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{{Short description|Public university in East Lansing, Michigan, US}}
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 | name                   = Michigan State University
 | image                  = Michigan State University seal.svg
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 | motto                  = {{unbulleted list|"Spartans Will."<ref>{{cite web |title = Editorial Content for the MSU Brand |url = https://brand.msu.edu/editorial-content/index.html#spartans-will |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 12, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200115193509/https://brand.msu.edu/editorial-content/index.html#spartans-will |archive-date = January 15, 2020 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Go Tell the Spartans: Upload Your Video |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/business/media/01adnewsletter1.html |work = The New York Times |date = June 2010 |access-date = April 12, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170629020547/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/business/media/01adnewsletter1.html |archive-date = June 29, 2017 |url-status = live |last1 = Elliott |first1 = Stuart }}</ref>|"Advancing Knowledge.
Transforming Lives."<ref>{{cite web |title = Feature: The Campaign for MSU Advancing Knowledge, Transforming Lives |url = https://alumni.msu.edu/stay-informed/magazine/article.cfm?id=2164 |publisher = Michigan State University Alumni Association |access-date = April 12, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200412134725/https://alumni.msu.edu/stay-informed/magazine/article.cfm?id=2164 |archive-date = April 12, 2020 |url-status = dead }}</ref>}}
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 | title=|Agricultural College of the State of Michigan (1855–1861)<br />State Agricultural College (1861–1909)<br />Michigan Agricultural College (1909–1925)<br />Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science (1925–1955)<br />Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science (1955–1964)}}
 | established            = {{start date and age|1855|02|12}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist |[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]] |[[Universities Research Association|URA]] |[[University Research Corridor|URC]] |[[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea-grant]] |[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]] }}
 | endowment              = $4.42 billion (2024)<ref name=endowment>{{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | president              = [[Kevin Guskiewicz]]
 | students               = 52,089 (fall 2024)<ref name="msufacts"/>
 | undergrad              = 41,234 (fall 2024)<ref name="msufacts"/>
 | postgrad               = 10,855 (fall 2024)<ref name="msufacts"/>
 | administrative_staff   = 7,365 (2024)<ref name="msufacts">{{cite web |title = MSU Facts |url = https://msu.edu/about/facts |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 12, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230402223116/https://msu.edu/about/facts |archive-date = April 2, 2023 |url-status = live}}</ref>
 | faculty                = 5,703 (2024)<ref name="msufacts"/>
 | accreditation          = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
 | city                   = [[East Lansing, Michigan]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|42|43|30|N|84|28|48|W|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = [[College town|Small city]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Michigan&s=all&id=171100|title=IPEDS-Michigan State University|access-date=November 7, 2021|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107115510/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Michigan&s=all&id=171100|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | campus_size            = {{convert|5300|acre|km2}}<ref name="msufacts"/>
 | colors                 = Green and white<ref>{{cite web |title = Color Palette – The MSU Brand |url = http://brand.msu.edu/design-visual/index.html#color |publisher = Michigan State University |date = September 1, 2015 |access-date = September 13, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910065856/http://brand.msu.edu/design-visual/index.html#color |archive-date = September 10, 2015 }}</ref><br>{{color box|#18453B}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Michigan State Spartans|Spartans]]
 | sporting_affiliations  = [[NCAA Division I FBS]] – [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
 | mascot                 = [[Sparty]]
 | website                = {{Official URL}}
 | logo                   = Michigan State University wordmark.svg
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'''Michigan State University''' ('''Michigan State''' or '''MSU''') is a [[public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] in [[East Lansing, Michigan]], United States. It was founded in 1855 as the '''Agricultural College of the State of Michigan''', the first of its kind in the country.<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Beal |first1 = W.J. |year = 1915 |title = History of the Michigan Agricultural College and Biographical Sketches of Trustees and Professors |location = East Lansing |publisher = Michigan Agricultural College |oclc = 7391879227 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d9c-AQAAMAAJ&q=Beal'sHistory%20of%20the%20Michigan%20Agricultural%20College%3A%20And%20Biographical%20Sketches%20of&pg=PR1 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160208035701/https://books.google.com/books?id=d9c-AQAAMAAJ&ots=sl2KoHO5nF&dq=Beal'sHistory%20of%20the%20Michigan%20Agricultural%20College%3A%20And%20Biographical%20Sketches%20of&lr&pg=PR1#v= |archive-date = February 8, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://origins.osu.edu/article/democratizing-american-higher-education-legacy-morrill-land-grant-act |title = Democratizing American Higher Education: The Legacy of the Morrill Land Grant Act |last = Staley |first = David J. |work = Origins |volume = 6 |date = January 2013 |issue = 4 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150208121703/http://origins.osu.edu/article/democratizing-american-higher-education-legacy-morrill-land-grant-act |archive-date = February 8, 2015 |access-date = February 15, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Nation's Pioneer Land-Grant University |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=106820 |website=Historical Marker Database |access-date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210125945/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=106820 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the introduction of the [[Morrill Land-Grant Acts|Morrill Act]] in 1862, the state designated the college a land-grant institution in 1863, making it the first of the [[land-grant colleges]] in the United States. The college became [[coeducational]] in 1870. Today, Michigan State has facilities all across the state and over 634,000 alumni.

The university's six professional schools include the [[Michigan State University College of Law|College of Law]] (founded in [[Detroit]], in 1891, as the Detroit College of Law and moved to East Lansing in 1995), [[Eli Broad College of Business]]; the [[Michigan State University College of Nursing|College of Nursing]], the [[Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine|College of Osteopathic Medicine]] (the world's first state-funded [[List of osteopathic colleges|osteopathic college]]),<ref>{{cite book |last=Gevitz |first=Norman |title=The DO's: osteopathic medicine in America |year=2004 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore, Maryland |isbn=0-8018-7833-0}}</ref> the [[Michigan State University College of Human Medicine|College of Human Medicine]], and the [[Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine|College of Veterinary Medicine]]. The university pioneered the studies of [[music therapy]],<ref>{{cite web |title=MSU MUSIC THERAPY RECITAL TO CELEBRATE ABILITIES |url=https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2003/msu-music-therapy-recital-to-celebrate-abilities |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=MSUToday {{!}} Michigan State University |language=en |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121193918/https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2003/msu-music-therapy-recital-to-celebrate-abilities |url-status=live}}</ref> [[packaging]], [[Hospitality management studies|hospitality business]], [[supply chain management]], and [[communication sciences]].

Michigan State is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]],<ref name="aaumembers">{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/our-members |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405230019/https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/our-members |archive-date=April 5, 2020 |access-date=April 12, 2020 |publisher=Association of American Universities}}</ref> [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity",<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=171100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719172427/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=171100 |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |access-date=July 18, 2020 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education}}</ref> and a [[Public Ivy]] institution.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greene |first=Howard |url=http://archive.org/details/publiciviesameri0000gree |title=The public ivies : America's flagship public universities |date=2001 |publisher=New York : Cliff Street Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-06-093459-0}}</ref> The university's campus houses the [[Facility for Rare Isotope Beams]], the [[W. J. Beal Botanical Garden]], the [[Abrams Planetarium]], the [[Wharton Center for Performing Arts]], the [[Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum]], and the country's largest [[Dormitory|residence hall]] system.<ref>{{cite book |author=Michigan Legislative Service Bureau |title=Michigan Manual |publisher=Michigan Legislative Service Bureau |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-878210-06-7 |edition=2011–2012 |location=Lansing |pages=((VII-19 to VII-21)) |chapter=Chapter VII: Institutions of Higher Education |issn=0091-1933 |access-date=January 26, 2016 |chapter-url=http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/Publications/MichiganManual/2011-2012/11-12_MM_VII_MSU.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128082200/http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/Publications/MichiganManual/2011-2012/11-12_MM_VII_MSU.pdf |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

University faculty, alumni, and affiliates include 1 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureate,<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Spartan to win Nobel Prize |url=https://spartan.msu.edu/spartan-story-hub/news/2023/07/first-spartan-to-win-nobel-prize |access-date=2025-08-28 |publisher=Michigan State University |language=en}}</ref> 20 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]], 20 [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]], and 8 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners. The [[Michigan State Spartans]] compete in the [[NCAA Division I]] [[Big Ten Conference]]. Spartan teams have won national championships in many sports, including football, men's basketball, ice hockey, and women's cross-country.

== History ==
{{Main|History of Michigan State University}}

[[File:Holmes-John_Clough.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Clough Holmes]], co-founder of the Michigan State Agricultural Society and the founder of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, now Michigan State University. His legacy is often contrasted with that of [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]].]]

{{Rquote|left|To no one man is the College so much indebted as [[John Clough Holmes]].|<small>'''[[Theophilus C. Abbot]]''', third president of the State Agricultural College</small><ref name="Beal 1915, p. 401">Beal 1915, p. 401.</ref>}}

In early 1855, [[John Clough Holmes]], secretary of the agricultural society, convinced the Michigan legislature to pass an act establishing "a State Agricultural School" to be located on a site selected by the Michigan State Agricultural Society within ten miles of Lansing. On February 12, 1855, [[List of governors of Michigan|Michigan Governor]] [[Kinsley S. Bingham]] signed a bill establishing the nation's first agriculture college, the '''Agricultural College of the State of Michigan'''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Michigan_Constitution_of_1850#Agricultural_school;_appropriation;_transfer_to_university. |title=Michigan Constitution of 1850 |at=Article 13, Section 11 |access-date=March 5, 2008 |via=Wikisource}}</ref><ref name="sesquicentennial">{{cite web |url = http://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/articlepg1.htm |title = Milestones of MSU's Sesquicentennial |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070806233601/http://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/articlepg1.htm |archive-date = August 6, 2007 |publisher = MSU University Archives and Historical Collection |access-date = March 5, 2008 }}</ref> [[William J. Beal]] called Holmes "the most important agent" of the college.<ref name="Beal 1915, p. 401"/> Holmes Hall, the home of the [[Lyman Briggs College]], is named in his honor.

The State Board of Education was designated as the institution's governing body. The board also oversaw the [[Michigan State Normal School]] in [[Ypsilanti]], which had opened in 1852.<ref name="Widder">{{cite web | last = Widder | first = Keith | url = http://www.s150.msu.edu/history_origins.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040603175844/http://www.s150.msu.edu/history_origins.php | title  =Origins of MSU | publisher = MSU Sesquicentennial Celebration committee | date = January 16, 2004 | archive-date = June 3, 2004 | access-date =August 25, 2012}}</ref> Classes began on May 13, 1857, with three buildings, five faculty members, and 63 male students.

[[Joseph R. Williams]], the first president and a passionate promoter of [[interdisciplinary]] [[liberal arts education]], encouraged a curriculum that went far beyond practical agriculture: "The course of instruction in said college shall include the following branches of education, viz: an English and scientific course, natural philosophy, chemistry, botany, animal and vegetable anatomy and physiology, geology, mineralogy, meteorology, entomology, veterinary art, mensuration, leveling and political economy, with bookkeeping and the mechanic arts which are directly connected with agriculture..." From its inception, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan offered courses of study that would characterize the land-grant philosophy of higher education after the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862. Michigan's agricultural college educated people to be well-informed citizens, as well as good farmers.<ref>{{cite book |last = Darling |first = Birt |title = City in the Forest: The Story of Lansing |location = New York |publisher = Stratford House |year = 1950 |page = 121 |lccn = 50008202 }}</ref>

However, after just two years, Williams ran into conflict with the managing State Board of Education. Despite Williams' eloquent defense of an all-round education for the masses, the board saw the college as inefficient and had far deviated from the agriculture focus as the founder, [[John Clough Holmes]], had anticipated. Indeed, some agriculturalists began protesting against the college's unpractical curriculum with some even calling for the college's abolition.<ref>Darling 1950, pp. 123–25.</ref> Williams eventually resigned in 1859. The board then reduced the curriculum to a two-year, vocation-oriented farming program, which proved catastrophic and resulted almost overnight in a drastic reduction in enrollment.<ref>Darling 1950, p. 129.</ref><ref>Kuhn 1955, p. 32.</ref> There was a high demand for an all-round education grounded in the [[liberal arts]] tradition instead of a specialized agriculture program, a fact the board disregarded. With a sharp decrease in tuition revenue, the college was soon in dire financial straits and threatened with dissolution.

In 1860, Williams became acting [[lieutenant governor]]<ref name="josephrwilliams">{{cite web |url = http://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/williams.htm |title = Joseph R. Williams Biographical Information |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060916212607/http://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/williams.htm |archive-date = September 16, 2006 |publisher = MSU Archives and Historical Collection |access-date = March 5, 2008 }}</ref> and helped pass the Reorganization Act of 1861. This restored the college's four-year curriculum and gave the college the power to grant master's degrees. Under the act, a newly created body, known as the State Board of Agriculture, took over from the State Board of Education in running the institution.<ref name="sesquicentennial"/> The college changed its name to '''State Agricultural College''', and its first class graduated in the same year.

[[File:Portrait_of_Liberty_Hyde_Bailey.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Liberty Hyde Bailey]], namesake of [[Bailey Hall (Ithaca, New York)|Bailey Hall]] at [[Cornell University|Cornell]], often called the "Father of American Horticulture," graduated from the Agricultural College in 1882]]

In 1862, President [[Abraham Lincoln]] signed the [[Morrill Land-Grant Acts]] to support similar colleges nationally, the first instance of federal funding for education.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/27.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070411041720/http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/27.htm | title = Backgrounder on the Morrill Act | work = Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy | publisher = US State Department | access-date =August 25, 2012 | archive-date = April 11, 2007}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, on March 18, 1863, the state designated the college its land-grant institution making Michigan State University the nation's first land-grant college.<ref name=Nation>{{cite magazine |title = The National Schools of Science |magazine = cit|page = 409 |date = November 21, 1867 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Mf0xAQAAIAAJ&q=land+grant+kansas+february+16%2C+1863+pennsylvania+April&pg=PA409 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160624102647/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mf0xAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA409&lpg=PA409&dq=land+grant+kansas+february+16,+1863+pennsylvania+April#v=onepage&q=land%20grant%20kansas%20february%2016%2C%201863%20pennsylvania%20April&f=false |archive-date = June 24, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> The federal funding had rescued the Agricultural College from extinction.

Although the school's then-isolated location limited student housing and enrollment during the 19th century, the college became reputable, largely due to alumni who went on to distinguished careers, many of whom led or taught in other land-grant colleges. While the institution emphasized scientific agriculture, its graduates went into a wide variety of professions.

The college first admitted women in 1870, although there were no female residence halls. The few women who enrolled boarded with faculty families or made the arduous [[stagecoach]] trek from Lansing. From the early days, female students took the same rigorous scientific agriculture courses as male students. In 1896, the faculty created a "Women Course" that melded a [[Family and consumer science|home economics]] curriculum with [[liberal arts]] and sciences. That same year, the college turned the Abbot Hall male dorm into a women's dormitory.

It was not until 1899 that the State Agricultural College admitted its first African American student, William O. Thompson. After graduation, he taught at what is now [[Tuskegee University]]. A few years later, [[Myrtle Craig Mowbray|Myrtle Craig]] became the first woman African American student to enroll at the college.<ref>{{cite book |last = Miller |first = Whitney |title = East Lansing: Collegeville Revisited |series = Images of America |location = Charleston, South Carolina |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |year = 2002 |isbn = 0-7385-2045-4 |page = 26 }}</ref> Two years later, the college changed its name to '''Michigan Agricultural College'''.

During the early 20th century, Michigan Agricultural College expanded its curriculum well beyond agriculture. By 1925, it had expanded enough to change its name to '''Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science''' (MSC), or "Michigan State" for short. In 1941, the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, [[John A. Hannah]], became president of the college.

[[File:MSU Morrill Hall 1912 sepia.jpg|thumb|300px|alt=panorama of a large, multi-story building, with smaller buildings nearby |Morrill Hall in 1912, known at the time as the "Women's Building".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kevinforsyth.net/ELMI/morrill-hall.htm |title= M.A.C.&nbsp;– Morrill Hall |access-date= September 11, 2009 |last= Forsyth |first= Kevin S. |year= 2003 |work= A Brief History of East Lansing, Michigan |archive-date= January 5, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090105174325/http://kevinforsyth.net/elmi/morrill-hall.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> To the right are Horticulture, Bacteriology, Botany, and Administration (Library–Museum).]]

[[File:MSU Laboratory Row 1912 sepia.jpg|alt=photograph of building on campus|thumb|300px|Michigan Agricultural College's Laboratory Row in 1912: Horticulture, Bacteriology, Botany, Dairy, Entomology, and Agriculture.<ref>"[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pan.6a06628 Haines Photo Co., Conneaut, Ohio.]". Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division, July 12, 1912. Retrieved April 14, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://kevinforsyth.net/ELMI/laboratory-row.htm |title= M.A.C.&nbsp;– Laboratory Row |access-date= September 11, 2009 |last= Forsyth |first= Kevin S. |year= 2003 |work= A Brief History of East Lansing, Michigan |archive-date= January 6, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090106192159/http://kevinforsyth.net/ELMI/laboratory-row.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>]]

After World War II, Hannah began the largest expansion in the institution's history, with the help of the 1945 [[G. I. Bill of Rights|G.I. Bill]], which helped World War II veterans gain college educations. One of Hannah's strategies was to build a new dormitory building, enroll enough students to fill it, and use the income to start construction of another dormitory. Under his plan, enrollment increased from 15,000 in 1950 to 38,000 in 1965.<ref>{{cite book |last = Heineman |first = Kenneth J. |title = Campus Wars: The Peace Movement at American State Universities in the Vietnam Era |location = New York |publisher = New York University Press |year = 1993 |isbn = 0-8147-3512-6 |page = 21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = It's Big 10 Now – Spartans Admitted |newspaper = Wisconsin State Journal |date = May 21, 1949 |page = 13 }}</ref>

Six years later, during the school's centennial year of 1955, the State of Michigan officially designated the school as a university, even though Hannah and others felt it had been one for decades. The college then became '''Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science'''.<ref>{{cite book |last = Kuhn |first = Madison |title = Michigan State: The First Hundred Years, 1855–1955 |location = East Lansing |publisher = Michigan State University Press |year = 1955 |isbn = 0-87013-222-9 |page = 471 }}</ref> During the 1950s, Michigan State University was the "preeminent" example of a group of former agricultural colleges which had already evolved into state colleges and were attempting to become research universities.<ref name="ClarkKerr">{{cite book|last1=Kerr|first1=Clark|title=The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967, Volume 1|date=2001|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0-520-22367-7|page=174|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMEZ_47vXkAC&pg=PA174}}</ref> In 1957, Hannah continued MSU's expansion by co-founding Michigan State University–Oakland, now [[Oakland University]], with [[Matilda Dodge Wilson]].
After the ratification of the Michigan Constitution of 1964, the university's governing body changed its name from the State Board of Agriculture to the Michigan State University Board of Trustees.<ref>"[http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(hgdxmueqsj45to45yyksoijr)/mileg.aspx?page=GetMCLDocument&objectname=mcl-Article-VIII-5 Michigan Constitution of 1963] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321052346/http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(hgdxmueqsj45to45yyksoijr)/mileg.aspx?page=GetMCLDocument&objectname=mcl-Article-VIII-5 |date=March 21, 2008 }}". Article VIII. Section 5. Retrieved April 13, 2007.</ref>

MSU was affiliated with [[Oakland University]] in Rochester Hills, Michigan, from the time of the latter's founding in 1957 (as Michigan State University-Oakland), until 1970 when Oakland University gained institutional independence.

