Construction across the university will be a top discussion item at today’s MSU Board of Trustees meeting, as trustees will examine proposals to renovate the first floor dining area of Case Hall and install state-of-the-art teaching laboratories in The School of Hospitality Business’ facilities.
As students prepare for possible snow this weekend, campus and city officials are working to ensure safe roads and sidewalks throughout East Lansing.
The four-person suite style of Akers Hall might receive a makeover next summer if MSU administrators approve tentative enhancements to the residence hall sometime mid-spring.
MSU’s African American and African Studies program, or AAAS, will debate Kwanzaa’s controversial state and its original meaning during Kwanzaa Intellectual Fest today.
Before seniors walk off into the real world, many MSU students are preparing for fall semester 2010 commencement, which takes place at 10 a.m. on Dec. 11 at Breslin Center.
Students in the MSU School of Packaging are helping to solve real-world packaging problems for a number of Michigan companies.
Texting during class is an everyday experience for no-preference freshman Kathlyn McQuillan and many other students, according to a recent survey released by Wilkes University administrators in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. About 91 percent of 269 students surveyed at Wilkes University said they have texted during class, and almost half said it was easy to do without their instructor noticing.
A study conducted earlier this year by the MSU School of Criminal Justice indicates police officers with a bachelor’s degree are less likely to use force with suspected criminals.
Many organizations and student groups are volunteering for the position of Santa Claus this year, making it a merry Christmas for families in need throughout the East Lansing area.
The Council of Graduate Students voted Wednesday night to encourage administrators and the Council of Deans to make increasing financial support for graduate and professional students a top priority in future fundraising efforts.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, will meet at 5:30 p.m. tonight in 115 International Center.
MSU’s C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable called Food Systems is one of 10 organizations will help establish a national program, FoodCorps.
MSU’s graduation rates continued to rise as rates fell at numerous other four-year universities across the country.
To Steve Pueppke, economic revival comes in the form of cow manure.
Celebrating the sixth night in the Festival of Lights with food, family and ice skating, about 100 people attended Chanukah on Ice at Munn Ice Arena on Monday. Sponsored by the Greater Lansing Jewish Welfare Federation with an unspecified grant from the Ravitz Foundation, the event brought together three Lansing-area Jewish congregations to host and support the evening’s festivities, said Susan Herman, director of the Michigan Jewish Conference and coordinator of the Statewide Jewish Outreach.
Luke Moreland knows it’s important to stay healthy with finals just around the corner. Officials at Olin Health Center and the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, wish to keep students such as Moreland in mind. The organizations are working together this week to continue their annual effort to distribute cold and flu packs to students living in the residence halls.
The Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, or MAES, officially will become MSU AgBioResearch at the turn of the new year.
A recent study has found public universities decrease their tuition and fees when states increase merit-based financial aid, but increase them when states increase need-based financial aid.
The MSU Extension 4-H youth group held its annual Day with the Lady Spartans event Sunday at Breslin Center.
For Muslim students across campus, the new year rings in with reflections of personal growth and prayer instead of noise-makers and kisses at midnight. The local Islamic community is preparing for the Islamic New Year on Tuesday.