During the 98th Annual Kiwanis International Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, MSU graduate Sue Petrisin was the first woman elected to serve as president of Kiwanis International, or any of the largest service organizations in the world, which include Rotary and Lions International.
After remaining on MSU’s to-do list since 2008, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, is getting closer to a ground-breaking movement. Last Thursday, members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations approved an energy and water appropriation bill that would fully fund the creation of the facility with $55 million. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations also approved the budget request last week.
When school is out and summer hits, some kids drop their books and run to the television, while some turn to science. The latter study at Summer L.A.B.S. “Summer L.A.B.S. is a program that we run every summer here at Impression 5 Science Center, and (it’s) learning about basic science,” Toni Daymon, operations coordinator at Impression 5 Science Center, said. “We take a bunch of different kids here and we teach them different topics dealing with science. We may be talking about recycling or we may be talking about rocks, and the next day it could all be about chemistry.”
After graduating from high school with a class of less than 200 students, incoming freshman Paige Brown is worried. She’s heard about the large lectures most of MSU’s core classes include, and after years of instant gratification the second help is needed, she’s not sure how she will adjust.
This Fourth of July, drivers will be seeing red, white and blue — through their rearview mirror. As part of a statewide effort, law enforcement is putting extra officers out on the road as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over effort, which runs through July 7.
A small fire took place in Spartan Village Apartments the night of June 29, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. There were no injuries and it is still unknown how the fire started.
There are places to eat, and then there are places to dine. Famous Dave’s in Holt, Mich., is looking to be the latter. Famous Dave’s opened its Lansing area location on Monday morning, at 2457 N. Cedar St. The location is the ninth in Michigan and the first in the Lansing area.
After serving as MSU’s provost since 2005, Kim Wilcox officially has stepped down from the position as of Monday, the end of MSU’s fiscal year. Wilcox announced and solidified his plan to leave the position effective on Jan. 1. While June Youatt served as acting provost in his place from January until June, she now will take over his full duties.
As members of the United States Congress lounged on exotic beaches or attempted to hack their way out of sand traps, students looking to take out federal loans now face an even deeper hole to dig themselves out of, as interest rates for student loans doubled this morning. The federally subsidized Stafford student loan interest rates rose from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent as a result of both houses failing to pass any reform or extension by the July 1 deadline.
Thirty-four years ago, Barbara Hollowick dreamed of having a business. “I was going to have a plant store and I had two little, tiny flower coolers,” Hollowick said.
The Fourth of July is synonymous with many things: barbecue, family gatherings and fireworks. But during the midst of the holiday’s festivities, it can be easy to forget about safety.
Technology continues to improve and evolve at an incredibly fast pace, driving changes all across the world — and MSU is no exception. MSU’s Infrastructure Planning and Facilities, or IPF, will be eliminating analog cable on campus starting Aug. 7 and will be more involved with interior design of buildings on campus beginning today.
The ninth annual Max’s Race was held Saturday outside the MSU Auditorium for the benefit of children and families dealing with illness. The 5k race collected an estimated $8,500 for the Maxwell C. Matthews Foundation, adding to the $121,500 already collected, according to Natalie Matthews. “It makes me feel empowered that there’s nothing we can’t do to help kids and families in Sparrow,” she said.
Demonstration Hall normally is filled with MSU marching band members, intramural athletes and ROTC students, but this weekend it saw more than 100 Michiganians challenge themselves in the strategic game of bridge.
MSU instructor Troy Hale teamed up with MSU students to launch a weather balloon containing high definition, or HD, cameras and a global positioning system, or GPS, unit into space this weekend.
Each year, the wane of lazy summer days and the sight of parents dragging their uncooperative children through supermarket aisleways in search of school supplies signals the imminent return of school, much to the chagrin of students.
In a week full of victories for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT community, Friday saw another big win as a federal judge blocked Michigan’s ban on domestic benefits for same-sex couples.
Whether they are shuffling across television screens on AMC’s popular television series “The Walking Dead” or chasing helpless victims in films such as “World War Z,” zombies have saturated popular culture, evolving into an entertainment keystone. And in an effort to strike while the brains were fresh, Glenn Stutzky, a senior clinical instructor in the school of social work, decided to teach a zombie-related class last summer, which has skyrocketed in popularity as well as receiving critical acclaim.
MSU journalism graduate Emanuele Berry won first place in this year’s Hearst National Radio Broadcast News Championship. The Hearst Foundation puts out a national competition of entries in five different journalism categories, which includes writing, television news, multimedia, photojournalism and radio news. Berry finished in second place in the initial radio news competition, which consisted of 45 entrants from students in journalism schools across the country.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Or at least when it comes to phishing, an online scam that involves the use of emails appearing to be from a trusted source. These scams range anywhere from job offers that are a little too convenient to a free iPad, and students can be easy targets for these scammers.