News and College Life

Ethan Burd climbs a ladder to his the first level of his two-story treehouse at his home in Austin, Texas.

Virginia Allen, age 93, recently visited campus and shared her story as the last surviving  black nurse who worked in Sea View Hospital on Staten Island, N.Y. treating turburculosis patients. Recruited at age 16, Ms. Allen moved from Detroit to New York in 1947 to work at Sea View. The black nurses there, recruited from around the country, would become known as trailblazing Black Angels who contributed to developing the first successful cure  for TB. During her tour of the university's nursing department, Ms. Allen was fascinated with the realistic medical manikins, including this particular pediatric patient who was audibly wheezing. 

Hofstra ROTC Cadets engage in an early morning exercise on November 12th, 2024.

Spotted in the crowd at a concert on campus

A student at a crowded concert on campus

A bright spirit admires the campus Christmas tree.

Collage Dance Collective, a Memphis-based company dedicated to promoting diversity in ballet, performs for the MSU community as part of the university's Lyceum Series.

Students, from left, Aspen Thompson-Langner ’27, Allie Vidinha ’27, Ava Gebhart ‘27, and Theo Andres ’27 crowd into the Photo Booth as students, including those in AHI 250: Perspectives on Photography, taught by Professors Karen Gonzalez Rice and Christopher Steiner, visit a Photo Booth as they attend the opening of the exhibit Behind the Curtain: The Art and Photobooth Collection of Näkki Goranin Wednesday, November 13, 2024 in Shain Library. Brian Wallis presented the keynote lecture, “What is Vernacular Photography?” followed by a wine and cheese reception attended also by Näkki Goranin and the student curators. A photobooth was installed in Shain Library for the afternoon of the exhibition opening. Included in the show are over 100 photobooth portraits and related ephemera from the collection of Näkki Goranin, as well as a selection of photobooth self-portraits taken by the artist. Behind the Curtain offers a seldom seen view of one of the most prolific forms of vernacular photography - small photobooth portraits that reveal poignant moments of self-expression: love, friendship, joy, and pride. The exhibition is part of the 2024 Krane Guest Residency in Art History program, which is supported by a generous gift from Connecticut College Trustee Jonathan A. Krane ’90.

Dance students perform a piece from “Structural Noise” the Conn College Dance Club fall performance Wednesday, November 6, 2024 in the Martha Myers Dance Studio. 

An Oklahoma 4-H Member competes in at the States first ever 4-H Rally Dog Invitational at the Oklahoma City Obedience Training Club in Bethany  on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. The 4-H rally dog competition is hosted and ran by horse extension specialist Kris Hinney.