When the dean of the College of Natural Science began discussing the end of the Department of Geological Sciences with Provost Kim Wilcox, students majoring in the geosciences field faced an uncertain future.
If one MSU student has his way, students soon might be using a new website to interact with each other during class.
Prior to an academic travel restriction policy in 2004, Professor René Hinojosa led three trips of MSU students on study abroad programs in Cuba — allowing them to study firsthand an economy very dissimilar to that of the U.S.
Members of the MSU Hillel Jewish Student Center will raise awareness for efforts to restore the Mount Carmel National Park in Israel with this year’s celebration of the Tu B’Shvat, or the New Year of the Trees, on Wednesday.
At the end of the semester, Bailey and Rather halls will be shut down to be given a complete facelift for incoming students in 2012.
After babysitting a child with Down syndrome, postgraduate student Vy Nguyen was inspired to become a special education teacher.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, has recognized MSU as five faculty members received fellowship honors in the past two years.
Eating among chocolate swamps and gumdrop mountains, members of the MSU Hillel Jewish Student Center twisted the traditional Sabbath dinner by applying the popular Candy Land board game to the Shabbat holiday.
Fifty photos don the walls of the 114 gallery at Kresge Art Center, their vibrant colors illuminating many scenes from across the world.
The words of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech resounded through Erickson Hall Kiva on Monday afternoon.
Construction projects at MSU all are slated to be completed on time, according to construction representatives at a Construction Junction meeting Thursday hosted by officials at the Physical Plant.
The Graduate Employees Union, or GEU, hopes to negotiate a new contract with the university before the current one expires at the end of the semester.
The familiarity of sites, such as Facebook, leads students to use them as tools for academic success, said Cliff Lampe, an assistant professor of telecommunication, information studies and media who did research about students using social networking sites to succeed academically.
The results of a recent study led by an MSU professor might have implications for the way soldiers respond to stress on the battlefield.
Four days after it launched Monday, ASMSU’s iClicker rental program was fresh out of its iClickers — 192 of them at the start of the program, said Justin Epstein, Academic Assembly chairman.
Molly Blackburn remembers feeling stressed her freshman year of college. In a new environment away from the familiarity of home, she was unaware about the health services MSU offered to students and how they could help her deal with stress.
When Jeremy Blaney walked into Geri Zeldes’ Reporting on Islam class in fall 2009, it was his first journalistic experience since writing for his high school paper, and he admitted he was fairly new to the field.
Officials at Zipcar — a car-sharing company — hope their alternative mode of transportation will catch on in Spartan country following an event Wednesday.
Three days into the 2011 spring semester, MSU Hillel Jewish Student Center Community Service Chair Wendy Stein started her planned journey of service volunteer opportunities without using busy as an excuse.
When an earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, doctoral student Michelle Vital was shocked about what happened.