It’s extremely difficult to find a job in Michigan right now, no matter your age. But that’s not stopping one would-be MSU professor. Nicholas Spaeth, 61, filed an age discrimination complaint against the MSU College of Law in a U.S. District Court because he was denied an interview for a teaching position.
As the second basketball player to represent MSU internationally this summer, senior forward Draymond Green was selected Wednesday to play for the USA men’s team at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
A group of MSU professors has partnered with East Lansing-based marketing company Netvantage to begin Every Child is Yours, a program to increase awareness for volunteer opportunities in Greater Lansing. Every Child Is Yours is targeted toward presenting volunteer opportunities to the millennial generation, or those between the ages of 18-30.
An MSU professor plans to study new and improved ways of online fundraising, research that could have implications for the university’s donation and fundraising efforts. Rick Wash, an assistant professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, will use a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, to explore crowd funding sites — applications that provide researchers or project sponsors with an outlet to receive donations geared specifically to their project. “I look at these sites as an electronic system that matches two sides,” Wash said. Examples of popular crowd funding sites range from dating sites to job-searching outlets, but Wash said the tactic also can be applied to various forms of university and college fundraising. Using computer simulations of different funding websites, Wash plans to develop the best possible approach to crowd funding, a tactic that he eventually hopes to apply to an MSU-themed donation site. On the site, students or people associated with the university could post various projects or ideas, and interested donors could contribute funding. The method even could extend to research projects being conducted at the university. “This is actually giving power to the donor,” said the university’s director of annual giving Kathleen Deneau, when discussing the potential for crowd funding at MSU.
Alleged dog killer and graduate student Andrew Thompson will face trial in circuit court on 13 counts of animal killing, Judge Donald Allen decided Thursday.
Although she didn’t always know she wanted to hold a government office, Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing, always knew she wanted to be a Spartan. At MSU, she enjoyed everything from the social life to the football games to the class work. “I really kind of hit my stride at MSU — in terms of academics,” Whitmer said.
After being denied an interview for a teaching position at the MSU College of Law, a 61-year-old job applicant is citing age discrimination. Nicholas Spaeth filed an age discrimination complaint against the MSU College of Law July 28 with the U.S.
Multi-trillion dollar cuts associated with Congress’ debt ceiling solution will impact more than half of MSU’s graduate student population, and more cuts to university and student funding are likely to follow in coming months, university officials said Wednesday. The new law eliminates federally subsidized student loans for graduate students, which about 61 percent of all eligible students rely on to pay for their graduate and professional degrees, said Val Meyers, associate director of MSU’s Office of Financial Aid.
A garbage truck crashed into a landscaping truck at about 10 a.m. Monday on the intersection of Birch Road and West Shaw Lane, MSU police Sgt.
For theatre senior Erika Moul, moving into her new apartment has been a disaster. Moul is one of a number of students moving into apartments this week, a trend that will only pick up steam as the month continues. DTN Management Co. had its first move-in date on Monday, and many other apartment complexes are scheduled to open their doors in the coming weeks.
Even as health care costs at institutions across the country climb, university officials said this week that employee benefits have remained stable this year at MSU.
An East Lansing-based real estate company will be changing management hands for several of its properties for the upcoming school year.
During the past year, a nonstop series of natural disasters, political uprisings and economic devastation occurred throughout the world.
Former MSU and NFL star Charles “Bubba” Smith was found dead Wednesday in his Los Angeles home, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times and the LA County Coroner’s Office.
With the opening reception on Saturday at the East Lansing Public Library’s North Foyer Art Gallery, 950 Abbot Road, Michael McPeak, a DeWitt, Mich., resident and vice president at McPeak Media, will look to raise money to benefit Save the Children for Horn of Africa drought relief. For those who make a donation to the charity, McPeak will provide a fine art portrait sitting and digital copy of one or more images as a part of his Faces of Caring project.
Running through Saturday, the Ingham County Fair has events to enjoy while also teach young people valuable lessons.
In their zealotry to “protect” students, state lawmakers almost dealt them a body blow. Over the last two weeks, there’s been a battle going on between state lawmakers and MSU officials over the rise in MSU’s tuition rate.
East Lansing resident Ava Gonzalez celebrated her fourth birthday Tuesday night with her family, along with members of the East Lansing Police and Fire departments, at the 28th annual National Night Out. “What a great way to celebrate her birthday,” Meaghan Gonzalez, Ava’s mother, said.
A 63-year-old male university employee allegedly was driving recklessly on the loop outside Old Horticulture Building July 21 at about 8:30 a.m.
About a month ago, international relations senior Jason Webster found the contents of his glove compartment strewn across the front seats of his car. He parked outside his fraternity on Harrison Avenue the night before.