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| Photo by G.L. Kohuth A yellow trumpet daffodil peeks out of the snow in a flower bed on the south side of the Main Library on Monday afternoon. Warner weather in late March coaxed many early blooming varieties of flowers to appear. |
Number of students home schooled in Michigan unclear
Because Michigan does not
require home-school families to register, the state does not have an accurate
count of how many students are schooled at home, according to a report by the
Education Policy Center at Michigan State University. (complete
story)
Prepare for summer road closures
If your trip to or from campus every day includes either Farm Lane or Service Road, you’ll want to make sure you plan alternate routes before those main thoroughfares shut down for construction on May 5. (complete story)
Programs get high marks
Seventeen MSU graduate programs and colleges are included
in the graduate schools rankings edition of <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>
released April 4.(complete story)
Officials offer reward for tips, decry inappropriate actions during disturbances
MSU President Peter McPherson and East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows decried the behavior of a few destructive individuals after two incidents on and off campus during the weekend of March 28.(complete story)
MSU offers no-cost, online training to tourism industry
MSU’s Travel, Tourism and Recreation Resource Center and Michigan’s Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources recently introduced three no-cost virtual training courses for tourism industry professionals created by Michigan Tourism Virtual Training Academy (MTVTA) staff. (complete story)
MSU's Kresge Art Museum unveils expansion plans
Kresge Art Museum would gain 32,000 square feet of new space – including more room for exhibitions, educational programming and visitor amenities – under an expansion plan unveiled April 8. (complete story)
Student's love of science earns Goldwater award
After graduating from Holt High School in 2000 at the age of 17, Megan Dennis came to MSU to do research. (complete story)
MSU Diversity Award winners recognized
Individuals, teams, and units and organizations at MSU will be honored April 10 for their innovation and outstanding efforts to promote and achieve diversity during MSU's annual Excellence in Diversity Recognition and Awards Program. (complete story)
Summer campus construction schedule set
The latest map of construction projects, specific information on construction alerts and detours. (complete story)
Campus project leases bikes to divisions
With the promise of spring in the air, a group of faculty and staff is hopeful that it can improve employee health, reduce pollution and reduce motorized traffic on campus beginning in May. (complete story)
MSU, East Lansing to read 'Frankenstein'
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” a classic of world literature about a scientist whose experiments to create a human being unleash a monster, will be required reading for MSU freshmen this fall and the centerpiece of the second annual “One Book, One Community” program sponsored by the university’s Office of the Provost and the City of East Lansing. (complete story)
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