MSU's Council of Graduate Students met Wednesday for its first meeting of the school year and discussed the budget and future events.COGS' budget was passed last April, but some members questioned a few of the expenses.
As part of the Michigan Writers Series, author Craig Holden will be reading tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the MSU Main Library in room W449.
The Nokomis Learning Center, a Native American cultural center, is having its fall festival from 2-7 p.m.
Investing more than $100 million in renovations and expansion to campus buildings is one of the topics the MSU Board of Trustees will vote on at its Friday meeting. The expansion and renovation proposals to Spartan Stadium, Snyder and Phillips halls and IM Sports-West, along with an overview of the 2002-03 university budget and the release of preliminary enrollment numbers for the class of 2007, will all be addressed at the meeting, which begins at 2 p.m.
A half-full Fairchild Theater shook Tuesday with the rhythms of songs that weren't always accepted in American culture. The concert, titled "Freedom Sings," highlighted first-amendment issues through music. "Freedom energizes the nation," said Ken Paulson, the evening's narrator and executive director of the First Amendment Center, which hosted the event.
MSU students will donate $250 in school supplies to Lansing elementary schoolchildren on Friday. Starting at 3 p.m.
Mahbuba Fidda studied law in the Soviet Union, practiced in Afghanistan and now hopes to continue her studies by working toward a master's degree at the MSU-Detroit College of Law.Fidda is one of six international students to enter the new master's program that began this year.The program brought students from Lebanon, Egypt, Canada, Mexico, China and Afghanistan.
The MSU Alumni Club of Minnesota kicked off a fund-raiser Tuesday, and asked members of the MSU community to submit recipes and photos of "The Spartan" statue to its Spartan-themed cookbook.The funds raised will be used to replace the ceramic statue."We're real excited about this book and this project," club President Laurie Dama said.
The horse show "Icelandics on Ice" will come to Munn Ice Arena on Thursday. The show, which is open to families, will feature professional riders and trainers performing with their horses on the ice.
Two unassuming cardboard boxes within the MSU Museum's archives will contain sealed pieces of Williams Hall history for the next 52 years. On April 27, the night before finals last year, more than 32 residents of West Circle Complex donated items for a time capsule, which was presented to the museum this week.
The committee leading the push to include gender identity in the university's anti-discrimination guidelines has changed its proposal.
The Office of Study Abroad will hold a Study Abroad Fair from 12-6 p.m. on Sept. 18 on the second floor of the MSU Union.
The MSU faculty will present a special speakers series on HIV/AIDS as a development crisis as part of their regular Friday forum.
Lt. Col. David Taylor said he has wanted to be in the army since his childhood.And now, after a 17-year-long military career, Taylor is the MSU ROTC program's new chairman.
Law enforcement officers statewide will run this week to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Michigan.More than 2,000 Michigan law enforcement officials will participate all week in local races and a five-day-long marathon.
The Ingham Regional Healthcare Foundation is sponsoring several community prostate cancer programs.The Prostate Cancer Education Forum will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Business-affiliated clubs and organizations will be available with membership information on Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
For those who think they have what it takes to "Fake the Funk," auditions for the lip-sync competition are coming up. Fake the Funk 13 will be holding auditions from 9:30-10:30 p.m.
MSU Students for Dean will hold its first general members meeting of the year at 7:30 p.m. today in the Northwestern Room of the Union.
As soon as Amelia Zukowski and Heidi Schanhals found out they'd be roommates at MSU, the pair pushed their apprehensions aside and met in Lansing for a day of shopping before classes began.Three weeks into the school year, the freshmen said going in blind was a good decision.