Today marked the first snowfall of the season in East Lansing with a light dusting of snow on the ground across campus by late afternoon. The cold temperatures are not expected to last, as the high for Saturday and Sunday are in the mid-50s, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, Childcare Endowment still has four grants available to graduate and professional students who use paid childcare services this semester.
ASMSU representatives reviewed policies in progress and brainstormed more issues to bring to the student agenda at ASMSU’s biweekly committee meetings Thursday night in Student Services.
Students interested in TV, radio, public relations and advertising can receive new opportunities in the field thanks to a partnership between MSU Broadcasting Services and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, met Wednesday night in McDonel Kiva to discuss issues, including its budget and transitional housing.
With November signifying Native American Heritage Month, the North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, invited Webster to share his experiences both as a Native American and a military veteran during a Veteran’s Feast event in Holmes Hall cafeteria.
At 5 p.m. today on the first floor of Bessey Hall, the Undergraduate University Division, or UUD, is sponsoring the annual Marathon of Majors event for students that have questions about different majors and programs.
The Portage-based Wolverine Pipe Line Company held a simulated oil spill response drill Wednesday morning to prepare the company’s workers in case an oil spill ever occurred in the Red Cedar River.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, still is accepting applications for event funding for graduate student organizations, or GSOs, for the remainder of the semester.
When two groups of hospitality business students in professor Bonnie Knutson’s Applied Marketing Lodging class turned in their capstone projects, they received much more than a passing grade.
For Alexis Bremer, coming to MSU right out of high school wasn’t an option. Because of the high cost of tuition and uncertainty of what degree she wanted to pursue, Bremer said she chose to attend a community college for her first two years of school before transferring to a larger university.
Sparty has qualified for the chance to be named national champion once again in the 2012 UCA/UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship Jan.
The death of sociology senior Stephanie Fluegeman’s pet hedgehog came unexpectedly.
As students are debating the value of gender-neutral housing on campus, MSU faculty and staff are dealing with some of the same concerns.
At Tuesday’s Faculty Senate, members discussed the University Committee on Curriculum report, which shows the new, changed and deleted programs and courses.
A farmer stands in his fields and stares at his withered crops, unsure of what has caused them to wilt. He pulls out his smart phone and quickly scans his crops. An application identifies what is ailing his crops and tells the farmer what he can do. It’s not science fiction, it’s Gene-Z — an application recently developed by an MSU professor.
During this time of year, blood normally is associated with the gore and fear that comes with Halloween. But a few MSU clubs are looking at blood in a different way.
After passing a bill in support of a universitywide preferred name policy last week, ASMSU — MSU’s undergraduate student government — plans to hold further discussions about the policy with MSU officials this week.
They roam campus in tight bunches, touring everything from athletic venues to dorms and cafeterias. These high school students want to see it all before they decide to become Spartans, and the Spartan Ambassadors make sure they get a grand tour of campus.
MSU is at the top of the popularity ladder among in-state colleges, according to a Department of Education survey.