After more than 40 years of service to MSU, Dan Chegwidden, the director of MSU’s Office of Gift Planning, said former MSU trustee Patricia Carrigan will be remembered for both her strong personality and her compassion.
Roar, sing, cry, whisper, persuade, converse. Everyone has a different interpretation of those words and it’s that sentiment that an exhibit at the MSU Museum draws upon.
As the Supreme Court gears up to announce its decisions on two key cases involving marriage equality, the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act and the fate of Proposition 8 in California, several members of the Michigan House of Representatives stood outside the Capitol in Lansing today to discuss their plans to make Michigan an accepting place for LGBT Michiganians.
East Lansing City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, in the Executive Conference Room of the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, to interview DTN Management Co. and Lurvey White Ventures, the two developers in contention for the Park District.
On Friday, 47-year-old East Lansing resident Robert Miller was charged with one felony count of embezzlement from the Pinecrest Elementary Parent Teacher Council, or PTC. At the time, Miller was treasurer on the council and upon investigation was found to have embezzled more than $7,700 over the past year, according to East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, Lt. Scott Wriggelsworth.
This week, thirsty beer lovers will have a new reason to raise their overflowing glasses. It’s time to celebrate Michigan beer with the second annual Lansing Beer Week that began Friday and concludes on June 29. Paul Starr, the co-creator of Lansing Beer Week, or LBW, said the week is essentially based around different events promoting Michigan beer at various locations throughout Lansing. “(They’re) fun, unique events to get people out and go to places they’ve never been before,” Starr said.
The vacant 35,000 square-foot space of the former Barnes & Noble is making a comeback, and East Lansing Mayor Diane Goddeeris is thrilled. “The new office space will create news jobs for our region, bring additional people to our downtown and use that beautiful building in a way that we all wanted,” Goddeeris said.
The Laura sculpture stolen on Thursday morning has been returned to the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, by individuals who located it in front of the Treehouse North Apartments in the 400 block of Evergreen Avenue, ELPD’s Scott Sexton said.
Give 12 teams two weeks and 500 pounds of scrap metal and they’ll give you works of art. Art sculptures were displayed, judged and sold in a live auction this weekend during the Fifth Annual Scrapfest Competition in Lansing’s Old Town.
College is a time for growing up, new experiences and making memories. The tenants of 135 Burcham Drive are making the most of the opportunity with help from a celebrity pop star.
In observance of National Pollinator Week, MSU held the annual Bee Palooza at the Horticulture Gardens on Sunday.
With an approval rating hovering around 45 percent, President Barack Obama is facing tough questions from all sides, including those who’ve been some of the most resilient supporters: young adults.
The East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, still is searching for the suspect involved in a string of sexual assaults that have taken place throughout the past few months.
The National Council on Teaching Quality, or NCTQ, released its ratings on teacher preparation programs for colleges across the U.S., last week, giving MSU two out of four stars in their undergraduate and secondary education programs.
Former MSU trustee Patricia Carrigan, who has had an influence on MSU since the early ‘70s, died Tuesday in Bay City, Mich. She was 84 years old.
Thursday morning, the Laura sculpture located in the Children’s Sculpture Garden at Downtown East Lansing’s Fountain Square was stolen. The 100 pound bronze sculpture was valued at more than $50,000, according to East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, Captain Jeff Murphy.
The MSU Board of Trustees has voted to increase tuition rates by an average of 2.8 percent for the 2013-14 academic year.
MSU researchers are developing an in-orchard harvesting aid, or sorting machine, which would provide a technique to help farmers gather apples more efficiently and safely.
Nineteen-year-old Okemos resident, Connor McCowan, was denied bond in court on Tuesday after being accused of stabbing 23-year-old MSU student, Andrew Singler, to death. The bond was set at $100,000, according to McCowan’s attorney Chris Bergstrom.
Jackson National Life Insurance Company officially announced on Tuesday it will be moving into the former Barnes & Noble building, 333 E.