the Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing, invited a special friend for support. America’s best-known zookeeper, Jack Hanna, and some of his animal friends visited the zoo Tuesday evening to chat, bark and growl about animal education and black rhinoceros conservation.
NEWS
Council to discuss 2009-10 budget
Green buildings and the city’s proposed 2009-10 fiscal year budget are on the agenda for tonight’s East Lansing City Council meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 2 of 54-B District Court, 101 Linden St.