The week in photos: Oct. 8–14, 2024

On Oct. 7, the Coalition of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, or CoREM, held its annual welcome reception at Cowles House, celebrating the arrival of new faculty, administrators and staff of color to Michigan State University. The theme for the 2024 event was “Desde Aqui y Alla (or “From Here and There”): Celebrating the Vast Connectedness of Diasporas and Indigenous Communities.” The event was hosted by the Chicanx/Latinx Association, one of CoREM’s four member organizations. Photo by Dane Robison.

 

“Creativity in the Time of COVID-19: Art as Medicine” is a four-year project that began in January 2021 at MSU’s College of Arts and Letters with support from a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Some of the artwork was on display in exhibitions at the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities LookOut Gallery through Oct. 14, and at (SCENE) Metrospace through Oct. 11. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

The front entrance of IM Circle glows green in honor of Homecoming 2024, running Oct. 14-19. Check out more details on all the homecoming events happening this week.

Members of MSU's North American Indigenous Student Organization put together various events for Indigenous Peoples' Day Oct. 14. One such event was painting the Rock. Photo courtesy NAISO Facebook. 

The Spartans celebrate a 4-3 win over Boston College on Oct. 12 — securing MSU’s 600th victory at Munn Ice Arena! The 2024-25 season marks the arena’s 50th anniversary. Photo by Nick Schrader.

Color Me Music, a College of Music student group formed in 2018 with the goal of providing support for collaborations among music students of color and to encourage new collaborations, hosted “La Vida es un Carnaval!” on Oct. 13 in Murray Hall. Runas del Sur Band performed, which includes members Marcos Lopez, guitar; Elsa Caín, voice; Erick Díaz, bass; Diana Mogrovejo, guitar; John Brown mandolin; Emily Quintana, oboe and guitar; and Joel Natarén, drums. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A student walks in the courtyard near Snyder-Phillips Hall on a picture-perfect autumn day on MSU’s campus. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Sparty joins the Munnsters, the hockey student section, to watch the Spartans play Boston College Oct. 12 at Munn Ice Arena. MSU won 4-3. Photo by Nick Schrader.