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In this edition of the MSUToday Weekly Update, we feature some of the moments and memories that defined 2024. Through video, photos and headlines, we share the ways Spartans will and Spartans did this year. Plus, we highlight another top 10 MSU ranking as well as celebrate December grads who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. That and more in today’s email.

Spartan research and outreach

The year in review: MSU experts, top headlines of 2024

MSU Research Foundation: Helping turn Spartan discoveries into impact

Fighting prostate cancer: MSU is using a farm-to-table approach

MSU grant: Providing students with research opportunities, career development

The negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic: Study shows how it affected special education students in Michigan

MSU updates and campus news

Top 10 ranking among public universities: MSU produces some of the most employable graduates

December board meeting: MSU trustees Kelly, Byrum honored for combined 24 years of service

Stars to Spartans: MSU, LCC recommit to support transfer student success

Beal leadership: Alan Prather appointed director of Beal Botanical Garden and Campus Arboretum

Home for the holidays: The challenges of heading home for LGBTQIA+ students

In your words

Last week, we asked if you took part in the finals week tradition, the midnight scream. Here are some of your responses:

“Yes, the midnight scream existed when I was in Case Hall, fall 1998 - spring 2000. Everyone participated, including me. Fun tradition!”
- Amanda D’Angelo, International Relations, 2002

“Nope, it wasn't a thing when I lived in West Shaw Hall, 1958-1961. I lived off campus until 1970 and have no recollection of the midnight scream.”
- Julian P. Donahue, Honors College and Resource Development, 1963 Entomology, 1965

Spartan pride

Perfect 4.0 GPA: Board of Trustees honors 77 fall graduates

National Academy of Inventors Fellow: MSU’s Rabnawaz elected to prestigious organization

College Spotlight: College of Osteopathic Medicine

Professor’s international work: Bringing together osteopathic medicine and research on vanilla

From Spartans

Staff voice: Taking MSU research from the lab to the marketplace

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Spartans featured in the news

In the Washington Post, Crystal Cederna and Julia Felton, from the Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, share tips to help parents manage their holiday stress. Read more

MSU trivia

Last week’s trivia

Answer: Munn Ice Arena. Of those who responded, 59% got it correct. Other common answers included Breslin Center, Spartan Stadium and Jenison Field House.

Did you know? Munn Ice Arena, dedicated Nov. 1, 1974, received its largest and most extensive expansion in 2022. This included a new team dressing room, a video theater, a state-of-the-art weight room, an athletic training room with its own cutting-edge treatment availability, a player lounge and brand new (and expanded) office space for the hockey staff.

This week’s trivia

Red brick building with windows and snow gathering in the crevasses. There is a lamppost in the foreground.

Can you guess what and where this image is on MSU’s campus? Send your responses to msutoday@msu.edu. The answer will be shared in next week’s email.