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Mayo Hall receives much-needed update, re-opens
MSU’s oldest residence hall has been given a face-lift and is now open to students for the first time in more than a year.
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Students flock to UAB's annual U-Fest
Despite a shortened Welcome Week, turnout to MSU’s 29th annual U-Fest remained consistent, attracting more than 5,000 students.
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Volunteers help students and parents adjust to moving in
As new and returning MSU students said goodbye to their families Sunday, residents and City Council members from their new home in East Lansing welcomed them in.
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CATA changes some campus routes
Capital Area Transportation Authority buses resumed MSU service, but returning students might notice some route changes.
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MSU nursing program partners with Hope College
A new partnership between MSU’s College of Nursing and Hope College might bring more nursing doctoral candidates to the university and alleviate a shortage of nursing faculty across the country, school officials said.
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Sparticipation links students to clubs
Rachel Plawecki was left with few choices for food when the dormitory cafeterias closed Tuesday for Spartan Spectacular.
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Students struggle as tuition is increased to maintain budget
Students might have to shell out more cash for tuition this year after the MSU Board of Trustees decided in June to increase rates by almost $600 for the year to fit with the approved 2009-10 budget.
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Job fair scheduled for next Wednesday at Spartan Stadium
Classes just started, but students can start searching for a part-time job or next summer’s internship Sept. 9 at the Earn, Learn and Intern Fair.
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ASMSU seeking stronger connection with student body
The 46th session of ASMSU kicked off Saturday at a Student Assembly meeting at Patriarch Park, 1100 Alton Road, to appoint new representatives, outline the upcoming school year and discuss ways to increase the group’s campus presence.
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'The Soloist' author speaks, inspires at Breslin Center
The author of “The Soloist,” Steve Lopez, came to inspire new Spartans to find passion at MSU on Monday morning at Breslin Center, as part of the university’s “One Book, One Community” program.
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MSU professor organizes program to boost worker quality
Supervisors should be more attentive to the work and family needs of employees to maximize worker health and efficiency, according to a recent study co-authored by an MSU professor. Ellen Kossek, an MSU professor of organizational behavior and human resource management, helped create a training program aimed to ease tensions between employees’ work and family demands by instructing supervisors to address those concerns.
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MSU research project works to slow climate change, help poor
MSU researchers are working on reducing poverty and mitigating climate change at the same time. Their project, called Carbon2Markets, works to slow climate change through sequestering carbon via agroforestry and helps provide income to farmers.
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MSU student attains internship in NASA program
Cheryl Goetz beat more than 100 applicants vying for 18 spots for a summer internship at the Houston-based National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, to study the health risks of long-term space flight on the human body. Goetz, a mathematics and premedical senior, said she has been working since May with the NASA Flight Analogs Project, a program that studies the effects of microgravity and space flight on the human body at the University of Texas Medical Branch, in Galveston, Texas. “Every day I learn something new,” she said.
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Federal grant given to MSU plant ecologist
An MSU researcher could unlock genetic factors that contribute to plant invasions with the help of a $630,000 grant awarded by the National Science Foundation. The grant, which will be distributed during the next four years, was awarded last month to Jennifer Lau, a plant evolutionary ecologist with the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station’s Kellogg Biological Station.
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GVSU students admitted to MSU Med School
Six premedical students from Grand Valley State University have been admitted to the MSU College of Human Medicine under an agreement geared toward students from and wishing to practice medicine in areas with low medical accessibility.
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Panel opposes torture during discussion at MSU
Elshafei Mohamed knows about the prison at Guantanamo Bay almost first-hand. A videographer from his hometown in Sudan, who was captured in Afghanistan, has been held there for five years.
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Sculpture walk held at MSU
For Franklin, Mich.-based sculptor Russell Thayer, MSU is a family tradition. And for that reason, he said he’s delighted to have one of his sculptures featured on campus.
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MSU students put on rock shows for charity
Although many students might hold post-exam celebrations at a bar or a club, for the students in Nick Bowman’s Communications 399 class, planning a night out on the town is the final exam.
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MSU allows people to carry concealed firearms on campus
Although guns remain prohibited from MSU campus buildings, those with concealed weapons permits now can carry a firearm through campus, following a MSU Board of Trustees vote Friday.
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Financial aid, tuition on the rise for 2009-10
MSU students could see as much as a 10.1 percent tuition increase during the next two years, the MSU Board of Trustees decided Friday when it approved the 2009-10 university budget guidelines.