MSU Trustee Faylene Owen remains listed in fair condition at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital while her husband, Larry, has been upgraded from serious to fair condition as of Wednesday evening, according to a representative at Sparrow.
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen and her husband, Larry, are in Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital following a car accident Monday afternoon near Williamston, Mich.
An update on the SIRS summer pilot study and a follow-up on a proposal for the merger of language departments was discussed by the Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, on Tuesday.
Like some high school students, Mason High School senior Myah VanWormer said understanding the works of William Shakespeare often is difficult. However, that hasn’t stopped her from participating in the Shakespeare Immersion Project held this week at MSU. The Shakespeare Immersion Project, put on by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, located in Stratford, Ontario, selected 24 students from area high schools to participate in a weeklong Shakespeare workshop, said Edward Daranyi, resident teaching artist for the festival.
Papel picados — traditional decorations of colorful paper cut into different designs — brightened a local church where students and community members gathered in celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
Tuition increased by an average of $555 since last year at public four-year colleges, on track with the trend of the past decade and hitting students where it counts — the checkbook.
Since the organization’s founding, student interest and international demand has helped the number of MSU Peace Corps volunteers increase throughout the years. About 86 MSU alumni currently serve overseas with Peace Corps.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is expected to make recommendations about graduate student health care at its Wednesday night meeting.
The thermometer was just reaching 50 degrees Saturday morning as Nathaniel Ellsworth broke through the red ribbon at the finish line to win the Spartan Sprint. About 25 racers participated in the 5K race sponsored by the Residence Halls Association, or RHA.
President Barack Obama’s administration officials released a set of guidelines Thursday to strengthen aid eligibility — including an academic progress baseline and providing an easier Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
As Anne Bibik climbed the bleacher stairs of Spartan Stadium, she thought of her mother, Jo, who died three years ago from lung disease.
MSU is making grades by going green, earning a B in the College Sustainability Report Card 2011 rankings released last week by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, greeted students and community members with the traditional Islamic welcome “As-Salamu Alaykum,” Thursday evening at the International Center.
MSU Trustee Donald Nugent was fired earlier this week from the company he founded about four decades ago.
Being a theater major, senior Lauren LoGrasso spends much of her time in the Auditorium and she still gets freaked out when she’s there by herself at night. An alleged haunting in the Auditorium makes the Auditorium and Fairchild Theatre a natural fit for the Haunted Aud, a haunted house event produced by MSU theater students and faculty, theater senior Mikayla Bouchard said. The Haunted Aud is in its second year on campus and the group plans to hold the event annually, Bouchard said.
People from across the world gathered on Thursday at the International Center to celebrate Central Asia Day and the signing of a collaborative agreement between the University of Central Asia, or UCA, and MSU.
Traditional Israeli food including falafel, kabobs and hummus welcomed students to Israel Fest on Wednesday night at the Union Ballroom.
Two years ago, Gary Wozniak was staring at a vacant lot in the heart of Detroit. Soon, when he goes back to that same area, he hopes to be able to pick fresh greens and tomatoes right off the vine.
An ASMSU proposal to shift the Main Library’s weekend hours would be considered by library staff before being shelved.
A first-generation college student and mother of a 2-year-old son, Lupe Dominguez is looking to graduate with two degrees this spring, and she did it all without the help of either of her parents.