For the first time in the 10 year history of the Capital One Mascot Challenge, MSU’s mascot Sparty has been chosen as one of 16 mascots battling head-to-head for the crown of National Mascot Of the Year through online voting.
To help families in need start the school year on the right foot, students and faculty are working to collect enough school supplies, hygiene products and non-perishable food items to fill a school bus.
MSU is welcoming about 7,800 freshmen to campus this fall — the largest incoming class to date — but some residence halls are experiencing close quarters while handling the influx of students on campus.
Living in newly-renovated Emmons Hall was the first choice for sophomores Carlyn Kellner and Rebecca Taylor this year.
ASMSU representatives started the year off at a Sunday meeting with a vote to pass a newly-revised budget after calculation errors prompted the group to take a closer look at its numbers.
Both of Chris Dye’s hands were stuffed with free recruiting information and incentives as he wandered from table to table Tuesday afternoon at Munn Field during this year’s Sparticipation.
When international relations sophomore Dylan Evans came to MSU a year ago, he was worried about finding friends and getting comfortable on campus.
Libyan students living and studying at MSU continue to follow fighting among rebel forces and militia loyal to longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, amid intensified violence and reassurances from Gadhafi’s son that the eccentric leader still controls the country.
With the lazy days of summer coming to a close, campus is starting to get busier as the university prepares for the return of students to the area. In the fall, MSU will boast the largest freshman class in the university’s history, expecting to introduce about 7,800 new students to the banks of the Red Cedar.
When a 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Miyagi Prefecture in Japan in March, Masaru Nakata didn’t feel a thing.
Amanda Rigterink has always had an interest in behavior when it comes to animals and a passion to share her knowledge with others. Rigterink, MSU’s first veterinary behavior resident, started seeing exclusively behavior cases at the MSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, or VTH, in June. “My overall goal with the behavior service is to enhance the human/animal bond and to teach students about behavior,” she said. Chairperson of the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences Charles DeCamp said having an animal behaviorist resident is significant.
When marketing junior Shannon McGreal-Miller heard she was one of 10 finalists in a contest to meet billionaire industrialist Warren Buffett, she was ecstatic.
Six MSU undergraduate students have received top honors for research presented through the school’s Spring University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum during this past school year.
Starbucks Coffee Co. will open a new franchise location in late September or early October on the first floor of Wells Hall, Sparty’s Convenience Stores service manager Joe Garza said today.
On Monday, future educators from 25 countries gathered at MSU for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, or FLTA, Orientation Program.
Benjamin Cuddeback started visiting the MSU Horticulture Gardens on the corner of Bogue Street and Wilson Avenue during his breaks from classes. Cuddeback, a horticulture senior, said he liked the gardens so much he decided he wanted to become a summer intern.
When mechanical engineering sophomore Yizheng Wang came to study at MSU from China, he knew he wouldn’t be able to bring everything he needed.
Assistant professor Lisa Cook began her first day of work Monday — at the White House. Cook was selected as a member of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors.
In 1992, Betty MacDowell was fresh off of a doctoral degree from MSU when the idea struck. She had heard about an effort on the East Coast to archive local stained glass windows, and after completing a dissertation about female stained glass artists in Michigan, she decided to start a similar project on her own.
As the university moves forward with a master plan for campus living accommodations, a newly revamped and renovated Emmons Hall will open up to students for the first time later this month.