The 47th session of ASMSU’s Student Assembly filled its leadership positions Thursday night as assembly members elected Eric Branoff, the vice chairperson for external affairs, formerly as its chairperson.
The January earthquake tore Haiti apart, but it brought nine different MSU groups together, Thursday. A talent show called United 4 Haiti Talent Fest took place from 6-10 p.m. at the rock on Farm Lane.
The family and friends of slain MSU freshman Darren Brown are offering a reward for information regarding his death. Brown and 23-year-old Owen Goodenow were found dead March 25 in their southwest Lansing home, Lansing police Lt.
Theresa Viaches’ fifth-grade class at Lewton Elementary School in Lansing has gym class twice a week, and recess never is a guarantee. On Thursday, Viaches’ class attended the Sixth Annual Health Care Rally, an event hosted by the American Medical Student Association, or AMSA, and MSU’s colleges of Human Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine.
East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt said charges will not be filed against hospitality business junior Brian Weber, one of the 11 students who lived in an East Lansing house that caught fire April 16.
Lawrence Wayne Von Tersch, former MSU dean, who founded the MSU Computer Laboratory, died of natural causes Monday.
The Michigan House approved a three-bill package to ban texting while driving Tuesday, but state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith, D-Salem Township, proposed an additional amendment that suggested using the fines from texting tickets for the state’s general fund.
ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected Justin Epstein as chairperson for the upcoming 19th session Tuesday by a 15-2 margin. Epstein, who represents the Eli Broad College of Business, was elected over College of Social Science representative Michael Lipphardt. James Madison College representatives Zachary Taylor and Chris Noffze were elected vice chairpersons for internal and external affairs, respectively.
Six days after volcanic ash from Iceland caused flight delays and cancelations across Europe, some MSU students still are feeling the effects of the natural disaster.
Kei Koizumi, assistant director for federal research and development in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, toured the Cyclotron and met with MSU researchers heading up research projects ranging from children’s health to bioenergy studies.
About 27 students became temporarily “disabled” while taking part in Pi Kappa Phi fraternity’s 3-on-3 full court wheelchair basketball tournament at IM Sports-Circle, an event meant to raise awareness for the chapter’s philanthropy organization, Push America.
Project GREEEN recently granted more than $2 million to research and MSU Extension outreach programs centering on plant-based agriculture. It is a partnership among the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, MSU Extension and the Michigan Department of Agriculture.
It was out with the old and in with the new during Academic Assembly’s officer elections Tuesday night. After ____ hours, Justin Epstein, Zachary Taylor and Chris Noffze officially ended their first meeting as chairperson and vice chairpersons of internal and external affairs, respectively. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. Each candidate was allowed 10 minutes for a speech followed by a 20 minute question and answer session. Epstein, who represented the Eli Broad College of Business during the 18th session, was elected 15-2 over College of Social Science representative Michael Lipphardt. Taylor, who represented James Madison College, ran unopposed for the position of vice chairperson of internal affairs and was elected by a vote of 16-0-0. The eventual vice chairperson of external affairs, Noffze, was part of the longest debate of the night.
Republicans racing to Michigan’s executive office will duke it out at the first GOP debate for the gubernatorial election at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at MSU’s Fairchild Auditorium. Learn about the candidates with this cheat sheet before heading to the debate.
People across the world will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on Thursday, but for the MSU Office of Campus Sustainability, Earth Day is every day.
The first of three town hall meetings to discuss MSU administrators’ plans to regionalize student services into the university’s various residential neighborhoods drew a crowd of about 100 people Tuesday at the Union.
The MSU Land Policy Institute will host the Michigan Land and Prosperity Summit at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Kellogg Center. Summit presenters will work toward finding solutions for the state in the areas of green infrastructure and strategic growth, among others.
A locally produced film will premiere at 7 p.m. Sunday at Celebration Cinema, 200 E. Edgewood Blvd., in Lansing.
On Saturday, the Korean Students Association, or KSA, will host K-Fest — an event the group hopes will become an annual occurrence promoting Korean culture within the MSU community — from 4-9 p.m. at Lake Lansing Park North, 6260 E. Lake Drive, in Haslett.
MSU’s Academic Council approved updates to Academic Governance bylaws at its meeting Tuesday. About a half decade in the making, the changes include updates to names of university committees, clarifying roles for students and faculty in Academic Governance and redefining certain governance processes.