Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Take a peek behind the curtain and test drive the NEW StateNews.com today!

News | Michigan

MICHIGAN

Expelled developer takes back key property in downtown redevelopment project

Geoff Preston
November 14, 2013

A key piece of private property included in the proposed Park District project currently is back in the hands of a company associated with the failed City Center II project, according to documents filed with the Ingham County Register of Deeds. The property is a central part of the proposed Park District project, a massive redevelopment plan aimed at refurbishing about two blocks of blighted buildings near the corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.

MICHIGAN

Student veterans, administrators dedicate space for resource center

A lounge area with comfortable chairs greets visitors as they walk in. Further down a hallway, there’s a room with a small sign indicating where a computer lab might someday be, and another that might be a study lounge with a tutoring room next to it. Students will be able to get advice on GI Bill benefits and other resources available to veterans, and maybe even grab a free cup of coffee if all goes according to plan. This is what the university’s Veterans’ Resource Center will look like when it has its grand opening sometime in January or February.

MICHIGAN

Living City- Thread by thread

Julia Nagy
November 14, 2013

For Lansing resident Elizabeth McMurray, her alteration shop is more than just a shop. It’s a platform to speak to the community. Liz’s Alteration Shop has been in the same spot for 35 years. Well wishes, thank you cards and customer photos line the walls of her shop.? “I consider them my friends, and I consider their kids my kids,” McMurray said.? McMurray considers her sewing skills a gift from God.

MICHIGAN

Michigan businesses gather to network, share wares

Geoff Preston
November 12, 2013

The Lansing Center was alive Tuesday as the Making it in Michigan entrepreneurial workshop visited for the sixth year in a row. The workshop was put on by the MSU Product Center and featured a keynote address from Tim McIntyre, the vice president of communications of Dominos Pizza Inc. and a trade show of local Michigan businesses took place in the afternoon.

MICHIGAN

East Lansing postpones swearing-in ceremony, mayor appointment

Geoff Preston
November 12, 2013

The appointment of a new mayor and the swearing-in of newly elected East Lansing city council members Ruth Beier, Susan Woods and Kathleen Boyle has been postponed to next Wednesday Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. According to a statement from city officials, results from the Nov. 5 election have not been certified by the county.

MICHIGAN

International enrollment, study abroad program nationally ranked

Simon Schuster
November 11, 2013

When it comes to students studying abroad and international enrollment, the 2013 Open Door Report released by the Institute of International Education on Monday established MSU as a leader in international engagement, at least in plurality. MSU had the fourth most students sent abroad in the 2011-2012 school year, according to the report, with 2,380 students studying abroad. This equates to almost five percent of the university’s total enrollment.

MICHIGAN

Lansing Mitten Mavens host roller derby bout

As the girls circled, the commentator’s mid-ranged drone echoed across the track, his words impossible to decipher from the near-hysterical screams of derby-girls melding with the referee’s periodic whistles. At times, the girls’ voices take on an almost religious, speaking-in-tongues-type fervor; the shrillness piercing fans’ ears with the fury and energy of the Almighty Himself.

MICHIGAN

Theatre freshmen put on original performance during Freshman Showcase

Cayden Royce
November 10, 2013

The Department of Theatre housed its seventh annual Freshman Showcase this weekend with several showings of “Off With Her Head,” a play inspired by the classic children’s tale “Alice in Wonderland.” The cast, consisting of 17 freshman along with a production team, collaborated to devise a storyline, create a set and present an hour-long performance to introduce themselves to the faculty and staff of the MSU Department of Theatre.

MICHIGAN

Impression 5 event introduces kids to science

Simon Schuster
November 10, 2013

About 70 members of the MSU community spent Saturday at the Impression 5 Science Center in Lansing to help cultivate a new generation of potential scientists. Volunteers educated children from preschool through fifth grade about the human body in an event called PhUn Day. MSU undergraduate, graduate and medical students, as well as staff and faculty, were present to help.

MICHIGAN

Michigan public universities to offer in-state tuition for veterans

Veterans now can receive in-state tuition at Michigan’s public universities, the organization representing the state’s 15 public universities announced Friday. MSU joined the list of colleges offering the benefit of in-state tuition for all veterans about a week ago, said Mike Boulus, executive director of the Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan.

MICHIGAN

Feds implement new programs to help student loan borrowers

Geoff Preston
November 7, 2013

The U.S. Department of Education is hoping to eradicate some of the misunderstanding around ways to pay back student loan debt with a new outreach program designed to teach graduates about more affordable options when paying back their loans. In a statement released this week, the department said it will be ?sending emails about loan payment options to about 3.5 million recent graduates.

MICHIGAN

Film festival features environmental themes

Celeste Bott
November 7, 2013

Several environmental films will be screened at the East Lansing Film Festival, and MSU officials and local community members will be speaking about the films in a panel discussion on Saturday. The films being shown are “Trashed,” about the impact of littering; “More than Honey,” about the importance of honeybees and “Food for Change: The Story of Cooperation in America,” about food cooperatives.

MICHIGAN

State bill could exempt students from jury duty

Students might not to have to serve their jury duty during college semesters if the state Senate approves a new state bill the House OK’d last Wednesday. Rep. Kevin Cotter, R-Mount Pleasant, introduced the bill, which would let full-time college students postpone duty until the end of the school year.