Richard Patterson is staying in the dorms for the first time, but his experience is unlike many others’ because he is with his grandchildren and wife. Back when Patterson was a student at MSU in 1962, he lived off campus, but this week, he got a taste of what life is like for new MSU students.
MSU Law Professor Wenona Singel was sworn in June 12 to the advisory board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation after being nominated by President Barack Obama. Singel traveled to Washington, D.C., and was sworn in by United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
Kimberly Fritzsche, of Owosso, Mich. practices a special technique of Taekwondo at IM West with the MSU Taekwondo Club. The club is part of both USA Taekwondo and the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association and is training for a national championship.
At the MSU Board of Trustees meeting last Friday, the board did more than raise tuition 3.5 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for out-of-state students. It also addressed funding for student organizations, the establishment of a new research organization, the University Research Organization, and planning and proceeding of construction projects on campus.
U.S. News and World Report rankings may not be the reason Dilshani Sarathchandra came to MSU, but rankings in recent years have made her confident that any degree from MSU will be received with respect when she leaves the institution.
Deon Campbell sees MSU as green. but not just green in school spirit. To Campbell, it’s out to take students’ “green” as well.
When Haslett, Mich., resident Don Kaufman remembers former MSU horticulture professor George Kessler and his wife Ezra, he remembers the most amazing couple he’s ever met.
Born and raised in the Bronx of New York City, Intikana has taken to embracing and sharing his Borikén, or Puerto Rico, heritage through hip-hop to fellow educators and youth all over the world. Intikana lead a workshop and also performed at the Urban Literacies Institute for Transformative Teaching Conference, which came to MSU for the first time this week.
On Friday, the Board of Trustees will decide the tuition rates and budget for the 2012-13 academic year.
When Paulette Granberry Russell was in high school, she wanted to try pole vaulting but got turned away. “I remember going to the coach and expressing that was something I wanted to do, and the response at the time was ‘girls don’t pole vault,’” said Russell, director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.
Rochell Mahaley received her Bachelor of Science in animal science at MSU and a master’s from the veterinary medical school at MSU. And now she’s back for more. Mahaley is one of 11 students involved in the second cohort of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows at MSU.
Being an alumna is new to Dominique Kunz, but she already is worried about two years from now, when she may lose her student email address.
One of the first rules of hockey Sara Sherman had to learn is how to play “heads-up” hockey. You can’t focus on the puck you’re handling. You have to keep looking forward. That rule became essential to Sherman’s life in February 2010 when a traumatic brain injury changed everything. And now, through living a “heads-up” lifestyle, she has become a member of the 2012 MSU Homecoming court.
In the fall and spring semesters, Zhewei Jin, an international student from China, is a minority in many of her classes. But this summer, she and eleven other international students in her WRA 115 course are the majority, only noticing one student not from East Asia in her class and fewer American students on campus, the accounting freshman said.
Vacations are meant to be a time to relax and get away from the stress of daily life, but a recent study by an MSU professor and two graduate students conducted using survey data from 2005 to 2007 found travelers are using technology and staying in touch with people back home while on vacation more than ever.
Many people relate playing with Legos to a time in their childhood, but now the MSU College of Engineering uses the popular building toy to teach young students the basics of programming.
Children can be seen in swarms walking around MSU’s campus, as summer camps kick off in East Lansing. Students in grades K-12 will visit campus through the month of August for camps sponsored by MSU departments.
Construction season is in full swing, leaving campus a maze of rerouting signs and orange barrels. Across campus, several streets are closed because of construction projects, some relating to the steam tunnel construction and others relating to building renovations. Physical Plant Communications Manager Karen Zelt said some of the major road closures affecting campus right now include the steam tunnel construction, which has portions of West Circle Drive, East Circle Drive and Chestnut Road closed off.
Rolled up newspapers, straws and tape designed to stand about five feet tall lined the walls of the Union Ballroom on Friday as part of an attempt to make girls more interested in science, technology, engineering and math.
To Jason Schmidt, when it comes to getting hired by a law firm, the tables have turned. “Now a lot of law graduates are the ones begging at the bargaining table, instead of the other way around; the balance of power has definitely shifted,” the recent alumnus said. Schmidt’s opinion of the job market is in line with the findings of a recent employment survey of 2011 college graduates.