The Michigan Political Leadership Program, or MPLP, will introduce its 24 newest inductees at fundraising events Thursday and Friday in Grand Rapids and Livonia. The 18-year-old political training program was founded by MSU.
The Ingham County Jail is losing 60 to 70 beds next year after the Ingham County Board of Commissioners voted to eliminate a post for budget cuts during its Tuesday meeting. The proposal passed by a 9-7 vote.
A new social media research partnership to improve Michigan’s economy, community engagement and future will be announced by MSU and INgage Networks at 2:30 p.m.
The Big Ten Counseling Centers Conference kicked off Wednesday at Kellogg Center. The conference brings together staff and students who work at counseling centers at schools in the 11 Big Ten universities and other institutions for collaboration sessions.
Preschoolers had the chance on Wednesday to ask Spartan athletes the important questions: How often do you practice?What do you eat? And, most importantly, what is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Women’s basketball player Mandy Piechowski and track and field athletes Max Goldak and Elizabeth Rohl spoke to about 70 preschoolers at Spartan Childhood Development Center, 1730 Crescent Road, about their sports and answered questions.
The 15th annual Quiet Water Symposium is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 6 at the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. The symposium, which is part of Agriculture and Natural Resources Week at MSU, offers participants the chance to learn about human-powered outdoor recreation equipment and activities
Michigan schools will be first in the nation to use new virtual gardening tools at MSU’s Indoor 4-H Children’s Garden on Friday. MSU Extension, or MSUE, partnered with the Michigan Department of Education to give 20 Michigan school administrators the opportunity to learn how to plant a school garden and then harvest the produce for use in the cafeteria.
Nominations and applications for the 2010 Homecoming Court now are being accepted. Departments, units and organizations at MSU are encouraged to make nominations, but MSU faculty, staff and students are allowed to nominate as well.
An MSU group aims to raise funds to vaccinate 8,000 children in South India against measles — a project that requires raising more than $16,000.
About 20 people gathered at the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Abbot Road for a vigil marking the 1,000th U.S. troop death in Afghanistan. The Peace Education Center and the Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice organized the event.
MSU officials hope to have all residence halls switched to electronic access by January 2012. Currently, four residence halls — Emmons, Snyder, Phillips and Holden halls — have electronic access to the resident living wings,
A bacteria found in many healthy women that can be deadly when passed onto babies could be transferred between cows and humans, according to a study conducted by MSU researchers. Group B streptococcus, or GBS, is a bacterium carried by up to 40 percent of women.
A passion for writing that began in a college English class has taken Diane Glancy, a novelist, poet and most recently filmmaker, on a decades long journey that brought her to MSU this week. “Language is the foundation upon which I stand,” said Glancy, who visited WRA 125, The American Ethnic and Racial Experience, on Tuesday. She also spoke at a public event at the Main Library about her ongoing filmmaking project.
IHOP restaurants nationwide partnered with the Children’s Miracle Network to offer free short stacks of pancakes and encourage people to donate money that would have been spent on them to the nearest Children’s Miracle Network-affiliated hospital.
Olin Health Center and a student group are working to emphasize to MSU students that beauty comes in various forms. MSU students will be given a chance throughout the week to address body image issues by participating in Olin Health Center’s activities for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, said Ronda Bokram, a dietician at Olin Health Center.
Lansing police Chief Mark Alley announced Tuesday he is retiring on March 12. Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero said in a statement he will name an interim chief in the coming days, and the department plans to do a national search for Alley’s replacement.
Detroit reggae group Souldub is hosting the Dark Reggae Revolution at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Mac’s Bar, 2700 E.Michigan Ave., in Lansing.
Sam Singh, former East Lansing mayor and a senior consultant for New Economy Initiative, will speak about Michigan’s economy from a global perspective from noon to 1 p.m.
Free Zumba and lap swim sessions will be available for East Lansing residents for the next three Saturdays. The sessions are part of the Mayor’s Blues Community Challenge, which encourages community members to be fit and active.
Tiaras and cowboy boots seem an unlikely combination for most people, but not for animal science freshman Starr Ries, who competed in the Miss MSU Rodeo Queen Competition for the first time this past weekend. The MSU Rodeo Club hosted the Spartan Stamapede Rodeo, which started Thursday evening with completing a horsemanship pattern and concluded Saturday evening with the crowning of the queen.