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Applications for ASMSU election available
ASMSU is accepting applications through Sept. 7 for its Student Assembly chair position.
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New program to help nursing students
Once a disadvantaged nursing student, Regina Traylor knows the struggles of gaining support in higher education. Now an academic specialist in the MSU College of Nursing, Traylor is helping students in similar situations overcome the odds with the Nursing Workforce Diversity Program.
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MSU ranks last in Big Ten college rankings
Finance sophomore Shelley Karlins chose where she would spend the next four years of her undergraduate education, the sprawling campus and a solid business program trumped college rankings in her decision to study at MSU.
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New office to facilitate global research
Faculty from across campus are coming together in an effort to solve some of the world’s most “wicked” problems with the help of the newly established MSU Office of International Research Collaboration.
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New federal grant bridges digital divide
MSU will work to cure the digital gap in Michigan’s urban areas through a $6 million federal grant. The grant will be used to create more public computer centers in Michigan’s urban areas, including Detroit, Flint, Pontiac and Saginaw, as well as some rural communities.
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Campus changes greet students
A wealth of changes await new and returning MSU students for the 2010-11 academic year. Numerous projects, including the forthcoming Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, the new cafeteria at Brody Hall and the Neighborhood Concept pilot program, are under way.
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Democrats, Republicans select MSU Board of Trustees nominees
Four candidates are vying for two seats on the MSU Board of Trustees after earning nominations during state party conventions held Saturday. Current Trustee Colleen McNamara and Dennis Denno each secured a nomination from delegates of the Michigan Democratic Party. Mitch Lyons and Brian Breslin will appear on the ballot for the Republican Party.
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Sparticipation gives clubs chance to recruit
Cheerleaders, Marine Corps recruiters and underwater hockey club members sporting swimsuits and sunglasses gathered Tuesday with other student group representatives to give new and returning students a feel for about 350 registered campus student organizations during Sparticipation. The event was part of the Fall Welcome Spartan Spectacular, which ran from 4-10 p.m.
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Plagiarism case continues for education professor
An MSU professor awaits an assessment from MSU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies this week as a research integrity officer addresses accusations of plagiarism by a Midland-based policy think tank.
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One Book, One Community author speaks
The city of East Lansing and MSU are looking to foster a partnership similar to the camaraderie inspired by the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster through this year’s One Book, One Community program.
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Community participates in MSU donation drive
Students, professors and staff members are joining together to provide back-to-school supplies to those in need.
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BMX rider comes to MSU as part of tour
Casually flipping and spinning his bike Monday on MSU’s campus, professional BMX rider Terry Adams was living his dream. Adams is on a monthlong college tour promoting flatland BMX riding and the energy drink, Red Bull.
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Modified class schedule today
Fall semester classes begin Wednesday, but students are to attend their Monday class schedule. Thursday and Friday classes will be held at their regularly scheduled times. This arrangement gives every class equal meeting times throughout the semester. A student with a statistics class held on Wednesday and Friday and a chemistry lab held only on Mondays, for instance should not attend statistics, but should go to chemistry.
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Theatre Dept. holds free show
The MSU Department of Theatre Open House will be held 7-9 p.m. Wednesday in the Auditorium Arena Theatre, located in the basement.
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Students informed of tailgating times
MSU is reminding football fans of tailgating times and rules for the upcoming season. If a game begins at noon or 1 p.m., parking lots are scheduled to open at 7 a.m. while lots will open at 9 a.m. for games with 3:30 p.m. kickoffs.
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MSU 'green' buildings improve worker health
Students and employees might want to think twice before going into a building that is not LEED-certified, according to a study by researchers from MSU. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certifications are a set of requirements to improve indoor environmental quality in buildings. Buildings that are LEED-certified have been proven to improve health in employees.
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Sandbox Party to discuss child issues
The Sandbox Party will hold the Sandbox Party Convention from 1-4 p.m. Aug. 26 at Breslin Center. A nonpartisan group, the Sandbox Party advocates for a wide range of early childhood issues, including pushing for an increased state investment in child care and preschools, despite Michigan’s poor economic climate and lack of government funding.
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Bell-ringing recital to be held Sunday
Some of MSU’s carilloneurs — the musicians who ring the bells at Beaumont Tower — will play a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday at Beaumont Tower. The recital will be in memory of Milton E. Muelder, a former MSU political science professor and dean of the Graduate School, who died at age 101 in May.
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MSU set to launch msuENet Thursday
MSU Entrepreneurship Network, or msuENet, will launch Thursday at East Lansing Technology Innovation Center, 325 E. Grand River Ave., and will provide an opportunity for those interested in entrepreneurship to connect with others curious about the same topic.
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MSU graduate student awarded $150K fellowship for research
Throughout the past three years at MSU, bacterial life has been Ben Roller’s 40-hour-a-week obsession. A third year microbiology and molecular genetics graduate student at MSU, Roller has been researching various aspects of the bacterial life cycle since he was an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota. Thanks to a more than $150,000 fellowship, Roller will have another three years to study bacteria in the laboratory.