For more than a decade, the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program/Summer Research Opportunity Program has helped minority, low-income or first-generation college students pursue graduate school.
Lansing - A man was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the Red Cedar River in Lansing, near Kalamazoo and Clippert Streets. Police were investigating the incident as "a suspicious death," and an autopsy performed Wednesday concluded with inconclusive results. Roberto Martinez, friend of the man he called "Ran Dan," returned after a brief trip Tuesday to the location they were living at - among the trees west of Kalamazoo Street and on the shore of the Red Cedar River - and noticed something wasn't right. Police had taped off the area and were investigating a body found in the water next to their campsite. Martinez said he and a group of men had been "kicking back" at the campsite, where "Ran Dan" had a tent, and "were all drinking." Multiple police and rescue teams swarmed the area after Lansing Police received an anonymous call at about 2:30 p.m.
East Lansing city officials, along with MSU Museum employees and downtown businesses are getting ready for fun, folk music and food during this weekend's third annual Great Lakes Folk Festival. MSU Museum Communication Manager Lora Helou said the 80,000 expected at this year's festival - the same amount as at last year's event - can taste the flavor and cultures of different countries of the world. "Through music, food and arts, it's a chance to experience lots of different cultures in an accessible way," Helou said.
Two East Lansing men died in the last two days in separate vehicle-related incidents. Nabi Aslani, 79, died Tuesday in a car accident at the corner of Coolidge and State Roads, and 22-year-old Alexander Zynda shot himself after a high-speed police chase Wednesday.
The streets will be filled this fall with political activists, petitioners and advocates representing the presidential candidates of their choice. Lansing Voters Matter, a new non-partisan voter registration organization, will be targeting a group they say is often overlooked by many of the regular campaigns - Lansing's low-income population. "We realized that all of the 'Get out the vote' drives were politically motivated," co-founder Michelle Johnson said.
Enrollment in MSU's Executive Masters of Business Administration program has gone down over the last five years, while many of the nation's schools have seen steady enrollment, university officials said. MSU saw a drop of almost five students per year on average in its EMBA program. And nationwide, more than three-fourths of responding Masters of Business Administration programs reported a decline in applications, according to a recent Graduate Management Admission Council survey, although MSU's figures have remained relatively steady. Also, 25 percent less students took the GMAT test for admission into business school than in 2002. "Given that the number of people who've taken the GMAT is down, there is a smaller pool of students," said John Delaney, associate dean for MBA Programs with the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management. This limited number of candidates means universities in the top 10 of national business programs can syphon away students from MSU, he said.
Students taking chemistry classes this fall won't get to see as many demonstrations as their predecessors, because chemistry demonstrator Sheldon Knoespel will no longer be experimenting. Knoespel, who was in the position for 14 years, was responsible for doing all the demonstrations in different chemistry classes that emphasized what was being taught in the classroom.
With farming converting into a type of corporate business from its past image of family driven manual labor, agriculture graduates with an economics and engineering background are farther ahead career-wise, MSU College of Agriculture officials say. Otto Loewer, a 1980 MSU alumnus, recently became the president-elect for the American Society for Agricultural Engineers, due in part to his dual background in those subjects.
A new American Indian Law Program will begin this fall at MSU, teaching students about indigenous law, policy and practice. When the two classes start they will be the beginning of the only formal American Indian law program in Michigan and the most comprehensive in the Midwest. "It's an entire area of law that people just aren't aware of," said Donald Laverdure, a professor and director of the program.
Lansing - State Rep. Michael Murphy, D-Lansing, watched one of the nation's oldest and largest black parades in Chicago every summer as a child and eventually participated in the parade when he was old enough.
MSU President M. Peter McPherson has received an award from the U.S. Department of Treasury for his efforts last summer to help rebuild Iraq's struggling economy. McPherson took a 130-day unpaid leave of absence from the university to serve as the financial coordinator in Iraq for the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.
Just try to balance a full load of human biology course work with the time requirements of a starting position on the MSU baseball team. As imaginable, goof-off time was scarce for Charlie Braun, shortstop and second baseman for the 2003-04 Spartans. "I didn't have the luxury of free time," he said.
There's a display board resting against the old piano in the little white house on Stuart Avenue.
When President Bush stops his "Heart and Soul of America" tour in Saginaw today, it will be his 19th trip to the Great Lakes State since his bid for the presidency in 2000. The Republican has visited Michigan more than any other president in U.S.
Neighbors met in driveways and cul-de-sacs Tuesday night, chatting, being introduced to unfamiliar faces, watching children and pets play and sometimes sharing ice cream.
As a little boy growing up on the south side of Chicago, state Rep. Michael Murphy, D-Lansing, would watch one of the nation's oldest and largest black parades march down his street every year.