Researcher Dennis Denno is running for a Democrat spot on the Board of Trustees. He hopes to improve transparency and campus safety, give MSU employees a $15 minimum wage and fight for budget priorities.
Headlining the two day conference were keynote speakers astrophysicist and cosmologist Hakeem Oluseyi and Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Jenny Yang.
The newly elected General Assembly Representatives' first role will be to elect their session's new leadership alongside representatives for CORES, COPS, and major governing organizations.
The Prevention, Outreach and Education Department, or POE, at MSU is hosting “It’s On Us,” a weeklong event led by students to bring awareness of gender based violence during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Two candidates were endorsed at the Michigan Democratic Party’s endorsement convention on April 9: incumbent Trustee Renee Knake Jefferson and researcher Dennis Denno.
All of the proceeds from the fundraiser will go to support the women and children of Ukraine. Orders can be placed on the bakery’s website and can be picked up on April 23.
During Greek Week, sororities and fraternities within the Panhellenic Council and Interfraternity Council collaborate to put on events to raise money for local charities in the Greater Lansing area. This year, they raised nearly $100,000.
DreaMSU held a rally outside of the Hannah Administration Building on April 8 to advocate for undocumented and immigrant students. Protestors demanded three things: making the university a “sanctuary campus,” hiring a full-time employee for undocumented affairs and creating a scholarship for non-citizens.
“Seeing a Black woman has the opportunity to be in such a position with such impact and power that affects American society, in the justice system,” Social relations and policy junior Safiya Webster said. “It just gave me a sense of encouragement. That I can be, I will be able to be a judge, and I will be able to make an impact.”
Whitmer is using the governor’s executive authority to seek intervention from the Michigan Supreme Court, rather than starting at the lower courts and moving up. This is the first time in her term as governor that Whitmer is using this power.
This year’s edition of the garden opened March 10, containing over 1,000 butterflies created by AgeAlive participants, MSUFCU employees and other community members.
Within the next year, Valkyrie Movers founder and owner Jacquelynn Biggs said she intends to use her moving company to help survivors of domestic violence get out of abusive households, free-of-charge.
MSU alumna and Carhartt Inc. president Linda Hubbard, MSU alumnus, former NBA star and Olympic gold medalist Steve Smith Sr. and U.S. Army captain and former Ford Motor Co. executive Ronald Goldsberry, will address graduates during the 2022 spring commencement ceremonies on May 6, the university announced Wednesday in a press release.
April is sexual assault awareness month, and this April marks one year since MSU first released its strategic plan.
BWL began collecting a 5% franchise fee from East Lansing customers in 2017 and collects around $1.4 million a year from East Lansing residents from this fee.
Students looking to learn about cannabis are unable to participate in a related degree or certificate program at Michigan State University.
According to Civic Alerts in East Lansing, the face mask requirement was previously set to drop on March 14 in most East Lansing buildings, before the repeal was pushed back to April 5.
On Thursday, April 7 MSU’s University Blood Initiative Chapter will be hosting a blood drive showdown between Michigan State and the University of Michigan, to see which school receives the most donations.
“From Scratch” is Mulaney’s first special since his 2020 stint in rehab and 2021 divorce. Reviews from Philadelphia and Mashantucket describe the set’s tone as blunter than previous Mulaney performances but still managing to feel intimate and lighthearted.
As mask mandates are rescinded and the weather is beginning to break, some shop employees in downtown East Lansing have noticed a change in the student population's mask-wearing habits.