Renovations completed during the summer in Case Hall have been a blessing and a curse depending on which James Madison College student you talk to. During the summer, Case Hall’s north and south lounges were renovated. Old sofas and armchairs were replaced with modular furniture and large study tables, and murals have replaced what was once exposed brick.
When one of the oldest trees on MSU’s campus was blown down by a windstorm last July, it was devastating for Department of Plant Biology professor Frank Telewski. The tree had split, and only a small section remained.
Renovations are coming to IM Sports-West in May 2017.
An MSU student died in a car accident on Monday, MSU spokesman Jason Cody said.
Complaints are piling up on MSU faculty member and former USA Gymnastics physician Dr. Larry Nassar after two former athletes — one a former Olympian — filed sexual abuse lawsuits against him earlier last week.
The senior gift is no longer a "gift" as of Sept. 15. Instead, seniors will participate in a senior campaign where they can donate to something on campus that matters to them.
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, will be at MSU on Thursday for an event, according to Clinton's website.
Fraternity recruitment for the fall of 2016 has begun at MSU.
University distinguished professor Kris Berglund takes students from grape to bottle in his class, Science and Technology of Wine Production.
Since 1966, MSU students have enjoyed on-campus movie screenings through Campus Center Cinemas.
Empty tables dotted the rows set aside for student organizations. What is normally the Breslin Center gym transformed for Sparticipation, full of curious students and optimistic student organizations. However, not as many were in attendance as originally expected.
MSU is replacing dozens of drinking fountains around campus to provide easier access to filtered water and bottle filling stations.
MSU has been granted $1.2 million to develop new less commonly taught language courses. Center for Language Teaching Advancement, or CeLTA, faculty have been awarded funding by the Mellon Foundation for 38 months to create new language programs through a partnership with the Big Ten Academic Alliance. Though MSU already offers 29 less-commonly taught languages, or LCTLs, CeLTA faculty hope to add many more, including Armenian, Burmese, Gaelic, Hmong, Serbo-Croatian and Sinhala, according to the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages’ website.
Although the details are fuzzy, ASMSU’s bike share program is set to expand to 40 bikes. At an ASMSU meeting Thursday night, Jason Barnett, the vice president for finance and operations, reported that the bike share program that was originally passed in 2014 will fully launch on campus Monday.
The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, met on Thursday night to discuss a variety of different subjects, from an app that gets students involved in politics to changing the senior gift to a senior campaign. Here are five things you missed at the meeting that might affect your life on campus.
The Clinton-Kaine campaign kicked off a new push to register young voters on MSU's campus. In an event held at the James Madison College Library at MSU, campaign staff, supporters and Rep. Jeremy Moss (R-Southfield) gathered to discuss the importance of involving young people in government.
Tickets for journalist and conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos’ Dec 7 appearance at MSU are now available on Eventbrite.com. Yiannopoulos, currently tech editor at Breitbart News, has become a controversial figure among many for his views on feminism, free speech and campus culture.
The number of women enrolled in MSU’s College of Engineering reach 21 percent this year, up from 18 percent last year. This increase is part of an ongoing trend at MSU and other universities of more women showing interest in STEM fields. MSU Women in Engineering Director of Student Success Judy Cordes called this trend “fantastic”.
As students adjust to campus life this fall, the safety of MSU’s water can be a concern. Recently, a water quality report confirmed that MSU water is safe, despite student concerns.
Finding friends can be a struggle for new students at a university as large as MSU, but an app developed by professional writing senior Zoe Zappitell has come along to help with that problem. Zappitell, president of the Women in Entrepreneurship student group, wanted to develop an app that would help students connect with each other, so she created the event-based app Conecter that helps students find people on campus who share their interests.