Members of the Chicano/Latino Studies program will converge at noon today outside College of Social Science Dean Marietta Baba’s office to address concerns about students’ treatment by the program’s faculty members and administration.
MSU prides itself on being “green,” and this week, the Capital Area Transportation Authority is asking students to be just that by participating in this year’s Clean Commute Challenge Week.
Taking a usual route to class might mean walking on history as MSU researchers and students are discovering more things that lie beneath the grass, including a prehistoric sand dune.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve its $472,848 fall semester budget. RHA is an on-campus student government group that represents all students living in residence halls.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly on Tuesday voted to pass a bill to recommend the university extend future fall Welcome Weeks to seven days, citing inadequate time for new students to adjust to the university and resident mentors’ shortened schedule to help such students. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
President Lou Anna K. Simon prepared Faculty Council members Tuesday for a budget reduction discussion to be held at next Tuesday’s Academic Council meeting.
A graduate student resource center and affordable health insurance for students who declare dependants will be among the key issues addressed by the Council of Graduate Students this year.
The MSU email system was down for about 15 minutes early Tuesday morning due to a hardware failure.
The MSU College of Arts and Letters and the MSU American Studies Association will present a poetry event at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 in Lansing’s Old Town.
Riley McCullagh’s study strategy is the academic equivalent of a 100-yard dash. The political theory and constitutional democracy senior races against time as he tries to memorize as much exam-related material as he can prior to his test.
When severe weather and the possibility of a tornado struck Ingham County about two years ago, criminal justice senior Charles Brown was notified by a text message sent to his cell phone using MSU’s emergency text message system.
Two days before pop-rock group The Fray is set to perform at Breslin Center, event officials said only about 2,000 tickets have been sold, fewer than half of the expected amount.
On the fifth floor of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building parking ramp, a unique opportunity for students from Telecommunications 242, The Digital Image, was held Monday.
Finding solutions to current journalism industry problems was the main focus for Friday’s second segment of the Rethink News presented by the MSU School of Journalism.
Burgers, beer, chips and Spartan gear are campuswide tailgate necessities, but a new recycling initiative from the university could make biodegradable waste bags common at pre-game parties, as well.
The second annual Spartan Remix hit the Union on Thursday night, as more than 1,000 students and staff filtered through the event’s various destinations.
Almost two hours before Saturday’s Fall Welcome Concert began, MSU special education sophomore Grace Rzepkowski showed up with a group of friends, clad in concert T-shirts signed by the artists they were about to see, to claim the first few spots in line.
Every other Friday during the school year for the past four years, a group of Muslim students have gathered in a small mosque gymnasium to give back to the community.
Radio talk show host and TV personality, Glenn Beck, is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Future Forum” hosted by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 15 at the MSU Kellogg Center, according to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce Web site.
MSU assistant professor Mara Leichtman and her research on Islam in Senegal kicked off the African Studies Center’s annual Brown Bag lecture series Thursday afternoon at the International Center.