When Mo Gerhardt was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age 8, doctors said he would be lucky to live past his teens. Well into his 30s, Gerhardt now works as an academic specialist in the College of Natural Science.
Since 2008, no member has missed more than three meetings, but some members said not being present loses a voice in the board’s decision-making.
A proposal from the University Committee on Faculty Affairs to increase faculty salaries and incentives for the 2012-13 academic year is making its way through academic governance to help MSU faculty regain their former position among those of fellow Big Ten institutions.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, passed a bill to amend its bylaws to allow nominations for one of its executive board positions at the group’s meeting Wednesday night.
Today marks Holocaust Remembrance Day — a day to remember the genocide that took the life of more than 6 million Jews in Europe.
Funds from the event will be used to create a scholarship for MSU students that are in financial need.
A plan to take away parking spots in the center of campus has received mixed input from the MSU community.
Facebook took another step in students’ lives with its new Groups for Schools service, providing a consolidated place to mix school life and social life.
The Alpha Omicron Pi sorority will hold the Catwalk for a Cure fashion show and silent auction this weekend to benefit arthritis research.
People of all ages came out to the 4-H Children’s Garden Wednesday afternoon to have a unique learning experience and to enjoy the sunny 65-degree weather during the Spartan Garden Party.
For many, rising temperatures in summer months are accompanied by rising cravings for ice cream and other ways to beat the heat. To relieve that craving, a new ice cream cookie sandwich developed by MSU students is hitting shelves across campus this month.
At 13 years old, Kari Edington woke up one morning and decided she didn’t want to take the domestic sexual abuse she was experiencing anymore. She fled to Madison, Wis., where she came across a Take Back the Night march and realized she was not alone.
The ASMSU representative elections held last week showed an increased voter turnout from last year with an 8.8 percent voter turnout among all undergraduates, more than double the turnout the group got in last year’s elections. About 2.8 percent of undergraduates participated in last year’s elections, according to past State News stories.
After years of watching her mother make challah bread each week, retailing senior Morgan Fox figured out what special ingredient made the bread so tasty.
Human biology senior Margaret Love takes a break after swimming laps Monday at IM Sports-West. Love and her sister, second-year law student Elizabeth Love, work out four times a week together and swim every Monday.
Wind advisories on Monday did not stop kinesiology junior Max Golec from strolling through the courtyard and gardens behind the new Molecular Plant Sciences Building, which officially opened Friday.
After taking the Medical College Admission Test three times and applying to seven different medical schools during the past few years, first-year medical student Paul Mulvey found the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine was his only option.
Each day, about 180 cows produce waste at the MSU Dairy Teaching and Research Center, and in the winter, it is not uncommon for that waste to pile up. Workers at the center try to haul all of the waste out to the fields, but sometimes that trip is difficult to make in the winter months, leaving the center with a mess too big to manage, said Bob Kreft, farm manager at the center.
Remi Hahn isn’t worried about final exams. The interior design sophomore said although he has two exams and a presentation to complete before he can relax for summer break, he isn’t concerned with getting good grades.
To Samuel Atangana, running a 5K while being sprayed with paint sounded like a silly idea at first. But as he got sprayed at the first paint station on Sunday afternoon, the run turned out to be a lot more fun. The physiology junior was one of more than 350 people to participate in the first Spartan Splatter on Sunday to help raise money for the MSU chapter of the international organization Engineers Without Borders — a group that does a variety of engineering projects to help a community in El Salvador with sanitation problems.