The list of celebrity victims includes Pamela Anderson, Naomi Judd, Mickey Mantle, James Earl Ray and Steven Tyler. But hepatitis C, a deadly virus which affects more than 4 million Americans, now will be tackled by a new Michigan task force. The Hepatitis C Advisory Task Force will advise the governor and Legislature on policies for reducing the risk of hepatitis C, said T.J.
Fundraisers come in cans. The 10 cents refund received on bottles and cans will go to a greater cause with the MSU Women's Resource Center "Cans for the Cure" bottle drive. Collection bins are set up and the bottle campaign will run until Oct.
Kelly O'Brien isn't familiar with MSU's e-mail system. Compared to Google's Gmail, the May graduate said MSU's system just didn't have much to offer her - so she stopped using it. She forwarded all of her MSU e-mail to the Gmail account, which also allows users to store documents and calendar events. There's also a Gmail feature her and her family members can't live without. "You can chat on it," she said. About 9 million e-mails are sent and received each day through MSU e-mail system, www.mail.msu.edu. The system hasn't received a complete overhaul since spring of 2003, when it was launched, but students shouldn't have to wait much longer, said Dave Gift, vice provost for Libraries Computing and Technology.
Holly Brophy-Herb knows the research her team conducted regarding young children's social and emotional development will make a difference in the lives of families. "There is lots of evidence that shows early development does foster (social and emotional skills)," Brophy-Herb said.
Kresge Art Museum will offer a training class in September for people interested in giving tours of the new Eli and Edythe Broad Museum of Art.
Patricia Ann McGraw, 49, waived her right for a preliminary examination Wednesday morning at East Lansing's 54-B District Court. McGraw, a former MSU employee who turned herself into police June 20 on an embezzlement charge, will now await a pretrial meeting to be scheduled at Lansing's 30th Judicial Circuit Court. McGraw has been charged with embezzling more than $20,000 from the MSU Department of Theatre, where she worked as a business office supervisor.
Nine-year-old Mike Todd played with his name tag as his grandfather, Ron Lott, a 1963 MSU graduate, talked about the classes they're scheduled to take.
In the '80s, a political cartoon was published asking the last person leaving the state of Michigan to turn off the lights, said Donald Holecek, the director of MSU's Travel, Tourism and Recreation Resource Center. It symbolized economic depression - and the amount of people leaving the state to find employment elsewhere. From that thought, the Travel, Tourism and Recreation Resource Center was created in 1985.
Correction: Information regarding the history of June Dairy Month is incorrect. As the heaping mound of blue moon ice cream slowly started to melt, 9-year-old Reese Morgan caught each drop of the sugary-smooth concoction with a few quick licks. Eating the frozen treat out of a cup was not an option for the Fenton native, but he made sure none of the ice cream took a messy plunge down the side of his sugar cone.
When Elizabeth Chase presented book reports in elementary school, she offered more than a simple presentation.
The role research universities will play in revitalizing Michigan's economy was the theme of a forum sponsored Thursday by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Participants of the forum, titled "Michigan's Research Universities: Their Impact on the Economy," discussed a study by the Anderson Economic Group.
Bill Milzarski was sifting through applications from disabled high school students who hoped to be placed in his leadership forum.
High school students participating in a German Summer Camp this week are submerging themselves into the culture - right at MSU. The free camp, which meets 2-5 p.m., Monday-Friday this week in C-311 Wells Hall, is geared toward creating a better understanding of German culture.
MSU added 10 University Distinguished Professors for 2007, bumping up the total number to 104 since the designation process was authorized in 1989. The MSU Board of Trustees approved Friday the following professors recommended by MSU Provost Kim Wilcox: Wolfgang Bauer, Timothy C.
MSU graduate Rick Kunzi has something to look forward to in the Big Apple. The theater graduate wrote and co-produced the rock-musical "BRUNCH," which hits the New York City stage in September 2008. "BRUNCH" is a musical about a 20-something struggling actor in New York City.
The suitcases of outfits and jewelry are almost unpacked, but the memories will be tucked away forever. Three MSU students returned to their hometowns Sunday after spending a week in Muskegon competing in the Miss Michigan 2007 scholarship pageant. While they won't be unpacking the winning crown, Katie Thomas, a nutritional sciences senior; Christie Charron, a political science junior; and Melissa Cousino, a psychology senior; said the week of events and competition was all worth it. "It was really great," Thomas, 20, said.
The MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research will host a public policy forum about the impact of Michigan's research universities' on state economic development.
MSU officials see MSU Technologies as a world-class organization, but Ian Gray, vice president for research and graduate studies, said in the past it has been understaffed relative to other universities. "It requires full-time people and real diligence," he said.
The Lansing Juneteenth Committee is hosting a Juneteenth statewide Capitol kick-off ceremony at 5:30 p.m.
The MSU Board of Trustees will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday on the fourth floor of the Administration Building. Items up for vote include authorization to plan Emmons Hall renovations and approval of a transition from Lyman Briggs School of Science to Lyman Briggs College. The trustees also will vote to appoint Jeffrey Riedinger as dean of International Studies and Programs, and Elizabeth Simmons as dean of Lyman Briggs College, both of which would be effective June 15.