In September 2005, President [[Lou Anna Simon]] called for Michigan State to become the global model leader for land-grant institutions by 2012. Her plans included creating a new [[residential college]] and increased grants awarded from the [[National Institutes of Health]] past the US$100{{Spaces}}million mark. While there are over 100 [[land-grant universities]] in the United States, she stated she would like Michigan State University to be the leader.<ref>{{cite news |last = Darrow |first = Bob |url = http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2005/09/simon_msu_to_be_model |title = Simon: MSU to be model university |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192301/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2005/09/simon_msu_to_be_model |archive-date = March 3, 2016 |work = The State News |date = September 9, 2005 |access-date = March 5, 2008 }}</ref>

== Campus ==
[[File:Beaumont Tower South Side.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Beaumont Tower]] marks the site of [[College Hall (Michigan State University)|College Hall]].]]

MSU's sprawling campus is in [[East Lansing, Michigan]]. The campus is perched on the banks of the [[Red Cedar River (Michigan)|Red Cedar River]]. Development of the campus started in 1856 with three buildings: a multipurpose [[College Hall (Michigan State University)|College Hall]] building, a dormitory later called "[[Saints' Rest]]",<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.s150.msu.edu/SaintsRest.php |title = Saints' Rest: Early Campus Life at MSU. |access-date = June 13, 2007 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613062800/http://www.s150.msu.edu/SaintsRest.php |archive-date = June 13, 2007 }} Michigan State University. Retrieved on March 5, 2008.</ref> and a barn. Today, MSU's contiguous campus consists of {{convert|5300|acre|ha}},<ref name="msufacts"/> {{convert|2000|acre|ha}} of which are developed. There are 563<ref name="msufacts"/> buildings: 107<ref name="msufacts"/> for academics, 131 for agriculture, 166 for housing and [[food service]], and 42 for athletics. Overall, the university has {{convert|22763025|ft2|m2}} of indoor space.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eas.msu.edu/fit/reports/buildingdatasummary.cfr |title = Building Data Summary |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150427175108/http://www.eas.msu.edu/fit/reports/buildingdatasummary.cfr |archive-date=April 27, 2015 |publisher = MSU Physical Plant |access-date = February 18, 2010 }}</ref> Connecting it all is {{convert|26|mi|km}} of roads and {{convert|100|mi|km}} of sidewalks.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rcpd.msu.edu/FAQ |title = Frequently Asked Questions |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160122140200/https://www.rcpd.msu.edu/faq |archive-date = January 22, 2016 |publisher = MSU Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities |access-date = March 5, 2008 }}</ref> MSU also owns 44 non-campus properties, totaling {{convert|22000|acre|ha}} in 28 different counties.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.canr.msu.edu/lmo/index.htm |title = Land Management Office |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100608231416/http://www.canr.msu.edu/lmo/index.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2010 |publisher = Michigan State University Land Management Office |date = August 29, 2005 |access-date = March 5, 2008 }}</ref>

[[File:MSU_Water_Fountain_Behind_Plant_Biology_Lab.jpg|thumb|The water fountain with the Plant Biology building in the background]]
[[File:MSU Wells Hall 2017.jpg|thumb|Wells Hall]]

In early 2017, construction of a $22.5{{Space}}million solar project began at five parking lots on campus. MSU's solar carport array is constructed on five of the university's largest commuter parking lots and covers 5,000<ref>{{cite web |title = Carport Solar Array Receives 2018 Innovative Project Award |url = https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/carport-solar-array-receives-2018-innovative-project-award/ |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200219225312/https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/carport-solar-array-receives-2018-innovative-project-award/ |archive-date = February 19, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> parking spaces. The solar carports are designed to deliver a peak power of 10.5 Megawatts and an annual energy of 15 million kilowatt-hours, which is enough to power approximately 1,800 Michigan homes.<ref>{{cite web |title = Campus sustainability information |url = https://sustainability.msu.edu/campus-information/index.html |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200414163936/https://sustainability.msu.edu/campus-information/index.html |archive-date = April 14, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> The solar carport project was recognized at the Smart Energy Decisions Innovation Summit 2018, earning the Onsite Renewable Energy award for “The Largest Carport Solar Array in North America.”<ref>{{cite web |title = MSU'S SOLAR CARPORT RECEIVES THE SMART ENERGY DECISIONS ONSITE RENEWABLE ENERGY AWARD |url = https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/msus-solar-carport-receives-the-smart-energy-decisions-onsite-renewable-energy-award/ |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200220145820/https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2018/msus-solar-carport-receives-the-smart-energy-decisions-onsite-renewable-energy-award/ |archive-date = February 20, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref>

Some land owned by MSU is in [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st26_mi/place/p2646000_lansing/DC20BLK_P2646000.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lansing city, MI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=6 (PDF p. 7/9)|accessdate=2023-07-02|archive-date=July 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702172520/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st26_mi/place/p2646000_lansing/DC20BLK_P2646000.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lansing Charter Township, Michigan|Lansing Charter Township]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st26_mi/cousub/cs2606546020_lansing/DC20BLK_CS2606546020.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lansing charter township, MI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=3 (PDF p. 4/4)|accessdate=2023-07-02|archive-date=July 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702172519/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st26_mi/cousub/cs2606546020_lansing/DC20BLK_CS2606546020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Meridian Charter Township, Michigan|Meridian Charter Township]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st26_mi/cousub/cs2606553140_meridian/DC20BLK_CS2606553140.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Meridian charter township, MI|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=3 (PDF p. 4/5)|accessdate=2023-07-02|archive-date=July 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702172523/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st26_mi/cousub/cs2606553140_meridian/DC20BLK_CS2606553140.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== North campus ===
{{Main|Campus of Michigan State University}}
[[File:W._J._Beal_Botanical_Garden_2017.jpg|thumb|W. J. Beal Botanical Garden]]

The oldest part of campus lies on the Red Cedar river's north bank.<ref>{{cite web |last = Forsyth |first = Kevin S. |title = Michigan Agricultural College – Introduction |url = http://kevinforsyth.net/ELMI/campus.htm |work = A Brief History of East Lansing, Michigan |access-date = February 25, 2011 |year = 2003 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110515220510/http://kevinforsyth.net/ELMI/campus.htm |archive-date = May 15, 2011 }}</ref> It includes [[Collegiate Gothic]] architecture, plentiful trees, and curving roads with few straight lines. The college built its first three buildings here, of which none survive. Other historic buildings north of the river include the president's official residence, [[Cowles House (East Lansing, Michigan)|Cowles House]]; and [[Beaumont Tower]], a [[carillon]] clock tower marking the site of [[College Hall (Michigan State University)|College Hall]], the original classroom building. To the east lies [[Eustace Hall|Eustace–Cole Hall]], America's first freestanding horticulture laboratory.<ref>{{cite book |last = Stanford |first = Linda O. |title = MSU Campus: Buildings, Places, Spaces |location = East Lansing |publisher = Michigan State University Press |year = 2002 |isbn = 0-87013-631-3 |page = 60 }}</ref> Other landmarks include the bronze statue of former president [[John A. Hannah]],<ref>Roeschke, Jaclyn. "[http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2004/09/former_039u039_president Former 'U' president immortalized with bronze statue] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202800/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2004/09/former_039u039_president |date=March 3, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. September 20, 2004. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> the [[W. J. Beal Botanical Garden]], and the painted boulder known as "[[The Rock (Michigan State University)|The Rock]]", a popular spot for theater, [[tailgate party|tailgating]], and candlelight vigils. On the campus's northwest corner is the university's hotel, the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. The university also has two museums. [[MSU Museum]], initiated in 1857, is one of the Midwest's oldest museums and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.<ref>"[http://museum.msu.edu/GeneralInformation/About/ MSU Museum – About the Museum]". Retrieved February 25, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006074303/http://museum.msu.edu/GeneralInformation/About/ |date=October 6, 2008 }}</ref> The [[Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum]], designed by [[Zaha Hadid]], opened in 2012 as MSU's primary art gallery, and features art from MSU's permanent collection as well as from graduate students on campus.<ref>"[https://broadmuseum.msu.edu/about/museum-history/ Museum History - MSU Broad Art Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805011744/https://broadmuseum.msu.edu/about/museum-history/ |date=August 5, 2023 }}". Retrieved August 4, 2023.</ref>

=== South campus ===
[[File:Hidden_Lake_Gardens_Visitor_Center.JPG|thumb|Hidden Lake Gardens Visitor Center]]

The campus south of the river consists mostly of post-World War II [[International Style (architecture)|International Style]] buildings, and is characterized by sparser foliage, relatively straight roadways, and many parking lots. The "2020 Vision" Master Plan proposes replacing these parking lots with [[multi-storey car park|parking ramps]] and green space,<ref>"[https://prod.gis.msu.edu/construction/update.jsp 2020 Vision Campus Master Plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609102117/http://prod.gis.msu.edu/construction/update.jsp |date=June 9, 2010 }}". MSU Campus Planning and Administration. 2006. Accessed March 5, 2008.{{cite web |url = http://www.2020vision.msu.edu/construction/ |title = JSP Page |access-date = February 8, 2016 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070717015544/http://www.2020vision.msu.edu/construction/ |archive-date = July 17, 2007 }}</ref> but these plans will take many years to reach fruition. As part of the master plan, the university erected a new bronze statue of ''[[Sparty|The Spartan]]'' in 2005 to be placed at the intersection of Chestnut and Kalamazoo, just south of the Red Cedar River. This replica replaced the original [[modernist]] [[terra cotta]] statue,<ref>{{cite book |last = Stanford |first = Linda |title = MSU Campus: Buildings, Places, Spaces |location = East Lansing, Michigan |publisher = Michigan State University Press |year = 2002 |isbn = 0-87013-631-3 }}</ref> which can still be seen inside [[Spartan Stadium, East Lansing|Spartan Stadium]]. Notable academic and research buildings on the South Campus include the [[National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory|Cyclotron]], the [[Michigan State University College of Law|College of Law]], the [[Facility for Rare Isotope Beams]] (FRIB), Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building,<ref>{{cite web |title = Building for Tomorrow |url = https://msutoday.msu.edu/feature/2019/building-for-tomorrow/ |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200129122940/https://msutoday.msu.edu/feature/2019/building-for-tomorrow/ |archive-date = January 29, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> and the Broad College of Business.<ref>{{cite web |title = Facilities |url = https://broad.msu.edu/facilities/ |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200401233340/https://broad.msu.edu/facilities/ |archive-date = April 1, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref>

This part of campus is home to the [[Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens|MSU Horticulture Gardens]] and the adjoining [[4-H]] Children's Garden. South of the gardens lie the [[Canadian National]] and [[CSX Transportation|CSX]] railroads, which divide the main campus from thousands of acres of university-owned farmland. The university's agricultural facilities include the Horse, Dairy Cattle, Beef Cattle, Swine, Sheep, and Poultry Teaching and Research Farms, as well as the Air Quality Control Lab and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.<ref>{{cite web |title = About the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory |url = https://cvm.msu.edu/vdl/about |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190415211924/https://cvm.msu.edu/vdl/about |archive-date = April 15, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref>

=== Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center ===
[[File:Kellogg_House-Gull_Lake.jpg|thumb|Kellogg House on [[Gull Lake (Michigan)|Gull Lake]]. [[William Keith Kellogg]] donated his summer home to Michigan State University. It is used as a conference center for MSU's Biological and Agricultural Research.]]

The Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center doubles as a 4-star hotel and a business-friendly conference center. It is on the northwest corner of Michigan State University's campus, across from the [[Brody Complex]], on Harrison Road just south of Michigan Avenue. The hotel's 160 rooms and suites can accommodate anyone staying in East Lansing for a business conference, sporting event or an on-campus visit. Besides a lodging facility, the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center is a "learning laboratory for the 300–400 students each year that are enrolled in The School of Hospitality Business and other majors." The Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center strives to facilitate education by hosting conferences and seminars.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kelloggcenter.com/about/history.html |title = Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center |access-date = May 2, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132424/http://www.kelloggcenter.com/about/history.html |archive-date = July 21, 2011 }}</ref>

=== Dubai campus ===
MSU ran a small campus at [[Dubai Knowledge Village]], Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://dubai.isp.msu.edu/ |title = MSU Dubai &#124; Michigan State University - MSU Dubai |access-date = November 18, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141128053047/http://dubai.isp.msu.edu/ |archive-date = November 28, 2014 }} MSU Dubai</ref> It first offered only one program, a master's program in human resources and labor relations. In 2011, it added a master's program in Public Health.<ref name=CHE2012 />

Previously, MSU established an education center in Dubai that offered six undergraduate programs, thereby becoming the first American university with a presence in [[Dubai International Academic City]]. The university attracted 100 students in 2007, its first year,<ref>[http://dubai.msu.edu/quick-facts/about-msu-dubai/news/msu-dubai-challenges-middle-east-students-dream-big-committing-new- About Michigan State University Dubai] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609113936/http://dubai.msu.edu/quick-facts/about-msu-dubai/news/msu-dubai-challenges-middle-east-students-dream-big-committing-new- |date=June 9, 2010 }}</ref> but the school was unable to achieve the 100–150 new students per year needed for the program to be viable, and in 2010 MSU closed the program and the campus.<ref name="CHE2012">Jason Lane and Kevin Kinser "A Phoenix Rising in the Desert: Michigan State University" ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' July 31, 2012 {{cite web |url = http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/a-phoenix-rising-in-the-desert-michigan-state-university/30025?cid=gn |title = A Phoenix Rising in the Desert: Michigan State University – WorldWise - Blogs - the Chronicle of Higher Education |date = July 31, 2012 |access-date = August 2, 2012 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000315/http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/a-phoenix-rising-in-the-desert-michigan-state-university/30025?cid=gn |archive-date = October 5, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="CHE2010">Andrew Mills "Low Enrollment Led Michigan State U. to Cancel Most Programs in Dubai" ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' July 6, 2010 {{cite web |url = http://chronicle.com/article/Low-Enrollment-Led-Michigan/66151/ |title = Low Enrollment Led Michigan State U. To Cancel Most Programs in Dubai - International - the Chronicle of Higher Education |date = July 7, 2010 |access-date = June 11, 2012 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101016005636/http://chronicle.com/article/Low-Enrollment-Led-Michigan/66151 |archive-date = October 16, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=npr>Larry Abrahamson "Michigan State To Close Dubai Campus" July 6, 2010. npr. {{cite web |url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128342097 |title = Michigan State to Close Dubai Campus |website = [[NPR]] |access-date = June 11, 2012 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110128033336/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128342097 |archive-date = January 28, 2011 }}</ref>

=== Detroit campus ===
MSU has a large presence in downtown [[Detroit]]. This campus includes programs with the College of Education, Detroit Outreach Admissions, MSU Community Music School of Detroit, and the Study of Active Neighborhoods in Detroit (StAND). MSU began a partnership with [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] in 2022, creating the Apple Developer Academy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple Developer Academy in Detroit celebrates new graduates |url=https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/apple-developer-academy-in-detroit-celebrates-new-graduates |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=MSUToday {{!}} Michigan State University |language=en |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020102/https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/apple-developer-academy-in-detroit-celebrates-new-graduates |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 13, 2023, MSU purchased a majority stake in Detroit's iconic [[Fisher Building]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MSU buys majority stake in Fisher Building in Detroit |url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2023/06/13/msu-fisher-building-detroit-michigan-state/70316594007/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020105/https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2023/06/13/msu-fisher-building-detroit-michigan-state/70316594007/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MSU endowment becomes majority investor in historic Fisher Building in Detroit |url=https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/msu-endowment-invests-in-fisher-building |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=MSUToday {{!}} Michigan State University |language=en |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020111/https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/msu-endowment-invests-in-fisher-building |url-status=live }}</ref> The MSU Research Foundation opened a startup incubator inside the Fisher Building later that year. In early 2023 MSU announced they would begin collaborating with [[Henry Ford Health]] on a new research center in Detroit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Ford + MSU |url=https://www.henryfordmsu.org/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.henryfordmsu.org |language=en |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020108/https://www.henryfordmsu.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== College of Human Medicine campuses ===
The College of Human Medicine currently operates smaller campuses as partnerships with local health systems in multiple Michigan cities. The [[Grand Rapids, MI|Grand Rapids]] Secchia Campus is the largest of these campuses,<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Rapids Campus {{!}} College of Human Medicine {{!}} Michigan State University |url=https://humanmedicine.msu.edu/about/campuses/grand-rapids-campus.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=humanmedicine.msu.edu |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020110/https://humanmedicine.msu.edu/about/campuses/grand-rapids-campus.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with plans to expand the campus in coming years.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Mark |date=2023-06-19 |title=Grand Rapids investments create blueprint for MSU in Detroit |url=https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/economic-development/grand-rapids-investments-create-blueprint-for-msu-in-detroit/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Crain's Grand Rapids Business |language=en-US |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020104/https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/economic-development/grand-rapids-investments-create-blueprint-for-msu-in-detroit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Secchia Campus partners with multiple hospitals on Grand Rapids' [[Medical Mile]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Grand Rapids Innovation Park {{!}} Grand Rapids Innovation Park {{!}} Michigan State University |url=https://innovationparkgr.msu.edu/innovation-park/index.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=innovationparkgr.msu.edu}}</ref> Other Michigan cities with campuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Campuses {{!}} College of Human Medicine {{!}} Michigan State University |url=https://humanmedicine.msu.edu/about/campuses/index.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=humanmedicine.msu.edu |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020103/https://humanmedicine.msu.edu/about/campuses/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> include [[Flint, MI|Flint]] ([[Ascension Genesys Hospital]], [[Hurley Medical Center]], and [[McLaren Flint]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Partners {{!}} MSU College of Human Medicine {{!}} Michigan State University |url=https://flintmed.msu.edu/about/community-partners.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=flintmed.msu.edu |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611001819/https://flintmed.msu.edu/about/community-partners.html |url-status=live }}</ref>), [[Midland, MI|Midland]], [[Traverse City, MI|Traverse City]] ([[Munson Medical Center]]), [[Marquette, MI|Marquette]]<ref>{{cite web |title=MSU College of Human Medicine, UP Campus |url=https://www.uphealthsystem.com/marquette/msu-college-of-human-medicine-up-campus |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=UP Health System |language=en}}</ref> ([[UP Health System - Marquette|UP Health System]]), [[Southfield, MI|Southfield]] ([[Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield Campus|Ascension Providence Hospital]]), and [[Detroit]] ([[Henry Ford Health]]).

