The Associated Students of Michigan State University, or ASMSU, looked into getting free textbooks for a few students and making revisions into oversight of its financial operations during a meeting Tuesday.
Two familiar faces will continue to hold leadership positions on the MSU Board of Trustees, after members of the board elected Joel Ferguson and Melanie Foster to serve their second consecutive terms as chairperson and vice chairperson, respectively.
Research institutes and upgrades to the ANGEL system were a couple of the issues discussed at the first Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, meeting of the new year. ECAC endorsed the creation of the Institute for Cyber Enabled Research as well as the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The first of the two will work with cyber-enabled discovery, which is using computers for research.
Four years ago, representatives for a car company turned to MSU entomology professor Howard Russell for help on a paint job.
The selection of the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration has outraged some members of MSU’s ?Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, Transgender and Straight Alliance Students, or LBGTSA.
ASMSU Association Director Kara Spencer, who was found guilty in December of sending a “spam” e-mail to faculty, has appealed to the University Student Appeals Board and hopes for a decision in the coming weeks.
In his Student Book Store shopping bag, English junior Mark Schoenknecht carried something he’s never used — a wireless device called a clicker, which he will use this spring to answer questions in his physical science lab.
Replacing a campus favorite like BTB Burrito isn’t easy, but it’s not a concern for Eric Gunn, co-owner of Brother’s Grill, 403 E. Grand River Ave. “It was a nice establishment and a lot of people ate there,” Gunn said. “We want to do our own legacy.”
At the suggestion of MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, the Board of Trustees recommended to not increase the president’s salary for the 2009-2010 year today.
More than 170 people, 35 dogs, eight cats and one hedgehog-like creature called a tenrec, will come together for the Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s annual “Celebration of Life” event this weekend.
Norbert Müller loves his job at MSU. But there is one thing beside his friends and family that he misses most about Germany — high speed trains.
The MSU Board of Trustees will convene for the last time this semester at 9:30 a.m. today in the Administration Building. The meeting will be the last for Trustees Scott Romney and Dorothy Gonzales, whose terms expire Jan. 1.
Students protesting the MSU project labor agreement contract were asking for equality when they rallied Thursday afternoon outside the Administration Building.
Engineering students are showing off the fruits of their labor this week at the Union. Design Days, held Thursday and today, takes place every fall and spring semester and gives students a chance to present projects they’ve been working on through the semester.
MSU students could soon see a spike in the types of minors they can pursue. A proposal presented at Tuesday’s Executive Committee of Academic Council, or ECAC, could drastically increase the number of minors offered at MSU if passed through MSU’s Academic Governance system.
What started out as Erol Kohli’s hobby during his travels has turned into a form of art that gives back to the community. The photographs he took while traveling will be on display Friday as the MSU Physicians for Human Rights group hosts its fifth annual “Human Art for Human Rights” auction from 6-8 p.m.
MSU’s new e-mail Web system, mail.msu.edu, will officially launch Dec. 22 with a new graphic interface and several language choices. The system has been available for students and faculty members to test-run since September at the Web site beta.mail.msu.edu, but with no major changes requested, it will become the official MSU e-mail site, said Katherine Ball, communications manager for the MSU Academic Technology Services team.
On-campus students haven’t coughed at the latest ban, proving that a smoke-free dorm is a clear-viewed success, various university officials said. Fall 2008 was the first semester MSU students were banned from smoking in all residence halls. Smoking within 25 feet of university buildings also was outlawed. Prior to the smoking ban in all residence halls, the dorm floors were designated smoking or nonsmoking.
The 2008 Hate Crime Survey released by Human Rights First reports a historically high level of hate crimes occurring throughout the 56 countries surveyed.
Stacks of Scantrons soon will make their way around classrooms, leading students to frantically dig for a No. 2 pencil. But on this form, there are no wrong answers.