MSU Trustee Faylene Owen was one of a number of people who took part in the 1st Annual Multicultural Diversity & Inclusion Celebration hosted by ASMSU’s Programming Board, Tuesday at the Union Gold Room.
A request for the merger of language departments, an update on faculty health care and the process of restructuring administrative positions and goals was discussed by the Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, on Tuesday.
The three-day conference of the sixth annual World Stem Cell Summit concludes today in Detroit. The summit brought together educators, doctors and presentations to collaborate on the issue.
Celebrating the new launch of a nationwide financial aid contest sponsored by Viacom, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Vice President of MTV Public Affairs Jason Rzepka and President of the College Board Gaston Caperton spoke to student journalists Monday about reframing the way the nation approaches financing education.
A new partnership aims to help MSU students get a fresh pair of wheels. The MSU Bike Service Center teamed up with the owner of bike manufacturer Fuji Bikes, Advanced Sports International, or ASI, to offer discount prices on new bikes for MSU students.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, has partnered with the Michigan Athletic Club to give discounted enrollment rates for graduate and professional students.
An exhibit showcasing a leaf from a Quran and related literature opened Friday on the first floor of the Main Library.
The Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, will meet today to discuss a request from the Department of French, Classics and Italian to merge with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Teach for America Day and Alumni Panel will take place from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Kellogg Center.
There was a chilly autumn wind whispering across the grounds of the MSU campus on Sunday morning. But for East Lansing resident Dan Leyman, the weather was pristine for competing in the MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, Dinosaur Dash.
Researchers hope to more accurately identify factors that might increase the risk of developing breast cancer in some minority and socioeconomic groups, funded by a $14 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Body size, childhood growth, diet and the physical activity of women will be considered to foster an understanding of how cancer occurs, said Ellen Velie, lead researcher and associate professor of epidemiology at MSU. Although it appears cancerous tumors are unique to each woman, more information is necessary to grasp how and which people are affected, she said.
Every semester students brave the crowds on Grand River Avenue, rummaging through shelves in the slew of bookstores available, usually with a lengthy book list in hand.
Stacks of pizza boxes, gallons of pop, dozens of cookies and one giant plastic cow greeted students Thursday at the Veterinary Medical Center. More than 100 veterinary medicine students gathered in the cafeteria of the Center for the Large Animal Clinical Science, or LCS, program’s first “BIG Event.”
For foodservice business management junior Tracy Garley, there’s more to the college experience at MSU than spending four years on the banks of the Red Cedar.
Even though he doesn’t have a Facebook, junior quarterback Kirk Cousins still knew about the Facebook event dedicated to him, “Shoes TIED Like Kirk Cousins Day.”
Brendan Sinclair was searching for a “deeper connection” to his food when he started volunteering at the Student Organic Farm two years ago.
MSU police are investigating a report of an armed robbery against an 18-year-old male student that occurred at about 3 a.m.
The MSU Sierra Student Coalition will host a planning session to encourage MSU to end its use of coal energy on campus at 7:30 p.m. today in Room 114 of Berkey Hall.
MSU baker Rita Lyon will roll out bagels in an unusual color for the month of October: pink. She’ll be baking about 600 dozen bagels in the shape of ribbons to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and in honor of her mother, Gwen, who died of breast cancer in 1972.
John Olle has been a faithful tailgater at MSU since his days as a student here in the early 1990s. But the Mason, Mich., resident always had trouble getting his tailgate group to play the MSU Fight Song in unison because problems arose with making sure everyone started it at the same time. So Olle called Impact (89FM) and requested it play the MSU Fight Song on game days.