In the 2009-10 academic year, the number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in MSU’s College of Nursing increased by 1.9 percent, according to data from the Office of the Registrar. Enrollment in the college climbed by a smaller percentage in 2010 than was seen in previous years, following a national slowing in the eight-year boom of enrollment in nursing programs.
MSU increased its minority student enrollment by more than 100 students between 2008 and 2009. The Diversity and Inclusion Annual Progress Report showed a slight increase in the number of minority students enrolled at MSU.
Susan J. Bandes, director of Kresge Art Museum, will step down from the position May 1, according to a statement from MSU. Bandes is expected to pursue teaching at MSU while she remains a full-time professor for the Department of Art and Art History.
For Elizabeth Convery, Wednesday marked a new beginning. The communication senior was one of more than 6,000 students who attended St. John Catholic Student Center, 327 M.A.C. Ave., Wednesday to mark the start of Lent, the 40-day period, excluding Sundays, prior to Easter celebrated by Roman Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherans.
The MSU Community Music School in East Lansing received a $2,000 grant from CVS Caremark, a segment of CVS/pharmacy, for its music therapy program. The money will allow school officials to offer more music therapy programs and give officials an opportunity to provide some financial aid for families.
The admission deadline for Teach for America is Friday. Teach for America accepts applications from graduating or recently graduated college students and professionals.
For MSU alumna Danielle Weller, who attends Kellogg Center for the Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club meetings almost every month, Tuesday’s meeting was of special interest because of the guest speaker.
Causes for common childhood ailments such as asthma and cerebral palsy are one step closer in their discovery through MSU and its partners’ collaboration on the largest human health study ever performed in the country.
After Shruti Agrawal heard about Thurgood Marshall’s impact on the civil rights movement, the accounting senior wanted to find a way to honor his legacy. Agrawal and two teammates hope to win Marshall a spot in the Black History Month Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame tonight during the group’s ninth annual competition.
The MSU Board of Trustees on Friday appointed an assistant state attorney general and former corrections officer to the MSU College of Law Board of Trustees.
All MSU study abroad programs in London will be centralized at one campus beginning this summer, following a partnership with Regent’s College in London. Prior to the agreement, MSU’s London study abroad programs were not coordinated on a single campus, said Brett Berquist, director of MSU’s Office of Study Abroad.
Although the trauma of experiencing breast cancer frequently lasts with survivors, an MSU professor has found complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM, can alleviate further sickness.
In the future, MSU might provide cover for students tired of returning to find their bikes damaged, wet or gone altogether.
Swingin’ dance moves rocked the International Center on Friday as the State Swing Society taught students how to sock hop.
A class of James Madison College students who started fall semester with the question of how to attract and retain young, creative minds in Lansing and Michigan is tackling the problem through a survey and a spring break trip.
What the 27th annual Pow-Wow of Love lacked in competition, it made up for in spirit. The North American Indigenous Student Organization, or NAISO, hosted the 27th annual Pow-Wow of Love on Saturday and Sunday at Jenison Field House, but a mainstay for the event was missing: numerous competitive dances.
Students will have the opportunity to offer their opinion on the neighborhood concept at a Monday night student summit.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Thursday her intentions to revive the defunct Michigan Promise Scholarship as an income tax credit as part of her 2010-11 fiscal year budget proposal.
Electric, water, gas, cable and don’t forget groceries. Managing everyday expenses can get messy, and when Michigan lawmakers develop the state’s annual budget, items more significant than milk might get cut from the list.
A student judiciary board dismissed a nearly year-old complaint against the Council of Graduate Students on Thursday after the complainant disagreed with how the process was handled.