The MSU Student Food Bank now has 140 blocks of fresh cheese to give to students in need, thanks to a $2,500 donation of milk from the Michigan Milk Producers Association, or MMPA, processed into cheese by the MSU Dairy Store and delivered Wednesday.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm is scheduled to return to Michigan late Thursday night after spending the week mingling with business executives in Europe. Granholm met with Italian and German executives at companies such as Fiat and Daimler AG, encouraging new and continued business investments in Michigan.
Judith Kaufmann, a visiting scholar at the Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an independent consultant on global health diplomacy, discussed how health care worldwide affects diplomacy Wednesday afternoon in the Radiology Auditorium.
Barely a year after the student group ONE MSU was founded, members are ecstatic with what they’ve accomplished. The group won second place in the nation for its video on universal primary education. They were attempting to win a $10,000 donation they could have given to a ONE partner organization of its choice, group members said.
At an MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine open house, people will have the opportunity to ask current students about life as a medical student.
The MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife will present a free showing of the documentary film “The End of the Line” at 7 p.m. April 20 in the East Lansing High School auditorium.
Goodwill will hold a computer collection in Lansing as part of the state of Michigan’s Earth Day celebration.
Artisans and farmers in third world countries are less distant from East Lansing than most probably think with a new global movement toward fair trade. MSU Students for Fair Trade hosted the fourth annual Fair Trade Bash Tuesday to educate the community and university about the fair trade movement.
Susan Long discussed ethical questions raised by the role of technology in caring for frail, elderly people and the influence of culture in the matter during her lecture Tuesday. Long’s presentation was the last in a series of lectures given throughout the semester.
There will be a blood drive in Gilchrist Hall on Monday. The drive is being sponsored by the Red Cross and will run from noon to 6 p.m. in the Gilchrist pub.
The MSU Women’s Resource Center will host an event called A Legal Guide to Divorce from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Lake Superior Room on the third floor of the Union.
The MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research will host an event called Michigan’s Economic Turnaround from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Mackinac Room of the Anderson House Office Building, 124 N. Capitol Ave., in Lansing.
A sunny Saturday brought crowds to Lansing’s Old Town last weekend for the third annual Taste and Tour of Old Town event organized by the Old Town Commercial Association, or OTCA. A ticket to the event bought tourists a food sample from 10 different area restaurants and a tour of 11 lofts.
It’s a part of campus that most students never will visit, but for Walker Hancock, the Student Organic Farm is her version of the MSU experience — an experience that will see a few positive changes this year. Hancock is one of many students, volunteers and community members involved in the Student Organic Farm who soon will be learning and working with a new mobile greenhouse as well as experiencing changes in the Organic Farmer Training Program.
In dangerous situations, knowledge can be the best defense. Of course, a jab in the nose is a good back-up when that fails. A free self-defense program will be offered Tuesday night as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
MSU is at the helm of a worldwide sustainability research effort aimed at examining and raising awareness of present-day interactions between people and the environment.
Two current MSU students and a 2009 MSU alumna were selected as student ambassadors for China’s Expo 2010 in Shanghai this summer. International relations senior Charles Eveslage, international relations and Chinese senior Dan Redford and MSU alumna Rachel Smith will serve as student ambassadors for the Expo 2010 to guide visitors through the U.S. pavilion and act as ambassadors of the U.S.
During his freshman year at MSU, Patrick McAlvey was in the process of trying to cure his sexual orientation. More than five years later, he is back to embrace it. McAlvey, an MSU alumnus, discussed his experience with reparative therapy — the attempt to change the sexual orientation of individuals who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual through various methods — as part of Pride Week 2010 on Monday evening.
The East Lansing City Council will continue reviewing the proposed 2010-11 fiscal year budget when it views presentations on utility, street and solid waste funds during its 7 p.m. Tuesday work session at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
The Community Relations Coalition, or CRC, was honored last week for its efforts to increase MSU students’ knowledge of recycling, reuse and energy efficiency opportunities in the East Lansing community.