The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, met in the International Center yesterday to allocate funds left unused at the end of last semester.
Lansing will be holding its first marathon this spring, and some MSU students and faculty plan to sweat or cheer on participants during the 26-mile competition.
It took Theresa Rice one meal to realize she wanted to open a crepe shop in Michigan.
The breadsticks popular among some MSU students — formerly known as Pokey Stix — and the restaurant that makes them, Gumby’s Pizza, 311 W. Grand River Ave., have undergone name changes to get around royalty costs, owner Gail Sutton said.
MSU Federal Credit Union, or MSUFCU, recently donated $30,000 to the college, the majority of which will be used to fund the creation of the game, said April Clobes, executive vice president and chief operating officer of MSUFCU.
The East Lansing City Council deferred consideration of a fraternity’s application for housing expansion, prolonging a debate about the future of a development project close to campus.
Graduate and professional students interested in showcasing their work to peers have less than a week to apply for participation in the fourth annual Graduate Academic Conference, or GAC.
Five MSU students were announced as finalists for the Big Ten Network’s LiveBIG Scholarship on Monday based on extensive volunteering in their community.
Although many students use Twitter to talk about sports and celebrities, graduate students worldwide now are using the platform to discuss something more scholarly — their theses.
At 9 a.m. Saturday at the Lansing Mall, the Community Partners in Health will kick off their Winter Warm-Up event.
About 100 students, faculty and community members gathered in the Union to reflect and celebrate the progress made by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday afternoon before marching to Beaumont Tower.
Retail sales across the country increased only slightly in December 2011 compared to November 2011, a trend also experienced by some East Lansing business owners during the holidays. Nationwide retail sales increased 0.1 percent from November to December, the smallest sales increase in seven months, according to news reports.
Students, parents and volunteers from Michigan’s 4-H program cheered on the women’s basketball team Sunday as part of the MSU Extension 4-H Day with the Lady Spartans.
It took more than 15 minutes for the MSU hockey team to score in its game Saturday night against Northern Michigan, but when the Spartans did find the net, dozens of stuffed animals showered the ice.
Despite recent criticism that the Chinese government might be promoting propaganda through university centers known as Confucius Institutes, officials and students at MSU disagree.
Officers and representatives from ASMSU — MSU’s undergraduate student government — met with student leaders from other Big Ten universities last weekend for the Association of Big Ten Students Winter Conference in Champaign, Ill.
Graduate student Susie Borkowski does not like worms.
A 24-year-old MSU employee reported the rear window of his vehicle shattered in Lot 79 near Spartan Stadium.
With an increase in December sales, the auto industry might be on the road to a comeback — a hopeful sign for MSU engineering students, some career experts said. The increase of sales means a higher need for jobs, which might mean more opportunities for graduates, GM Financial and Sales Communication Manager Jim Cain said.
A hacker allegedly was phishing for credit card numbers of MSU Federal Credit Union members Jan. 11, according to an email sent to credit union members last night.