Conservationist and television personality Jeff Corwin brought his charm and expertise to MSU, speaking in front of a packed Auditorium on Tuesday night.The lecture is this year's second installment of the M.
More than three decades after the first Black Power Rally at MSU, members of the black community are still asking, "Are We Free?"That question is the theme of this year's rally, which begins at 7 p.m.
General Motors donated five patents to MSU on Friday to assist in developing fast-paced technologies for the removal of contaminated soil.The patented technologies will allow contaminated soil to be cleaned without excavating it or transporting it from a site and will greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to clean a site, GM spokeswoman Susan Garavaglia said.
The Undergraduate University Division is sponsoring the Marathon of Majors from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday in hopes of alleviating some of the confusion undergraduates face in choosing a major. The event will be on the first-floor classroom wing of Bessey Hall.
In 1965, MSU's College of Engineering had eight black students. Two years later, the Engineering Equal Opportunity Program began, and the number jumped to 60. Today, 847 minority students account for about 19 percent of the 4,504 students in the college.
The National Society of Black Engineers named its top 50 preferred employers, and two Michigan companies made the top 20.The survey polled 700 college and university students nationwide in August and put IBM Corporation and Microsoft at the top.
Carmen Gear of the MSU Counseling Center has relationship information for students.This afternoon, Gear will speak on "Relationships 411 - Healthy vs.
Proposal A needs to be tweaked to preserve revenue for Michigan schools, a report released Monday concludes.David Plank and David Arsen, co-directors of MSU's Education Policy Center, released the findings of the report Monday at the Kellogg Center.
A comedy show and pig roast are two events that members of the Puerto Rican Student Association said they hope will help educate MSU students and Lansing-area community members this week.Puerto Rican Culture Week runs today through Friday."This year, we're making it more based on the ethnic value of Puerto Rico, our history and music," organization President David Torres said.
Across the United States, and especially in Michigan, the problem of obesity is growing at alarming rates.As state obesity statistics rise, MSU researchers are working to define exactly where the problem lies and what people can do to slow the increase.In a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 56 percent of Americans were overweight or obese in 2000.
MSU students surfing for school help online and a little interaction with other students now have an alternative to the ever-popular www.TheSpartanWeb.com provides a place for students to receive help from one another with classes, rate professors, set up car-pool rides across the state, voice their opinions on issues and place ads. Computer science freshman Kyle Mcauliffe co-owns the site, which was launched on Oct.
Seven members of an MSU environmental group sounded their dissatisfaction with the campus recycling program Friday afternoon by banging on plastic containers, pop cans and using laundry detergent containers as maracas outside of Wells Hall.Eco members organized a "Debris Drum Squad" to protest the Residence Halls Association student tax they claim is not fulfilling its purpose to help fund an adequate recycling program within residence halls.RHA recently signed a new one-year recycling contract with MSU's Office of Recycling and Waste Management after ending five years of service with Waste Management.
Television personality and conservationist Jeff Corwin will visit MSU's campus this week, speaking on endangered species and ecosystems and meeting with students. Corwin, the host of Animal Planet's "The Jeff Corwin Experience," will speak Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Some MSU officials are expecting one of the university's three largest study abroad programs to become the largest by this summer.The College of Engineering's five-week program in Volgograd, Russia, has become one of MSU's largest in its five-year history."We're expecting to have the maximum number of participants this year," said Tom Maleck, co-director of the program, adding that participation is capped at 75 students.
Marie Takagi visited Greece, Latin America, Thailand, Kenya, Turkey and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday.
Chrissy Gephardt calls herself a live-in lobbyist.With Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt as her father, the 30-year-old social worker said she had inside insurance that her dad's campaign focused on human issues.Chrissy Gephardt spoke with a group of about 50 students Thursday night about her father's policies on civil rights, civil liberties, Iraq and lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender issues.The latter is something of both personal interest to Chrissy Gephardt and of increased interest among some MSU Democrats.Chrissy Gephardt, who is openly lesbian, works with women in the District of Columbia with mental illnesses, substance-abuse disorders and trauma."My father has told me, 'Chrissy, the best thing you can do in your life is listen to people,'" she said, adding that it's something both of them are committed to.The oldest daughter of Dick Gephardt's three children, she's been touring the country sharing her father's message.Chrissy Gephardt also touched on her father's LBGT policies.
A dozen students arrived at Phillips Hall on Thursday night for free HIV testing and counseling. The free testing sessions, which lasted 20 to 30 minutes for each person, were provided by Gateway Community Services and RING, MSU's North Complex lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender caucus. "As far as I know, this is the first time these services have been offered on campus, outside of Olin," RING President Erik Green said. The procedure used Orasure, a blood-free method of testing that checks the saliva for antibodies associated with HIV.
Integrating modern medical teaching and yoga therapy techniques, the Medical Yoga Club of MSU will hold its annual Yoga Jamboree this weekend.The club will offer demonstrations of yoga, classes and therapy, all free-of-charge, from 9 a.m.
A new caucus within the College Democrats intends to focus on lesbian, bi, gay and transgender concerns, organizers said this week. Members of the caucus, which formed last week and is called MSU Stonewall Democrats, hope to unite LBGT and Democratic voters to benefit both sides. "Essentially it's an organization that tries to not only make the Democratic party better on LBGT issues, but to get the LBGT community involved," said Nathan Triplett, youth organizer of the Michigan Democratic Party and MSU College Democrats executive board member. The Stonewall Democrats is an LBGT Democratic organization which recently launched the Stonewall student network in an effort to promote organizations with a similar focus to campuses nationwide. The name Stonewall comes from the June 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in New York City, where LBGT bar patrons fought back after being thrown out of a gay bar.
The Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services awarded $10,000 to MSU and Monroe County Community College for nursing scholarships, state officials announced.Gov.