A fire in the Biochemistry building was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, causing a brief road closure of Wilson Road between Farm Lane and Bogue Street, according to an MSU police tweet.
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MSU has a variety of elective courses for students to take, everything from wine tasting to scuba-diving. One online summer class available to students is “Surviving the Coming Zombie Apocalypse – Disasters, Catastrophes, and Human Behavior”.
The statewide grassroots activism organization, the Michigan Student Power Network, will be hosting a series of strategy and issues events this Friday to Sunday in Berkey Hall. The event, Michigan Student Power Convergence 2015, already has around 70 expected attendees who have registered, state organizer Ian Matchett said, though more than twice that have joined the event on Facebook. Convergence was chosen to be in East Lansing by a vote from the organization, who has affiliates on campus including MSU Students United and the Black Student Alliance.
The W.J. Beal Botanical Garden will see music once again, as garden administrators and staff are reviving a Music in the Garden program that has not been active for 18 years. Starting Friday, June 5, the garden will have music during the lunch hours, with acts being primarily from the Michigan State College of Music.
With many students gone for the summer and some leaving their bikes behind, crews have begun cutting locks of bikes in violation of university ordinances before impounding them and, if not claimed, selling them off to the public, officials said.
Going against previous trends of increasing international enrollment at MSU, the Office of Admissions expects a decrease in international student enrollment, mainly from China, for the 2015-2016 school year, and though in-state enrollment has fluctuated greatly in the past few years, it will increase for 2015.
Plans to repurpose the Engineering Library have moved ahead despite student protests.
MSU Bug House will open in the following week and is free for all visitors.
It's been counting down to its own end for a year. And now, Angel, the once primary learning management system at MSU, is retired and being fully replaced with D2L, or Desire2Learn.
Students were able to move into their on-campus summer residence halls May 14 with classes for summer session one beginning on the 18.
Employees at Student Book Store (SBS) enjoy working there for many years and are deeply rooted to the community around campus.
Last night, the Spartan Sur a capella group released a single off of their first album, “Surround Sound.” Neuroscience junior Bhavya Thaaman said the group has been working on the album for three months.
This Thursday, May 21, Potter Park Zoo is holding its Wine & Stein event, from 6 p.m.
In a strong performance at last weekend, MSU's Formula SAE team fared well in the 2015 Formula SAE Michigan competition, according to a statement.
From Wednesday to Saturday MSU will become home to about 7,900 guests from all over the world to take part in the 36th Annual Odyssey of the Mind World Finals.
The 2015-16 season is described as “A Season of Journeys: From Baltimore to Points Beyond.” Each production will take place at locations across campus, such as the Arena Theatre, the Pasant Theatre, Studio 60 or the Fairchild Theatre. The theatre’s first production of the season, “Baltimore,” by Kirsten Greenidge, will take viewers inside a college dorm and to the heart of a racially-charged incident. The play was conceived at MSU and is part of the Big Ten New Plays Initiative. The 2015-16 season will also include the productions of “For Tonight,” “Stage Door, “Freshman Showcase: The Monkey King,” “The December Project,” “And Away We Go,” “Pride and Prejudice,” as well as “Grease.”
Subleasing is part of any college town in the summer, including Michigan State University, however, as many students find out, it’s not always an easy process.
The toxicology report of applied engineering sciences senior and Alpha Sigma Phi member Anthony Hawley has revealed the cause of his Jan. 29 death to be a heroin overdose, East Lansing police Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.