== Admissions ==

=== Undergraduate ===
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|admit rate        = 83.9%
|admit rate change = 13.7
|yield rate        = 18.3%
|yield rate change = -8.8
|test optional   = yes
|SAT Total         = 1110–1320 <br />(among 51% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 24–30 <br />(among 14% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        = 
|GPA           = 3.8
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Michigan State offers a rolling admissions system, with an early admission deadline in October, and does not offer an [[early decision]] plan. The 2022 annual ranking of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' categorized MSU as "more selective".<ref>{{cite web |title = Michigan State University |url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/michigan-state-2290 |publisher = U.S. News & World Report |access-date = October 14, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191014000058/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/michigan-state-2290 |archive-date = October 14, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> For freshmen enrolling in fall 2024, Michigan State received 62,138 applications and accepted 52,690 (84.8%). Of those accepted, 9,625 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 18.3%.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web |title=MSU Common Data Set 2023-2024 |url=https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2023-2024.pdf?rev=1b2eb45559bd4165a1e6fc6555f1b199&hash=31693FC37D29804BF4DDAFC0E9B068CC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117014818/https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2022-2023.pdf?rev=d089e5ef2b504bc1bdd509cc11b32082&hash=D16473B760032BC074B1123E0F7620F9 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=MSU Institutional Research}}</ref><ref name="CDS">{{cite web |url = https://opb.msu.edu/functions/institution/documents/CDS_2019-2020.pdf |title = Common Data Set 2019–2020, Part C |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = October 23, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190731145543/https://opb.msu.edu/functions/institution/CDS_2018-20193.pdf |archive-date = July 31, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Applications increase, MSU welcomes largest class after using Common Application |url = https://statenews.com/article/2019/08/2019-incoming-class |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190906002017/https://statenews.com/article/2019/08/2019-incoming-class |archive-date = September 6, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> MSU's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 91.4%, with 82.52% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

The university started test-optional admissions with the fall 2021 incoming class in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has extended this through fall 2025. Of the 51% of enrolled freshmen in 2023 who submitted [[SAT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1110–1320.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> Of the 14% of the incoming freshman class who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 24 and 30.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" />

The university has seen steady increases to its applicant pool in recent decades, and the number of applications has more than doubled since the class of 2007 received 24,436 applications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opb.msu.edu/functions/institution/documents/CDS2007_20082.pdf |title=MSU Common Data Set 2007-2008 |publisher=MSU Institutional Research |access-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211024949/https://opb.msu.edu/functions/institution/documents/CDS2007_20082.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Michigan state law does not require the state's public universities to reserve their spaces for Michigan residents.

Together with [[Michigan Technological University]], [[Wayne State University]], [[Kalamazoo College]], [[Hillsdale College]], [[Calvin University]], and [[Hope College]], Michigan State is one of the seven college-sponsors of the National Merit Scholarship Program in the state. The university sponsored 30 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 38 first-year students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=December 7, 2022|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624044709/http://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+ Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics
<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2020-2021.pdf |title=MSU Common Data Set 2020-2021 |publisher=MSU Institutional Research |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519113939/https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2020-2021.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2019-2020.pdf |title=MSU Common Data Set 2019-2020 |publisher=MSU Institutional Research |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514020011/https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2019-2020.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2018-2019.pdf |title=MSU Common Data Set 2018-2019 |publisher=MSU Institutional Research |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514023904/https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2018-2019.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2017-2018.pdf |title=MSU Common Data Set 2017-2018 |publisher=MSU Institutional Research |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514084929/https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2017-2018.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2016-2017.pdf |title=MSU Common Data Set 2016-2017 |publisher=MSU Institutional Research |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601161438/https://ir.msu.edu/-/media/assets/ir/docs/cds/cds-2016-2017.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 50,630 || 45,426 || 44,322 || 33,129 || 36,143 || 37,480
|-
! Admits
| 42,150 || 34,663 || 31,522 || 25,733 || 25,860 || 24,641
|-
! Admit rate
| 83.3 || 76.3 || 71.1 || 77.7 || 71.5 || 65.7
|-
! Enrolled
| 9,225 || 8,389 || 8,801 || 8,688 || 8,366 || 8,190
|-
! Yield rate
| 21.9 || 24.2 || 27.9 || 33.8 || 32.4 || 33.2
|-
! ACT composite*<br />(out of 36)
| 27–29<br />(16%<sup>†</sup>) || 23–29<br />(36%<sup>†</sup>) || 23–29<br />(38%<sup>†</sup>) || 23–29<br />(43%<sup>†</sup>) || 23–28<br />(57%<sup>†</sup>) || 24–29<br />(99%<sup>†</sup>)
|- 
! SAT composite*<br />(out of 1600)
| 1220–1310<br />(48%<sup>†</sup>) || 1110–1280<br />(80%<sup>†</sup>) || 1120–1310<br />(78%<sup>†</sup>) || 1110–1310<br />(76%<sup>†</sup>) || 1100–1320<br />(60%<sup>†</sup>) 
|1260–1360 (13%<sup>†</sup>)
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}
{{clear}}

=== Graduate ===
For fall 2024, the [[Michigan State University College of Law]] received 1,359 applications and accepted 433 (31.86%). Of those accepted, 139 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] of 32.1%. The College of Law had a middle-50% [[LSAT]] range of 157-162 for the 2024 first year class.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx |title=ABA Required Disclosures |publisher=The American Bar Association |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212232808/https://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Academics ==
{{Main|Michigan State University academics}}
{{See also|Michigan State University Libraries}}

=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| QS_W = 161
| THE_WSJ = 60
| USNWR_NU = 64 (tie)
| USNWR_W = 133 (tie)
| Wamo_NU = 43
| Forbes = 79
| THES_W = 105
| ARWU_W = 151 (tie)
}}

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|-
! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan State Spartans|color=white}}" |
USNWR Global Program Rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Program Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Michigan State University – U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=August 1, 2021|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/michigan-state-university-171100|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801070111/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/michigan-state-university-171100|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Plant and Animal Science || 9
|-
| Agricultural Sciences || 23
|-
| Economics and Business || 26
|-
| Environment/Ecology || 40
|-
| Social Sciences and Public Health || 49
|-
| Arts and Humanities || 57
|-
| Computer Science || 77
|-
| Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology || 87
|-
| Microbiology || 81
|-
| Mathematics || 78
|-
| Psychiatry/Psychology || 80
|-
| Physics || 97
|-
| Biology and Biochemistry || 119
|-
| Space Science || 151
|-
| Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems || 149
|-
| Public, Environmental and Occupational Health || 156
|-
| Neuroscience and Behavior || 223
|-
| Engineering || 68
|-
| Molecular Biology and Genetics || 153
|-
| Materials Science || 239
|-
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering || 219
|-
| Physical Chemistry || 428
|-
| Food Science and Technology || 28
|-
| Geosciences || 171
|-
| Clinical Medicine || 202
|-
| Energy and Fuels || 244
|-
| Oncology || 371
|-
| Chemistry || 293
|}

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|-
! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan State Spartans|color=white}}" |
USNWR National Undergraduate Rankings<ref name="USNWR Undergraduate Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Michigan State University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=August 1, 2021|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/michigan-state-2290/overall-rankings|archive-date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531082239/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/michigan-state-2290/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 
! Ranking
|-
| Nursing
| 39
|-
| Engineering (overall)
| 45
|-
| Biological/Agricultural Engineering
| 6
|-
| Electrical Engineering
| 30
|-
| Mechanical Engineering
| 36
|-
| Computer Science
| 60
|-
| Business (overall)
| 23
|-
| Management
| 11
|-
| Management Information Systems
| 19
|-
| International Business
| 20
|-
| Accounting
| 21
|-
| Marketing
| 35
|-
| Productions/Operations Management
| 5
|-
| Supply Chain Management/Logistics
| 1
|}

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|-
! colspan="2" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Michigan State Spartans|color=white}}" |
USNWR National Graduate Rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=Michigan State University – U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=August 1, 2021|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/michigan-state-university-171100/overall-rankings|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413173749/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/michigan-state-university-171100/overall-rankings|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! 
! Ranking
|-
| Rehabilitation Counseling
| 1
|-
| Criminology
| 9
|-
| Veterinary Medicine
| 17
|-
| Education
| 22
|-
| Physics
| 32
|-
| Nursing–Anesthesia
| 29
|-
| Economics
| 34
|-
| Social Work
| 36
|-
| Political Science
| 37
|-
| Speech-Language Pathology
| 38
|-
| Business
| 36
|-
| Engineering
| 59
|-
| Clinical Psychology
| 43
|-
| History
| 43
|-
| Psychology
| 39
|-
| Biological Sciences
| 68
|-
| Biostatistics
| 41
|-
| Mathematics
| 39
|-
| Chemistry
| 42
|-
| Statistics
| 30
|-
| English 
| 53
|-
| Fine Arts
| 53
|-
| Sociology
| 54
|-
| Computer Science
| 60
|-
| Nursing: Doctorate
| 63
|-
| Nursing: Master's
| 68
|-
| Earth Sciences
| 56
|-
| Medicine: Research
| 88
|-
| Medicine: Primary Care
| 46
|-
| Law
| 91
|}

In its 2025 rankings, ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked MSU 105th in the world. Michigan State ranks 151st in the world for 2022, according to the ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]''. Washington Monthly ranks MSU 43rd nationally for 2024. The 2025 ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' placed it at 161st internationally.<ref name="QS ranking">{{cite web |title = QS World University Rankings |url = https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2020 |publisher = QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited |access-date = April 26, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200422032238/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2020 |archive-date = April 22, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> In its 2025-2026 edition, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked it as tied for the 29th best public university in the United States, tied for 64th nationally and tied for 37th among best universities for veterans.<ref name="USNews">{{cite magazine |title = U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings: Michigan State University |url = https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/michigan-state-2290/overall-rankings |access-date = September 12, 2021 |magazine = U.S. News & World Report |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190531082239/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/michigan-state-2290/overall-rankings |archive-date = May 31, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref>

In its 2020 edition, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked the following MSU graduate programs number one in the country: elementary teacher education and secondary teacher education (#1 for 26 straight years), African history (tied), curriculum and instruction (tied), [[industrial and organizational psychology]], nuclear physics, rehabilitation counseling (tied), and supply chain management/logistics.<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings"/>

The [[Eli Broad College of Business]] was ranked No. 39th nationally for 2019–20 by ''Bloomberg Businessweek''. Ninety-two percent of the school's graduates received job offers in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title = U.S. B-Schools Ranking |newspaper = Bloomberg.com |url = https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/us/ |publisher = Bloomberg Businessweek |access-date = April 26, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200419175001/https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/us/ |archive-date = April 19, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> The latest edition of ''U.S. News'' ranked Michigan State's undergraduate and graduate supply chain management/logistics programs in the Eli Broad College of Business first in the nation.<ref name="USNews"/> In addition, the Eli Broad College of Business undergraduate accounting program is ranked 22nd, the master's accounting program is ranked 15th, and the doctoral program is ranked 18th, according to the 2018 ''[[Public Accounting Report]]'''s Annual Survey of Accounting Professors.<ref>{{cite web |title = Ph.D. in Accounting |url = https://broad.msu.edu/phd/accounting/ |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 26, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200401235417/https://broad.msu.edu/phd/accounting/ |archive-date = April 1, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> The MBA program is ranked 27th in the U.S. by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title = #27 Broad College of Business |url = https://www.forbes.com/colleges/michigan-state-university/broad-college-of-business/#6267243d5fc1 |work = Forbes |access-date = April 26, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200309151226/https://www.forbes.com/colleges/michigan-state-university/broad-college-of-business/ |archive-date = March 9, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref>

The College of Communication Arts and Sciences was established in 1955 and was the first of its kind in the United States.<ref name="MSU-rankings-comarts">{{cite web |title = Distinctions for College of Communication Arts and Sciences |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://msu.edu/about/rankings-and-recognitions/distinctions/communication-arts-and-sciences.html |access-date = July 1, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110831130259/http://msu.edu/about/rankings-and-recognitions/distinctions/communication-arts-and-sciences.html |archive-date = August 31, 2011 }}</ref> The college's Media and Information Studies doctoral program was ranked No. 2 in 2007 by ''[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]'' in the category of mass communication.<ref name="MSU-rankings-comarts"/> The communication doctoral program was ranked No. 4 in a separate category of communication in ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'''s 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, published in 2007.<ref name="MSU-rankings-comarts"/> The college's faculty and alumni include eight [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners and a two-time [[Emmy Award]] winning recording mixer.<ref name="MSU-rankings-comarts"/>

=== Collections and museums ===
[[File:Eli_and_Edythe_Broad_Art_Museum_-_panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum]]]]

The [[Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum]] is the university's [[contemporary art]] museum.

The [[MSU Museum]] is the university's oldest museum, founded in 1857.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Museum – MSU Museum |url=https://museum.msu.edu/about-the-museum/ |access-date=January 13, 2023}}</ref> It is Michigan's first [[Smithsonian Affiliations|Smithsonian Affiliate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MSU Museum |url=https://www.lansing.org/listings/msu-museum/536/ |website=www.lansing.org |access-date=January 25, 2023 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Affiliate Directory |url=https://affiliations.si.edu/affiliate-directory/ |website=Smithsonian Affiliations |access-date=January 25, 2023}}</ref> The museum holds collections in [[anthropology]], [[folklife]], [[cultural heritage]] and history, [[mammalogy]], [[ornithology]], [[herpetology]], [[ichthyology]], and [[vertebrate paleontology]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Explore Collections – MSU Museum |url=https://museum.msu.edu/explore-collections/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113155504/https://museum.msu.edu/explore-collections/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Michigan State University Libraries]] comprise North America's 29th largest academic [[library]] system with over 4.9&nbsp;million volumes and 6.7&nbsp;million [[microform]]s.<ref>"[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arlstat08.pdf ARL Statistics 2007–2008 — Rank Order By Volumes Held] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113041936/http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arlstat08.pdf |date=January 13, 2013 }}". ''Association of Research Libraries''. Accessed June 20, 2010.</ref>

=== Research ===
[[Image:MSU Vet Research Farm.jpg|thumb|Veterinary Research Farm]]

The university has a long history of academic research and innovation. In 1877, botany professor [[William J. Beal]] performed the first documented genetic crosses to produce hybrid [[maize|corn]], which led to increased yields. MSU dairy professor [[G. Malcolm Trout]] improved the process for the [[Homogenization (chemistry)|homogenization]] of milk in the 1930s, making it more commercially viable. In the 1960s, MSU scientists developed [[cisplatin]], a leading cancer fighting drug, and followed that work with the derivative, [[carboplatin]]. [[Albert Fert]], an [[adjunct professor]] at MSU, was awarded the 2007 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] together with [[Peter Grünberg]].<ref>Thoel, Tara. "[http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/10/adjunct_physics_professor_at_msu_wins_nobel_prize Adjunct physics professor at MSU wins Nobel Prize] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202659/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/10/adjunct_physics_professor_at_msu_wins_nobel_prize |date=March 3, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. October 9, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref>

Michigan State continues its research with facilities such as the [[United States Department of Energy|U.S. Department of Energy]]-sponsored MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory<ref>{{cite web |url = http://prl.msu.edu/ |title = Michigan State University &#124; College of Natural Science &#124; Plant Research Laboratory |publisher = Prl.msu.edu |access-date = November 15, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100611175732/http://www.prl.msu.edu/ |archive-date = June 11, 2010 }}</ref> and a [[particle accelerator]] called the [[National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory]]. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science named Michigan State University as the site for the [[Facility for Rare Isotope Beams]] (FRIB) facility. Construction began in 2014 and was completed in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=FRIB {{!}} Facility for Rare Isotope Beams {{!}} Michigan State University |url=https://frib.msu.edu/index.php |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=frib.msu.edu |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330144334/https://frib.msu.edu/index.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The $730{{Space}}million facility has a goal to attract top researchers from around the world to conduct experiments in basic nuclear science, astrophysics, and applications of isotopes to other fields.<ref name="msufacts"/>

In 2004, scientists at the cyclotron produced and observed a new isotope of the element [[germanium]], called Ge-60.<ref>"[http://www.nscl.msu.edu/science/nuggets/60Ge First observation of Germanium-60 and Selenium-64] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810173809/http://www.nscl.msu.edu/science/nuggets/60Ge |date=August 10, 2014 }}". ''NSCL Science Nuggets''. Retrieved April 10, 2010.</ref> In that same year, Michigan State, in consortium with the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] and the government of [[Brazil]], broke ground on the 4.1-meter [[SOAR Telescope|Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope]] (SOAR) in the [[Andes Mountains]] of [[Chile]]. The consortium telescope will allow the Physics & Astronomy department to study galaxy formation and origins.<ref>"[http://www.msu.edu/thisismsu/points_pride.html Points of Pride]". ''MSU Today''. Accessed March 5, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517092952/http://www.msu.edu/thisismsu/points_pride.html |date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref> Since 1999, MSU has been part of a consortium called the [[Michigan Life Sciences Corridor]], which aims to develop [[biotechnology]] research in the State of Michigan.<ref>Truscott, John. "[http://www.state.mi.us/migov/gov/PressReleases/199907/LifeSciencesCorridorPR.htm Governor Signs Bill Creating 'Life Sciences Corridor' in Michigan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520092459/http://www.state.mi.us/migov/gov/PressReleases/199907/LifeSciencesCorridorPR.htm |date=May 20, 2013 }}". Michigan Executive Office press release. July 19, 1999. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> Finally, the College of Communication Arts and Sciences' [[Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law|Quello Center]] researches issues of information and communication management.

Michigan State, the [[University of Michigan]], and [[Wayne State University]] created the [[University Research Corridor]] in 2006.<ref name="MSU-university-research-corridor">{{cite press release |title = MSU, U-M, Wayne State create University Research Corridor |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://news.msu.edu/story/1317/ |access-date = July 1, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110901035650/http://news.msu.edu/story/1317/ |archive-date = September 1, 2011 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> This alliance was formed to transform and strengthen Michigan's economy by reaching out to businesses, policymakers, innovators, investors and the public to speed up technology transfer, make resources more accessible and attract new jobs to the state.<ref name="MSU-university-research-corridor"/>

=== Endowment ===
MSU's (private, non-[[Morrill Land-Grant Acts|Morrill Act]]) [[financial endowment|endowment]] started in 1916, when the Engineering Building burned down. Automobile magnate [[Ransom E. Olds]] helped the program stay afloat with a gift of $100,000, equivalent to ${{Inflation|index=US|value=.1|start_year=1916|r=2}}{{Space}}million in {{Inflation/year|index=US}}.<ref>{{cite book |last = Rodriguez |first = Michael |title = R.E. Olds and Industrial Lansing |location = Charleston, South Carolina |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |year = 2004 |isbn = 0-7385-3272-X |page = 117 }}</ref>

There was a time when MSU lagged behind peer institutions in terms of endowments. As recently as the early 1990s, MSU was last among the eleven Big Ten schools (of the time), with barely over $100{{Space}}million in endowment funds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Campaign for MSU: Its |url=https://givingto.msu.edu/stories/the-campaign-for-msu-its-place-in-msus-history|access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Giving to Michigan State University |language=en-US |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224070116/https://givingto.msu.edu/stories/the-campaign-for-msu-its-place-in-msus-history|url-status=live }}</ref> This changed dramatically in the 2000s decade, when the university started a campaign to increase the size of the endowment.

