A new report shows most college students are under high levels of stress. But that might not be a bad thing if students learn to use it to their advantage, experts say.
Fighting the nerves of being on stage was something 9-year-old Nick Schlee of Grand Rapids, Mich., overcame while singing karaoke Friday night at the Union, but his sister, prenursing freshman Kali Schlee thought he “nailed it.”
In an authentic Victorian suit — complete with beaver hat — history professor and Charles Darwin impersonator Richard Bellon stands out in a crowd. Bellon is a staple of the MSU Museum’s Darwin Discovery Day, which is dedicated to celebrate Darwin’s birthday, as well as the celebration of scientific research in general. This year, the theme was “Tale of Scales,” focusing on Darwin’s work with reptiles.
Tuesday, Peace Corps announced their annual list of top colleges and universities that produced the most volunteers in 2012. Claiming the No. 6 spot for all-time volunteers — Spartan nation.
Last spring, the MSU Board of Trustees passed the Energy Transition Plan, which listed strategies to actualize the university’s vision and run on 100 percent renewable energy, not coal.
Teach for America, or TFA , gives college students the opportunity to work on a master’s degree after they graduate while also teaching in a low-income community.
When studying for that final economics exam, students might benefit from studying in groups, according to a recent study done the by University of California, San Diego.
Bundled in her striped wool mittens, printed scarf and foggy glasses, Laura Drotar stood poised with her clipboard, battling the weather while fighting for the environment. On Friday afternoon near the rock on Farm Lane, the history, philosophy and sociology of science sophomore petitioned beside other members of MSU Greenpeace and Paulie the polar bear, asking passing students to sign a petition to expedite and better clarify MSU’s Energy Transition Plan.
Advertising senior Maria Sasinowski is a few months away from graduating and already has accepted a job with Microsoft. She attributes this success to concepts she learned through a sales competition last fall.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, passed a bill trying to boost students’ chances at success in MTH 1825, Intermediate Algebra. The committee unanimously passed the bill, which advocates for a lecture option for the MTH 1825 class currently only offered as an online course. MTH 1825 is the lowest math class offered at MSU and is the class where students who score the lowest on the math placement exams are put. Surveys conducted by ASMSU representatives showed students were struggling in the class and felt changes were necessary. ASMSU will look to meet with the bill’s main supporters, ASMSU representatives Nate Pasmanter and Paul Mooney, in the coming weeks as their next step in the process.
After growing up in Atlanta, in the 1960s, Donzaleigh Abernathy vividly can recollect events of the civil rights movement. She recalls a childhood with “white” and “colored” drinking fountains, no guarantee to receive an education and not being “allowed” to step foot in the public library. Author and actress Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy, also remembers the day her “Uncle Martin,” known to most as Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated. On Thursday evening at Kellogg Center, Donzaleigh Abernathy stood before members of the MSU community and told her story; the untold story of her father and King, and the civil rights movement. Abernathy said she was glad to be a part of the 13th-annual “Slavery to Freedom: An American Odyssey” visiting lecture series organized by the College of Osteopathic Medicine to celebrate Black History Month. About 200 people attended Thursday’s event, and crowd members were attentive and intrigued by Donzaleigh Abernathy’s stories — including stories of her father, Ralph Abernathy, who was the “thinker and planner” next to King.
“The Source” was just one of many names for Philip Greenman, a senior associate dean emeritus of the College of Osteopathic Medicine who spent more than 25 years at MSU and died Feb. 5 in his home in Tucson, Ariz., of cardiac failure brought on by pneumonia, “a department official said. Arrangements are underway, and a service will be held at his Arizona home.
As 15-year-old activist and 2013 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai recovers from recent surgery after being shot in the head on her way home from school, MSU faculty and students from Pakistan are reflection on her fight for girls’ rights to education and what it’s really like to live there. On Oct. 9, 2012, Yousafzai was shot point-blank in the head and neck by Pakistani Taliban militants while she was riding home from school, according to a CNN report.
Election talk was the buzz at the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, general assembly meeting Wednesday night, with the upcoming executive board election season quickly approaching. RHA started their presidential nominee process with four candidates being nominated, but only one accepted.
A student’s decision to attend a particular college might hinge on more than the academics available.
While on an internship in the New Mexican desert in Albuquerque, N.M., in 2011, an idea sparked within Jonathan DiClemente. He wanted to put windmill-type turbines in the oceans to create energy from tidal shifts, the mechanical engineering senior said. DiClemente said he had no clue his idea would inspire and lead him to be CEO of his own company, Current Tidal, which retrofits dams to make energy. He’ll do anything to protect it.
East Lansing is under a winter storm warning tomorrow for the potential of about 6 inches of snow, said Ernie Ostuno, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
At Tuesday afternoon’s Steering Committee meeting, administrators and student leaders discussed issues of campus safety, health and leadership. Many of the issues will be addressed again at the University Council meeting on Feb.
Promoting diversity, one bite at a time. More than five teams competed for the title of Global Iron Chef Champion on Tuesday evening in McDonel Hall. Global Iron Chef was thrown as a collaborative effort by the Arab Cultural Society, the Asian Pacific American Student Organization, the International Student Association and the Jewish Student Union.
Although many MSU students might be intimidated by the flashing blue and red lights on campus, MSU police officers said they should remember many officers were once in their shoes. MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor estimated nearly half of the about 70 officers in the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety were MSU graduates — something that could be an advantage to both officers and students.