March 2010


AROUND CIRCLE DRIVE

NEW MSUAA CAMP
Spartan summer camp will debut on beautiful Torch Lake

 
  Join us for the first MSU Alumni Association camp this summer from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, 2010 on the shores of more...

WATERWAYS OF RUSSIA
Travel with fellow Spartans on this special MSUAA deluxe cruise


    Russia will reveal itself in the scenic rivers, lakes and canals that link Moscow with St. Petersburg on the MSUAA tour of the more...

STUDENT NAMED GATES SCHOLAR
Engineering student will pursue a doctorate at Cambridge University

    MSU senior Kendell Pawelec, a materials science and engineering major from Howell, has been named a 2010 U.S. Gates Scholar and will pursue her more...

BLINDNESS MECHANISM PROBED
MSU scientists find how retinal cells die from diabetes damage


   Scientists have long known that high blood sugar levels from diabetes damage blood vessels in the eye, but they didn't know why or more...

MSU AND BIOENERGY
To help emerging bioenergy industry, MAES is retooling and renaming a facility


   To better assist the state’s biomass producers and the emerging bioenergy industry, MSU’s Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station is retooling and renaming one of more...


GUEST COLUMN

MSUAA OFFERS EVENING COLLEGE
By Louise Cooley, director of Evening College


  Recession woes, tax tensions, and the winter doldrums can stress anybody. But the Michigan State University Alumni Association’s Evening College may be more...


SPARTANS ON THE MOVE

ERIC SNOW'S NEW BOOK
Former MSU and NBA hoops star pens new book about success


   In his 14-year NBA career, former MSU hoops star Eric Snow, ’95, always played a leadership role. Snow reached the NBA finals with more...

THE TARASOV SOLUTION
Alumnus spins novel from a plausible accident during the Cuban missile crisis


   Two nuclear bombs buried in the sandy shores off Cuba during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis are rediscovered by a madman who uses more...

NEW YORK TIMES AND RACE

 

    Robin Stone, ’86, former editor of Essence magazine and currently an independent journalist based in Manhattan, has written more...

SPECIAL OLYMPICS MICHIGAN


  Terry L. Cramer, ’85, corporate counsel at Orlans Associates, Troy, has been named chair of the Board of Directors more...

ALUM HEADS LINCOLN ELECTRIC
Senior vice president, global marketing and product development


   Richard J. Seif, ’69, MBA ’70, has been named senior vice president, Global Marketing and Product Development, of Lincoln more...


SPORTS NEWS

MSU RETAINS HELMET LOGO

 
    MSU athletics will re-brand around its traditional helmet logo. MSU will continue to use its traditional logo, first used in the late more...

WJR AND MSU PARTNERSHIP
Relationship that began in 2006 will extend another 10 years


     News/Talk 760 WJR radio will be MSU’s flagship station for football and basketball through 2020.  “A relationship that began with WJR becoming the more...


SIDE NOTES

We Dare You To Join

Support MSU and be a member of the MSU Alumni Association.  We dare you to join!  more...

Add Class to Your Life

Register for the MSUAA’s Evening College offering noncredit personal enrichment courses for adults.   more...

LinkedIn to MSUAA?

Enrich your career connections and build a stronger alumni community.  Join our LinkedIn group with nearly 84,000 alumni.   more...

Locate A Club

The MSUAA has clubs in every corner of the U.S.  Locate one near you! more...

Watch the MSUToday Show

Don’t miss the MSUToday Show on the Big Ten Network. View all the shows online or watch shows on the Big Ten Network. Here's more...


UPCOMING EVENTS

Alumni Receptions in Indy

The MSUAA will host receptions at the men’s and women’s Big Ten basketball tournaments in Indianapolis, IN. more...

Calling the Class of 1960!

Spartans from Class of 1960 (50th reunion) and earlier are invited to Alumni Reunion Days, June 3-4, 2010.  Come back and have fun through more...

Graduation Tour of Europe

Send your MSU senior to Europe on the MSUAA Essential Europe Tour for New Graduates May 15-June 8, 2010.  The tour covers 11 countries more...

Kaleidoscope - A Day for Women

Our annual event will be at Kellogg Center on April 16, 2010. Keynote speaker is Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. more...

Robert Bao
Editor, MSU Alumni Magazine, UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT, ADVANCEMENT COMMUNICATION


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