With the terms of current MSU Trustees Joel Ferguson and Melanie Foster set to expire in 2013, the Republican and Democratic parties each selected two candidates for the upcoming November election at each party’s convention this past weekend.
Five new members of the Faculty Liaison Group to the MSU Board of Trustees and the University Committee on Academic Governance chosen by the Faculty Senate were announced Wednesday.
Although it’s several years from completion, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, could take a big step forward today if the MSU Board of Trustees votes to approve a $55 million budget during their monthly Board of Trustees meeting.
Resident assistants, or RAs, and community coordinators will have more of a voice on campus thanks to the development of a Residence Education Staff Council.
Numerous topics were discussed at ASMU’s meeting Thursday evening, including a lack of iClickers, new access to the New York Times and international student fees.
Loud music, laughing and dancing made up the scene of the fifth annual Spartan Remix on Thursday evening at Auditorium Field.
Students and community members who have an idea for a new business but lack the funds get it started now have the opportunity to build dreams into a reality. Entrepreneurs looking for a way to start up a business can enter to win up to $25,000 by joining the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, startUP Challenge. April Clobes, MSUFCU executive vice president and chief operating officer, said there have been no submitted applications as of Thursday afternoon, but she has received interest from campus organizations promoting entrepreneurship. “We could not help everyone, so we thought the best solution was to do a competition,” Clobes said.
Former colleagues and friends remember Linda Lou Smith, a former communicative sciences and disorders professor, for her dedication to the university and her students.
This summer, the Main Library reduced graduate and professional student study space from three designated rooms to one.
Both on- and off-campus job opportunities — with companies ranging from MSU Federal Credit Union to Meijer — were abundant for the more than 1,000 students who attended the MSU Career Services event.
For history sophomore Connor Thompson, cheating just isn’t worth the consequences.
MSU did not make it onto the Princeton Review’s top party school list for the second-consecutive year, leaving some students pleased and others disappointed.
After reading an investigative report on the allegations against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has taken measures to prevent sexual abuse at MSU.
MSU graduate students can rest easy knowing their student government is taking strides to implement transparency and self-regulation policies for this semester.
MSU researchers landed a large grant from the Environmental Protection Agency last week to fight harmful algal blooms damaging the Great Lakes.
When MSU alumnus Mike Pridgeon thinks of his father, Dean Pridgeon, he remembers a man of integrity and good character whom his entire family turned to for decisions.
For alumnus Chris Roszell, transferring the dates of assignments and tests for his classes each semester became a hassle, and he knew there must be an easier way to organize his work.
In the Academic Ranking of World Universities, or ARWU, released each year by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, MSU ranks among the top 100 universities in the world.
Spartans who feel they have the most pride for the university could find themselves sitting in MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio’s suite and standing on the sidelines for an upcoming football game, if they have what it takes.
On Aug. 16, all MSU staff and faculty received an email from President Lou Anna K. Simon reminding them of the protocols for university employees regarding suspected child abuse, sexual assault and child pornography.