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Undergraduate Student Government Meeting Oct. 25

On Oct. 25, Â鶹ӰԺ's Undergraduate Student Government welcomed members of Hillel and Students for Justice in Palestine for both student groups to present their concerns about the Israel-Hamas war in a respectful environment.

Doctoral student Pratyusha Ghanta won third place in the fall 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition

Pratyusha Ghanta’s presentation "Stopping Lung Cancer in its Tracks" earned her third place in Â鶹ӰԺ State’s fall 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition. 

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Cannabis spelled out and plant leaves

Todd Kamenash, associate dean of students for conduct and community engagement, weighs in about what might change at Â鶹ӰԺ if Issue 2, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, is approved.  

Detail of a Day of the Dead display in the Â鶹ӰԺ Student Center

A Â鶹ӰԺ State student organization celebrated the Day of the Dead by assembling colorful, cultural displays around campus.

Candy challenge

This Halloween, the Â鶹ӰԺ State social media team wanted to answer the most important Halloween question: Which candy is the best?

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Â鶹ӰԺ Libraries hosted its annual Halloween Party on Oct. 27.

Â鶹ӰԺ Libraries hosted its annual Halloween Party on Oct. 27, with plenty of food, costumes, music and fun.

 

Students shop at Spirit Halloween for last-minute costumes

Halloween is just around the corner, which means Â鶹ӰԺ State students are on the hunt for the perfect Halloween costume. In what was once a discount store, the spirit of Halloween is alive and well. The pop-up store Spirit Halloween is here to help students get their nick-of-time broomsticks, fangs and more. 

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Carved Halloween pumpkins outside of Beall Hall

Signs of the Halloween season can be found lurking all around campus. 

Hannah Fender, Â鶹ӰԺ State senior psychology major.

Soon after her decision to major in psychology at Â鶹ӰԺ State, someone had suggested to Hannah Fender that she should get involved in research as an undergraduate. So, she signed up to work in the research lab of Clare Stacey, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, looking into how empathy changes over time in medical students. And that's when Fender was first bitten by the research bug. 

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Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Talea R. Drummer-Ferrell, Ph.D., talks to students at Warmup to Mental Health

Mental health can be a tough topic for students to discuss, but it shouldn’t be. Â鶹ӰԺ is working to make having those conversations a little easier. Taléa R. Drummer-Ferrell, Ph.D., and the CARES Center hosted their Warmup to Mental Health event on the first floor of the Â鶹ӰԺ Student Center.