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.
More than 7,500 children in India will be vaccinated against measles thanks to a group of MSU students. After a study abroad experience at Shanti Ashram, a nongovernmental organization in Southern India dedicated to rural development, students created MSU Students Advancing International Development, or MSU SAID. They now have raised more than $15,000 for the community they worked last summer, said the group’s adviser, Dan Dutkiewicz.
Detroit attorney Geoffrey Fieger could become the Democratic front-runner in the gubernatorial race if he decides to pursue candidacy. Fieger said Monday he would make a decision about his candidacy by the end of the week and is preferred over the other Democratic candidates, according to a poll of 400 Michigan residents.
Equine MSU Extension specialist Karen Waite will present a webcast “Parenting Tips at the Horse Show” at 7 p.m. May 18.
Rick Foster, a W.K. Kellogg professor in food, society and sustainability at MSU, has been selected to direct the new Institute for Greening Michigan: Leveraging Natural and Human Assets for Prosperity.
A free concert will be performed by Michigan rock band Doop and the Inside Outlaws at 5 p.m. Friday at the rock on Farm Lane. The event is presented by MSU’s University Activities Board and Senior Class Council.
(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., is accepting images from community members for an upcoming exhibit.
The East Lansing Public Library and the East Lansing Hannah Community Center have teamed up to provide study hotspots for MSU students looking for a quiet study space during finals.
MSU’s Formula One Racing Team will unveil at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Engineering Building a race car they’ve spent the last year building from the ground up. About 20 MSU students from various majors are on the team.