When Lansing resident Alice Brinkman founded REACH Studio Art Center in 2003, the artist not only wanted to have a space to make textile pieces, but also envisioned a place that would give the community access to art.
MSU Law Professor Wenona Singel was sworn in June 12 to the advisory board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation after being nominated by President Barack Obama. Singel traveled to Washington, D.C., and was sworn in by United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
About 19,300 people in Michigan presently are living with HIV, but about 4,500 of those individuals are uninformed of their condition, according to Michigan data from April. Wednesday was National HIV Testing Day and gave people across the country who may be uninformed about their status the opportunity to learn if they have or are at risk for HIV or an STD and receive information on prevention and treatment.
During its bi-weekly work session, East Lansing City Council discussed how to move forward in dealing with the unauthorized fifth floor being built as part of the St. Anne Lofts project. Infinity Companies, LLC originally was approved to build a four-floor mixed use building at 213 Ann St., but city officials recently noticed the developer had begun construction on a fifth floor without approval. When the discrepancy was brought to the developer’s attention, the city then received a request for approval of the fifth floor.
The Clean Affordable Renewable Energy for Michigan Coalition met on the 22nd floor of the Boji Tower in downtown Lansing Friday morning, to launch a campaign to stop the 25 X 25 Ballot Initiative. According to the press release, “The ballot proposal would amend Michigan’s Constitution to require Michigan to produce 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro and biomass by 2025, regardless of the cost to electric customers.” Senator Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, said his office spent 16 hours reviewing the 2008 bill that currently is in effect and requires Michigan to produce 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources. “We looked at all the options available to Michigan and set up a plan,” Nofs said.
Kimberly Fritzsche, of Owosso, Mich. practices a special technique of Taekwondo at IM West with the MSU Taekwondo Club. The club is part of both USA Taekwondo and the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association and is training for a national championship.
As both an MSU graduate student and a community liaison, Erin Carter is particularly excited about the new Off-Campus Housing Listing site, which MSU had up and running late last week.
While East Lansing City Council prepares to discuss progress with City Center II later this week, officials also have worked to fill another vacant space along Grand River Avenue.
At the MSU Board of Trustees meeting last Friday, the board did more than raise tuition 3.5 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for out-of-state students. It also addressed funding for student organizations, the establishment of a new research organization, the University Research Organization, and planning and proceeding of construction projects on campus.
U.S. News and World Report rankings may not be the reason Dilshani Sarathchandra came to MSU, but rankings in recent years have made her confident that any degree from MSU will be received with respect when she leaves the institution.
After recently graduating from Ohio State University with a degree in political science, Theresa Brenner has no regrets about declining acceptance to law school in exchange for the opportunity to be an Oscar Mayer Hotdogger.
Deon Campbell sees MSU as green. but not just green in school spirit. To Campbell, it’s out to take students’ “green” as well.
Tony Lucca put on a show Friday night that got some audience members’ panties in a bunch — until they took them off and threw them at him. “(The event was) a tent full of drunkards (and) people having the time of their life for a night,” Lucca said with a smile.
When Haslett, Mich., resident Don Kaufman remembers former MSU horticulture professor George Kessler and his wife Ezra, he remembers the most amazing couple he’s ever met.
Trust in many U.S. institutions, including banks, organized religion and public schools, is at an all-time low, according to a Gallup poll released last week.
Born and raised in the Bronx of New York City, Intikana has taken to embracing and sharing his Borikén, or Puerto Rico, heritage through hip-hop to fellow educators and youth all over the world. Intikana lead a workshop and also performed at the Urban Literacies Institute for Transformative Teaching Conference, which came to MSU for the first time this week.
On Friday, the Board of Trustees will decide the tuition rates and budget for the 2012-13 academic year.
When Paulette Granberry Russell was in high school, she wanted to try pole vaulting but got turned away. “I remember going to the coach and expressing that was something I wanted to do, and the response at the time was ‘girls don’t pole vault,’” said Russell, director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.
Rochell Mahaley received her Bachelor of Science in animal science at MSU and a master’s from the veterinary medical school at MSU. And now she’s back for more. Mahaley is one of 11 students involved in the second cohort of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows at MSU.
What started as just a few banjos in 1972 has turned into one of the most notable music shops in the Midwest.