East Lansing community members had one of their final chances to ask questions and raise concerns about the city’s 2011 budget at the final community-wide budget forum on Wednesday night at the East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road.
The fire that destroyed a building in the Trappers Cove Apartments, 3001 Trappers Cove Trail, in Lansing, is being ruled an accident, Lansing Fire Department Capt. Maggie Murphy said.
David Cooper, head of the sociology department at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, will speak at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
With the help of the MSU Product Center for Agricultural and Natural Resources, 11 Michigan cheesemakers will work together to promote and market local artisanal cheeses as the Michigan Cheese Makers Cooperative.
Ashley Morris, a 24-year-old MSU student pursuing a master’s degree in human resources and industrial relations and a second-year law student, was named the recipient of the 2010 Daniel Rosenthal Legislative Intern award.
The East Lansing City Clerk’s office will issue and accept applications for absentee voter ballots from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday as the city prepares for Tuesday’s special general election.
MSU colleges have collaborated to establish the Martin Luther King Jr. Advancing Inclusion Through Research Award. Interested applicants must be able to demonstrate personal effort, which includes King’s passion of inclusion. The application is due by 5 p.m. Nov. 1.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to sign the three-bill package to ban texting while driving during a broadcast of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Friday in Detroit. The ban will take effect July 1.
Wednesday the Union was flooded with earfuls of improvisational jazz, and onlookers could not help but nod their heads to the beat along with the MSU jazz bands as they presented on stage from 12:30-7 p.m.
On Wednesday, Lilly’s wish was granted when Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced that Van Pelt and former MSU halfback John Pingel will have their names added to Spartan Stadium’s Ring of Fame before MSU’s night game against Notre Dame on Sept. 18.
No game was more exciting and meaningful than the Midwest Regional Championship game between the MSU men’s basketball team and Tennessee in St. Louis on March 28.
In my four years at MSU, I’ve learned a lot of things, most of which came outside the classroom. So many things, in fact, that I don’t even have time for transitions in this piece! So without further ado, everything I’ve learned since arriving in East Lansing as a naive 17-year-old:
For nearly 50 students affected by fires in East Lansing and Lansing, the nightmare scenario of having their home and personal belongings destroyed is a reality.
Despite cuts in funding, staffers at the Red Cedar Log are optimistic for the yearbook’s future. A 2 percent reduction in funding by ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government and the publication’s primary financial supporter, is part of a trend in reduced funding spanning the past several years.
Fundraising efforts for the MSU medical center in Grand Rapids received a multimillion-dollar boost from a billionaire businessman and co-founder of Amway, the university announced Tuesday. Richard DeVos Sr. has pledged up to $5 million in dollar-for-dollar matching funds for the Secchia Center, a $90-million facility that will open in September.
A new initiative through the MSU Division of Student Affairs and Services is helping students affected by recent fires and other emergencies obtain financial assistance. The Support Our Spartans Student Emergency Needs Fund is part of a larger fundraising effort at MSU to serve students during times of need. Requests for assistance under the program are trickling into Student Services following two devastating fires within the past several weeks that have affected MSU students.
MSU officials said they have received beneficial feedback from three town hall meetings held to discuss a residential neighborhood program that will centralize on-campus services for students living in dorms. A pilot program is set to launch in the fall in Hubbard Hall.
Two female MSU employees reported that a vending machine was broken during the weekend on the second floor of Student Services, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. It is unknown what, or if, anything was taken from the machine. Damage to the machine is estimated at $2,000.
The East Lansing City Council discussed a staff recommendation Tuesday to secure up to $3 million in bonds for costs related to the Avondale Square. The Avondale Square project is a 30-home development located on the 600 block of Virginia Avenue.
For more than 10 weeks, hundreds of engineering students have worked on project designs they hope will wow judges from MSU and the engineering industry and earn them a decent grade.