At the close of [[fiscal year]] 2004–2005, the endowment had risen to $1.325{{Space}}billion, raising the university to sixth of the 11 Big Ten schools in terms of endowment; within $2{{Space}}million of the fifth-rated school.<ref>Seguin, Rick. " {{Cite web |url=http://www.newsbulletin.msu.edu/jan2606/endowment.html |title=MSU News Bulletin |access-date=June 10, 2017 |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902172725/http://www.newsbulletin.msu.edu/jan2606/endowment.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}". MSU News Bulletin. 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> As of June 30, 2021, MSU's endowment had a market value of $4.4{{Space}}billion.<ref name="endowment" />

== Colleges ==
MSU has over 200 academic programs offered by 17 degree-granting colleges.<ref name="msufacts"/>

=== Residential colleges ===
[[File:Linton_Hall_Michigan_State_University_2016-1443.jpg|thumb|upright|Linton Hall]]

MSU's first residential college, [[Justin Morrill]] College started in 1965 with an interdisciplinary curriculum.<ref>"[http://www.enolagaia.com/JMC.html Unofficial website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206164454/http://www.enolagaia.com/JMC.html |date=February 6, 2016 }}". Justin Morrill College. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> MSU closed Morrill College in 1979, but today the university has three residential colleges, including the recent opening of the [[Residential College in Arts & Humanities]] (RCAH) located in Snyder and Phillips halls.

Established in 1967, [[James Madison College]] is a smaller component residential college featuring multidisciplinary programs in the social sciences, founded on a model of liberal education. James Madison College is housed in Case Hall. Classes in the college are small, with an average of 25 students, and most instructors are [[tenure]] track faculty. James Madison College has about 1150 students total, with each [[freshman]] class containing about 320 students.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jmc.msu.edu/quickfacts.asp |title = Quick Madison Facts |access-date = June 27, 2007 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070627063337/http://www.jmc.msu.edu/quickfacts.asp |archive-date = June 27, 2007 }}. James Madison College @ Michigan State University. Retrieved June 25, 2007.</ref> Each of Madison's four [[Academic major|majors]]—Social Relations and Policy, International Relations, Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, and Comparative Cultures and Politics<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jmc.msu.edu/ps/youandjmc.asp |title = You and JMC |access-date = August 14, 2007 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070814085350/http://www.jmc.msu.edu/ps/youandjmc.asp |archive-date = August 14, 2007 }}. James Madison College @ Michigan State University. Retrieved June 25, 2007.</ref>—requires two years of foreign language and one semester of "field experience" in an [[intern]]ship or study abroad program. Although Madison students make up about 4% of MSU graduates, they represent around 35% of the MSU's [[Phi Beta Kappa]] members.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://jmc.msu.edu/quickfacts.asp |title = Quick Madison Facts |access-date = October 20, 2007 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071020201533/http://jmc.msu.edu/quickfacts.asp |archive-date = October 20, 2007 }}. James Madison College @ Michigan State University. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref>

[[File:MSU_Morrill_Hall.jpg|thumb|Morrill Hall]]
[[File:Michigan_State_University_Olds_Hall_Entrance_2016-1465.jpg|thumb|upright|Olds Hall]]
[[Image:MSU Phillips Hall.jpg|thumb|Snyder-Phillips Hall was built in 1947. The building was expanded to make room for a new residential college.]]
[[File:Berkey_Hall_-_panoramio.jpg|thumb|Berkey Hall]]
[[File:MSU Eustace-Cole Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Eustace-Cole Hall]] was the United States' first freestanding horticulture laboratory. It is the only MSU building on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Additionally, Eustace-Cole Hall houses the offices of the Michigan State University Honors College.]]

Also established in 1967, [[Lyman Briggs College]] teaches math and science within social, historical and philosophical contexts.<ref>"[http://www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu/future/educationalPhilosophy.cfm Educational Philosophy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611181804/http://lymanbriggs.msu.edu/future/educationalPhilosophy.cfm |date=June 11, 2010 }}". Lyman Briggs College. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> Many Lyman Briggs students intend to pursue careers in medicine, but the school supports over 30 coordinate majors, from human biology to computer sciences.<ref>"[http://www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu/current/majors.cfm Majors]". Lyman Briggs College. Retrieved June 18, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112221320/http://www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu/current/majors.cfm |date=January 12, 2015 }}</ref> Lyman Briggs is one of the few colleges that lets undergraduates teach as "Learning Assistants."<ref>"[http://www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu/academics/Forms/LAApplication2008-09.pdf Undergraduate Learning Assistant Application 2008–2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410055103/http://www.lymanbriggs.msu.edu/academics/Forms/LAApplication2008-09.pdf |date=April 10, 2008 }}" (PDF). Lyman Briggs College. Accessed March 5, 2008.{{cite web |url = http://lymanbriggs.msu.edu/current/forms/LA_Application_2010-11.pdf |title = Lyman Briggs College &#124; Michigan State University |access-date = September 7, 2010 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100613031309/http://lymanbriggs.msu.edu/current/forms/LA_Application_2010-11.pdf |archive-date = June 13, 2010 }}</ref>

MSU's newest residential college is the [[Residential College in Arts & Humanities|Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH)]]. Founded October 21, 2005,<ref>Collins, Laura. "[http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2005/10/trustees_approve_residential Trustees approve residential college] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172632/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2005/10/trustees_approve_residential |date=March 3, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. October 24, 2005. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> RCAH provides around 600 [[undergraduates]] with an individualized curriculum in the [[liberal arts|liberal]], [[visual arts|visual]] and [[performing arts]]. Though all the students will graduate with the same [[academic degree|degree]], MSU encourages students in the college to get a [[Double degree|second degree]] or specialization.<ref>"[http://rcah.msu.edu/about/program.php How the Program Works] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728130217/http://rcah.msu.edu/about/program.php |date=July 28, 2009 }}". Michigan State University Residential College in Arts & Humanities. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref> The university houses the new college in a newly renovated Snyder-Phillips Hall, the location of MSU's first residential college, Justin Morrill College.<ref>"[http://rcah.msu.edu/living/ Living in the College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718153831/http://rcah.msu.edu/living/ |date=July 18, 2012 }}". Michigan State University Residential College in Arts & Humanities. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref>

=== Professional schools ===
[[File:MSU_Human_Ecology_Building.jpg|thumb|Human Ecology Building]]

Founded in Detroit in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law, the law school moved to East Lansing in 1995, becoming [[Michigan State University College of Law]]. Students attending MSU College of Law come from 42 states and 13 countries. The law school publishes the ''[[Michigan State Law Review]]'',<ref>"[http://msulr.law.msu.edu/ Main Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625091821/http://msulr.law.msu.edu/ |date=June 25, 2009 }}". ''[[Michigan State Law Review]]''. Accessed March 5, 2008.{{cite web |url = http://msulr.law.msu.edu |title = Michigan State Law Review |access-date = February 8, 2016 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070702025546/http://msulr.law.msu.edu/ |archive-date = July 2, 2007 }}</ref> the Michigan State Journal of International Law, the Journal of Medicine Law, and the Journal of Business & Securities Law. The College of Law is the home of the [[Geoffrey Fieger]] Trial Practice Institute,<ref>"[http://www.law.msu.edu/tpi/ The Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126095654/http://www.law.msu.edu/tpi/ |date=January 26, 2016 }}". Michigan State University College of Law. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> the first trial practice institute in the United States. In October 2018, MSU's board of trustees voted to fully integrate the College of Law into the university, thereby converting it from a private to a public law school. By August 2020, the College of Law had become fully integrated into the university.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michigan State University College of Law Completes Full Integration with Michigan State University |url=https://www.law.msu.edu/news/2020/integration.html |website=Michigan State University College of Law |access-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308070613/https://www.law.msu.edu/news/2020/integration.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Eli Broad College of Business]] has programs in accounting, [[information systems]], finance, general management, human resource management, marketing, [[supply chain management]], and [[The School of Hospitality Business|hospitality business]]. The school has 2,066 admitted undergraduate students and 817 [[graduate students]].<ref name="Broad College Fast Facts">
{{cite web |url = http://broad.msu.edu/information/fastfacts/ |title = Broad College Fast Facts |access-date = September 13, 2013 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053832/http://broad.msu.edu/information/fastfacts/ |archive-date = September 21, 2013 |df = mdy-all }}
</ref> The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, which ''[[Business Week|Businessweek]]'' magazine in 2012 ranked 35th in the nation and 14th among public institutions,<ref name="Businessweek MBA 2012 Rankings">
{{cite web |url = http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/ |title = Rankings and Profiles: Full-Time MBA Programs |access-date = September 20, 2013 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130916145214/http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings |archive-date = September 16, 2013 |df = mdy-all }}
</ref> offers three [[MBA]] programs, as well as [[double major|joint degrees]] with the [[Michigan State University College of Law|College of Law]].<ref>"[http://www.bus.msu.edu/graduate Graduate Programs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194933/http://www.bus.msu.edu/graduate/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}". The Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> The opening of the [[Eugene C. Eppley Center for Graduate Studies in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management]] brought the first program in the United States to offer a Master of Business Administration degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management to MSU.<ref>[https://www.bus.msu.edu/shb/documents/Historic%20Milestones.pdf "Historic milestones"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050711/https://www.bus.msu.edu/shb/documents/Historic%20Milestones.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}, MSU School of Hospitality and Business. p 2. Retrieved 6/10/08.</ref>

The [[Michigan State University College of Nursing]] grants [[Bachelor of Science in Nursing|B.S.N.]], [[Master of Science in Nursing|M.S.N.]], Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and PhD degrees, as well as post-graduate certificates. It was founded in 1950 and has trained more than 6,000 nurses.<ref>"[https://nursing.msu.edu/about-us/history History of MSU College of Nursing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907140457/https://nursing.msu.edu/about-us/history |date=September 7, 2020 }} MSU College of Nursing. Retrieved Sept. 3, 2020.</ref> The college's mission focuses on research, education and practice, and it is housed in the Life Sciences Building and Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research on the southeastern part of campus. The dean of the college, Randolph Rasch, was appointed to a statewide task force in 2020 by the governor to help establish an implicit bias training initiative for all health care workers in the state.<ref>"[https://nursing.msu.edu/about-us/news/news-articles/governor-dean-announce-new-implicit-bias-training-health-care-workers Governor, Dean Announce New Implicit Bias Training Initiative for Healthcare Workers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907150736/https://nursing.msu.edu/about-us/news/news-articles/governor-dean-announce-new-implicit-bias-training-health-care-workers |date=September 7, 2020 }} MSU College of Nursing. Retrieved September 3, 2020.</ref>

The [[Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine]] was the world's first publicly funded college of [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic medicine]].<ref>"[http://www.com.msu.edu/osteomed/welcome.html A Message from the Dean] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232820/http://www.com.msu.edu/osteomed/welcome.html |date=February 29, 2012 }}". MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> It has a long-standing tradition of retaining its alumni in Michigan to practice – more than two-thirds of the college's graduates remain to practice in Michigan.<ref>"[http://www.com.msu.edu/osteomed/history.html Brief History of the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232827/http://www.com.msu.edu/osteomed/history.html |date=February 29, 2012 }}". MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> In 2008, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees approved a resolution endorsing the expansion of the College of Osteopathic Medicine to two sites in [[southeast Michigan]], a move board members and college officials say will not only improve medical education in the state, but also address a projected physician [[shortage]].<ref>"[http://www.com.msu.edu/pub-rel/expansion_may2007.html MSU board endorses expansion of osteopathic college to southeast Michigan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232832/http://www.com.msu.edu/pub-rel/expansion_may2007.html |date=February 29, 2012 }}". MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. May 18, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref>

According to ''U.S. News & World Report''{{'s}} 2016 rankings, the College of Osteopathic Medicine ([[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine|D.O. degree]]) ranked tied for 12th among U.S. medical schools for primary care,<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Best Medical Schools: Primary Care |url = http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankings/page%2B2%5D |access-date = December 11, 2015 |magazine = U.S. News & World Report |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160105092655/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankings/page%2B2%5D |archive-date = January 5, 2016 }}</ref> and the College of Human Medicine (MD degree) was ranked 70th among the U.S. medical schools for primary care.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Best Medical Schools: Primary Care |url = http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankings/page+3 |access-date = December 11, 2015 |magazine = U.S. News & World Report |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141051/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankings/page+3 |archive-date = December 22, 2015 }}</ref>

The [[Michigan State University College of Human Medicine|College of Human Medicine]] graduates students with a [[Doctor of Medicine]] (M.D. degree) and is split into seven distinct campuses located in [[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing]], [[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]], [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]], [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]], [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]], [[Traverse City, Michigan|Traverse City]] and [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]. Each campus is affiliated with local hospitals and other medical facilities professionals in the area.<ref>"[http://humanmedicine.msu.edu/future/meded.php/ Medical Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503165859/http://humanmedicine.msu.edu/future/meded.php/ |date=May 3, 2013 }}". Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Accessed June 18, 2010.</ref> For example, the Lansing campus includes [[Sparrow Hospital]] and [[McLaren–Greater Lansing Hospital]].<ref>"[http://humanmedicine.msu.edu/future/meded_lansing.php Lansing Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503170905/http://humanmedicine.msu.edu/future/meded_lansing.php |date=May 3, 2013 }}". Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref> The College of Human Medicine has recently gained attention for its expansion into the Grand Rapids area, with the new Secchia Center completed in the Fall of 2010, that is expected to fuel the growing medical industry in that region.<ref>Schneider, Keith. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/realestate/commercial/11hill.html?ex=1187496000&en=07ec444174548dce&ei=50700 Grand Rapids Lays Foundations for a Health Mecca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905235153/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/11/realestate/commercial/11hill.html?ex=1187496000&en=07ec444174548dce&ei=50700 |date=September 5, 2017 }}". ''The New York Times''. July 11, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2007.</ref>

Though Michigan State has offered courses in veterinary science since its founding, the [[Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine|College of Veterinary Medicine]] was not formally established as a four-year, degree-granting program until 1910.<ref>"[https://cvm.msu.edu/about About the College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605144130/http://www.cvm.msu.edu/about |date=June 5, 2017 }}". Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Accessed March 17, 2014.</ref> In 2011, the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked No. 9 in the nation.<ref>"{{cite web |url = http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/veterinarian-rankings |title = Best Veterinary Medicine Programs &#124; Top Veterinary Schools &#124; US News Best Graduate Schools |access-date = 2014-02-24 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140328230750/http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/veterinarian-rankings |archive-date = March 28, 2014 |df = mdy-all }}". Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Accessed March 17, 2014.</ref> The college has over {{convert|170000|ft2|m2}} of office, teaching, and research space, as well as a veterinary [[teaching hospital]].<ref>"[https://cvm.msu.edu/about/facilities Facilities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605142725/https://cvm.msu.edu/about/facilities |date=June 5, 2017 }}". Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref>

=== Other academic units ===
In recent years, MSU's music program has grown substantially. Music major enrollment increased more than 97% between 1991 and 2004.<ref name="musicfacts">"[http://www.music.msu.edu/about/fastfacts.php Fast Facts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815153555/http://www.music.msu.edu/about/fastfacts.php |date=August 15, 2007 }}". Michigan State University College of Music. Accessed December 15, 2007.</ref> In early 2007, this growth led the university board of trustees to spin the music program off into its own college unit: The MSU College of Music.<ref>Harbison, Sarah. "[http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/02/online_update_music_school Music school becomes MSU's 16th college] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192518/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/02/online_update_music_school |date=March 3, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. February 23, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> The new college faces many new challenges, such as working with limited space<ref>Thoel, Tara. "[http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/10/music_building_overcrowded Music Building overcrowded, students fight for practice time] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182713/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/10/music_building_overcrowded |date=March 3, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. October 16, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> and funding.<ref>Thoel, Tara. "[http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/09/college_of_music_celebrates_new_status_with_concert New rhythm: College of Music celebrates new status with concert] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105092656/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2007/09/college_of_music_celebrates_new_status_with_concert |date=January 5, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. September 26, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> Nevertheless, MSU's music college plans on continued success, placing an annual average of 25 graduate students in tenure stream university positions.<ref name="musicfacts"/>

The [[Michigan State University College of Education|College of Education at Michigan State University]] offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in several fields, including [[counseling]], [[educational psychology]], [[special education]], [[teacher education]] and [[kinesiology]].<ref>"[http://www.educ.msu.edu/college/ About Our College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609063614/http://www.educ.msu.edu/college/ |date=June 9, 2010 }}". Michigan State University College of Education. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> The graduate school has several programs ranked in the top five in the country by ''U.S. News & World Report'' for 2016: elementary teacher education (1st), secondary teacher education (1st), curriculum and instruction (3rd), educational psychology (4th), and higher education administration (4th).<ref name="USNews"/> The College of Education is housed in Erickson Hall. MSU offers a 30 credit graduate program for a Master of Arts in Educational Technology<ref>{{cite web |title=Master of Arts in Educational Technology – Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education – College of Education – Michigan State University |url=https://education.msu.edu/cepse/maet/ |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=education.msu.edu |date=May 12, 2018 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123221225/https://education.msu.edu/cepse/maet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in 3 different formats; completely online,<ref>{{cite web |title=Educational Technology Program at Michigan State University |url=http://edutech.msu.edu/online.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610150533/http://edutech.msu.edu/online.html |archive-date=June 10, 2010 |access-date=November 15, 2010 |publisher=Edutech.msu.edu}}</ref> hybrid<ref>{{cite web |title=Educational Technology Program at Michigan State University |url=http://edutech.msu.edu/hybrid.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610152547/http://edutech.msu.edu/hybrid.html |archive-date=June 10, 2010 |access-date=November 15, 2010 |publisher=Edutech.msu.edu}}</ref> in East Lansing, or overseas. Founded in 1956, the [[Michigan State University Honors College|MSU Honors College]] provides individualized curricula to MSU's top undergraduate students. Though the college offers no majors of its own, it has its own [[dean (education)|dean]] and academic advisers to help Honors students with their educational pursuits.
High school students starting at MSU may join the Honors College if they are in the top 5% of their high school graduating class and have an [[ACT (examination)|ACT]] score of at least 30 or an [[SAT]] total score of at least 1360.<ref>"[http://www.msu.edu/unit/honcoll/prospective.html Prospective Members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002021236/https://www.msu.edu/unit/honcoll/prospective.html |date=October 2, 2012 }}". Michigan State University Honors College. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref> Students can also be admitted after their first semester, generally if they're in the top 10% of their College in GPA. Once admitted, students must maintain a 3.20 GPA and complete eight approved honors courses to graduate with Honors College designation on their degree. If membership is relinquished, it cannot be reclaimed.<ref>"[http://www.msu.edu/unit/honcoll/requirements.html Honors Requirements] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704005500/https://www.msu.edu/unit/honcoll/requirements.html |date=July 4, 2013 }}." Michigan State University Honors College. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref>

