Summer is a time for relaxation where temperatures rise, jeans and hoodies are replaced with shorts and T-shirts, and for some students, a break from classes It’s also a time when many students move back home or go on to internships.
Although a number of unsavory items have been collected from the Red Cedar River in years past, Brian Roth, assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife, said students interested in catching fish on campus can rest assured that eating them is safe.
With the end of the academic year, Residence Education and Housing Services, or REHS, completed its pioneer year in the tablet-based program for resident assistants, or RAs.
Clad in green caps and gowns, thousands of MSU students, now alumni, linked arms and swayed back and forth to “MSU Shadows,” MSU’s Alma Mater, at Friday’s undergraduate convocation.
It was a semester to remember across campus and the country for members of the MSU community. Take a look back at key events for Spartans in East Lansing and around the world.
For biochemistry junior Brenda Li, it’s safe to say Facebook popularity of more than 2,900 likes is credited to her five years of cosplaying — creating life-like, costume representations of different characters from video games and shows.
With finals around the corner, some students and faculty are starting to feel the stress pile on. Prenursing freshman Heidi Foley said with stress comes sleep deprivation.
I know you’re counting down the days. I know you’ve memorized the deadlines for your final exams and projects and 20-page papers.
When Benham Hassankhani died April 16 of a heart attack, he was just 50 years old. As a respected, outgoing member of the MSU faculty and the Lansing-area soccer community, friends said he will be greatly missed.
As commencement begins to creep up on graduating seniors next weekend, some students have taken a moment to reflect upon their greatest memories of MSU.
Wednesday night, ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, elected current ASMSU President Evan Martinak for a second term.
Although psychology junior Cody Thomas had not dealt with his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, since he was 9 years old, the symptoms began to resurface recently, forcing him to take action and go back on medication. “I just noticed how difficult it was to focus in a college class,” Thomas said.
At Tuesday afternoon’s University Council meeting, MSU leaders reflected on events of the last year, encouraging changes in academic governance for the upcoming academic year and addressed the potential for the search process to be waived for the vice president for student affairs and services position afterward.
Christina Ragan has balanced being a post-doctoral researcher in neuroscience and a long-distance partner for two years by doing everything a normal couple would do. She said things as simple as watching movies and eating dinner together through FaceTime and Skype have helped the graduate student and her partner stay connected as she applies to a variety of universities.
As the spring semester winds down and many students prepare to return home or travel for jobs, internships or pleasure, there remains a major obstacle in their collective way: moving out.
With the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide today, the MSU Armenian Club decided to paint the rock on Farm Lane on Tuesday night in remembrance of the 1.5 million Armenians who lost their lives during what is known as the forgotten genocide. The State News talked to Helen Attar, president of the MSU Armenian Club, to find out more about the group’s mission.
International relations and media and information freshman Monica Watt knew she would go to college her whole life, but being the first one to attend college in her family was not easy. From trying to understand financial aid packages to knowing what to expect in college, Watt said making it through her first year at MSU has been tough at times.
This Friday, students won’t need to do anything for a Klondike bar — thousands of bars will be given away for free after MSU came out on top against the University of Michigan in “Michigan vs. Michigan State Klondike Challenge.”
It’s hard not to stop, watch and take photos when you see someone surfing on MSU’s campus.
A buzz of biology, chemistry and the environment began to fill Holmes Hall Monday afternoon as the first day of the Lyman Briggs College Research Symposium took full swing.