Tuesday’s snowstorm gave MSU Landscape Services an opportunity to clear roads without clearing out the bank. Employees cleaned a majority of campus sidewalks and roads by about 8 a.m. Wednesday, but a diluted liquid salt pretreatment gave the department more time to bring in additional help, said Gerry Dobbs, MSU Landscape Services manager.
The Spring 2010 Colloquium Series is slated for 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in Room 302 of the International Center and will feature the presentation MSU’s Violence Against Women Research and Outreach Initiative: Impacting Policy and Practice Through Feminist Action Research.
Olympic license plates that contribute to student-athletes training at the U.S. Olympic Education Center , or USOEC, in Marquette, Mich., are available for purchase at the Secretary of State’s office.
Olin Health Center’s In Your Face Theater Troupe, a group of nine students, travel across campus performing skits to highlight different aspects of students’ sexual behavior. On Tuesday, the troupe brought its act to Holmes Hall and performed a series of skits for about 45 students.
Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Main Library’s north conference room.
Anna Pegler-Gordon, an associate professor in MSU’s James Madison College was awarded the 2009 Theodore Saloutos book prize of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society for her book.
A visit from a Department of Energy scientist William Brinkman on Thursday has been canceled because of weather concerns, MSU spokesman Tom Oswald said.
Former MSU basketball player and retired NBA veteran Eric Snow spoke Tuesday to a crowd of more than 30 people in Wells Hall while promoting his book, “Leading High Performers: The Ultimate Guide to Being a Fast, Fluid and Flexible Leader.” Snow graduated from MSU in 1995 and, most recently, played with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers and served as an analyst on NBA TV.
MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon is scheduled to speak at the Feb. 16 luncheon meeting of the Lansing Economic Club. The luncheon will be hosted from noon to 1:30 p.m.
A record amount of money was raised for the Greater Lansing Food Bank in the 2009-10 Envelope Fundraising Campaign, Executive Director Terry Link announced Tuesday. The $1,048,624.29 raised will help feed people in Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties, Link said.
Ruth Groenhout, a Calvin College professor of philosophy, is slated to present two speeches Thursday and Friday at MSU on technology and medical care issues.
Absentee ballots are available for voters as Feb. 23 elections draw near. People must submit absentee ballot applications by 2 p.m.
In an attempt to reach out to potential doctoral students who are unable to hold full-time jobs while attending classes, MSU’s College of Education will offer a hybrid course option beginning this summer for the educational psychology and educational technology doctoral program.
Students checking their MSU e-mails should think twice before double-clicking certain messages in their inboxes. An e-mail scam is circulating in MSU e-mail accounts.
East Lansing police Chief Tom Wibert is trained to stop crime, protect citizens and eat more than three paczkis in two minutes. Wibert, along with six other local personalities, raced against the clock and each other to see who could eat the most paczkis in two minutes Tuesday at L&L Food Center, 6075 N.
The Graduate Conference III will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Union. The free event will focus on performances and panels on concentrations in the college of Arts and Letters.
The East Lansing City Council work session scheduled for Tuesday at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road, has been canceled.
East Lansing residents likely will see the effect of budget struggles through city services, as officials have discussed scaling back to reduce a combined two-year, $5 million deficit.
In the middle of a winter that has seen little snowfall, six to 10 inches of snow are expected to fall on the East Lansing area Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon.
MSU might benefit from President Barack Obama’s proposal to pump billions more dollars into scientific research organizations, university researchers and officials said.