You may have thought it, and maybe even said it — the university doesn't care about the student voice. Now is your chance to make a difference and get your voice heard. About 15 seats are vacant on Academic Council.
Islam Awareness Week begins with a short documentary about a Christian living in a Muslim household in Dearborn.
Despite recent information listing Abrams Planetarium as possibly being demolished, Planetarium Director David Batch said those plans are "outdated." A Dec.
For some MSU advertising majors, the curvaceous and brightly colored FUZE Beverage bottles they're used to seeing behind the glass at Sparty's Convenience Stores could mean more than just quenching their thirst. The company rolled out its FUZE college ad campaign this week, offering students at more than 10 of the top advertising schools in the country a chance to design the beverage's next national marketing blitz. Instructor David Regan's advertising campaigns class was introduced to the competition Tuesday.
While they both came to MSU to further their careers, Ilsoon Lee and Troy Hendricks said the university gave them so much more — their families. Lee, a native of South Korea, came to MSU in 2002 and met his future wife while working in the same lab group. "Most foreign students, they are staying in the lab until evening," Lee said.
Brandt Peterson, an assistant professor in the anthropology department, will speak on Profiling the Indians: Regulation, Recognition and Rights in Neoliberal El Salvador. The presentation starts at 3 p.m.
Many students believe their athletic careers came to an end when the final buzzer sounded in their high school gymnasium. And while the number of student athletes who participate in NCAA Division I athletics is lower than the number who compete at the high school level, there are options available to the average college student. There is a cost to be paid, however, both in time commitment and financially, in order to stay active in the sport you love. Premedical and kinesiology junior Jessica Berg understands the dilemma in wanting to play a nonvarsity sport. "I've always played hockey, and it's always been a part of my life, and I've always wanted to continue with it.
The Kresge Foundation approved a $1 million grant to the Citizens Research Council of Michigan for operating and program support, as well as endowment.
The College of Natural Science now has an acting dean to fill the shoes of George Leroi, who is retiring after leading the college for more than 12 years. During its Friday meeting, the MSU Board of Trustees named Estelle McGroarty to the position.
MSU Professor James W. Lloyd has been appointed second vice president of the Michigan Veterinary Medical Association Board of Directors.
It's not a pleasant sight. When infants are infected with pertussis, they can cough so much they make a whooping sound as they gasp for air. MSU officials want to keep students from contracting the illness commonly known as whooping cough by requiring immunizations for those training to work in health-care settings. The vaccination will be required for all students in the College of Human Medicine, the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Nursing and students in the Medical Technology Program. "Health care professionals have a much higher likelihood of being exposed to infectious diseases," University Physician Beth Alexander said.
He's got an oversized head and bulging muscles. He swaggers around in a dashing green Greek costume, dropping into one-handed pushups without a second thought and busting out wacky dance routines. Oh, and he wins national collegiate mascot championships. Sparty regained the title of the Universal Cheer Association's No.
Grand Rapids — It was only fitting the MSU Board of Trustees held its meeting Thursday in Grand Rapids across the river from the Gerald R.
MSU was the ninth-largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers in 2006, as 71 alumni currently serve as volunteers. Since 1961 — when the Peace Corps was created — 2,057 MSU alumni have served as volunteers.
In Fennville, Mich., three teenagers are learning a language not many high schools offer — Mandarin Chinese. So far, Sam Robinson, Michael Martin and Nicholas VanTil can introduce themselves and their families, and describe their bedrooms in the dialect. Though their traditional high school is in a small city just south of Holland, they take an online course taught by professors from the MSU Confucius Institute through Michigan Virtual High School. The course is designed to be studied five days a week, with four days of self study.
The Old English D took over Breslin Center on Wednesday afternoon, as Tigers fans young and old came to catch a glimpse of their favorite team. While the crowd anxiously waited to hear from the players, MSU President Lou Anna K.
A self-described "'60s geek school kid," Michael Velbel has been interested in the space program since he was young. So much so, that in 1972, his father took him to the launch of the Apollo 17 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center. At the time, Velbel — now an MSU geological sciences professor — was unaware of his future in geology.
Fourth-year MSU doctoral student and Spanish department teaching assistant Simplice Boyogueno died Thursday after suffering from a stroke in December. Boyogueno, a native of Cameroon, was working on a dissertation about Africans and Afro-Caribbeans in Spain through literature and film.
One day makes a difference. Ask the owner of any local fitness gym. After Jan. 1, New Year's resolutions begin, and memberships and attendance at gyms peak significantly. Randy Gregg, owner of Atlas Gym in East Lansing, said that in the first 10 days of the month, about 400 new members joined the facility.
Maybe what's impressive about Gregory Reed is that he was an MSU student on April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King Jr.