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Spring Commencement speaker announced

It was announced on Wednesday that Mona Hanna-Attisha, an assistant professor of pediatrics at MSU’s College of Human Medicine will be speaking at MSU's undergraduate convocation on May 6, 2016.

BASEBALL

MSU drops weekday game to Oakland, 3-1.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Spartans hosted the Golden Grizzlies of Oakland University for a weekday match up, in which the Grizzlies picked up their 11th win of the season and improved to 11-11 on the year after defeating the Spartans by a final score of 3-1.

COMMENTARY

Column: The most fulfilling career you've never considered

Not many kids grow up wanting to work in insurance. I did. When looking at colleges, I only considered those that offered an actual insurance degree—at the time there weren’t many programs to choose from. Fast forward to today, and I’m proud to say I’ve worked in the industry for 26 years, more than 20 of them at Nationwide.

MSU

MSU bans use of hoverboards on campus

With MSU administration’s recent decision to ban the use of self-balancing two wheeled scooters, commonly called hover boards, the campus says goodbye to one of it’s less common but more colorful modes of transportation.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

MSU's Marvin Clark and Javon Bess will transfer

News broke Monday that MSU sophomore forward Marvin Clark Jr. will transfer schools. The news was first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. MSU later confirmed the transfer to multiple media outlets. Clark appeared in 30 of 35 contests for the Spartans during the 2015-16 season, averaging 3.9 rebounds and 2.5 rebounds in 9.7 minutes per game. Clark's transfer also opens up a scholarship for the 2016-17 season.