On Thursday, students involved in the MSU campus chapter for TOMS Shoes will be working to raise awareness about global poverty by joining the international community in taking off their shoes and participating in a one mile barefoot campus walk.
A pilot program expected to launch this summer will require students in selected courses to respond to online Student Instructional Rating System, or SIRS, forms in order to receive their grades on time. Students in the program will be able to either complete the survey or click an option to decline. Those who choose not to respond will wait an additional week to receive their grades.
An East Lansing resident and ardent opponent of the City Center II project said during Tuesday’s City Council meeting that he plans to ask Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove East Lansing City Council members from their positions for violating the state constitution in regard to property acquisition and funding for the development.
Five participating universities now are included in a program that allows selected students early admission assurance in MSU’s College of Human Medicine. Under the partnership, the five participating Michigan universities each are allotted several spots for qualified students who apply to MSU’s College of Human Medicine during their junior year.
A 28-year-old male MSU graduate student reported his laptop stolen from the Engineering Building on March 30.
Michigan’s 2010 gubernatorial candidates are gaining fans and followers on Web sites such as Facebook and Twitter and social networking skills are increasingly important in the race to Michigan’s executive office, experts said.
With the issue of educating children with autism spectrum disorders, or ASD, drawing increased attention in recent years, a team of MSU researchers found many of the state’s teachers are not qualified to meet the needs of those students.
Four MSU students have been chosen as award recipients for their commitment to community service as a part of the 14th annual Outstanding Student Service Awards through the Michigan Campus Compact, or the MCC.
The 2010 edition of the On-Farm Research and Demonstration book is now available for free at any MSU Extension county office.
The MSU men’s lacrosse club is final home game of the seasonis dedicated to breast cancer awareness in honor of Lisa Tibbits, the wife of assistant coach Andy Tibbits. Lisa Tibbits was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2009 and ended treatment in February. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday against Western Michigan University at Ralph Young Field.
Condoms aren’t something most students are comfortable picking up in public and sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, aren’t something they necessarily want the world to know for what they’re being tested. That’s where Olin Health Center’s student health advocates come in, said dietetics junior Ashley Hilbert, an Olin Health advocate. Advocates set up a booth in the Union on Wednesday to engage students in sexual education-related activities, trivia and games to recognize National STI Awareness Month.
On Wednesday evening, Dennis Liegghio, the executive director of NoResolve.org, held his Know Resolve presentation at the Engineering Building. Liegghio, who was 14 years old when his father committed suicide, said the nonprofit organization’s goal is to promote the idea of hope after the loss of a loved one though coping skills and resilience.
As an Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions, or OCAT, aide in Rather Hall this year, Brent Mitchell noticed cliques based on race forming in his hall. Mitchell helped create the Trends From All Ends fashion show held Wednesday night in Rather Hall. The show featured OCAT aides from Brody Complex, as well as about 50 students sharing their culture before a crowd of about 40.
The 2010 Kappa Delta 5K Run for Child Abuse Prevention Services is planned for 10 a.m. April 17.
MSU Safe Place is in the running for a $25,000 grant and students can vote online to help survivors of domestic violence. The grant, funded through the Pepsi Refresh Project, would support MSU Safe Place in its efforts to help survivors of domestic violence and stalking.
The MTV Fundraising Night, which was held Wednesday in the Auditorium, attracted hundreds of fraternity and sorority members and their friends and family to watch teams dance in the competition. The event is part of the greek community’s annual Greek Week.
St. Vincent Catholic Charities, or STVCC, is looking for new or gently used items to help support homeless families in the area.
Jesus in Islam, the final event of Islam Awareness Month, will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Erickson Hall Kiva.
MSU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will hold a two-day event allowing students to examine issues of inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean from April 21-22. The event, which is called Regional Inequality in Times of Globalization, will be held at the International Center.
The MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Student Senate will host Small Animals Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 17 at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. The event will offer face-painting, a sheep dog demonstration, educational booths by other MSU student organizations and more.