MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and spokesmen from Lansing corporations recognized more than 50 local businesses and organizations at a reception Monday at Oldsmobile Park in Lansing.
With each breath, the mass of black-and-white vinyl that Evan Chisholm clutched in his hands grew a little larger. The kinesiology senior puffed life into the vinyl curtain as one fin popped up, followed by the rest of the inflatable orca. Lights from the IM Sports-West swimming pool illuminated the pool toy’s outline as its details became lost against the night sky.
As Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild” played on the loudspeaker, more than 400 people walked Sunday to support Alzheimer’s research at the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk on campus. The 18th annual event took place under gray skies that didn’t manage to dampen the festive mood of the day.
The National Science Foundation awarded the College of Engineering a $2.5 million grant last week to increase the number of students who stay in the program until graduation. With the help of the grant, MSU plans to implement a program aimed at increasing retention rates by 10 percent to about 78 percent, engineering associate professor Jon Sticklen said.
ASMSU’s Student Assembly voted Thursday to remove three of its members who had not attended a meeting yet this semester. Representatives Ben Morlock of the College of Social Science, Kelsey Holsinger of the College of Arts and Letters and Stuart Kelly of the Eli Broad College of Business were removed. Morlock and Kelly were returning members to ASMSU.
Susan Cooper stooped over the rock on Farm Lane and dipped her paint brush into the can of white paint. But instead of brushing a fresh coat of paint onto the rock Wednesday, her brush connected with the back of her sister’s green shirt and formed the words that later appeared on the rock — save Welcome Week.
What began as a career headed toward owning a business eventually led Hui Liu toward a different field of study. Liu, an assistant professor in MSU’s Department of Sociology, joined the faculty this semester — a position she never pictured herself in while growing up in China.
A memorial fund to honor Joe Barton, the MSU junior who died Aug. 20 in a car crash on U.S. 127, has been established by his family.
University Activities Board is bringing a slice of Hispanic culture to MSU. The “Sizzling Salsa Fest” will run tonight from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Union. The festivities begin with free half-hour Salsa lessons by the Bamboo! Salsa Club. A cultural disc jockey also will be in the Union Ballroom for anyone wanting to take the floor.
Two will become one on July 1, 2009 — that is, St. John Student Parish and St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. The two parishes will examine which programs are compatible and combine their resources to reduce redundancies and form a more unified community.
A new beta e-mail Web system has been launched by the MSU Academic Technology Services team and is available for students to access, MSU ATS announced Tuesday.
To many, the Garza family is unique because of its 35 college graduates, but to Diego Garza, they’re just an all-American family living the American dream.
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings in April 2007, colleges across the country have begun to implement background checks for students living on campus to prevent violent attacks.
Ten MSU students were admitted to area hospitals over the past week all reporting similar symptoms of bloody diarrhea.
Another link in a nine-year-old MSU arson case will close today. Marie Jeanette Mason, one of four people charged with setting the 1999 New Year’s Eve fire in Agriculture Hall, will plead guilty to involvement in the arson.
School supplies may not excite college students, but there was no greater thrill for the children at Shabazz Public School Academy. Freshman business students from MSU donated school supplies to the academy Friday in boxes the MSU students created.
Animal science graduate students and researchers had their chance to shine and present their work Friday. The third annual Animal Science Graduate Student Research Forum gave students and staff the opportunity to present research and interact with each other and faculty, said Lindsey De Vries, a graduate student in animal science and one of the organizers.
What do a red wheelbarrow, tai chi and sidewalk chalk have in common? They are all parts of Journeys to Sustainability, a week of events focusing on different facets of environmental sustainability.
ASMSU discussed two items Wednesday night at its joint-assembly meeting that will affect all students: a shortened Welcome Week and sky-rocketing tuition. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
Plans to replace Morrill Hall and expand MSU’s plant science program are among the discussion topics at today’s MSU Board of Trustees meeting. Also on the board’s agenda is a proposal to increase parking space in Lot 89. The meeting, held at 9:30 a.m., is the board’s first of the fall semester.