Applying to Medical and Dental School
For anyone who may have missed the presentation on applying to medical and dental school, here are the links to check out the powerpoints. Read More…
Workshops on resumes and starting your own business
The last two undergraduate research workshops of the fall term will be presented this month. Everyone (undergraduate students, graduate students, curious advisors, faculty, etc.) are welcome to attend these events.
Packaging & Presenting Your Research Experience: A Resume Workshop for Undergraduate Researchers
How do you effectively present your research experience on your resume? It’s so much more than just listing that you’ve participated in a research experience. You’ve had an opportunity that will set you apart from other college students, so learn how to package and present the knowledge, skills, and experiences you have gained on resumes, work or graduate school applications, and during interviews. Bring along your resume if you have one. This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Linda Gross from the Career Center.
When: Monday, November 9 from 5:15 – 6:15 PM
Where: 313 Bessey Hall
Starting a Company
Do you possess the business know-how to start your own business? What makes an entrepreneur succeed? Which skills do you need–and which one should you learn? Find out about the most essential skills a person needs to run a business. MSU Alum and Entrepreneur Gary Grondin (LBC ‘74) will talk about what it takes to begin and run your own business. Topics will include the basics of a business plan, legal structures, contracts, accounting skills, finance, marketing, and human resource issues. This workshop is sponsored by the Gerstacker Foundation.
When: Wednesday, November 18 from 7:00-8:30 PM (Note: NEW TIME)
Where: 105 Natural Science.
Get Involved!
Are you involved in extracurricular experiences that will enhance your undergraduate experience at MSU? Leadership, Volunteering, Community Service, and Research can make a big difference and enhance your preparation to professional programs or employment after college. Take control of your undergraduate experience!
Last Day to Drop a Class
Are you considering dropping a class for Fall Semester? If so, the last day to drop a class with no grade being reported is Wednesday, October 21st at 8:00pm. Be sure that you understand how dopping below fulltime (12 credits) will impact your status regarding insurance and financial aid. Also, it is always wise to confirm that the class you dropped was indeed dropped from your record. Go to STUINFO to verify the course is no longer on your record the next day. Questions? Contact the Center for Student Engagement, 108 Natural Science Bldg. 355-8419.
Graduate and Professional School Fair
Interested in furthering your education after undergrad? Come check out the Graduate and Professional School Fair. Read More…
Applying to Medical or Dental School?
Planning on attending Medical or Dental school in the Fall of 2011? Do you know how to get there? Applying to Medical or Dental school can be a confusing process. Let the Preprofessional advisors demystify it. Read More…
Entrepreneurship seminars for CNS students
Do You Have What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur?Do you have a big idea that might lead to the next Google or iPod? Want to learn how to think like an entrepreneur? Do you know how to take your ideas from concept to market? Learn from a real entrepreneur.
MSU alumnus and entrepreneur Gary Grondin will talk about the skills entrepreneurs need and the common barriers they often encounter. This workshop is free and open to any MSU student, faculty, or staff member.
This is the first of seven entrepreneur workshops designed for science students. Join Gary and help launch your career.
When: Wednesday, September 16, 5:30-7:00 PM
Where: 105 Natural Science
CNS Colloquium 2009
This slideshow is from today’s CNS Colloquium for incoming freshmen and provides an overview of CNS and suggestions for enhancing the student experience.
For more information on some of the specific examples provided, check out these sites:
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC)
- SOAR Telescope
- Blog by students doing hyena research in Professor Kay Holekamp’s lab
- Professor Richard Lenski’s experimental evolution research
- Professor Elena Litchman’s global change research
- Professor Jennifer Lau’s ecology and evolutionary biology research
- Undergraduate Research website
- Women in Chemistry student group
- BLD Student Association
When is a Wednesday not a Wednesday?
Answer: When it is the first day of Fall Semester 2009 at Michigan State University!
Before you get too confused, let me explain that as the University reviews the Academic Calendar and shortens Fall Orientation (formally Welcome Week) a transition calendar needed to be approved so that necessary planning for the FS09-SS10 Academic Year.
The result is that classes will begin on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, but students and faculty will follow their Monday class schedule on this first day of class. Thursday and Friday of that week will have students and faculty following their Thursday and Friday schedules, respectively. This maintains an equal amount of contact hours for classes that meet only one day a week during Fall Semester 2009.
Here are the important dates:
- 9/2/09 First day of classes (students and faculty follow their Monday class schedule)
- 9/3/09 Students and Faculty follow their Thursday class schedule
- 9/4/09 Students and faculty follow their Friday class schedules
- 9/7/09 University closed – Labor Day Holiday
- 9/8/09-9/11/09 Students and Faculty follow their regular Tuesday-Friday class schedules.
- 9/9/09 Open on-line add period ends at 8:00pm
- 9/28/09 End of tuition refund period for dropped classes.
- 10/21/09 Last day for withdrawal or dropping a course with no grade reported – Middle of the Semester
So remember to follow your Monday class schedule on Wednesday, September 2, 2009.
Have a great summer!
Want to learn more about the Majors offered in the College of Natural Science?
Look no further!
Visit the College of Natural Science Website http://naturalscience.msu.edu/students/undergraduate/list-of-majors.html for a full description of undergraduate majors available to MSU students. If you don’t find a major that fits your needs go to http://admissions.msu.edu/majors.asp for a list of all majors and Colleges at MSU.
For more information on specific majors or programs contact the department associated with each major or schedule an appointment with an advisor at https://ntweb11.ais.msu.edu/aas/
Remember to declare you major once you select the one for you.
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