Residential College in the Arts and Humanities freshman Julia Johnson is not an artsy type of person, but when it comes to supporting students in her major creating art, she’s always game.
Political science sophomore Abby Craft donned a turban for the first time during a demonstration at the MSU Sikh Student Association, or SSA, event Sikhism 101: Turban Night at Snyder and Phillips halls. Nutritional sciences and communication senior Manisha Singh, president of SSA, said the group’s goal was to bring cultural awareness of Sikhism to campus and dispel any misconceptions about the faith.
The USGBC Students – Michigan State University group recently was established to unite like-minded students who want to make positive environmental impacts on campus, said Alyssa Vennard, an interior design senior and president of the group. The USGBC is the U.S. Green Building Council, which works to motivate communities to build LEED-certified — or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design — buildings that are environmentally sustainable.
To help freshmen bridge the gap between high school and college, the MSU Counseling Center created the Freshmen Accessing Community and Embracing Survival, or FACES, initiative in 2008, and now the program has a new website to help get the word out to students. The program’s goal is to create a positive climate for MSU students, faculty and staff in all areas related to mental health, said Juliette C. Niemi, educational program coordinator of the MSU Counseling Center.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, met in the International Center yesterday to allocate funds left unused at the end of last semester.
MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, recently donated $30,000 to the college, the majority of which will be used to fund the creation of the game, said April Clobes, executive vice president and chief operating officer of MSUFCU.
Graduate and professional students interested in showcasing their work to peers have less than a week to apply for participation in the fourth annual Graduate Academic Conference, or GAC.
Five MSU students were announced as finalists for the Big Ten Network’s LiveBIG Scholarship on Monday based on extensive volunteering in their community.
Although many students use Twitter to talk about sports and celebrities, graduate students worldwide now are using the platform to discuss something more scholarly — their theses.
About 100 students, faculty and community members gathered in the Union to reflect and celebrate the progress made by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday afternoon before marching to Beaumont Tower.
It took more than 15 minutes for the MSU hockey team to score in its game Saturday night against Northern Michigan, but when the Spartans did find the net, dozens of stuffed animals showered the ice.
Despite recent criticism that the Chinese government might be promoting propaganda through university centers known as Confucius Institutes, officials and students at MSU disagree.
Officers and representatives from ASMSU — MSU’s undergraduate student government — met with student leaders from other Big Ten universities last weekend for the Association of Big Ten Students Winter Conference in Champaign, Ill.
Graduate student Susie Borkowski does not like worms.
When mechanical engineering junior Renee Chabon came to MSU, she knew she wanted to play polo. Since she could walk, Chabon has been riding horses and loving every second of it. She formed a bond with not only her teammates, but also the horses she has ridden during the past few years.
When the North American International Auto Show, or NAIAS, in Detroit opens to the public Saturday, the MSU Formula Racing Team is hoping its race car exhibit revs up onlookers.
College of Human Medicine Dean Marsha Rappley joined Michelle Obama and other university medical leaders in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday to make a promise to veterans — MSU cares.
MSU’s student governments groups allied at an ASMSU General Assembly meeting Thursday night to support the creation of a graduate student resource hub in Chittenden Hall.
A new River Trail Neighborhood Engagement Center is expected to start construction in May and finish by the end of the summer to give students more convenient resources in McDonel Hall.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, is working to position itself to provide more condoms to students after realizing its health and safety performance has been inadequate.