On April 17, MSU's Board of Trustees adopted the 2016-2017 2.75 percent room and board rate increase. The residence hall rate for double room rate for undergraduate students will increase by $108.
Ed Stielstra, a 1993 graduate of MSU’s Lyman Briggs, was supposed to be a doctor. Application finished and ready to send to medical schools.
When students, one of the largest crowds of consumers in the East Lansing area, go home for the summer, many local businesses near MSU’s campus are forced to try and find new ways to stay profitable throughout the slow, summer months.
Differences in the staffs of the Big Ten’s counseling centers often boil down to the needs and budget of the centers, some Big Ten mental health service providers and administrators said. “Some of it comes down to some states being really conservative in how they give money,” University of Nebraska Counseling and Psychological Services Center outreach coordinator Charlie Foster said.
The Stonewall Society, the representative student body for LGBT students within James Madison College, hosted an emergency meeting on April 15 to discuss issues of transphobia within the college.
On Saturday, MSU students and alumni throughout the world participated in the Global Day of Service, an annual event designed to prove how much Spartans can help their community in one day.
MSU police are currently investigating a sexual assault which was reported around 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning, according an MSU alert.
Students and family gathered to honor their loved ones this Friday at the annual Student Memorial Tribute in the garden next to Student Services Building.
Spread across the grass near The Rock on Farm Lane, students could be seen playing with 6-week-old puppies, and donating to a good cause in doing so. On Friday, Pi Kappa Phi fraternity hosted a fundraiser called "The Puppy Experience." The fraternity charged $3 for five minutes and $5 for ten minutes with the puppies. Money raised will go to the fraternity's national philanthropy, The Ability Experience. The philanthropy works to support people with disabilities.
MSU's Board of Trustees met Friday, April 15 to discuss various items from Residence Hall rates to endowments.
MSU police identified and arrested a man Friday for his role in the reported armed robbery at East McDonel Hall Thursday night.
A new Whole Foods Market had its grand opening Wednesday in Meridian Township. Check out the video above for more information.
The missing body MSU police found April 13 on the south side of campus has been identified as missing French senior Patrick Kegan Cochrane.
The month of April is National Poetry Month, and MSU is recognizing the month through the Spring Poetry Festival.
MSU police are reporting two incidents of larceny and an incident of felonious assault which all occurred within the past week.
On March 22, 2016, MSU professor and water microbiologist Joan Rose was awarded the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize, an honor known globally for water research.
Near South Neighborhood, the latest location of a nationwide franchise with a unique back-story opened its doors. Gigi’s Cupcakes opened on Trowbridge Road across from Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market and MSU’s South Neighborhood in East Lansing.ch Gigi’s is a national baking franchise that began in 2008 “just off music row,” in Nashville, Tenn.
The East Lansing City Council and the directors of multiple East Lansing city departments met on Tuesday for a special budget work session to review the city’s 2017 budget.
As spring blooms through the stubborn Michigan cold and April enters its midway point, there is one thing that by now, many students have forgotten — their New Year’s resolution. According to the University of Scranton, 24 percent of people do not finish their New Year’s resolution. Now, four months into the year, The State News took to the streets of MSU to ask Spartans how they’re holding up with their own New Year’s resolutions. Ly said he felt his resolution was pretty common — working out and getting in shape.
MSU Police announced via a statement that this morning the department discovered a body on the south side of campus.