A week of games, dancing and community events is aimed to have a deeper educational undertone for many MSU students. Monday marks National Coming Out Day, and groups at MSU will host several events to raise awareness of the LBGT community throughout the week. National Coming Out Day is celebrated annually on Oct.
A group of MSU students is taking a stand against sexual violence. About 10 students met in the Union Sunday for the newly-formed Coalition Against Sexual Violence.
Chanting, cheering and carrying posters that called for the MSU administration to shut down the T.B. Simon Power Plant, about 20 members of MSU Greenpeace and other environmental campus organizations marched from Case Hall to the Administration Building Sunday in support of renewable energy on campus.
Eleven-year-old Joey Berman went swimming with the big fish Sunday morning. He rode his bike and ran with them too. Berman was one of more than 300 participants in the Spartan Sprint Triathlon. The event consisted of a 400-meter swim in the outdoor pool at IM Sports-West, a 20-kilometer bike ride around South Neighborhood and five-kilometer run along the Red Cedar River.
The partnership developed to complete the “Bridge to the Future” Farm Lane project recently received a gold award from the National Partnership for Highway Quality, or NPHQ. Executive Director Bob Templeton presented the award to MSU, the Michigan Department of Transportation, or MDOT, as well as their planning and construction partners at last week’s State Transportation Commission meeting in Lansing.
Michigan’s three largest universities contributed about $14.8 billion to the state’s economy in 2009, in spite of the region’s inability to experience positive economic growth, according to a report released Thursday. The University Research Corridor, or URC, — comprised of MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University — increased its economic impact to the state by about 15 percent from about $12.9 billion in 2006, said Patrick Anderson, founder of Anderson Economic Group which led the 2010 Empowering Michigan report. “The research universities should be commended for benchmarking themselves,” he said.
For entomology postdoctoral student Ryan Kimbirauskas, Saturday would have consisted of playing a round of golf with a friend and grilling some food at home before the MSU football game.
Four months after its installation and multiple instances of vandalism, university officials and the creator of Funambulist dedicated the piece in a ceremony Wednesday. The fabricated steel structure, which stands more than 25 feet tall and 36 feet wide, attempts to incorporate the balance college students must keep while they walk on a thin line before graduation, said John Van Alstine, the artist who created the sculpture. “It has more (of a) universal meaning because we’re all on our wire per se,” he said.
A three-minute YouTube video will land one Michigan college student a featured speaker spot at ASMSU’s “Higher Education, Higher Priority” rally Oct.
The fire alarm barely gets a reaction from Luke Miller anymore. When it sounds throughout Mary Mayo Hall, the communication sophomore will sluggishly collect his things, taking time to lock the door before heading outside to stand and complain with other residents in the hall. “My immediate response is, ‘Oh gosh, another one of these,’” Miller said. Although Miller respects the safety part of fire drills, living in the dorms for a year and a half where eight fire drills are done annually has dulled his response when he hears the alarm.
MSU’s two-day, annual Career Gallery took place Wednesday afternoon at Breslin Center. The event usually is held in the fall and is split into two days based on subject matter.
Traditional music ensembles, martial arts and dance welcomed students and community members Wednesday evening at the Kiva Auditorium in Erickson Hall to celebrate Korean culture.
The MSU Counseling Center is offering free and anonymous screening at eight different locations on campus today as part of National Depression Screening Day. Depression is the second most common diagnosis students at the counseling center receive, said Talitha Easterly, staff psychologist and coordinator for outreach. “Across college campuses, it’s one of the top three concerns,” Easterly said. Recent results from MSU’s 2010 National College Health Assessment also indicated that depression is a significant issue on campus, said Dennis Martell, coordinator for health education services. Of the results, about 27 percent of students said at least once in the last 12 months, they felt so depressed that it was difficult to function.
MSU Extension small ruminant specialist Richard Ehrhardt will present an Accelerated Lambing Clinic from noon to 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 6.
The Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center’s Visiting Chef Series kicked off Wednesday night for its 2010 season with a mix of food dishes and a variety of Michigan brews.
Spartans have a lot of love for their mascot — so much that they’re willing to brave cold, October evenings and the threat of encroaching Wolverines to make sure Sparty stays green. As No.
Meridian Township’s Recycle/Reuse event is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday in front of the Meridian Senior Center, 5151 Marsh Road, at the Town Hall parking lot and Central Park pavilion.
At the meeting of Academic Assembly on Tuesday night, members of ASMSU discussed a plan to start an iClicker rental program as well as adding coupons to blue books used by students for classes at MSU.
Being kicked out of high school 37 times for being a “knucklehead” didn’t stop Dennis Rahiim Watson from becoming a nationally recognized motivational speaker. A group of about 100 MSU students listened to a speech by Watson on Tuesday evening at Conrad Auditorium. His speech sent messages about ending gang violence, the importance of education and the road to academic success. Watson is the Chairman of The National Youth and Gang Violence TaskForce.
MSU’s College of Nursing received a five-year, $1.42 million grant to expand its primary care nurse practitioner program.