Michigan schools will be first in the nation to use new virtual gardening tools at MSU’s Indoor 4-H Children’s Garden on Friday. MSU Extension, or MSUE, partnered with the Michigan Department of Education to give 20 Michigan school administrators the opportunity to learn how to plant a school garden and then harvest the produce for use in the cafeteria.
Nominations and applications for the 2010 Homecoming Court now are being accepted. Departments, units and organizations at MSU are encouraged to make nominations, but MSU faculty, staff and students are allowed to nominate as well.
MSU officials hope to have all residence halls switched to electronic access by January 2012. Currently, four residence halls — Emmons, Snyder, Phillips and Holden halls — have electronic access to the resident living wings,
A bacteria found in many healthy women that can be deadly when passed onto babies could be transferred between cows and humans, according to a study conducted by MSU researchers. Group B streptococcus, or GBS, is a bacterium carried by up to 40 percent of women.
A passion for writing that began in a college English class has taken Diane Glancy, a novelist, poet and most recently filmmaker, on a decades long journey that brought her to MSU this week. “Language is the foundation upon which I stand,” said Glancy, who visited WRA 125, The American Ethnic and Racial Experience, on Tuesday. She also spoke at a public event at the Main Library about her ongoing filmmaking project.
Olin Health Center and a student group are working to emphasize to MSU students that beauty comes in various forms. MSU students will be given a chance throughout the week to address body image issues by participating in Olin Health Center’s activities for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, said Ronda Bokram, a dietician at Olin Health Center.
Tiaras and cowboy boots seem an unlikely combination for most people, but not for animal science freshman Starr Ries, who competed in the Miss MSU Rodeo Queen Competition for the first time this past weekend. The MSU Rodeo Club hosted the Spartan Stamapede Rodeo, which started Thursday evening with completing a horsemanship pattern and concluded Saturday evening with the crowning of the queen.
When Jeffrey Riedinger, dean of MSU’s International Studies and Programs and director of MSU’s Center for Advanced Study of International Development, will travel to India as part of the Institute of International Education, or IIE, U.S. University Presidents’ Delegation to India. He will accompany U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter and officials from 12 other universities.
MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine celebrated the opening Monday of a new campus at Macomb Community College’s University Center in Clinton Township, said Kari Hortos, associate dean at the site. The new facility opened to about 50 students at the start of the spring semester, Hortos said.
Experts will discuss key food and nutrition issues and learn about food’s role in their overall health and well-being during the 2010 Choices Conference. The annual conference is scheduled for March 10 and 11 at Kellogg Center.
Those looking to enjoy a weekend of Michigan history can participate in the Michigan Barn Preservation Network’s 15th annual conference set for March 12 and 13 at Kellogg Center.
A pair of fundraisers scheduled for Thursday and Friday will raise money for relief projects in earthquake-torn Haiti. The fundraising efforts will begin with Taste of the Caribbean at 5 p.m.
Ed Noonan, a volunteer faculty member in the MSU College of Law Rental Housing Clinic, died Friday after a heart attack following a shoulder replacement surgery, close friend Lenny Provencher said. He was 67.
Consumer confidence still is low compared to past years, but the numbers show signs of improvement, according to a survey by economics professor Charles Ballard. Out of the 991 people between the ages of 18 to 95 surveyed, 32 of whom were age 25 or under, 54 percent felt they were worse off compared to one year ago. Although Ballard said the number might look bad on paper, it is the lowest since 2007.
Cultural de las Razas Unidas hosted its 15th annual Latin Xplosion “Carnival” Friday at the Auditorium for more than 500 students. The cultural show consisted of 14 acts including singing, dancing, poetry, a band and several fashion shows.
About 5,000 volunteers from 33 different churches came together to distribute almost 3,000 boxes of food to families across Greater Lansing as part of the Church of Greater Lansing’s Food Drop 2010. The Church of Greater Lansing is a network of churches in the Lansing area, and most are Christian denominations.
Seven female MSU students competed for the title of Miss Michigan State on Friday at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road. Five judges, including guest judge Tom Herzog, a junior center from the MSU men’s basketball team, scored the contestants based on their talent performance, a two-question interview and service to the community.
ASMSU Academic Assembly members voted unanimously Thursday to approve a bill that would add an article to ASMSU’s constitution recognizing the Dubai Student Council as a representative body for MSU Dubai.
Clayborne Carson, a Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Professor at Morehouse College and a history professor at Stanford University, spoke to about 100 people Thursday at Kellogg Center as part of the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine’s 10th annual lecture series during Black History Month.
The CEO of a global health care company and a reporter from USA Today will speak at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theater.