MSU Extension is sponsoring a Crop Management and Field Diagnostic School from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. July 25 at the MSU plant pathology field lab, 3751 College Road.
A MSU faculty member will be leaving the green and white when she takes off for Berlin in September. Mei Zhuang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, was named a Fulbright Senior Scholar and will live in Germany for 10 months, teaching and researching at the Technische Universitat Berlin. Her research will focus on developing computational aeroacoustics tools to be used in the noise prediction systems of turbofan engines.
When religious studies senior Marie Shepherd took off for a study abroad program last summer, she figured she had enough cash to get by for the next six weeks. But after her Italian Language, Literature and Culture program in Florence, Italy, finished, Shepherd found her wallet empty. But a $2.5-million donation to the MSU Study Abroad program could help students such as Shepherd cover the cost of an education outside of East Lansing. The MSU Federal Credit Union donated the money for the MSUFCU Study Abroad Scholarship, which awards qualified students with $500 to $2,000 for any of the programs offered by MSU, said Inge Steglitz, assistant director of MSU Study Abroad. In the 2001-02 academic year 1,819 MSU students participated in study abroad programs, she said. "It ensures students from every part of the class can take an opportunity to study abroad," said Lou Anna Simon, MSU Interim President In April students participating in study abroad accompanied university officials to meet with the credit union board, Simon said. "We really sold this idea by taking the students," she said, adding they were able to give firsthand experience about how study abroad affected their college experience. Although there are several scholarships available through the program, Shepherd says she didn't apply for any because she was under the impression she would be able to afford her trip to Italy.
Construction and endowment projects were issues at the MSU Board of Trustees' last summer meeting. Although Trustee Colleen McNamara was the only trustee able to physically attend the Friday meeting, the other seven trustees chimed in their votes through a teleconferencing system.
Installing energy-saving light fixtures, renovating the Physics-Astronomy Building and engineering a livestock research facility are some of the issues up for discussion at the MSU Board of Trustees meeting Friday. About half of the university's fluorescent lights will be replaced with high efficient lighting if the board approves the project, said Bob Nestle, university engineer.
Dozens of Graduate Employees Union members picketed on Grand River Avenue on Tuesday to voice their discontent with MSU decision-makers. The demonstration, dubbed "Afternoon of Action," aimed to bring public awareness to the recent decision by the university to alter graduate student's titles from teaching assistants to instructors.
The Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages is hosting the Linguistic Society of America's 2003 Institute.The institute runs from June 30 to Aug.
What started out as a computer program for a physics class has spawned into an award-winning network with about 120 universities and high schools nationwide as members. LearningOnline Network with CAPA, or LON-CAPA, started in 1991 when a conversation between a couple of MSU faculty members sparked the idea for an interactive learning tool for the classroom.
Members of the Five-State-Beef Initiative will convene across the state of Michigan to train cow-calf, feedlot and stocker producers this summer.Starting June 27 in Frankenmuth and wrapping up with sessions on Aug.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has added another Spartan to its members list.Douglas Schemske , a distinguished professor of plant biology, was elected into the 216 member-strong academy.
Three MSU international centers were awarded a $1.5-million grant to be used to further international studies.The MSU African Studies and Asian Studies centers, and the Center for Advanced Study of International Development and Women and International Development received the renewal grant in early June from the U.S.
STUINFO isn't just for students. Since the launch of guest authorization to the student information online system, about 1,200 guests have logged on to view students' financial aid and billing information.
The MSU Board of Trustees was busy appointing new faculty to the university at its meeting June 5.
MSU students charged in the March 28-30 disturbances waived their right to arraignment in Ingham County's Circuit Court Wednesday.Ian Bailey, Brian Balamucki, Daniel Callton, Kimberly Martin, Miguel Miranda and Tony Warren's rights to arraignments were waived by Judge James Giddings in the 30th Judicial Circuit Court.The disturbances the students were charged with followed the MSU men's basketball team March loss in the NCAA tournament.
Barbara Steidle is not used to being in the spotlight.As the university's consultant, she spends most of her time working behind the scenes making sure MSU runs smoothly.But on Tuesday, Steidle stepped out of the shadows and into the spotlight to receive the 2003 Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Leadership Award from the Michigan American Council on Education Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education."She's a woman pioneer at MSU and in the state," said Martha Tack, the state coordinator for the network.
A 9-foot 7-inch ceramic statue celebrated its 58th birthday Monday. Sparty, considered to be the world's tallest free-standing ceramic sculpture, had a party thrown by him by Johnny Spirit.
Lansing Community College Police & Public Safety department will be hiring two more full-time police officers to protect its growing student body.LCC was awarded a $150,000 federal grant through the Community Oriented Policing Service's Universal Hiring Program to employ the officers.
The curtain will fall on the career of the man responsible for much of Wharton Center's success during the past 11 years.Executive director William Wright announced Tuesday he will step down from his position at the end of the 2003-04 season."I am a person of many interests and wish to have the time to explore these interests," Wright said in a statement.
As fall semester nears, MSU students will return to campus and take that first step toward setting up their room for the new school year - building a loft. For the past 25 to 30 years, MSU students have chosen to accommodate more space in their dorm rooms by having a loft built. University Housing Director Angela Brown said the word has gotten out about lofts because students have been contacted with flyers and heard of them through friends. "We don't encourage them because if not constructed properly, they can be a safety hazard," she said.
While planting a tree early this morning, MSU Grounds Maintenance hit a gas line in front of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building, said Gary Parrott, the department's manager. The line, which Parrott said was mismarked as a zone safe to dig, was hit either by a back hoe or a spade. MSU department of police and public safety, East Lansing fire department and Consumers Energy were all on the scene, diverting traffic, stopping people from entering the building and fixing the pipeline. While people were not allowed to enter the building after the gas line was hit, the Daugherty building was never evacuated, said MSU police Sgt.