One week after he was elected Student Assembly Chairperson, Eric Branoff has resigned. Branoff gave up his seat at ASMSU’s Student Assembly meeting Thursday night to accept a scholarship to study Arabic for a year in Amman, Jordan.
When he was ordained in December 2008 after recovering from serious health complications, a pastor in the audience came up and said Jacque McDaniel would one day have his own church. On Tuesday, that proclamation will begin to come true.
Students looking to squeeze one last learning experience from MSU can attend this year’s concluding Brown Bag lecture at the MSU Museum Auditorium on Friday.
“Jesus Christ Superstar,” the classic rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, premiered on Broadway in 1971. Two years later, the play was adapted into a film starring Ted Neeley as Jesus. Now, 37 years later, Neeley is reprising his title role as part of the “A.D. Tour.” The play will run at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Auditorium. The State News sat down with Amber Hurst-Martin, a disciple girl and understudy for soul singer, to discuss what it is like working on “Jesus Christ Superstar” with the show’s legend, Neeley.
It felt odd to walk out of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building on Thursday after the final class of my undergraduate career. Like most graduating seniors, I was relieved to be done, and felt a bit of sadness as well. But another emotion crept in: regret. I wondered if I really made the most of my time in that building, or in my entire time at MSU. And with graduation one week away, I’m realizing that, yes, I have a few regrets.
I have worked on the campus of MSU for 13 years and have been impressed by leadership’s efforts at research, teaching, recycling and building rehabilitation that support a green and sustainable campus. I have appreciated being invited to participate in making these efforts successful and my own behaviors have been altered significantly over the past decade.
This school year has been one to remember, but with a few tweaks, the 2010-11 academic year can be even better. Here are The State News Editorial Board’s suggestions — for a few select groups — to help make MSU students’ lives just a little bit better.
For a brief moment in March, the MSU men’s basketball team made a quiet movement that spoke volumes and embodied so many of those latter components of a game: Enduring adversity and pain, resolving conflict and demonstrating incredible camaraderie and emotion.
After a somewhat shaky start, Tony Wieber (3-0) and Andrew Waszak (4-1) haven’t been pitching like underclassmen for the MSU baseball team.
Despite the apparent economic improvements, some officials say college seniors still looking for jobs shouldn’t be too optimistic.
The seniors are graduating, and everyone around me seems to be talking about the college bucket list. What they have to get done before they leave MSU.
We do a lot during our time at MSU and make countless memories, but often it’s the little things that we might not necessarily remember that make our experience so rich.
Grads are looking to opportunities outside of the state after graduation.
Some seniors are finding success in their job searches. Some majors are more popular with employers right now, but students still need a strategy.
Graduating seniors talk about what they will miss most about MSU.
Recent grads can stay connected to MSU by joining the MSU Alumni Association.
MSU and other colleges and universities are working to boost the number of primary care physicians across the U.S. The number of physicians is expected to decrease significantly following the passage of health care reform.
A $6.8 million Center for Women’s Health and Reproduction Research moved to MSU’s Grand Rapids location this month following the recruitment of a leading infertility researcher, university officials announced Wednesday. Asgi T. Fazleabas, now a professor and an associate chairperson in MSU’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, previously worked at University of Illinois.
MSU’s baseball team bested Eastern Michigan Wednesday in a 4-0 win as freshman pitcher Andrew Waszak threw seven and two-thirds shutout innings to pace the Spartans.