A nun peering down on a sumo wrestler holding a tuba made for an interesting scene Thursday afternoon outside of Kresge Art Museum, but it was all for fun and practice. The MSU Department of Art and Art History hosted its annual Drawing Marathon event outside on a warm afternoon, open to all curious MSU students heading to class.
The U.S. must break a “vicious cycle” of inadequate middle and high school math teacher preparation in order to compete internationally, according to research released Thursday by an MSU professor.
ASMSU unanimously passed the 2010-11 operating budget at its Student Assembly meeting Thursday night. Total tax revenue increased by nearly $300,000 from the 2009-10 ASMSU budget because of increased enrollment and money for the Readership Program, Student Assembly Chairperson Kyle Dysarz said. Dysarz said most of the changes to the budget were meant to streamline budget costs. “There were a couple of broad things we did in terms of consolidation,” Dysarz said.
Serving Citizens Of Uganda Today Because Africa Needs A New Ambulance, or SCOUT BANANA — a global nonprofit organization that raises money for groups working to improve conditions in Africa — will host its annual dance-a-thon from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday night at Adams Field.
The Department of Residence Life received the Teal Ribbon Award from the MSU Sexual Assault Program on Thursday afternoon at the Union for its contributions to sexual assault awareness and prevention at MSU.
Genomics and molecular genetics junior Tasneem Pierce is one of up to 300 recipients of the 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The science and engineering award covers $7,500 of undergraduate tuition, fees, books, as well as room and board for up to two years to be used the following academic year.
Six teams of three to four students each presented an original idea in biosystems engineering, the culmination of two semester’s worth of work, at the 2010 Biosystems Engineering Design Project Showcase on Thursday afternoon at Kellogg Center.
Former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien will perform “The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour” on May 21 at MSU, ASMSU officials said Thursday.
Chen-Yun Liu took the stage, bowed and took a seat at the piano in the noiseless auditorium. Liu, a music performance doctoral student, was one of three MSU College of Music students to play in a master class Wednesday in the Music Building Auditorium with composer and guest artist Alexander Korsantia as part of the college’s Chopin Bicentennial Celebration.
The MSU Student Food Bank now has 140 blocks of fresh cheese to give to students in need, thanks to a $2,500 donation of milk from the Michigan Milk Producers Association, or MMPA, processed into cheese by the MSU Dairy Store and delivered Wednesday.
Judith Kaufmann, a visiting scholar at the Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an independent consultant on global health diplomacy, discussed how health care worldwide affects diplomacy Wednesday afternoon in the Radiology Auditorium.
Barely a year after the student group ONE MSU was founded, members are ecstatic with what they’ve accomplished. The group won second place in the nation for its video on universal primary education. They were attempting to win a $10,000 donation they could have given to a ONE partner organization of its choice, group members said.
At an MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine open house, people will have the opportunity to ask current students about life as a medical student.
The MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife will present a free showing of the documentary film “The End of the Line” at 7 p.m. April 20 in the East Lansing High School auditorium.
Artisans and farmers in third world countries are less distant from East Lansing than most probably think with a new global movement toward fair trade. MSU Students for Fair Trade hosted the fourth annual Fair Trade Bash Tuesday to educate the community and university about the fair trade movement.
Susan Long discussed ethical questions raised by the role of technology in caring for frail, elderly people and the influence of culture in the matter during her lecture Tuesday. Long’s presentation was the last in a series of lectures given throughout the semester.
There will be a blood drive in Gilchrist Hall on Monday. The drive is being sponsored by the Red Cross and will run from noon to 6 p.m. in the Gilchrist pub.
The MSU Women’s Resource Center will host an event called A Legal Guide to Divorce from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Lake Superior Room on the third floor of the Union.
The MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research will host an event called Michigan’s Economic Turnaround from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Mackinac Room of the Anderson House Office Building, 124 N. Capitol Ave., in Lansing.
It’s a part of campus that most students never will visit, but for Walker Hancock, the Student Organic Farm is her version of the MSU experience — an experience that will see a few positive changes this year. Hancock is one of many students, volunteers and community members involved in the Student Organic Farm who soon will be learning and working with a new mobile greenhouse as well as experiencing changes in the Organic Farmer Training Program.