Category: Student Stories

By Sloane Barlow In early July, the Academic Scholars Program (ASP) began its second annual Accelerating Connections and Excellence program (ACE), which invites incoming first-year Academic Scholars Program students to experience college life and an Honors College course before fall classes start. The ACE Program is designed to welcome incoming students, support their academic and social […]

By Sloane Barlow Now a fourth-year student at Michigan State and in the Honors College, gymnast Sydney Hayashi just completed her third season with the Michigan State Women’s Gymnastics team, where they earned the title of Regular Season Champs. “Coming off a really good season last year, I felt like the expectations were really high—both […]

By Sloane Barlow When third-year Lyman Briggs student Aya Abu-Zama saw the email presenting her with the Ubuntu Award from the Refugee Development Center (RDC), she couldn’t begin to describe how overwhelmed she was with gratitude.   Aya Abu-Zama’s journey to this award started two years ago with HC IMPACT, the Honors College’s pre-first year service […]

East Lansing, Mich. – Roxy Sprowl is the 13th Udall Scholar to be named from Michigan State University (MSU). Sprowl is an Honors College junior majoring in social work in the College of Social Science with minors in race and ethnicity of the United States, and American Indian and Indigenous Studies. She is a member […]

By Sloane Barlow Third-year Computer Science and Mathematics student Gabriel Sotelo explores his passions both in and outside the classroom. Sotelo, from Peru, is the president and a founding member of MSU’s Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Club, which began activity in the fall of 2021 and now has over 800 members. “What I find the most […]

By Sloane Barlow Third-year Honors student Audrey Richardson, a fellow writer for the Honors College, is also the Multimedia Director for the State News. Recently, she had the opportunity to travel to New York City as photographer for the Michigan State vs. Kansas State game on March 23rd. “I learned a lot,” she said. “I […]

By Audrey Richardson The MSU Honors College awarded scholarships to three students following their community engagement on April 4, 2023. Winners for the 2023 Giving Back Awards were announced in person in the upper-level of Eustace-Cole Hall. This was the seventh year the Honors College facilitated the event. The MSU Federal Credit Union sponsored the […]

By Audrey Richardson During their freshman year, Jo Kovach never imagined being president of the Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU).  Interestingly enough, it was not their first choice organization to join.   “But I fell in love with being part of the general assembly, writing legislation, and representing a specific constituency,” Kovach said.   Kovach is […]