MSU's Residence Halls Association is sponsoring a visit from R &B artists Ja Rule and Eve - and students can win tickets to the event. The concert, held in cooperation with the University Activities Board, will take place at 7:30 p.m.
The University Graduate Council presented three years worth of revisions to the Graduate Students Rights and Responsibilities to the executive committee of Academic Council.The document sets academic regulations governing MSU graduate students.The graduate council will again present a list of the proposed changes at next month's Academic Council meeting.
MSU will host the North American Animal Welfare Judging Contest on Feb. 28 during its annual Agriculture and Natural Resources Week. Participants will evaluate animal welfare in given situations.
Two of MSU's educational programs for state residents are looking for creative solutions to upcoming funding problems - and hoping to avoid layoffs that may be inevitable. The Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, MSU Extension and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station were counting on nearly $4 million in state money to make up for a 2 percent cut to higher-education funding.
Delta Twp. - With a combined cost of $43 million and a slow economy, Lansing Community College has reached out to local businesses and community partners to help pay for its new technical centers.As an extension of LCC, Michigan Technical Education Center (M-TEC) and Technical Training Center are scheduled to open next year.The M-TEC cost the city nearly $34 million and the training center close to $9 million.
The University Graduate Council presented three years worth of revisions to the Graduate Students Rights and Responsibilities to the executive committee of Academic Council. The document sets academic regulations governing MSU graduate students. The graduate council will again present a list of the proposed changes at next month's Academic Council meeting.
When education freshman Amanda McNutt decided to be a teacher, her thoughts were not about how much money she would make after graduation, but instead of her love for children and helping others. "I don't need to have the top car and biggest house," McNutt said.
MSU Residence Halls Association will distribute cancer self-exam cards in on-campus resident mailboxes Jan.
With Michigan's top three budget experts meeting today to estimate Michigan's tax revenue, Gov.
Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, has been appointed to serve on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce in the 108th Congress. Rogers' subcommittee assignments will be announced in the next few weeks. The committee, which was formed in 1795, provides principal legislative oversight related to telecommunications, consumer protection and food and drug safety. The committee also oversees public health, air quality and environmental health and the supply and delivery of energy, as well as interstate and foreign commerce.
MSU students and faculty are invited to meet several authors and discuss their work for free on campus.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., met with police and firefighters in Marquette Monday to address their concerns regarding homeland security. Stabenow spokesman Dave Lemmon said the round-table discussion was her sixth such visit to Michigan municipalities.
Aaron Naumann has seen the number of teaching assistants in his Integrative Studies for Social Science office cut in half.Last semester eight graduate students worked in his Berkey Hall office.
The bickering over the budget crisis in East Lansing Public Schools reached the legal level Monday.The East Lansing Education Association, the union representing East Lansing teachers, filed unfair labor practice charges against the East Lansing School Board - accusing them of breaking a state labor law.Union officials have pointed fingers at the school board, saying Superintendent Tom Giblin broke state labor laws by releasing budget plans publicly before they were presented to the teachers' union.
East Lansing residents again have an opportunity to turn their trash into reusable goods.The city reopened the Valley Court recycling drop-off site on Friday, located at Valley Court and Hillside Court.
Some MSU students and faculty aren't fully convinced a group claiming responsibility for the birth of the first human clone is telling the truth. And they are not alone. On Saturday, a Florida attorney subpoenaed a vice president of the cloning organization, Clonaid, to testify in court.
MSU Controller David Brower says he is ready to join the fight to rebuild the United Way's reputation while the local chapter attempts to recover nearly $1 million in missing money.Brower was appointed by the Capital Area United Way blue-ribbon panel of experts which will analyze the chapter's financial safeguards.