Rather than living the cliché life of a college student, media arts and technology senior Josh Michels has decided to take a different path.
Nearly all of MSU’s departments and colleges have a presence on social networks — from Facebook to Twitter to Flickr. Although each is different, officials said they have one overall mission: connectivity.
A new student caucus implemented by ASMSU —MSU’s undergraduate student government — will allow students to discuss campuswide issues with their peers before taking their concerns into Academic Governance.
The Residence Halls Association, or RHA, has nominated more people for executive board positions.
Justin Grosjean is proof it takes less than 24 hours to change a life. In January, the media arts and technology senior and his twin brother John, who attends Oakland University, posted a video on YouTube at 3 a.m. When they woke up the next morning, the video had more than 300,000 views, and today it has almost 2 million views.
After a study abroad trip to the Dominican Republic last summer, public health graduate student Nathan Praschan knew what he had to do.
The MSU French Club opened the door Wednesday to a part of culture most don’t picture when thinking of France — parts of Asia that are associated with the country.
MSU officials are looking into changing the university’s policy on students who dual enroll in graduate programs as an undergraduate student. The proposal, which currently is making its way through various Academic Governance committees for approval and review, would update the nearly 50-year-old dual enrollment policy to allow undergraduate students to have nine credits applied toward a master’s degree, said Linda Stanford, associate provost for academic services.
As Michigan’s economy continues to struggle, a rising number of MSU students are filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, in hopes of receiving financial assistance to pay for school.
Representatives for the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, joined MSU’s undergraduate governments in discussing a controversial proposal to make MSU a smoke-free campus at their full council meeting Wednesday night.
Students have been swarming the gym during the past month, with more than 2,000 gym memberships to the IM Sports facilities sold since the beginning of January. January and February are the two busiest months of the year for recreational facilities on campus, which is partly attributed to students preparing for spring break and participating in a campus fitness challenge, Recreational Sports and Fitness Services Director Rick McNeil said.
In November 2011, while on the set of Whitney Houston’s upcoming film “Sparkle,” Houston and several of her co-stars stood together, waiting for the next scene. Also on the set that day was Kelley Carter, an MSU and State News alumna and current entertainment reporter, who was interviewing Houston for Ebony Magazine. Carter said what she saw that day was one of the most telling aspects of Houston’s personality.
When Kelli Wall noticed in high school other sprinters who were smaller than her running faster than she was, she thought the only way to keep up was to slim down. “Their time would be less than mine, and I seriously felt that losing weight would affect my time, and my agility and my speed would get faster,” the dietetics sophomore said.
When Kelli Wall noticed in high school other sprinters who were smaller than her running faster than she was, she thought the only way to keep up was to slim down. “Their time would be less than mine, and I seriously felt that losing weight would affect my time, and my agility and my speed would get faster,” the dietetics sophomore said.
Communication senior Abby Rudnicki has always cared about rights for the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender, or LBGT, community.
ASMSU representatives are working to improve MSU’s anti-discrimination policy to prevent acts of discrimination from going unaddressed.
Time is running out for students interested in taking the current version of the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT. Starting in June, the new version of the GMAT will include an integrated reasoning section that will replace one of the writing sections of the test, said Andrew Mitchell, Kaplan Test Prep’s director of pre-business programs.
With its spring election season just around the corner, starting with presidential elections next week, the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, are using suggestions from other Michigan universities to transition to new leadership. Delegates from MSU joined students from nine other Michigan universities last weekend for the annual Michigan Organization of Residence Hall Associations, or MORHA, conference at Grand Valley State University.
Before Maxwell Olivero traveled to Dubai during his freshman year, he never had been exposed to such a religiously devoted population, watching the people pray five times a day and changing his perspective on religion.
When getting to class, some students bike, drive or walk. But Alyssa McNure prefers to jump on her moped.