After three years of planning, [[Michigan State University College of Engineering|The College of Engineering]] launched the first stages of its Residential Experience for Spartan Engineering, formally known as the Residential Option for Scientists and Engineers (ROSES). The program was in Wilson Hall after being housed in Bailey Hall for a number of years. The Residential program essentially combines with a brand new academic component, Cornerstone Engineering, where freshman engineering students not only get an overview of the engineering field, but also get a hands-on experience along with it.<ref>[http://www.egr.msu.edu/future-engineer/life/residential MSU.edu] Michigan State University. College of Engineering. Residential Experience for Spartan Engineering. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518043049/http://www.egr.msu.edu/future-engineer/life/residential |date=May 18, 2008 }}</ref> [[Global Engineering Education|Global Engineering]] is a new subject that is of interest for not only the Cornerstone Engineering and Residential Experience programs, but the entire [[Michigan State University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] at MSU. Engineering in today's society has shown to have a monumental impact on the global economy due to advancements in education, as well as interdependence on economics with infrastructure, computers, transportation, technology and other [[manufactured goods]]. The newly established Cornerstone Engineering and Residential Experience (CoRe) program<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Year Engineering &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CoRe Experience {{!}} College of Engineering |url=https://core.egr.msu.edu/#section1 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=core.egr.msu.edu |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805020711/https://core.egr.msu.edu/#section1 |url-status=live }}</ref> in the [[Michigan State University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] has started programs abroad for more courses in engineering, including [[study abroad]] [[seminars]].<ref>[http://www.egr.msu.edu/undergraduate/news/2008/08/22/cornerstone-engineering-program MSU.edu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105092655/http://www.egr.msu.edu/undergraduate/news/2008/08/22/cornerstone-engineering-program |date=January 5, 2016 }}, College of Engineering. Currents Magazine. Summer 2009. Volume 9 Number</ref> In 2014, the [[Detroit Free Press]] wrote a news article referencing Michigan State University's Recruiting Trends 2014–15 report, which ranked engineering among the top 20 college degrees with the highest starting salaries.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/11/08/top-paying-degrees/18670897/ |title = Top 20 college degrees with the highest starting salaries |publisher = Freep.com |date = November 8, 2014 |access-date = September 19, 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160911163831/http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/11/08/top-paying-degrees/18670897/ |archive-date = September 11, 2016 }}</ref>

MSU's original mission as an agricultural college continues today in the {{visible anchor|College of Agriculture & Natural Resources}}.<ref name="canr">{{cite web | last1=Kussmaul | first1=Kelly | last2=Rudolph | first2=Cameron | title=College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | website=College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | date=July 8, 2022 | url=https://www.canr.msu.edu/ | access-date=July 9, 2022 | archive-date=November 24, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124025627/https://www.canr.msu.edu/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Athletics ==
{{Main|Michigan State Spartans|List of Michigan State Spartans championships}}

Michigan State's [[NCAA Division I-A]] program offers 12 [[Varsity team|varsity]] sports for men and 13 for women.<ref name="msufacts"/> Since their teams are called the Spartans, MSU's mascot is a Spartan warrior named [[Sparty]]. The university participates in the [[Big Ten Conference]] in all varsity sports. The current athletic director is former MSU football player and NFL cornerback [[Alan Haller]], who began his tenure on September 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://msuspartans.com/staff-directory/alan-haller/9|title=Alan Haller – Staff Directory – Michigan State University Athletics|date=February 8, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2024|archive-date=July 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723055210/https://msuspartans.com/staff-directory/alan-haller/9|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1888 Michigan State University (then known as Michigan State Agricultural College) along with Olivet, Albion and Hillsdale Colleges was a founding member of the nation's oldest athletic conference, the [[Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] (MIAA). MAC left the conference in 1907.

=== Football ===
{{Main|Michigan State Spartans football}}
[[File:Spartan_Stadium,_Home_of_the_Michigan_State_University_Spartans,_East_Lansing,_Michigan_(21097692614).jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Spartan Stadium, East Lansing|Spartan Stadium]] hosts varsity [[American football|football]] games and other events.]]
[[File:19961012 04 Michigan State Univ (5601171027).jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|The Spartans playing the [[Illinois Fighting Illini]] in an October 1996 game at [[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, Michigan)|Spartan Stadium]]]]

[[American football|Football]] has a long tradition at Michigan State. Starting as a club sport in 1884, football gained varsity status in 1896.<ref>{{cite book |last = Grinczel |first = Steve |title = They Are Spartans |location = Charleston, South Carolina |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |year = 2003 |isbn = 0-7385-3214-2 |page = 9 }}</ref> The Spartans won the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] in 1954, 1956, 1988, and 2014. They won national championships in 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965 and 1966. The Spartans accounted for four of the top eight selections in the [[1967 NFL/AFL draft]], the only time a college football program has accomplished such a feat. As of 2020, MSU was one of only four schools to have at least one player selected in every [[NFL draft]] in the common draft era, starting in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |first = John |last = Taylor |title = Florida, Michigan, Michigan State, USC (still) only schools to have at least one player drafted every year in Common Draft Era |url = https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/26/nfl-draft-florida-michigan-michigan-state-usc/ |publisher = NBC Sports |access-date = July 13, 2020 |date = April 26, 2020 |archive-date = July 14, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200714002913/https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/26/nfl-draft-florida-michigan-michigan-state-usc/ |url-status = live }}</ref> The 2021 NFL Draft marked the first time since 1941 that no Michigan State players were selected.

=== Men's basketball ===
{{Main|Michigan State Spartans men's basketball}}

MSU's men's basketball team has won the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|National Championship]] twice: in [[1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament|1979]] and again in [[2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2000]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://static.espn.go.com/ncb/s/2000/1106/861084.html |title = Spartans can relate to Izzo's winning ways |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110921170435/http://static.espn.go.com/ncb/s/2000/1106/861084.html |archive-date = September 21, 2011 |publisher = ESPN |access-date = March 10, 2009 }}</ref> The basketball team plays at the [[Jack Breslin Student Events Center]].

=== Men's ice hockey ===
{{Main|Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey}}

The Michigan State University men's [[ice hockey]] team started in 1924, though it has been a varsity sport only since 1950. The team has since won national titles in 1966, 1986 and 2007. The Spartans came close to repeating the national title in 1987, but lost the championship game to the [[North Dakota Fighting Hawks]]. They play at MSU's [[Munn Ice Arena]]. Former head coach Ron Mason is college hockey's winningest coach with 924 wins total and 635 at MSU.<ref name="ronmason">"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/mason_ron00.html Player Bio: Ron Mason] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401102339/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/mtt/mason_ron00.html |date=April 1, 2008 }}. MSU Spartans.com. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref> The current head [[Coach (ice hockey)|coach]] is [[Adam Nightingale]]. The men's ice hockey team competes in the Big Ten conference. They formerly competed in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Michigan State leads the CCHA in all-time wins, is second in CCHA Conference championships with 7, and is first in CCHA Tournament Championships with 11. As with other sports, the hockey rivalry between the Spartans and the [[Michigan Wolverines]] is a fierce one, and on October 6, 2001, the Spartans faced the [[Michigan Wolverines]] in the [[Cold War (ice hockey)|Cold War]], during which a world record crowd of 74,554 packed [[Spartan Stadium, East Lansing|Spartan Stadium]] to watch the game end in a 3–3 tie.<ref>"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/100601aaa.html Spartan Hockey Ties Wolverines In Front Of Record Crowd] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302191153/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/100601aaa.html |date=March 2, 2008 }}". MSU Spartans.com. October 6, 2001. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref>
In the 2006–2007 season, the Men's Ice Hockey team defeated [[Boston College]] for its third [[NCAA]] hockey championship.<ref>"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/040707aaa.html Abdelkader's Last-Minute Tally Hands Spartans Third NCAA Title] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914001614/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-hockey/recaps/040707aaa.html |date=September 14, 2007 }}". MSU Spartans.com. April 7, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008.</ref>

=== Men's cross country ===
{{See also|Michigan State Cross Country}}

Between World War I and World War II, Michigan State College competed in the Central Collegiate Conference, winning titles in 1926–1929, 1932, 1933 and 1935. Michigan State also experienced success in the [[IC4A]], at New York's [[Van Cortlandt Park]], winning 15 team titles (1933–1937, 1949, 1953, 1956–1960, 1962, 1963 and 1968). Since entering the Big Ten in 1950, Michigan State has won 14 men's team titles (1951–1953, 1955–1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1970 and 1971). Michigan State hosted the inaugural [[NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship|NCAA cross country championships]] in 1938 and every year thereafter through 1964 (there was no championship in 1943). The Spartans won NCAA championships in 1939, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958 and 1959.<ref name="Frimodig, L. 1971">Frimodig, L., & Stabley, F. (1971). Spartan Saga: A History of Michigan State Athletics. East Lansing: Michigan State University.</ref><ref>Erickson, C. (2007). 2007–2008 Michigan State Cross Country and Track and Field Media Guide. East Lansing: MSU Sports Information Office.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ncaa.com/history/xc-d1.html |title = NCAA History |access-date = November 15, 2010 |publisher = NCAA }}</ref>

=== Wrestling ===
MSU Spartan Wrestling won their only team NCAA Championship in 1967. The current Spartans Head coach is Roger Chandler in his second season. The team competes on campus at the Jenison Field House. Spartan Wrestling has over 50 Big Ten Conference Champions, over 100 All-Americans, and 11 individual [[wrestlers]] have [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships]]. Notable former Spartan wrestlers include [[Rashad Evans]] and [[Gray Maynard]].

== Student life ==
[[File:MSU_Union_Michigan_State_University_2016-1431.jpg|thumb|The [[MSU Union]] is home to many events on campus.]]

East Lansing is very much a [[college town]], with 63.5% of the population between the ages of 15 and 24.<ref>[http://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=east%20lansing%20michigan&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05 U.S. Census] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208105418/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=east%20lansing%20michigan&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP05 |date=December 8, 2021 }}". 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.</ref> President John A. Hannah's push to expand in the 1950s and 1960s resulted in the largest [[residence hall]] system in the United States.<ref>Kiernan, Vincent. "[http://chronicle.com/free/2003/01/2003010202t.htm Michigan State Asks Students to Turn Off Their Computers Over Winter Break]". ''The Chronicle of Higher Education''. January 2, 2003. Accessed April 13, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190706/http://chronicle.com/free/2003/01/2003010202t.htm |date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> Around 16,000 students live in MSU's 23 [[Michigan State University Housing|undergraduate halls]], one graduate hall, and three apartment villages. Each residence hall has its own hall government, with representatives in the [[Residence Halls Association]]. Yet despite the size and extent of on-campus housing, the residence halls are complemented by a variety of housing options. 58% of students live off-campus,<ref>"Michigan State University: Campus Life". ''The Princeton Review''. 2005.</ref> mostly in the areas closest to campus, in either apartment buildings, former single-family homes, fraternity and sorority houses, or in a [[Student Housing Cooperative at Michigan State University|co-op]].

In 2014 there were approximately 50,085 students, 38,786 undergraduate and 11,299 graduate and professional. The students are from all 50 states and 130 countries around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html |title = MSU Facts |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160320164935/http://msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html |archive-date = March 20, 2016 }}</ref>

=== Student body ===
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Michigan State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?171100-Michigan-State-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 8, 2022|archive-date=June 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614210126/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?171100-Michigan-State-University|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|68|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[Pell grant]] recipients
|align=right| {{bartable|22|%|2||background:red}}
|-
|}

MSU tied for tenth place among universities with the largest student enrollment in the U.S. for fall 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title = 10 Colleges With the Most Undergraduates |url = https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/colleges-with-the-most-undergraduates |publisher = U.S. News & World Report |access-date = April 26, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200212195352/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/colleges-with-the-most-undergraduates |archive-date = February 12, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> For the fiscal year of 2018–19, the Office of the Registrar conferred 12,354 degrees.<ref>['{{cite web |url = https://reg.msu.edu/RoInfo/EnrTermEndRpts.aspx |title = MSU RO: Enrollment and Term End Reports |access-date = April 26, 2020 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170306042414/https://reg.msu.edu/RoInfo/EnrTermEndRpts.aspx |archive-date = March 6, 2017 }}]'Office of the Registrar'.' Retrieved August 18, 2017.</ref> The student body is 52% female and 48% male.<ref name="msufacts"/> While 75.1% of students come from all 83 counties in the State of Michigan,<ref name="msufacts"/> also represented are all 50 states in the U.S. and 138 other countries.<ref name="msufacts"/>

==== International engagement ====
In fall 2019, 5,660 international students enrolled at MSU, with the top five countries outside North America being China (2,965), India (506), South Korea (331), Saudi Arabia (222) and Taiwan (144).<ref>{{cite web |title = Office of the Registrar Enrollment and Term End Reports |url = https://reg.msu.edu/RoInfo/EnrTermEndRpts.aspx |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 26, 2020 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191021140524/https://reg.msu.edu/RoInfo/EnrTermEndRpts.aspx |archive-date = October 21, 2019 }}</ref> MSU's [[study abroad]] program included 2,805 total students in the 2017–2018 academic year, with 2,755 of those being MSU students.<ref>{{cite web |title = Enrollment Trends & Statistics |url = https://educationabroad.isp.msu.edu/about/overview/statistics/ |publisher = Michigan State University |access-date = April 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200419150133/https://educationabroad.isp.msu.edu/about/overview/statistics/ |archive-date = April 19, 2020 |url-status = live }}</ref> Based on 2017–2018 numbers, MSU studied abroad in over 60 countries on all continents, including Antarctica.<ref>"[http://studyabroad.msu.edu/programs/antarcticscience.html Studies in Antarctic System Science—Antarctica] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609105013/http://studyabroad.msu.edu/programs/antarcticscience.html |date=June 9, 2010 }}". MSU Office of Study Abroad. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref>

According to a [[Brookings Institution]] report analyzing foreign student visa approvals from 2008 to 2012, MSU once enrolled the highest number of Chinese international students in the United States, with roughly 4,700 Chinese citizens enrolled during the period of the study.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Ruiz |first1 = Neil |title = The Geography of Foreign Students in U.S. Higher Education: Origins and Destinations |date = November 30, 2001 |url = http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/geography-of-foreign-students#/M10420 |publisher = Brookings Institution |access-date = May 29, 2020 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141123080659/http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/geography-of-foreign-students#/M10420 |archive-date = November 23, 2014 }}</ref> MSU later saw decreased Chinese enrollment and lost its status as the top destination of Chinese students, which former Michigan Department of Education head Tom Watkins attributed to a ramp-up in [[Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States|anti-China rhetoric]] by then-president [[Donald Trump]] and changes in Chinese domestic conditions.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Wolcott |first1 = RJ |title = For years, Chinese students flocked to MSU. Now their numbers are declining. |url = https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2018/05/17/chinese-students-once-flocked-msu-now-their-numbers-dwindling/591835002/ |access-date = May 29, 2020 |url-status = live |date = May 17, 2018 |work = Lansing State Journal |archive-url = https://archive.today/20200529220456/https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2018/05/17/chinese-students-once-flocked-msu-now-their-numbers-dwindling/591835002/ |archive-date = May 29, 2020 }}</ref> MSU saw a roughly 25 percent drop in overall international enrollment in the first full academic year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but numbers had begun to rebound by the fall of 2021, with university officials expecting a full recovery by the 2022–2023 academic year.<ref name="pandemic international effects">{{cite news |last1=Wiewgorra |first1=Luisa |title=MSU international student numbers are going back up after pandemic hit |url=https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/msu-campus/msu-international-student-numbers-are-going-back-up-after-pandemic-hit |access-date=20 February 2023 |publisher=Fox 47 News |date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220215315/https://www.fox47news.com/neighborhoods/msu-campus/msu-international-student-numbers-are-going-back-up-after-pandemic-hit |archive-date=20 February 2023}}</ref>

Amid the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|fall of Kabul]] in August 2021, MSU, in concert with US Representative [[Elissa Slotkin]], facilitated the evacuation of over 70 staff, scholars, and their families related to an MSU-[[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] collaborative program in [[Afghanistan]]. Twelve of the Afghan evacuees attached to this program were students in the university's Grain Research and Innovation (GRAIN) project, hosted by [[Kabul University]]. Bypassing typical financial review procedures, university officials paid $250,000 on a university credit card for the emergency charter of an airplane to reunite evacuees in [[Albania]]. MSU facilitated the students' transfer to the [[Agricultural University of Tirana]] and then assisted in humanitarian parole into the United States in early 2022.<ref name="MSU Afghan">{{cite news |last1=Gracia-Wing |first1=Veronica |title=MSU HONORS AFGHAN GRADUATES ONE YEAR AFTER ESCAPING THE TALIBAN |url=https://www.isp.msu.edu/news_article/23140 |access-date=19 February 2023 |publisher=MSU International Studies & Programs |date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920210920/https://www.isp.msu.edu/news_article/23140 |archive-date=20 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="charter plane afghan">{{cite news |last1=House |first1=Kelly |title=How Michigan State University helped 77 Afghans escape the Taliban |url=https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/how-michigan-state-university-helped-77-afghans-escape-taliban |access-date=19 February 2023 |publisher=Bridge Michigan |date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001210527/https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/how-michigan-state-university-helped-77-afghans-escape-taliban |archive-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>

In February 2023, the Chinese Consulate-General in Chicago announced that two Chinese MSU students had been wounded in the [[2023 Michigan State University shooting]].<ref>{{cite web|title=驻芝加哥总领馆发言人就中国留学生在密歇根州立大学严重枪击案中受伤事答记者问|url=http://chicago.china-consulate.gov.cn/zytz/202302/t20230216_11025735.htm|website=Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago|date=February 16, 2023|language=zh|access-date=February 16, 2023|archive-date=May 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519075651/http://chicago.china-consulate.gov.cn/zytz/202302/t20230216_11025735.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hermani |first1=Jordyn |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/02/2-wounded-in-msu-shooting-are-students-from-china-consulate-says.html |title=2 wounded in MSU shooting are students from China, consulate says |website=MLive.com |date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194659/https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/02/2-wounded-in-msu-shooting-are-students-from-china-consulate-says.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Based on 2021 enrollment data from the university's international office, China was still likely the largest source of international students for MSU at the time of the shooting.<ref name="Chinese 2023">{{cite news |last1=Mackay |first1=Hannah |title=Details emerge about 5 wounded in MSU shooting, one upgraded to stable |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/16/details-emerge-about-5-wounded-in-msu-shooting/69909835007/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |publisher=The Detroit News |date=16 February 2023 |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216235734/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/16/details-emerge-about-5-wounded-in-msu-shooting/69909835007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Fraternities and sororities ===
{{See also|List of Michigan State University fraternities and sororities}}

