The red carpet was rolled out for hospitality business recruiters and students at this year’s Career Expo on Tuesday.More than 60 hospitality businesses sent recruiters to the Kellogg Center, looking for students to fill internships and permanent positions.
MSU’s Energy Conservation Campaign turned on its light Tuesday morning in front of administrators. Cassie Kraft, a studio art sophomore, had her design selected out of 15 entries to become the campaign’s official logo.
The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety was honored for its officers’ academic achievements Tuesday.MSU police Chief Bruce Benson was honored on behalf of his whole staff with a certificate from the Police Association for College Education for high standards of excellence.All of the department’s 60 officers have bachelor’s degrees and 16 will have advanced degrees soon, Benson said.Louis Mayo, executive director of Parking And Code Enforcement, presented the award and reiterated the importance of having an educated police force.“The quality of policing will not improve significantly until higher education requirements are established for its personnel,” Mayo said during his presentation.Mayo credited MSU police for its standard that requires all officers to receive at least a bachelor’s degree before they can enter the department.MSU is one of less than 50 state and local police agencies in the United States that requires a four-year degree.Mayo said the main function of police departments is to protect democracy and that intent can be disrupted without requirements such as MSU police’s academic standard.Benson said besides the benefits within the department, this award will help police officers remember they were students too - an important perspective for a department that deals with students daily to have.“I think the second main value is that we as police officers have been in that student’s shoes,” Benson said.He said he and his colleagues can remember the pressures of college life, which helps relate why higher education is so important.“It’s a tribute to all of us in this organization,” he said.Sgt.
Lansing has a disaster hotline available for volunteers to call in case of a city emergency. The Lansing Emergency Management Office, 815 Marshall St.
Ideas ranging from snow energy to required classes about an environmentally sustainable campus were brainstormed at the Campus Energy Summit held Tuesday at the Union.More than 25 MSU students, faculty and staff projected their scenarios for campus in 2015 in terms of energy and resource usage.
The rainy day people are saving for could come much sooner than expected, said an Ann Arbor based group.Public Interest Research Group In Michigan recently released a report saying consumers can save $75 each year by banking at small banks and credit unions instead of a larger bank.The report surveyed brochures collected from 521 banks and 144 credit unions in several states.
Capital Area Transportation Authority will provide a variety of health screenings during its Rush Hour Health Fair 2001 today.
For several months, Loretta Focht made the drive periodically from her home in Gibraltar, Mich., to Lansing, hoping it would be worth her while.Legislation passed by the Senate last week with her help proved to her that it was - and that the drive will be safer in the future.Focht’s son, 21-year-old Brian Slebodnick, was killed in a hit-and-run accident April 13, 2000.
College students are always in need of some extra cash and they could have taken advantage of a free loan from ASMSU - but they haven’t.ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, offers a service of $100 interest-free loans and most students don’t know they exist, ASMSU officials said.The loans were shut down Oct.
MSU’s Energy Conservation Campaign will unveil its official logo this morning at a presentation for university officials.The logo was selected through a contest where the eventual winner will be awarded free textbooks for the spring semester from the MSU Bookstore.MSU President M.
Christopher Bell loves learning and playing with children his own age, but there aren’t always many around. Luckily, about a month ago, his mom, East Lansing resident Adrienne Bell, heard about the All Children Connected To Succeed program that allows the 11-month-old to make friends and learn at the same time. “I wanted to get him around other kids because he loves to play with them,” she said.
Lansing - Despite recent anthrax scares, most postal workers are alert, cautious and eager to deliver and process mail, a U.S.
A helping hand and a keen eye await students at the polls on campus today. One of the key problems discovered last spring by the East Lansing Election Task Force was students were unaware of what precinct they were supposed to vote in - or whether they were registered at all. The nine-member task force formed last year in response to concerns over many problems encountered by students trying to vote in last year’s presidential election.
A student, some experienced politicians and local challengers have set their sights on the Lansing City Council. Today the polls for the Lansing City Council elections open, and at stake are two seats on the city council at-large and a seat on both the second and fourth wards. Louis Adado, a 42-year-old incumbent, will be completing his first term on the council. He has lived in Lansing his entire life and is the son of a previous city council member. He is running along with incumbent Larry Meyer, Western Michigan University student Vince Villegas and chiropractor Jerry Heathcote for the two open seats on the Lansing City Council at-large. Adado said he will be examining ways to save money and wants to continue improvements to roads and the green areas of Lansing. “(We should) take a good hard look at our parks and (recreation) money and see if we are taking good care of our parks before we add new land,” he said. Adado also serves as the chief executive officer of the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association. He said the experience has prepared him for a new term. “There won’t be that learning curve there if Larry (Meyer) and I get re-elected,” Adado said.
A telescope nestled 9,000 feet high in the Chilean Andes operated by a student nestled in a chair in campus’ new Biomedical Physical Sciences Building - that dream is about a year way. The SOAR telescope, which is operated by MSU and its three partners in the Southern Astrophysical Research, will help promote MSU’s astronomy research capabilities amongst its national peers. The telescope is expected to be operational in November 2002. “What this does is brings us very prominently into the international astrological picture,” said Eugene Capriotti, associate chairperson of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
The 2002 gubernatorial race is still one year away, but the Democratic candidates are already throwing punches.All five candidates who are vying for the party’s nomination met for a debate Monday.
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drill under.The Law Review of MSU-Detroit College of Law will host a forum Tuesday on the issue of directional drilling in Michigan.The forum, “Directional Drilling in Michigan: Beneficial or Misdirected Policy,” will be moderated by DCL professor Christine Klein and will begin at 7 p.m.
Students rolled up their sleeves and gave blood to the American Red Cross as the MSU -Penn State Challenge kicked off Monday. Nearly 20 volunteers from the university teamed up with the Red Cross to coordinate drives Monday at Holden and Gilchrist halls. Now in its seventh year, the challenge pits these two Big Ten schools in an effort to increase the Great Lakes region’s blood supply.
Islam Awareness Week aims to address racial profiling and further educate students about Muslim culture through guest speakers, open forums and information tables. The events will be held today through Saturday, with emphasis on helping to deter stereotypes harbored against Muslims since the Sept.