MSU students and university officials celebrated the 25th anniversary of the MSU Sexual Assault Program on Thursday afternoon at the MSU Sexual Assault Program office in the Student Services Building.
Construction projects across campus continue on schedule, officials said during MSU’s Physical Plant Construction Junction meeting Thursday. Work to enclose Emmons Hall prior to the first snowfall is slated for completion next week, with building heat to be activated around the same time, construction representative Ken Dawson said during the meeting. Renovations on the building will continue during the winter and slated to be finished June 2011, he said.
Appearing through a shaky Internet connection from more than 6,000 miles away from MSU, Lt. Andrew Zanotti gave more than 100 MSU Air Force ROTC cadets a tour of his room at Camp Victory in Baghdad via a projector in Bessey Hall.
Veterans and future members of the military from different branches joined together Thursday in celebration of Veterans Day.
MSU officials recently discovered environmental cleanup of the former Michigan State Police headquarters will cost nearly $4.2 million, and who will foot the bill still is up for debate.
Faculty and staff at the MSU College of Natural Science will offer courses toward a degree in actuarial sciences this spring semester, beyond the specialization courses MSU now offers, said Albert Cohen, director of the actuarial sciences program.
With her brow knit in concentration, Renée “Wasson” Dillard, of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, wove strands from black ash tree together into a basket Wednesday in front of a group of students and community members at the MSU Museum.
Michigan could see greener farms and rural areas following a grant recently received by MSU to help identify inefficiencies. MSU will receive $100,000 from the U.S.
Students, faculty and community members scoured their pockets to give change to vote for this year’s Ugly Man on Campus while raising money for cancer research. The MSU chapter of Alpha Phi Omega has hosted the Ugly Man on Campus event annually as a part of the fraternity’s National Service Week for many years.
Chef Eric Nittolo wants you to screw up your next meal. “The average 40-year-old adult has had about 43,000 meals,” he said.
Since he was 13 years old, graduate student Zain Shamoon has performed poetry. Shamoon said his experiences as a Muslim inspired him to write poetry about social justice. Shamoon was one of about 16 students and community members who performed music and spoken word poetry centered on the theme of peace Wednesday evening at Spreading the Word of Peace, an open mic event.
Local entrepreneurs soon will have easy access to about 26,000 resources to assist in starting and maintaining a business, following an agreement approved by East Lansing City Council on Tuesday night.
An MSU professor has found the U.S. compares poorly with other countries in terms of the math education it provides for its K-12 students. “Even our brightest children are not really competitive with respect to other countries,” Professor Bill Schmidt said.
Bicyclists could see a safer roadway if a bill passed Tuesday by the state House of Representatives becomes law. The bill, which passed by a 74-30 margin, would amend the Driver Education Provider and Instructor Act to require more education about laws pertaining to bicycles during the classroom instruction of segment 1 driver’s education.
When Barbara Given was a master’s student in the nursing program at Ohio State University more than 40 years ago, she noticed one of the cleaning ladies spent more time with cancer patients and their families when they were being discharged than the rest of the staff.
African students reconnected with their roots on Tuesday by moving their bodies in a traditional African dance called the coupé décalé.
There usually would be nothing remarkable about David Bulgarelli walking down Grand River Avenue in a T-shirt, except that it’s mid-November.
MSU Trustee Faylene Owen and her husband, Larry, were discharged from Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital on Friday following a car crash Nov.
Korean and English voices blended together and filled the room Monday night. when two acclaimed Korean authors read and discussed their works with students and community members. Two authors and a translator presented at “A Celebration of Korean Literature” with authors Hailji and Ch’on Un-yong at the International Center.
Students who get politically involved on Facebook also might get more involved in real world, an MSU doctoral student and her research team found. MSU doctoral student Jessica Vitak invited a random sample of 4,000 MSU undergraduate students to participate in a survey, and received 683 usable responses.