With over 3,000 members, Michigan State University's [[fraternity and sorority houses|Greek Community]] is one of the largest in the US.<ref>"[http://www.studentlife.msu.edu/current_students/greek.htm Greek Affairs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105072228/http://www.studentlife.msu.edu/current_students/greek.htm |date=November 5, 2012 }}". Michigan State University Department of Student Life. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref> Started in 1872 and re-established in 1922 by [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] fraternity, [[Alpha Gamma Rho]] fraternity, and [[Alpha Phi]] sorority; the MSU Greek system now consists of 55 Greek lettered student societies.<ref>"[http://www.gogreek.msu.edu/flash.html Home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026054305/http://www.gogreek.msu.edu/flash.html |date=October 26, 2007 }}". Michigan State University Greek Societies. Accessed December 15, 2007.</ref> These chapters are in turn under the jurisdiction of one of MSU's four Greek governing councils: [[National Panhellenic Conference]], North American Interfraternity Council, [[National Pan-Hellenic Council]],<ref>[http://www.nphchq.org/ NPHC Inc.{{!}} Home Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511225007/http://www.nphchq.org/ |date=May 11, 2011 }}. Nphchq.org. Retrieved on August 17, 2013.</ref> and Independent Greek Council. National Pan-Hellenic Council is made up of nine organizations, five fraternities and four sororities.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-list.html |title = White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities &#124; U.S. Department of Education |access-date = October 5, 2003 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20031005153738/http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/list/whhbcu/edlite-list.html |archive-date = October 5, 2003 }}</ref> The [[North American Interfraternity Conference|Interfraternity Council]] and the [[National Panhellenic Conference|Women's Panhellenic Council]] are each entirely responsible for their own budgets, giving them the freedom to hold large fundraising and recruitment events. MSU's fraternities and sororities hold many philanthropy events and community fundraisers. For example, in April 2011 the Greek Community held Greek Week to raise over $260,000 for the [[American Cancer Society]], and $5,000 for each of these charities: [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of America|Big Brothers Big Sisters]], [[The Listening Ear]] and previous charities include: the [[Make-A-Wish Foundation|Make-a-Wish Foundation]] (MSU Chapter), Share Laura's Hope, The Mary Beth Knox Scholarship, and the [[Special Olympics]], in which fraternity and sorority members get to help each other participate.<ref>Spurlock, Amanda. "[http://statenews.com/article/2006/03/cancer_relay_promotes_unity_awareness Cancer relay promotes unity, awareness] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095018/http://statenews.com/article/2006/03/cancer_relay_promotes_unity_awareness |date=March 4, 2016 }}". ''The State News'', March 27, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2007.</ref>

=== Student organizations ===
[[Image:Student Services Building.jpg|thumb|The Student Services Building houses the MSU Department of Student Life, as well as ASMSU and the Greek governing councils.]]

The Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU) is the all-university undergraduate [[Student governments in the United States|student government]] of Michigan State University.<ref>"[http://asmsu.msu.edu/ Michigan State University – Student Government] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224195517/http://asmsu.msu.edu/ |date=February 24, 2016 }}". Associated Students of Michigan State University. Retrieved March 26, 2008.</ref> It was unusual among university [[Students' union|student governments]] for its [[decentralized]] bicameral structure,<ref>Associated Students of Michigan State University Website. "[http://asmsu.msu.edu/documents/organization-wide%20flowchart.pdf Organizational Flowchart.]" ([[PDF]] File). Accessed July 20, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901144553/http://asmsu.msu.edu/documents/organization-wide%20flowchart.pdf |date=September 1, 2006 }}</ref> and the relatively non-existent influence of the Greek system. The structure has since changed to a single General Assembly as part of reorganization in the late 2000s. ASMSU representatives are [[Non-partisan democracy|nonpartisan]] and many are elected in noncompetitive races. Some services they offer include free blue books, low-cost copies and printing, free yearbooks, interest free loans, funding for student organizations, free legal consultation, and iClicker and graphing calculator rentals.

Students pay $21 per semester to fund the functions of the ASMSU, including stipends for the organization's officers and activities throughout the year.<ref>Jourdan, Kristi. "[http://statenews.com/article/2006/03/asmsu_tax_hike_to_fund_new_positions ASMSU tax hike to fund new positions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102431/http://statenews.com/article/2006/03/asmsu_tax_hike_to_fund_new_positions |date=March 4, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. March 29, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> Some students have criticized ASMSU for not having enough electoral participation to gain a student mandate. [[Voter turnout|Turnout]] since 2001 has hovered between 3 and 17 percent, with the 2006 election bringing out 8% of the undergraduate student body.<ref>Jourdan, Kristi. "[http://statenews.com/article/2006/03/student_vote_count_still_low_for_asmsu Student vote count still low for ASMSU] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102920/http://statenews.com/article/2006/03/student_vote_count_still_low_for_asmsu |date=March 4, 2016 }}". ''The State News''. March 27, 2006. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref>

Student-run organizations beyond student government also have a large impact on the East Lansing/Michigan State University community. Student Organizations are registered through the Department of Student Life, which currently has a registry of over 800 student organizations.<ref>[http://studentlife.msu.edu/current_students/rso/orgs.htm Department of Student Life]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103033137/http://studentlife.msu.edu/current_students/rso/orgs.htm|date=November 3, 2005}}</ref>

The Eli Broad College of Business includes 27 student organizations of primary interest to business students. The three largest organizations are the Finance Association (FA), the Accounting Student Association (ASA), and the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Organizations |url=https://broad.msu.edu/undergraduate/opportunities/organizations/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Eli Broad College of Business {{!}} Michigan State University |language=en-US}}</ref> The SCMA is the host of the university's largest major specific career fair. The fair attracts over 100 companies and over 400 students each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to Stand Out at the Supply Chain Management Career Fair |url=https://broad.msu.edu/news/students-stood-supply-chain-management-career-fair/ |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=Eli Broad College of Business {{!}} Michigan State University |language=en-US |archive-date=February 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220164628/https://broad.msu.edu/news/students-stood-supply-chain-management-career-fair/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Activism ===
[[Activism|Activists]] have played a significant role in MSU history. During the height of the [[Vietnam War]], student protests helped create [[co-ed]] residence halls, and blocked the routing of [[Interstate 496]] through campus.<ref>Daniel Sturm, {{cite web |url = http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/archives/040505/040505cover.html |title = Where is McPherson leading Moo U? Critics see comparisons to MSU's Vietnam-era role |publisher = The Lansing City Pulse |date = May 5, 2004 |access-date = October 31, 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211090209/http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/archives/040505/040505cover.html |archive-date = February 11, 2011 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> In the 1980s, Michigan State students convinced the university to [[divestment|divest]] the stocks of companies doing business in [[apartheid]] South Africa from its endowment portfolio, such as [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]].<ref>{{cite book |author = ((U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)) |title = The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 |location = Washington |publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office |year = 1985 |page = 213 }}</ref> In 2011, a student group staged a large sit-in protest in the university President's office as the culmination of multiple years of attempting to convince the administration to transition from coal energy production to 100% clean energy.<ref>{{cite web |date=2011-10-21 |title=Student Activists at Michigan State University Risk Arrest to Quit Coal - Greenpeace USA |url=https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/student-activists-at-michigan-state-university-risk-arrest-to-quit-coal/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109232752/https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/student-activists-at-michigan-state-university-risk-arrest-to-quit-coal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, Michigan Governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]] joined the Lansing Women's March, standing with victims of sexual assault on campus.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lehr |first=Sarah |title=Issues of sexual assault take center stage at women's march on Michigan State campus |url=https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/01/20/hundreds-protest-womens-march-msu-campus-michigan/2632990002/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Lansing State Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110170157/https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/01/20/hundreds-protest-womens-march-msu-campus-michigan/2632990002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the [[2023 Michigan State University shooting|February 13th shooting]] on campus which killed three students, a student group organized a peaceful protest on the steps of the [[Michigan State Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title='Enough is Enough': Michigan State University students hold protest at State Capitol steps |url=https://wwmt.com/news/local/michigan-state-university-shooting-students-protest-peaceful-injustice-state-capitol-building-steps-east-lansing-anthony-mcrae-brian-fraser-alexandria-verner-arielle-anderson |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=WWMT |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109232752/https://wwmt.com/news/local/michigan-state-university-shooting-students-protest-peaceful-injustice-state-capitol-building-steps-east-lansing-anthony-mcrae-brian-fraser-alexandria-verner-arielle-anderson |url-status=live }}</ref> This protest quickly led to new gun control bills being passed within the Michigan state legislature.<ref>{{cite web |title=From the gunfire at MSU, an emerging class of determined gun activists {{!}} Bridge Michigan |url=https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/gunfire-msu-emerging-class-determined-gun-activists |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=www.bridgemi.com |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109232752/https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/gunfire-msu-emerging-class-determined-gun-activists |url-status=live }}</ref>

MSU has many student groups focused on political change. Graduate campus groups include the Graduate Employees Union<ref>"[http://geuatmsu.org/?page_id=2 About & FAQs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205162356/http://geuatmsu.org/?page_id=2 |date=February 5, 2008 }}". Graduate Employees Union at Michigan State University. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref> and the Council of Graduate Students.<ref>"[http://cogs.msu.edu/ Welcome] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023054518/http://cogs.msu.edu/ |date=October 23, 2007 }}". MSU Council of Graduate Students. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref>

=== Sustainability ===
[[Image:MSU forest trail.jpg|thumb|upright|MSU's campus is heavily forested. This trail runs behind several residence halls, including Owen Hall, McDonel Hall and Holmes Hall.]]

The MSU Office of Sustainability works with the University Committee for a Sustainable Campus to "foster a collaborative learning culture that leads the community to heightened awareness of its environmental impact."<ref name="The Office of Campus Sustainability">{{cite web |title = The Office of Campus Sustainability |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://www.ecofoot.msu.edu/index.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070812224921/http://www.ecofoot.msu.edu/index.htm |archive-date = August 12, 2007 |access-date = May 21, 2008 }}</ref> The university is a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, the world's first greenhouse gas emission registry, and boasts the lowest electrical consumption per square foot among [[Big Ten]] universities. The university has set a goal of reducing energy use by 15%, reducing [[greenhouse gas emissions]] by 15%, reducing landfill waste by 30% by 2015.<ref name="MSU honored by National Wildlife Federation for sustainability efforts">{{cite web |title = MSU honored by National Wildlife Federation for sustainability efforts |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://news.msu.edu/story/5634/ |access-date = May 21, 2008 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090416074153/http://news.msu.edu/story/5634/ |archive-date = April 16, 2009 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

The university has also pledged to meet [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]]-certification standards for all new construction. In July 2009, the university completed construction of a $13.3{{Space}}million recycling center, and hopes to double their 2008 recycling rate of 14% by 2010.<ref name="MSU Board of Trustees OKs $13.3M step to go 'green'">{{cite web |title = MSU Board of Trustees OKs $13.3M step to go 'green' |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2008/01/msu_board_of_trustees_oks_133m_step_to_go_green |access-date = May 21, 2008 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110728021609/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2008/01/msu_board_of_trustees_oks_133m_step_to_go_green |archive-date = July 28, 2011 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>
The construction of Brody Hall, a residence hall of Michigan State University Housing, was completed in August 2011 and qualified for LEED Silver certification because the facility includes a rain water collection tank used for restroom fixtures, a white PVC roof, meters that will monitor utilities to make sure they are used efficiently, and the use of recycled matter and local sources for building materials.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://food-management.com/news_briefs/michigan_state_brody0105 |title = MSU Opens New Dining Hall |date = January 5, 2011 |access-date = April 20, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110809074836/http://food-management.com/news_briefs/michigan_state_brody0105/ |archive-date = August 9, 2011 }}</ref>

The Environmental Steward's program support's president Simon's "Boldness by Design" strategic vision to transform environmental stewardship on campus within the seven-year time frame.<ref name="Environmental Stewardship Program">{{cite web |title = Environmental Stewardship Program |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://www.bespartangreen.msu.edu/about.html |access-date = November 29, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101108120808/http://www.bespartangreen.msu.edu/about.html |archive-date = November 8, 2010 }}</ref> Environmental stewards promote environmental changes among co-workers and peers, be points of contact for their department for environment-related concerns, and be liaisons between the Be Spartan Green Team and buildings.<ref name="Environmental Stewardship Program"/>

The Student Organic Farm is a student-run, four-season farm, which teaches the principals of organic farming and through a certificate program and [[community-supported agriculture]] (CSA) on ten acres on the MSU campus.<ref name="MSU Organic Farm">{{cite web |title = MSU Organic Farm |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://www.msuorganicfarm.org/home.php/ |access-date = May 21, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080527120851/http://www.msuorganicfarm.org/home.php/ |archive-date = May 27, 2008 }}</ref>
The certificate program consists of year-round crop production, course work in organic farming, practical training and management, and an off-site internship requirement.<ref name="Certificate Program Overview">{{cite web |title = Certificate Program Overview |publisher = Michigan State University |url = http://www.msuorganicfarm.org/certificateprogram.htm |access-date = May 21, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080526160654/http://www.msuorganicfarm.org/certificateprogram.htm |archive-date = May 26, 2008 }}</ref>

=== Media ===
MSU has a variety of campus media outlets. The student-run newspaper is ''[[The State News]]'' and free copies are available online or at East Lansing newsstands. The paper prints 28,500 copies from Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters, and 15,000 copies Monday through Friday during the summer.<ref>"[http://www.statenews.com/aboutus.phtml Masthead]". ''The State News''. Retrieved April 13, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230102926/http://www.statenews.com/aboutus.phtml |date=December 30, 2005 }}</ref> The paper is not published on weekends, holidays, or semester breaks, but is continually updated online at statenews.com. The campus [[yearbook]] is called the ''Red Cedar Log''.<ref>"[https://www.msu.edu/~redcedar/about/about.html About RCL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921143638/https://www.msu.edu/~redcedar/about/about.html |date=September 21, 2011 }}". ''Red Cedar Log'' website. Accessed November 29, 2010</ref>

'''Red Cedar Review''', Michigan State University's premier literary digest for over forty years, is the longest running undergraduate-run literary journal in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://msupress.msu.edu/rcrorg/about.php |title = About Red Cedar Review |access-date = August 19, 2007 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070819194925/http://msupress.msu.edu/rcrorg/about.php |archive-date = August 19, 2007 }}. ''Red Cedar Review'' website. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref> It is published annually by the [[Michigan State University Press]].

'''{{vanchor|Michigan State Journal of History}}''', an undergraduate-operated journal, features undergraduate scholarship at the university, and "strives to reflect the intellectual climate fostered by the Department of History".<ref name="history.msu.edu-MSJoH">{{cite web |title=Michigan State Journal of History |url=https://history.msu.edu/michigan-state-journal-of-history/ |website=History Department, College of Social Science |publisher=Michigan State University |access-date=January 5, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105074738/https://history.msu.edu/michigan-state-journal-of-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

MSU also publishes a student-run magazine during the academic year called '''Ing Magazine'''.<ref>"{{cite web |url = http://ingising.com/ |title = Ing Magazine - welcome &#124; East Lansing Student Magazine |access-date = October 5, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100924002132/http://ingising.com/ |archive-date = September 24, 2010 |df = mdy-all }}". ingising.com Retrieved October 5, 2010.</ref> Created in 2007 by MSU alumnus Adam Grant, the publication is released at the beginning of each month and publishes 7 issues each school year.<ref>"[http://ingising.com/about.php About]". IngisIng.com Retrieved October 5, 2010. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725065632/http://ingising.com/about.php|date=July 25, 2010}}</ref> MSU also publishes a student-run fashion and lifestyle magazine called '''VIM Magazine''' once a semester.

Electronic media include three radio stations and one [[public television]] station, as well as [[MSU Telecasters|student-produced]] television shows. MSU's [[Public Broadcasting Service]] affiliate, [[WKAR-TV]], the station is the second-oldest educational television station in the United States, and the oldest east of the [[Mississippi River]]. Besides broadcasting PBS shows, WKAR-TV produces its own local programming, such as a high school [[quiz bowl]] show called "QuizBusters". In addition, MSU has three radio stations; WKAR-AM plays [[National Public Radio]]'s talk radio programming, whereas WKAR-FM focuses mostly on classical music programming.<ref>"[http://www.wkar.org/ Main Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111053042/http://wkar.org/ |date=November 11, 2010 }}". WKAR.org. Retrieved April 13, 2007.</ref> Michigan State's student-run radio station, [[WDBM]], broadcasts mostly alternative music during weekdays and electric music programming nights and weekends in addition to sports broadcasting, news reporting, producing podcasts, and organizing on-campus concerts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Impact 89FM {{!}} WDBM-FM |url=https://impact89fm.org/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Impact 89FM {{!}} WDBM-FM |archive-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109233131/https://impact89fm.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Safety ===
Violent crime is rare on the campus, but similar to other major universities, there have been several larger incidents.

