While Michigan natives come to the university with some sense of familiarity — even though there's some new scenery for them, too — out-of-state students and international students are in for a whole new world in the mitten. From Michigan lefts to the Great Lakes, here are some things to keep an eye out for.
Advertising management senior Jared Perlin shares his story and experience of building an online MSU thrift shop during the pandemic.
MSU alumni Jess Hernandez and Adam Brandt share their story as a couple and how they have grown to become better within each other leading up to their marriage this July.
MSU Alumna Brooke Larm is an educator and advocates for the outdoor learning, and she previously worked at the MSU-owned Tollgate Farms.
Warner Bros. put on a college press roundtable with Lin-Manuel Miranda (starred and produced), Quiara Alegría Hudes (screenplay) and numerous cast members who all gave insight to various aspects of the film on May 24.
One year after George Floyd's death, MSU students share their thoughts on what changes should be made and what needs to be advocated for at MSU and our country as a whole.
With graduation just a few weeks away, students share their experience of struggling to find a job amid a global pandemic and the stress that comes with it.
Students rush to get everything together as the reality of graduating sets in.
“Women in music have been, for a long time, sort of ignored,” Moriarty said. “Not so much recently, but still, there’s a lot of emphasis … in conservatories and in colleges of music on the traditional music — Beethoven, Debussy, Bach — and we tend to be a little bit stuck in the past, and when we’re stuck in the past, we don’t really do women composers because they were not given the sort of recognition they should have been given in the past.”
After winning more than $42,000 on “Jeopardy,” MSU alumna Laura Portwood-Stacer is readying the release of her new book, “The Book Proposal Book.”
For the entire month, Michigan State and community partners will be virtually giving talks, demonstrations and hands-on experiments, Roxanne Truhn, coordinator of the Science Festival, said. “It’s to celebrate not only science, even though it’s called the Science Festival,” Truhn said. “It also celebrates science, technology, engineering, arts and math. So, we’re a STEAM festival.”
The Broad Art Lab offers a collaborate space for students to make art.
Some students shared with The State News their experience and reasoning behind signing up for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Eve Voci, Editor-in-Chief of VIM Magazine reflects on her journey starting as a general member at VIM to finally co-leading the magazine staff during her final year while struggling to balance classes, social life and challenges presented by a global pandemic.
Once a month, women can come in to get two outfits, shirts and pants to skirts and dresses/suits for free. The center also has jewelry, scarves and purses that can go with the outfits.
"Forget Team Edward or Team Jacob — the question that should be on everyone’s minds is whether you’re Team Godzilla or Team Kong."
Given the recent rise in violence against the AAPi community, questions are being raised as to how the Asian community is represented in American entertainment today.
“MSU professors and faculty can just check in with those that identify as Asian Americans or Desi Americans, because you may not know what’s been going on with (their) mental health,” APASO member David Tran said.
An MSU alumnus, Tim Richardson, worked conservation on the two biggest oil spills in US history.
“I would have never chosen to be president in an easier year or a less crisis-filled year,” Associated Students of Michigan State University President Abii-Tah Chungong Bih said. “I think serving in the craziest, most tumultuous year of the century, arguably, has been the biggest privilege of my life.”