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Underground Undergrad: Construction Management

This week, Case Dekoning sits down with Ashley Prince, a construction management senior at MSU. Prince is the leader of the MSU Professional Women Builders organization on campus, teaches self-defense classes with RSFS and is a strong advocate for her Construction Management program at MSU. Are you a current MSU undergrad with a peculiar degree? Contact @casedk on Instagram or email case.dekoning@statenews.com to potentially be featured on this podcast.

MSU

State departments, MSU release pilot app for early detection

The app works by assigning those who have tested positive for COVID-19 a code that allows them to anonymously share that they have tested positive. The app then uses Bluetooth to detect nearby phones that also have the app, and if for 15 minutes, a user is within six feet of someone that has tested positive, the user will get a notification.

MICHIGAN

MSU files motion to dismiss complaint in former MSU sprinter case

The survivor's testimony said after her interview with MSUPD, other members on the team approached her and said she would "suffer adverse consequences" if she pursued a complaint. She chose not to remain on the team as a middle-distance runner and transferred to Grand Valley State University the following year to pursue sprinting. 

MSU

Stanley provides update on MSU finances following state appropriations, fall enrollment

"In the meantime, MSU will continue to deliver on its core mission as an inclusive community with strong academic disciplines and a liberal arts foundation," President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said in an email. "Despite our challenges, we will continue providing a world-class education, conducting high-caliber research and advancing outreach and engagement locally and globally."

NEWS

The Dinner Table Podcast: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

This week on The Dinner Table Podcast, Tessa Osborne sits alone to dig into the discussion surrounding dialectical behavioral therapy, also known as DBT. DBT is a therapy focused on four key points that helps to work with those who struggle with borderline personality disorder, as well as depression, bulimia and bipolar disorder. Osborne gets into their experiences with DBT from when they started to their favorite parts.