Student Bulletin: April 2024

Complete the MSU Outcomes Survey

Graduates: as you prepare to end your time at MSU, you may be excited to take your next step—or still unsure of where you may be heading in the coming months. If you do already have a next step planned out, please take 2 minutes to report this outcome on the MSU Music Destination Survey! We use the survey to help share with future Spartans the kinds of activities successful alum participate in, and share career outcomes with prospective students considering MSU.

If you are still developing your post-graduation plans, that’s totally normal! It is typical to spend 3-6 months after graduation searching for opportunities or building for your next step. During that time, the Running Start office is here to help! You can meet with us online throughout the summer for one-on-one advising, check out our last-minute summer jobs and opportunities document, or email us your questions!

Summer Creative Project Cohorts

Do you want to get started on an idea, business venture, or project this summer? Join a Summer Creative Project Cohort to get some help and stay on top of your goals! These groups of 6-8 students from different universities (Eastman, UM, MSU, and CU Boulder) meet weekly in May and early June ONLINE. You can participate from anywhere, meet and network with students across the US, and kickstart your summer by thinking creatively and accomplishing goals! Sign up here by April 30.

Graduation Ceremonies, Spring 2024

Information on all Spring 2024 graduation ceremonies can be found on the MSU Commencement site. Below is a brief summary including the specific time and place Music degree earner ceremonies occur.

COLLEGE OF MUSIC COMMENCEMENT FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREE CANDIDATES
Saturday, April 27, 4:00 p.m., Wharton Center

Ceremonies are about two hours. No admission tickets are required.
COLLEGE OF MUSIC ADVANCED DEGREE RECIPIENTS

Spring and Summer Degree Candidates. Doctoral, Educational Specialist, and Master’s.

Master’s and Educational Specialist
Friday, April 26, 9:00 a.m., Breslin Center

Doctoral (PHD, EDD, DNP, DMA)
Friday, April 26, 3:00 p.m., Breslin Center

Each ceremony is around two hours. No admission tickets required.
SPRING CONVOCATION

This ceremony serves as a ‘kick-off’ to the commencement events. Degrees are not conferred at this ceremony. Graduates are seated in floor seating and the bleachers. Graduates are not seated by college at this ceremony. Additional information for graduates can be found on the Baccalaureate Degrees page.

Spring (Undergraduate) Convocation
Friday, April 26, 1:00 p.m., Breslin Center

This ceremony is about one hour and is open to all Baccalaureate Degree Candidates. No admission tickets are required.

The DSO at Wharton Center: Special student offer

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Mozart and the Seasons, Thursday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.
Jader Bignamini, conductor; Robyn Bollinger, violin

If Music students are still in the East Lansing area on May 2 and would like to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra live, the Wharton Center is offering student tickets for $19.

Music Director Jader Bignamini leads two works inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Piazzolla’s tango-infused Four Seasons of Buenos Aires features newly appointed DSO Concertmaster Robyn Bollinger, and Michael Abels, known for scores to Oscar-winning films like Jordan Peele’s Get Out and Us, puts “Vivaldi in a Mixmaster” with More Seasons. The evening also includes a work considered one of the Top Ten symphonies of all time, Mozart’s brilliant and beloved last symphony, “Jupiter.”

• Michael Abels: More Seasons
• Astor Piazzolla/arr. Desyatnikov: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter

Redeem student tickets at the link below:
https://whartoncenter.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetGroupList?prc=WCYSYMPHONY&caller=PR&linkID=wharton&RDAT=&RSRC=

Please note: Limit 8 tickets. Available in price zones 2, 3, & 4. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Offer expires May 2 at 5:30pm.

 

Summer Building Hours

Summer hours start April 29 and stay in effect through August 16.

Sunday through Saturday from 7AM – 8PM the building is open. Students can be in the building until 10 PM using card access. Building is closed 10 PM – 7 AM.

Locker Key Return and Summer Lockers

MPORTANT LOCKER KEY RETURN INFORMATION

ALL locker keys are due to the main office no later than Friday, May 5, 2023 by 5:00 p.m.

Keys not returned by the due date will be charged a $25.00 late fee per the locker contract. If you have lost your key and a core change is necessary, a $100.00 core change fee will be assessed.

SUMMER LOCKER INFORMATION

If you will be in East Lansing and you are enrolled in summer classes, you are eligible to rent a locker for the summer. Please come to the main office BEFORE Friday, May 5 at 5:00 p.m. to fill out a new locker contract.

If a new contract is not received and your key is not returned by the deadline, you will be charged a $25.00 late fee.

Advising Page Updated

Please note that the Advising page on the College of Music web site is updated. It includes information about how to meet with new advisor Dan Hanrath who is available to help both undergraduates and graduates, strenghthening the College’s ability to provide meaningful assistance to all students. Visit the page for information on Dan’s schedule and how to arrange a consultation with him.

Togetherall: A new 24/7 service for wellbeing

MSU University Health and Wellbeing shared with us a new service that some of you may find valuable. Offered through CAPS, a new, free, online peer-to peer mental health support community called Togetherall is now available. Monitored and moderated 24/7 by licensed clinicians, the platform is for students who are feeling overwhelmed with academic, social, or personal challenges, but might not seek out in-person or virtual mental health treatment. Students only need their MSU email to register.

Scan the QR code on the informational graphic (click to expand for a larger view).

Lunch with the Deans, April 18

On Wednesday, April 18, stop by the Billman lobby any time between 11 and 1 for a free lunch and a chance to hang out and chat with your peers, faculty and staff of the College of Music. This is the last Dean’s Lunch of the semester, and it is an opportunity to take a deep breath and relax for a bit as another busy year winds down.

Chair Massages April 18, 19 and 22

The College is sponsoring free chair massages on April 18, 19 and 22 in Music Practice Building Room 102. This is an excellent opportunity for relaxation and wellness at the end of the semester. To view times and sign up, use this link.

Massages will be offered by Kelly Lane, Licensed Massage Therapist and Licensed Athletic Trainer. Kelly has been practicing massage therapy since 1998 and became Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Body Massage in 2006. She also has a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, specializing in athletic training, from Michigan State University, 2004.

Sign up now for this great opportunity!

Retrieving Files After Recording in Cook

Please see the instructions below for retrieving recording files in Cook Recital Hall:

After you press the stop icon, you can plug a USB Flash Drive (not provided, users must bring their own) into the USB port on the backstage right wall to transfer the recording to the portable drive.

Note: you need a minimum of a USB3.0 device to ensure a quick transfer and having a device with an activity light is recommended as a further indicator to have a visual cue of when the transfer is completed. Not sure if you have a USB 3 drive? USB 3 flash drives often have blue or teal interior stripe in their connector. For best results, the drive should be formatted in the exFAT format. You can check out a USB drive that is formatted correctly from the main office.

Free Rush Tickets for Voice Faculty Concert on 4/8

As a College of Music student, you are eligible for two free tickets to Con Amore: Puccini and More on Monday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Fairchild Theatre. The final Joanne and Bill Church West Circle Series concert of the season features the artistry of faculty from our Vocal Arts area singing works by composers Puccini, Fauré, and Herbet that bridge the Romantic and Classical eras.

Tickets may be picked up in the Main Office.