MSU finance senior Kevin Boskey’s death in February was the result of methanol poisoning, according to autopsy and toxicology reports released Monday.
Students living in university housing during the 2009-10 year will see an increase of 5.25 percent for room and board rates, the MSU Board of Trustees decided Friday. The increase will raise the rate for a double room with an unlimited meal plan from $7,026 to $7,395, an increase of $369, according to the university.
Supply chain management senior Daniel Tuthill got a glimpse into the mystery behind the CIA when his class was asked to create a marketing program targeting students to work for the agency.
MSU police received a report of a sexual assault early Friday morning near the Main Library, and are continuing to investigate the incident, according to a police crime alert issued Friday evening.
Students, area residents and country music fans spent the brief sunny part of Saturday afternoon at the field outside Demonstration Hall, taking in the sights and sounds of the 8th annual Sparty’s Spring Party. But a rainy forecast kept attendance low and forced the party to end early.
The 46th session of ASMSU’s Student Assembly filled its leadership roles Thursday. The assembly elected its next chairs. The office of the chair represents the assembly to administration and state and federal governments.
Break dance crews across the nation met Saturday night in IM Sports-West for the Red Cedar Ransom, or the first jam held by the MSU Breakdance Club. Thirteen crews competed in the event, with the top team winning a first place, $1,000 prize.
When Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed a $9.1 million cut to MSU’s funding in February, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said there would be cutbacks. To compensate for the lack of state funding, she said it would take an almost 9 percent tuition increase or more than 700 faculty and staff layoffs.
RHA passed a revision to its bylaws Wednesday to fix a discrepancy regarding hiring practices. On April 8, RHA’s committee on internal affairs was asked to review bylaws because it was unclear if Chief of Staff David Averill had followed them in recent hiring.
A collaborative grant awarded Tuesday to MSU will give the university $50,000 to research development in Africa. The university is one of 20 U.S. colleges and universities to receive funds to address Africa’s environmental and developmental challenges.
The sequins on the dancers’ long skirts gleamed from the stage as they twirled and bounced to the beat that echoed through the Auditorium at Wednesday’s dress rehearsal for Satrang.
As the nation celebrates planting trees for Arbor Day, East Lansing crews work to reforest areas of the city stricken by a tree-killing insect, and await the day when increased blight and inadequate funding make it impossible to continue replacing the trees.
Hundreds of students and other concerned citizens gathered Thursday at the Capitol steps to lobby for legislation to ban smoking in Michigan workplaces. The health care rally was organized by the American Medical Student Association, or AMSA, Student Osteopathic Medical Association and the MSU College of Human Medicine.
Fifteen of MSU’s graduate programs made top-10 lists in U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools.
MSU students are expected to have access to $7 million in new scholarship funds and financial aid after the university received an anonymous $10 million donation, the largest anonymous donation for student scholarships in MSU history, the university announced Thursday.
The 18th session of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly elected its chairpersons Tuesday, filling leadership roles that will represent the student voice for the 2009-10 school year. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government.
Although it represents only about 6 percent of MSU’s $1.1 billion budget, energy and utility consumption is one area university officials are targeting to cut costs for next year in the face of decreased state support, possible layoffs and an increase in tuition.
Travelers could see less hassle crossing the Canadian border after Michigan’s enhanced driver’s license became available Tuesday, but some have voiced concern about the license infringing on personal privacy.
Each group sat around small tables carefully cutting and gluing brightly colored sheets of paper onto posters. This wasn’t an elementary classroom, but one at MSU. The students are getting ready to share information about Arbor Day with middle schoolers.
As Canadian ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson spoke via satellite to a room full of scholars, business leaders and politicians Wednesday morning in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. He advocated for strong Canada-U.S. relations, especially for border states such as Michigan.