==== Agriculture Hall Arson ====
In a 1999 incident, eco-anarchist activists, including [[Rod Coronado]], burned down part of Agriculture Hall, with four additional suspects being arrested and charged nearly a decade later, in 2008. It was the second case of domestic [[eco-terrorism]] at MSU resulting in indictments. In 1992, arsonists attacked the offices of two faculty members in Anthony Hall and vandalized campus mink research facilities.<ref>{{cite news |title=Four arrested in 1999 New Year's Eve Agriculture Hall arson |url=https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2008/four-arrested-in-1999-new-year |access-date=February 7, 2021 |publisher=MSU Today |date=March 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207163757/https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2008/four-arrested-in-1999-new-year |archive-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref>

==== Sexual assault investigation ====
On May 1, 2014, Michigan State University was named one of 55 higher education institutions under investigation by the Office of Civil Rights "for possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual violence and harassment complaints” by President [[Barack Obama|Barack Obama's]] White House Task Force To Protect Students from Sexual Assault.<ref>{{cite press release |title = U.S. Department of Education Releases List of Higher Education Institutions with Open Title IX Sexual Violence Investigations |url = http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-releases-list-higher-education-institutions-open-title-i |publisher = U.S. Department of Education |access-date = July 14, 2014 |archive-date = July 14, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714000905/http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-releases-list-higher-education-institutions-open-title-i |url-status = live }}</ref> "The investigation at Michigan State involves its response to sexual harassment and sexual assault complaints involving students," according to one reporter.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140501/NEWS01/140509976/um-msu-among-55-colleges-in-federal-sexual-abuse-investigation |title = UM and MSU among 55 Colleges in Federal Sexual Abuse Investigation |agency = Associated Press |work = Crain's Detroit Business |date = May 1, 2014 |access-date = September 21, 2014 |archive-date = November 19, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181119000355/https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140501/NEWS01/140509976/um-msu-among-55-colleges-in-federal-sexual-abuse-investigation |url-status = live }}</ref> It was later reported in the same paper that "An investigation by the U.S. Department of Education into how Michigan State University handles sexual assault complaints was spurred by an incident in Wonders Hall in August 2010, a spokesman said."<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/02/michigan_state_spokesman_links.html |title = Michigan State sexual assault investigation tied to a 2010 incident, spokesman confirms |last = Smith |first = Brian |date = February 28, 2014 |work = MLive |publisher = Booth Michigan |access-date = September 24, 2014 |archive-date = October 9, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141009234716/http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/02/michigan_state_spokesman_links.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

==== USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal ====
{{main|USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal}}

In 2016, a police report was filed alleging that in 2000, [[USA Gymnastics]] team doctor and MSU physician [[Larry Nassar]] (also a professor in the MSU [[Michigan State University College of Human Medicine|College of Human Medicine]])<ref>{{cite news |last = Kozlowski |first = Kim |title = How MSU Doc Became Suspect in Dozens of Rapes |date = August 10, 2017 |work = [[The Detroit News]] |url = http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/08/10/rise-fall-larry-nassar/104491508 |access-date = January 19, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811113400/http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/08/10/rise-fall-larry-nassar/104491508/ |archive-date = August 11, 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> had sexually assaulted a minor named [[Rachael Denhollander]] under the guise of medical treatment.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehpkiflXMs |title = Watch: Nassar victim Rachael Denhollander speaks out |work = USA Today |date = January 24, 2018 |access-date = March 27, 2018 |via = YouTube |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191220180215/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehpkiflXMs&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999 |archive-date = December 20, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> The allegation and allegations of physical abuse by others led to the arrest and eventual conviction of Nassar. A federal court sentenced him in 2017 and state courts in 2018. Between the police report filing and the time of sentencing, 156 victims, including Olympic gymnasts and MSU student athletes, came forward to speak of abuses inflicted by Nassar. ''[[The Detroit News]]'' reported that 14 MSU representatives—including athletic trainers, coaches, a university police detective, and administrators—had possibly been alerted of sexual misconduct by Nassar across two decades, with notification of an incident in 2014 documented by a Title IX investigation.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.detroitnews.com/story/tech/2018/01/18/msu-president-told-nassar-complaint-2014/1042071001 |title = What MSU knew: 14 were warned of Nassar abuse |last = Kozlowski |first = Kim |date = January 18, 2018 |work = The Detroit News |access-date = January 22, 2018 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180120172123/http://www.detroitnews.com/story/tech/2018/01/18/msu-president-told-nassar-complaint-2014/1042071001/ |archive-date = January 20, 2018 }}</ref> Michigan State and [[USA Gymnastics]] have been accused of enabling Nassar's abuse<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Larry-Nassar-Fallout-Michigan-State-US-Olympic-Committee-USA-Gymnastics-470969223.html |title = Michigan State President Resigns; US Olympic Committee Face Fallout of Larry Nassar Sentencing |location = Chicago |publisher = [[WMAQ-TV]] |date = January 24, 2018 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070659/https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Larry-Nassar-Fallout-Michigan-State-US-Olympic-Committee-USA-Gymnastics-470969223.html |archive-date = January 26, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nassar-accountability-20180124-story.html |title = Michigan State University president resigns amid widening calls for accountability over Larry Nassar abuse scandal |work = Los Angeles Times |date = January 24, 2018 |first = Matt |last = Pearce |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070722/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nassar-accountability-20180124-story.html |archive-date = January 26, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/us/larry-nassar-gymnastics-me-too-sentence/index.html |title = Larry Nassar's sexual abuse victims finally get their days in court |publisher = CNN |date = January 15, 2018 |first = Eric |last = Levenson |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012557/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/15/us/larry-nassar-gymnastics-me-too-sentence/index.html |archive-date = January 26, 2018 }}</ref> and are named as defendants in civil lawsuits that gymnasts and former MSU student athletes have filed against Nassar.<ref name="chicagotri">{{cite web |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-usa-gymnastics-fbi-doctor-abuse-20170216-story.html |title = USA Gymnastics alerted FBI in 2015 to doctor accused of abuse |work = Chicago Tribune |date = February 16, 2017 |first1 = Rick |last1 = Maese |first2 = Will |last2 = Hobson |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180126220738/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-usa-gymnastics-fbi-doctor-abuse-20170216-story.html |archive-date = January 26, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/sports/olympics/sexual-abuse-charges-put-shadow-on-us-gymnastics-federation.html |title = Sexual Abuse Charges Put Shadow on U.S. Gymnastics Federation |work = The New York Times |date = September 13, 2016 |first = Juliet |last = Macur |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171019112408/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/sports/olympics/sexual-abuse-charges-put-shadow-on-us-gymnastics-federation.html |archive-date = October 19, 2017 }}</ref> On May 16, 2018, it was announced that Michigan State University had agreed to pay the victims of Nassar $500{{Space}}million, equivalent to ${{Inflation|index=US|value=500|start_year=2018}}{{Space}}million in {{Inflation/year|index=US}}.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://abcnews.go.com/Sports |title = ABC Sports News |work = ABC News |access-date = January 13, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110221040227/http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=11248229 |archive-date = February 21, 2011 |url-status = live }}</ref>

MSU's role in the scandal, as well as mounting pressure from the public and alumni, led to several high-level staff changes, including the resignation of President [[Lou Anna Simon]] in January 2018, as well as the retirement of athletic director [[Mark Hollis (athletic director)|Mark Hollis]]<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/sports/olympics/michigan-state-president-resigns-lou-anna-simon.html |title = Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon Resigns Amid Nassar Fallout |last1 = Haag |first1 = Matthew |last2 = Tracy |first2 = Marc |date = January 24, 2018 |work = The New York Times |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180126083652/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/sports/olympics/michigan-state-president-resigns-lou-anna-simon.html |archive-date = January 26, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/sports/michigan-state-mark-hollis.html |title = Michigan State Athletic Director Mark Hollis Resigns |work = The New York Times |date = January 26, 2018 |first = Marc |last = Tracy |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180127004653/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/sports/michigan-state-mark-hollis.html |archive-date = January 27, 2018 }}</ref> and gymnastics coach Kathie Klages.<ref name=Kathie1>{{cite news |last1 = Joseph |first1 = Elizabeth |last2 = Levenson |first2 = Eric |title = Ex-Michigan State gymnastics coach charged with lying to police as part of Larry Nassar probe |url = https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/us/kathie-klages-gymnastics-nassar-charges/index.html |access-date = August 12, 2020 |publisher = CNN |date = August 23, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200724083426/https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/us/kathie-klages-gymnastics-nassar-charges/index.html |archive-date = July 24, 2020 }}</ref> Former Michigan Governor [[John Engler]] replaced Simon as interim president of the university, but resigned in January 2019 after a pattern of controversial comments about the ongoing scandal including that Nassar's victims were "enjoying" the spotlight.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/education/2019/01/29/how-john-engler-michigan-state-university-reign-fell-apart/2604186002/ |title = How John Engler's MSU reign fell apart |last = Kozlowski |first = Kim |work = The Detroit News |date = January 28, 2019 |access-date = March 20, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190320204530/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/education/2019/01/29/how-john-engler-michigan-state-university-reign-fell-apart/2604186002/ |archive-date = March 20, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> In addition, several conspirators saw charges brought against them:

* March 2018 - William Strampel was arrested and charged with felony misconduct in office and criminal sexual conduct for allegedly groping a student and storing nude photos of female students on his computer. Strampel was the former dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and oversaw Larry Nassar's clinic.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dean-william-strampel-michigan-state-university-arrested-larry-nassar-probe-arraignment-today/ |title = William Strampel, former Michigan State University Dean, accused of storing nude photos |date = March 27, 2018 |work = CBS News |access-date = March 27, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180327174651/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dean-william-strampel-michigan-state-university-arrested-larry-nassar-probe-arraignment-today/ |archive-date = March 27, 2018 |url-status = live }}</ref>
* August 2018 - former coach Klages was charged with two counts of lying to police regarding knowledge of Nassar's sexual abuse.<ref name="Kathie1" />
* November 2018 - former university president Simon was charged with two felonies and two misdemeanor counts for lying to the police about her knowledge of sexual abuse committed by Nassar.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/lou-anna-simon-michigan-state-nassar.html |title = Ex-President of Michigan State Charged with Lying about Nassar Case |last = Smith |first = Mitch |date = November 20, 2018 |work = NYT.com |access-date = November 20, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181121155053/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/lou-anna-simon-michigan-state-nassar.html |archive-date = November 21, 2018 |url-status = live }}</ref>
* June 2019, former dean Strampel was convicted of one count of felony misconduct in office and two counts of misdemeanor willful neglect of duty.

Strample was sentenced in August 2019 to one 11-month term and two one-year terms in county jail, with the sentences to run [[Sentence (law)|concurrently]].<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Staff reports |title = Ex-MSU dean William Strampel sentenced to 1 year in Ingham County Jail |url = https://statenews.com/article/2019/08/strampel-sentenced |access-date = August 9, 2020 |work = [[The State News]] |date = August 7, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200610171132/https://statenews.com/article/2019/08/strampel-sentenced |archive-date = June 10, 2020 }}</ref>

In February 2020, former coach Klages was found guilty on the charges of lying to police.<ref>{{cite magazine |last = Pickman |first = Ben |title = Ex-MSU Gymnastics Coach Found Guilty of Lying to Authorities |url = https://www.si.com/more-sports/2020/02/15/kathie-klages-convicted-lying-authorities |access-date = August 10, 2020 |magazine = [[Sports Illustrated]] |date = February 14, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200307072619/https://www.si.com/more-sports/2020/02/15/kathie-klages-convicted-lying-authorities |archive-date = March 7, 2020 }}</ref> A judge dismissed the criminal case against former president Simon in May 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last = Garcia |first = Sandra E. |title = Charges Against Former Michigan State President Are Dismissed |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/us/michigan-state-university-president-charges.html |access-date = August 10, 2020 |work = [[The New York Times]] |date = May 13, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200513225019/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/us/michigan-state-university-president-charges.html |archive-date = May 13, 2020 }}</ref> In June, the [[Michigan Attorney General]] appealed to reinstate the charges.<ref>{{cite news |last = LeBlanc |first = Beth |title = Nessel appeals dismissal of charges against former MSU president Simon |url = https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/07/20/nessel-appeals-dismissal-charges-against-former-msu-president-simon/5473101002/ |access-date = August 11, 2020 |work = [[The Detroit News]] |date = July 20, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200723003456/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/07/20/nessel-appeals-dismissal-charges-against-former-msu-president-simon/5473101002/ |archive-date = July 23, 2020 }}</ref>

====2021 Hazing death====
On November 20, 2021, Phat Nguyen died during an off-campus hazing incident in Pi Alpha Phi fraternity. The 21-year-old fraternity pledge and three other pledges were found unresponsive at 2 a.m. and transported to the local hospital. Despite performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Nguyen, firefighters were unable to save him.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSU fraternity death after induction party where 4 students passed out brings suspension |url=https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/29337/msu_fraternity_death_after_induction_party_where_4_students_passed_out_brings_suspension |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=www.deadlinedetroit.com |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603125452/https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/29337/msu_fraternity_death_after_induction_party_where_4_students_passed_out_brings_suspension |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Michigan State University suspends frat in wake of student's death |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-state-university-suspends-frat-wake-students-death/story?id=81405555 |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603125451/https://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-state-university-suspends-frat-wake-students-death/story?id=81405555 |url-status=live }}</ref> The fraternity chapter was banned by the university and the national fraternity.

==== 2023 mass shooting ====
{{Main|2023 Michigan State University shooting}}

On February 13, 2023, a mass shooting occurred on campus that resulted in three killed and five injured before the gunman took his own life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Suspect dead, 3 killed, 5 injured in Michigan State shooting: What we know |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/13/michigan-state-shooting-what-we-know-about-shots-fired-on-campus/69901251007/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US |archive-date=February 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214073455/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/13/michigan-state-shooting-what-we-know-about-shots-fired-on-campus/69901251007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Police have yet to identify a motive. Classes were canceled for one week following the shooting, and several student-led protests supporting gun control legislation were held at the [[Michigan State Capitol]] in the week that followed.<ref>{{cite web |last = Berg |first = Kara |title = 3 killed, 5 wounded in Michigan State shooting were all students; suspect identified |url = https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/14/three-killed-five-wounded-in-michigan-state-shooting-were-all-students/69901429007/ |access-date = 2023-02-14 |website = The Detroit News |language = en-US |archive-date = February 14, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230214195156/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/14/three-killed-five-wounded-in-michigan-state-shooting-were-all-students/69901429007/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oszust |first1=Michael |last2=Skog |first2=Anna |date=2023-02-15 |title=MSU students hold sit-down protest at Michigan Capitol |url=https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/msu-students-to-hold-sit-down-protest-at-michigan-capitol/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=WOODTV.com |language=en-US |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215232137/https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/msu-students-to-hold-sit-down-protest-at-michigan-capitol/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Nass |first1=Liz |title=Thousands of students sit down at 'Skip Class, Stand-Up' protest |url=https://statenews.com/article/2023/02/thousands-of-students-sit-down-at-skip-class-stand-up-protest |access-date=21 February 2023 |publisher=State News |date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221065258/https://statenews.com/article/2023/02/thousands-of-students-sit-down-at-skip-class-stand-up-protest |archive-date=21 February 2023}}</ref>

== Investment office ==
The Michigan State University Investment Office oversees the management of the university's endowment. Its investment strategy aims to support long-term growth while mitigating risks that market fluctuations bring.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSU Investment Office |url=https://investments.msu.edu/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |publisher=Michigan State University}}</ref> The office was created in 2016 to centralize the university's investment operations. It was led in 2024 by Philip Zecher, who oversaw the selection of external fund managers and ensured adherence to the university's investment policy. It is located on the university's campus at 426 Auditorium Road, Room 412.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Information |url=https://investments.msu.edu/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |publisher=Michigan State University}}</ref>

== People ==
{{Main list|List of Michigan State University people|Category:Michigan State University alumni}}

MSU has about 5,703 faculty and 7,365 staff members.<ref name="msufacts"/><ref>{{cite book |last1 = Greene |first1 = Howard R. |last2 = Greene |first2 = Matthew W. |year = 2001 |title = The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (1st ed.) |publisher = New York: Cliff Street Books |isbn = 0-06-093459-X }}</ref><ref>"[http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/3180/content.htm America's longest-operating Office of the Ombudsman turns 40] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070925125026/http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/3180/content.htm |date=September 25, 2007 }}". Michigan State University Newsroom. September 19, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2007.</ref>

[[File:Gretchen Whitmer (2021) (cropped).jpg|alt=Image of the 49th Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer|thumb|upright|49th Governor of Michigan [[Gretchen Whitmer]]]]

=== Faculty ===
{{see also|Category:Michigan State University faculty}}

Important College leaders in the 19th century include [[John Clough Holmes|John C. Holmes]], the founder;<ref name="sesquicentennial" /> [[Joseph R. Williams]], the first president,<ref name="josephrwilliams" /> and [[Theophilus C. Abbot]], the third president who stabilized the college after the Civil War, were both key in establishing and maintaining the college's early balanced liberal/practical curriculum.<ref name="tcabbot">"[http://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/abbot.htm Theophilus Capen Abbot] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511213505/http://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/abbot.htm |date=May 11, 2008 }}". Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> Also of importance was botany professor [[William J. Beal]], an early plant (hybrid corn) pre-geneticist who championed the laboratory teaching method.<ref name="williamjbeal">"[http://www.givingto.msu.edu/beal.html William James Beal Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418085254/http://www.givingto.msu.edu/beal.html |date=April 18, 2007 }}". Campaign for MSU University Development. Accessed April 18, 2007.</ref> Another distinguished faculty member of the era was the alumnus/professor [[Liberty Hyde Bailey]].<ref name="libertyhydebailey">"[https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/bailey/biography/biography_7.html Liberty Hyde Bailey – A Man for All Seasons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607092025/http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/bailey/biography/biography_7.html |date=June 7, 2007 }}". Cornell University Library. p.&nbsp;7. Retrieved April 27, 2007.</ref> Bailey was the first to raise the study of horticulture to a science, paralleling botany, which earned him the title of "Father of American Horticulture".<ref>{{cite book |last = Hugo |first = Nancy |title = Earth Works: Readings for Backyard Gardeners |publisher = University of Virginia Press |year = 1997 |isbn = 0-8139-1831-6 |page = 68 }}</ref> [[William L. Carpenter (Michigan jurist)|William L. Carpenter]], a jurist who was elected to the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan in 1894, and member of the [[Michigan Supreme Court]] from 1902 until 1904. Other famous 19th-century alumni include [[Ray Stannard Baker]],<ref name="raystannardbaker">Bannister, Robert. "[http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/Baker/index.html Ray Stannard Baker] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901171122/http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/Baker/index.html |date=September 1, 2006 }}". Swarthmore Department of History. Retrieved April 21, 2007.</ref> a famed "[[muckraker]]" journalist and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning biographer; [[Minakata Kumagusu]],<ref name="minakatakumagusu">"[http://www.minakatakumagusu-kinenkan.jp/english/kannai/tenji_2/index.htm Going Abroad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815230409/http://www.minakatakumagusu-kinenkan.jp/english/kannai/tenji_2/index.htm |date=August 15, 2007 }}". Minakata Kumugusu Museum. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> a renowned environmental scientist; and [[William Bagley (educator)|William Chandler Bagley]], a pioneering education reformer.<ref name="williamcbagley">Null, J. Wesley. [http://www3.baylor.edu/%7EWesley_Null/ADisciplinedProgressivesample.pdf A Disciplined Progressive Educator: The Life and Career of William Chandler Bagley] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910202320/http://www3.baylor.edu/~Wesley_Null/ADisciplinedProgressivesample.pdf |date=September 10, 2008 }}' (PDF). New York: Peter Lang. {{ISBN|0-8204-6909-2}}.</ref>

=== Alumni ===
[[File:Kirk_Gibson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kirk Gibson]], 1988 [[National League (baseball)|National League]] MVP]]

As of fall 2018, there were about 634,300 living MSU [[alumni]] worldwide.<ref name="msufacts"/> Notable politicians and public servants from MSU include current governor of Michigan [[Gretchen Whitmer]], former Michigan governors [[James Blanchard]]<ref name="jamesblanchard">"[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000538 Blanchard, James Johnston] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026072417/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000538 |date=October 26, 2012 }}". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 28, 2007.</ref> and [[John Engler]],<ref name="johnengler">"[http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,1607,7-212-31303-2273--,00.html Governor John Engler Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501155354/http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,1607,7-212-31303-2273--,00.html |date=May 1, 2008 }}". Michigan's Former Governors. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> U.S. Senators [[Debbie Stabenow]],<ref name="debbiestabenow">"[http://stabenow.senate.gov/biography.htm Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226190502/http://stabenow.senate.gov/biography.htm |date=December 26, 2007 }}". United States Senator Debbie Stabenow. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> [[Tim Johnson (U.S. Senator)|Tim Johnson]], and [[Spencer Abraham]], (who also served as [[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]),<ref name="spencerabraham">"[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/abraham-bio.html Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170335/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/abraham-bio.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}". The White House. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> [[U.S. Ambassador to Brazil]] [[Donna Hrinak]], former [[Prime Minister of South Korea]] [[Lee Wan-koo]], [[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]] Director [[Richard Cordray]], former [[Prime Minister of Jordan|Jordan prime minister]] [[Adnan Badran]], and [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Texas|Texas Supreme Court]] [[Wallace B. Jefferson]].<ref name="Wallace B. Jefferson">{{cite web |url = http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_wjefferson.asp |title = State.tx.us |publisher = Supreme.courts.state.tx.us |access-date = November 15, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100819234132/http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/court/justice_wjefferson.asp |archive-date = August 19, 2010 }}</ref>
Billionaire philanthropists [[Tom Gores]], [[Andrew Beal]] and [[Eli Broad]],<ref name="elibroad">"[https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Eli-Broad_599L.html 400 Richest Americans – 42 – Eli Broad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915090142/https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Eli-Broad_599L.html |date=September 15, 2017 }}". ''Forbes''. September 21, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2006.</ref>
[[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novelist [[Richard Ford]], American labor union leader [[James P. Hoffa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://alumni.msu.edu/stay-informed/alumni-stories/spartan-profiles-james-p-hoffa |title=Spartan Profiles: James P. Hoffa |publisher=Michigan State University |date=April 1, 1999 |accessdate=August 3, 2024}}</ref> and [[Quicken Loans]] founder and billionaire [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] owner [[Dan Gilbert (businessman)|Dan Gilbert]],<ref name="dangilbert">"[https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Daniel-Gilbert_LIVH.html 400 Richest Americans – 354 – Daniel Gilbert] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809111230/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/54/biz_06rich400_Daniel-Gilbert_LIVH.html |date=August 9, 2007 }}". ''Forbes''. September 21, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2006.</ref> are all also MSU alums.

