March 29, 2011 - 8:14pm
In Other Ivory Towers: Sparty Staying Put
BY JENNIFER DOMINGUE
Michigan State University Athletic Director Mark Hollis announced Friday that MSU’s new brand identity program will include the current Spartan logo — not the revised one — according to an article in The State News.
After an overwhelmingly negative response from alumni, students and fans, MSU officials decided to stay with the current design.
“After careful consideration, we will use the current Spartan logo design — first used in the late 1970s — to build our visual brand identity,” Hollis said in the article.
Hollis added that the brand identity program will continue its partnership with Nike to help create a consistent and cohesive brand identity for the university.
YALE GRADUATE SCHOOL FACES BUDGET CUTS
Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences announced last week that the number of doctoral students admitted will decrease due to budget issues, the Yale Daily News reported.
For each doctoral student at Yale, the university spends approximately $70,000 per year in stipends and fellowships to support their research.
According to the article, University President Richard Levin and Provost Peter Salovey said the total reduction in enrollment for the incoming class will be between 10 and 15 percent — a 2-percent decrease in the graduate school’s full size.
The cut will come into effect for the 2010-2011 academic year.
STANFORD TOPS PRIVATE DONATIONS LIST
Stanford University ranked first in total amount of private donations received of universities in the United States, according to an article in The Stanford Daily.
The Council for Aid to Education reported that Stanford received $640.1 million in private donations during the 2009 fundraising year. The universities with the next highest donations included Harvard University, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania and John Hopkins University.
While Stanford ranked first in overall donations, the university experienced an 18-percent decrease in donations since last year — mostly due to the economy, the article reported.
“The fact that our donors responded with this level of support is a real testament to the generosity of our alumni, parents and friends,” Martin Shell, Stanford’s vice president for Development, said in the article.
