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.
When Jeffrey Riedinger, dean of MSU’s International Studies and Programs and director of MSU’s Center for Advanced Study of International Development, will travel to India as part of the Institute of International Education, or IIE, U.S. University Presidents’ Delegation to India. He will accompany U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter and officials from 12 other universities.
The East Lansing City Council plans to approve all city liquor licenses based on the recommendation of the East Lansing Police Department at its work session, 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road. Councilmember Nathan Triplett also will present five council operational changes and council members will consider increasing taxi company license fees.
MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine celebrated the opening Monday of a new campus at Macomb Community College’s University Center in Clinton Township, said Kari Hortos, associate dean at the site. The new facility opened to about 50 students at the start of the spring semester, Hortos said.
Experts will discuss key food and nutrition issues and learn about food’s role in their overall health and well-being during the 2010 Choices Conference. The annual conference is scheduled for March 10 and 11 at Kellogg Center.
Those looking to enjoy a weekend of Michigan history can participate in the Michigan Barn Preservation Network’s 15th annual conference set for March 12 and 13 at Kellogg Center.
A pair of fundraisers scheduled for Thursday and Friday will raise money for relief projects in earthquake-torn Haiti. The fundraising efforts will begin with Taste of the Caribbean at 5 p.m.
Ed Noonan, a volunteer faculty member in the MSU College of Law Rental Housing Clinic, died Friday after a heart attack following a shoulder replacement surgery, close friend Lenny Provencher said. He was 67.