The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is starting off this school year with momentum from the last, working on various initiatives to promote partnerships among graduate and professional students, COGS officials said.
During the holiday weekend, the Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education hosted more than 175 llamas and 40 alpacas during Lamafest 2011, the nation’s second-longest running llama and alpaca show.
MSU’s Neighborhoods initiative opened up new offices in two different campus locations this year, a move officials said is designed to bring more basic services closer to students.
After working two internships, finance senior Catrina Hicks noticed a large number of women in the workplace but few in management positions.
Dereck Perkins has spent the past 15 years helping others do something he loves: make noise.
Kinesiology senior Faraz Anjum had fasted for Ramadan before, but this year was different.
Bricks from the former MSC smokestack have been on sale at the MSU Surplus Store since last weekend, and about 150 are already off the shelves.
Students craving soup and sandwiches on campus now can get their fix at the newly opened Union Deli in the Union food court.
Freshman Camaryn Self came to MSU from Chicago this fall without knowing many people from her hometown on campus.
Min Jung Kim has been named the deputy director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, MSU announced today. Kim has served as managing director of exhibitions and programming at the Global Cultural Asset Management Group.
Physics has been an integral part of Brad Schoenrock’s life since the beginning of his college experience.
For the first time in the 10 year history of the Capital One Mascot Challenge, MSU’s mascot Sparty has been chosen as one of 16 mascots battling head-to-head for the crown of National Mascot Of the Year through online voting.
To help families in need start the school year on the right foot, students and faculty are working to collect enough school supplies, hygiene products and non-perishable food items to fill a school bus.
MSU is welcoming about 7,800 freshmen to campus this fall — the largest incoming class to date — but some residence halls are experiencing close quarters while handling the influx of students on campus.
Living in newly-renovated Emmons Hall was the first choice for sophomores Carlyn Kellner and Rebecca Taylor this year.
ASMSU representatives started the year off at a Sunday meeting with a vote to pass a newly-revised budget after calculation errors prompted the group to take a closer look at its numbers.
Both of Chris Dye’s hands were stuffed with free recruiting information and incentives as he wandered from table to table Tuesday afternoon at Munn Field during this year’s Sparticipation.
When international relations sophomore Dylan Evans came to MSU a year ago, he was worried about finding friends and getting comfortable on campus.
Libyan students living and studying at MSU continue to follow fighting among rebel forces and militia loyal to longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, amid intensified violence and reassurances from Gadhafi’s son that the eccentric leader still controls the country.
With the lazy days of summer coming to a close, campus is starting to get busier as the university prepares for the return of students to the area. In the fall, MSU will boast the largest freshman class in the university’s history, expecting to introduce about 7,800 new students to the banks of the Red Cedar.