Head coach Jake Boss Jr. and the MSU baseball team are offering three camps this summer at McLane Baseball Stadium at Kobs Field. Registration for all camps can be completed at sportcamps.msu.edu.
Animated with arguments over the Michigan Promise Scholarship and Michigan’s job growth, the first Democratic gubernatorial debate took place Monday night at Grand Valley State University in Allendale.
MSU has launched a nearly $500,000 advertising campaign aimed at using storied from across the worldwide Spartan community as a promotional point for the university. The first phase of the campaign included print ads across the U.S. and Internet marketing. The second phase, set to launch in mid-July, will use videos to tell stories about how the university has influenced lives across the globe.
The MSU Board of Trustees on Friday approved a $38 million plan to demolish the 110-year-old Morrill Hall and add onto the B Wing of Wells Hall. The plan, which also includes money to renovate the Old Horticulture Building, will relocate several academic departments.
The East Lansing City Council will discuss and set public hearing dates at its meeting Tuesday night for several agenda items, including some development and rezoning projects, adding to an already packed July 20 council meeting.
Recent polls by Lansing-based polling firm EPIC-MRA found Attorney General Mike Cox has taken the lead over U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, in the Republican gubernatorial race. On the Democratic side, state House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford, maintains a lead over Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero.
Two 21-year-old males from Kentwood, Mich., reported multiple items stolen Wednesday from IM Sports-West’s gym No. 2, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The Korean summer camp is a five-day program featuring classes in Korean traditions and culture, including art, music, language and Taekwondo classes. The program is geared toward educating adopted children who have Korean backgrounds, although it is open to all children interested in learning about Korean culture
While many MSU students have been on study abroad programs, East Lansing City Manager Ted Staton has done some traveling of his own. Staton returned June 15 from a nearly two-week adventure to East Lansing’s sister city, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The trip was a continuation of a project started about five years ago when Staton and former East Lansing Director of Planning and Community Development Jim van Ravensway traveled to Romania to begin the relationship between the two cities.
Children practiced their vocabulary and learned to introduce themselves in French on Monday, marking the beginning of a series of six language summer camps taking place at MSU’s Community Language School. The campers in the French Summer Camp for Kids will use their newly attained vocabulary to go on ventures across campus, including ordering ice cream at the MSU Dairy Store in French.
Jody Ackerman, the newly appointed senior director of development and external relations for MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, or CANR, is looking forward to connecting with alumni and donors to take CANR and the university to a higher level of fundraising. Ackerman was chosen by Jeff Armstrong, dean of CANR, and Kris Bradley, the senior director of constituency programs for MSU’s University Development, to link the interests and passions of alumni and organizations that want to support CANR through fundraising, Armstrong said.
The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Physical Plant lunchroom. Although Physical Plant employees are encouraged to give, walk-ins from the public are welcome to donate as well.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio presented the senior linebacker Greg Jones with a plaque to be put on the wall of Skandalaris Football Center for being named a first-team All-American last season, when Jones recorded a Big Ten leading 154 tackles and nine sacks on his way to earning All-American honors.
A student recently ran into me breathless, asking if I had spent my weekend watching, cheering and going crazy over soccer. The way he talked, I imagined it was like the second coming of Christ, Buddha, Mohammed or King Benjamin.
The idea behind MSU’s newest social networking plan, SpartanConnect, is not bad. The online service seeks to deliver “numerous links to connect with other members, students’ blogs, a personal calendar, videos and discussion forums.” As Nicole Ellison, an assistant professor in the MSU Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, points out, the service can help reduce students’ uncertainties before the semester starts.
For 16 years, alumnus Craig Oster has lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that typically claims patients’ lives within five years of a diagnosis. Oster is in the running for his own reality show under a contest put on by Oprah Winfrey, which he hopes to win in order to spread a message of hope to millions.
On Friday, the MSU Board of Trustees approved the university’s 2010-11 budget, including a 2.5 percent tuition increase for in-state students for the 2010-11 academic year. The board in June 2009 planned for a 4.9 percent increase as part of its 2010-11 preliminary budget. The 2.4 percent remaining from that original number was suspended until summer 2011.
The streets of downtown East Lansing were filled with the sounds of jazz music this weekend as the 14th annual Summer Solstice Jazz Festival took place. The festival began Friday afternoon, although severe storms in the area put the festival on hold until Saturday.
The MSU Board of Trustees on Friday approved an updated version of the bylaws that govern academic committee processes at the university. Although no major changes were implemented, the bylaws have been worked on throughout the last several years.
In celebration of the summer solstice, the Old Town Commercial Association, or OTCA, is holding a Festival of the Moon from 6-11 p.m. Friday, and a Festival of the Sun from 2-11 p.m. Saturday on the corner of Turner Street and Grand River Avenue, in Lansing. The Festival of the Moon, honoring the shortest night of the year, will feature live entertainment from rock groups JHD, Jet Set Drag and Cartel.