[[File:Sam_Raimi_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg|thumb|upright|Filmmaker [[Sam Raimi]]]]

Alumni in Hollywood include actors such as [[James Caan]], [[Anthony Heald]],<ref name="anthonyheald">"[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372217/bio Anthony Heald – Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203142942/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372217/bio |date=December 3, 2008 }}". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 27, 2007.</ref> [[Robert Urich]]<ref name="roberturich">"[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001810/bio Robert Urich – Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112062013/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001810/bio |date=November 12, 2007 }}". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 27, 2007.</ref> and [[William Fawcett (actor)|William Fawcett]];<ref name="williamfawcett">"[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269514/bio William Fawcet – Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124201945/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269514/bio |date=November 24, 2009 }}". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 25, 2008.</ref> voice actor [[SungWon Cho]], comedian [[Jackie Martling]], film directors [[Michael Cimino]] and [[Sam Raimi]], film producer [[Jeff Katz]] and film editor [[Bob Murawski]],<ref name="bobmurawski">"[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613657/bio Bob Murawski – Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904031924/http://imdb.com/name/nm0613657/bio |date=September 4, 2007 }}". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 27, 2007.</ref> as well as screenwriter [[David Magee]].<ref name="davidmagee">"[http://www.cal.msu.edu/portals/stansell.htm 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award: David S. Magee, BA Theatre '84] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207033806/http://www.cal.msu.edu/portals/stansell.htm |date=February 7, 2012 }}". Michigan State University College of Arts and Letters. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref>

[[File:James_Caan_Cannes_2013.jpg|thumb|upright|Hollywood actor [[James Caan]]]]
[[File:Eljay Bowron.jpg|thumb|upright|18th [[Director of the United States Secret Service]] [[Eljay B. Bowron|Eljay Bowron]]]]

Composer [[Dika Newlin]] received her undergraduate degree from MSU,<ref>Martin, Douglas. "Dika Newlin, 82, Punk-Rock Schoenberg Expert, Dies". ''The New York Times''. July 28, 2006. Retrieved January 22, 2013.</ref> while lyricist, theatrical director and clinical psychologist [[Jacques Levy]] earned a doctorate in psychology.<ref>Hunt, Ken. [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/nov/26/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries "Obituary: Jacques Levy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201230329/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/nov/26/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |date=December 1, 2016 }}. ''The Guardian''. November 25, 2004. Retrieved January 22, 2013.</ref> The university has also produced such jazz luminaries as pianist [[Henry Butler]],<ref>[http://alumni.msu.edu/newsarticle.cfm?id=284 "Spartan Saga: Henry Butler"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220142053/http://alumni.msu.edu/newsArticle.cfm?id=284 |date=December 20, 2013 }}. ''Michigan State Alumni Magazine''. December 19, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2013.</ref> vibraphonist [[Milt Jackson]],<ref>[http://arts.gov/honors/jazz/milt-jackson "NEA Jazz Masters: Milt Jackson"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002420/http://arts.gov/honors/jazz/milt-jackson |date=December 31, 2013 }}. National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved January 22, 2013.</ref> and keyboardist/composer-arranger [[Clare Fischer]].<ref>Heckman, Don. [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-me-clare-fischer-20120128-story.html "Clare Fischer dies at 83; versatile pianist, composer, arranger"] . ''The Los Angeles Times''. January 28, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2013.</ref>

[[Russell Kirk]], whose writings influenced the [[American conservative movement]], attended Michigan State on a scholarship for his bachelor's degree. Journalists include NBC reporter [[Chris Hansen]],<ref>"[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3949042 Chris Hansen]  ". "Dateline NBC". Retrieved November 13, 2007.</ref> ESPN sportcaster and columnist [[Jemele Hill]], AP White House correspondent [[Nedra Pickler]] and [[NPR]] Washington correspondent [[Don Gonyea]]. Novelist [[Michael Kimball]] graduated in 1990. Novelist and true crime author [[R. Barri Flowers]], who in 1977 earned a bachelor's degree and in 1980 a master's degree in criminal justice, was inducted in 2006 into the MSU Criminal Justice Wall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www1.cj.msu.edu/~career/alumni/wall/inductees/inductees.html |title = Wall of Fame – Past Inductees |publisher = Michigan State University site |access-date = January 15, 2013 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121018160435/http://www.cj.msu.edu/~career/alumni/wall/inductees/inductees.html |archive-date = October 18, 2012 }}</ref> Author [[Erik Qualman]] graduated with honors in 1994 and was also Academic Big-Ten in basketball. [[Susan K. Avery]], the first woman president and director of the [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]], received an MSU bachelor's degree in [[physics]].<ref>{{cite news |title = WHOI names Dr. Susan K. Avery first woman president |publisher = Cape Cod Today |date = October 16, 2007 |url = http://www.capecodtoday.com/news716.htm |access-date = October 30, 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120724115548/http://www.capecodtoday.com/news716.htm |archive-date = July 24, 2012 }}</ref> In addition, two of the [[Little Rock Nine]] attended Michigan State, including [[Ernest Green]],<ref name="ernestgreen">"[http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/1069/content.htm MSU Announces Celebratory Plans in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226182349/http://newsroom.msu.edu/site/indexer/1069/content.htm |date=December 26, 2005 }}". MSU Newsroom. January 12, 2000. Retrieved April 26, 2006.</ref> the first black student to graduate from [[Little Rock Central High School]], and [[Carlotta Walls LaNier]].<ref name="carlottawellslanier">"[http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=729 Carlotta Wells Lanier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505142031/http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=729 |date=May 5, 2016 }}". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved April 28, 2007.</ref> The university awarded an honorary degree to [[Robert Mugabe]] in 1990, but revoked it in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wilx.com/home/headlines/28302079.html |title = Mugabe Stripped of MSU Degree |publisher = WILX.com |date = September 12, 2008 |access-date = October 20, 2008 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081227073935/http://www.wilx.com/home/headlines/28302079.html |archive-date = December 27, 2008 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

[[File:Magic Lipofsky.jpg|thumb|[[Magic Johnson]], [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] inductee|upright]]
Spartans have made their mark in all major American sports. MSU alumni formerly or currently in the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] include point guard and three-time [[NBA Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] [[Earvin "Magic" Johnson]],<ref name="magicjohnson">{{cite web |url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnsma02.html |title = Magic Johnson Statistics |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070912004911/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnsma02.html |archive-date = September 12, 2007 |work = Basketball-Reference.com |access-date = March 6, 2008 }}</ref> [[Greg Kelser]],<ref name="gregkelser">{{cite web |url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kelsegr01.html |title = Greg Kelser Statistics |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501195513/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kelsegr01.html |archive-date = May 1, 2008 |work = Basketball-Reference.com |access-date = March 6, 2008 }}</ref> [[Jay Vincent]],<ref name="jayvincent">{{cite web |url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vinceja01.html |title = Jay Vincent Statistics |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170629035249/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vinceja01.html |archive-date = June 29, 2017 |work = Basketball-Reference.com |access-date = March 6, 2008 }}</ref> [[Steve Smith (basketball)|Steve Smith]],<ref name="stevesmith">"[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithst01.html Steve Smith Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416150804/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithst01.html |date=April 16, 2009 }}". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2007.</ref> [[Scott Skiles]],<ref name="scottskiles">"[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/skilesc01.html Scott Skiles Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016092609/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/skilesc01.html |date=October 16, 2008 }}". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2007.</ref> [[Jason Richardson]],<ref name="jasonrichardson">"[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/richaja01.html Jason Richardson Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414134225/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/richaja01.html |date=April 14, 2009 }}". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2007.</ref> and [[Zach Randolph]].<ref name="zachrandolph">"[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/randoza01.html Zach Randolph Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820034938/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/randoza01.html |date=August 20, 2017 }}". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 20, 2007.</ref>

In the [[National Football League]], MSU alumni include [[Carl Banks]], who was a member of the Giants teams that won [[Super Bowl XXI|Super Bowls XXI]] and [[Super Bowl XXV|XXV]] and a member of the NFL's 1980's All-Decade Team; twenty-one year veteran quarterback [[Earl Morrall]],<ref name="earlmorrall">"[http://www.mashf.com/1987_inductees.htm#Earl_Morrall Class of '87] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828221909/http://www.mashf.com/1987_inductees.htm |date=August 28, 2008 }}". Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 28, 2007.</ref> defensive end and actor [[Bubba Smith]],<ref name="bubbasmith">"[https://archive.today/20130112144406/http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=60009 George Webster]." College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 28, 2007.</ref> former Detroit Lions head coach [[Wayne Fontes]],<ref name="waynefontes">"[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FontWa20.htm Wayne Fontes Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515212608/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FontWa20.htm |date=May 15, 2008 }}". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> NFL games-played leader [[Morten Andersen]],<ref name="mortenandersen">"[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=164 Morten Andersen]". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051222094626/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=164 |date=December 22, 2005 }}</ref> [[Plaxico Burress]],<ref name="plaxicoburress">"[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=28759 Plaxico Burress]". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000854/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=28759 |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> [[Andre Rison]],<ref name="andrerison">"[http://andrerison.com/index.html Andre 'Bad Moon' Rison]". AndreRison.com. Accessed April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404165329/http://andrerison.com/index.html |date=April 4, 2007 }}</ref> [[Derrick Mason]],<ref name="derrickmason">"[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=25021 Derek Mason]". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092058/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=25021 |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> [[Muhsin Muhammad]],<ref name="muhsinmuhammad">"[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=23866 Muhsin Muhammad]". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000504/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=23866 |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> [[T. J. Duckett]],<ref name="tjduckett">"[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=32994 T.J. Duckett]". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092731/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=32994 |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> [[Flozell Adams]],<ref name="flozelladams">"[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=25961 Flozell Adams]". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091757/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=25961 |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> [[Julian Peterson]],<ref name="julianpeterson">"[http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=28767 Julian Peterson]". NFLPlayers.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091836/http://www.nflplayers.com/players/player.aspx?id=28767 |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> [[Charles Rogers (wide receiver)|Charles Rogers]],<ref name="charlesrogers">"[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RogeCh01.htm Charles Rogers Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313191757/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RogeCh01.htm |date=March 13, 2008 }}". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> and [[Jim Miller (quarterback)|Jim Miller]].<ref name="jimmiller">"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050806aaa.html MSU Announces Football Broadcast Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901163431/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050806aaa.html |date=September 1, 2008 }}". MSUSpartans.com. Retrieved April 28, 2007.</ref>

The [[American Football League]]'s [[American Football League All-Time Team|All-Time Team]] includes tight-end [[Fred Arbanas]]<ref name="fredarbansas">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20041018042826/http://www.kcchiefs.com/history/60s/ Chiefs History 1960s]". Kansas City Chiefs. Accessed April 28, 2007.</ref> and [[Safety (American football position)|safety]] [[George Saimes]].<ref name="georgesaimes">"[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SaimGe00.htm?redir George Saimes Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228020033/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SaimGe00.htm?redir |date=December 28, 2008 }}". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref>

Former Michigan State players in the [[National Hockey League]] include All Star Defensemen [[Duncan Keith]], [[Rod Brind'Amour]],<ref name="rodbrindamour">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=576 Rod Brind'Amour] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012183038/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=576 |date=October 12, 2008 }}." Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> [[Anson Carter]],<ref name="ansoncarter">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=847 Anson Carter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105033949/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=847 |date=January 5, 2009 }}." Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved April 21, 2007.</ref> [[Donald McSween]],<ref name="donaldmcsween">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=576 Don McSween] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012183038/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=576 |date=October 12, 2008 }}." Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> [[Adam Hall]],<ref name="adamhall">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=44996 Adam Hall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012223919/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=44996 |date=October 12, 2008 }}." Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved April 21, 2007.</ref> [[John-Michael Liles]], [[Justin Abdelkader]], [[Corey Tropp]], brothers [[Kelly Miller (ice hockey b. 1963)|Kelly Miller]]<ref name="kellymiller">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3728 Kelly Miller] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113093446/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3728 |date=January 13, 2009 }}." Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved April 21, 2007.</ref> and [[Kip Miller]],<ref name="kipmiller">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3730 Kip Miller] {{webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516182124/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3730 |date=May 16, 2016 }}." Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved April 21, 2007.</ref> as well as their cousins, brothers [[Ryan Miller]]<ref name="ryanmiller">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=45065 Ryan Miller] {{webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160516182221/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=45065 |date=May 16, 2016 }}."Florida Panthers star forward David Booth also attended MSU. Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved April 21, 2007.</ref> and [[Drew Miller]].<ref name="drewmiller">"[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=69845 Drew Miller] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019232131/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=69845 |date=October 19, 2008 }} and[Jeff Petry]" and [[Boston Bruins]] defenseman [[Torey Krug]] Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref>

Former Michigan State players in [[Major League Baseball]] include [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Robin Roberts (baseball)|Robin Roberts]],<ref name="robinroberts">[http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/roberts_robin.htm Robin Roberts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407061811/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/roberts_robin.htm |date=April 7, 2007 }}". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Accessed April 17, 2007.</ref> [[Kirk Gibson]],<ref name="kirkgibson">"[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gibsoki01 Kirk Gibson Baseball Stats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424024108/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gibsoki01 |date=April 24, 2008 }}". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> [[Steve Garvey]]<ref name="stevegarvey">"[http://spartanstars.home.comcast.net/msubaseball.htm Steve Garvey] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012220101/http://spartanstars.home.comcast.net/msubaseball.htm |date=October 12, 2007 }}". Michigan State Baseball Alumni. Retrieved April 29, 2007.</ref> and [[Mark Mulder]].<ref name="markmulder">"[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150426 Mark Mulder] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414200117/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150426 |date=April 14, 2008 }}". The Official Site of the St. Louis Cardinals. Retrieved April 17, 2007.</ref> [[Olympic gold medal]]ists include [[Savatheda Fynes]]<ref name="sevathedafynes">"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/genrel/msu-genreleases26.html Major Athletic Award Winners Announced at Michigan State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105073509/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/genrel/msu-genreleases26.html |date=January 5, 2009 }}". msuspartans.cstv.com. June 12, 1997. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> and [[Fred Alderman]].<ref name="frederickalderman">"[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03EEDD1330F932A1575AC0A96E958260 Frederick Alderman, Oldest U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist, 93]". ''The New York Times''. September 21, 1998. Retrieved January 9, 2008.</ref> The Spartans are also contributing athletes to [[Major League Soccer]], as [[Doug DeMartin]], [[Dave Hertel]], [[Greg Janicki]], [[Rauwshan McKenzie]], [[Ryan McMahen]], and [[Fatai Alashe]] have all played in [[Major League Soccer]].<ref>"[http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/012808aaa.html Kevin Reiman Selected In MLS Supplemental Draft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104203151/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/012808aaa.html |date=January 4, 2009 }}". msuspartans.cstv.com. January 28, 2008, Accessed April 11, 2008.</ref> In addition, [[Alex Skotarek]], [[Steve Twellman]] and [[Buzz Demling]] played in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]], with Demling playing in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] and the [[United States Men's National Soccer Team]] in the 1970s.

[[Ryan Riess]], 2013 [[World Series of Poker Main Event]] Champion, is a 2012 graduate of MSU.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://broad.msu.edu/?alumni_newsmakers=ryan-riess-ba-hospitality-business-12 |title = Ryan Riess (BA Hospitality Business '12) |work = Eli Broad College of Business |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151017144259/http://broad.msu.edu/?alumni_newsmakers=ryan-riess-ba-hospitality-business-12 |archive-date = October 17, 2015 }}</ref> [[NCAA]] Gymnastics Champion and former ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[The Muppets|Muppet]] performer [[Toby Towson]] are MSU alumni as is professional wrestler [[George Steele|George "The Animal" Steele]].

[[Miss America 1961]], [[Nancy Fleming]], is a graduate of Michigan State.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = MSU Archives |title = Accomplished Women Graduates of MSU |url = http://msuarchives.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/accomplished-women-graduates-of-msu/ |date = March 22, 2011 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150618125241/https://msuarchives.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/accomplished-women-graduates-of-msu/ |archive-date = June 18, 2015 }}</ref>

Shirley Weis, Mayo Clinic Chief Administrative Officer, is a 1975 graduate of the MSU College of Nursing and received an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 2014.

[[Verghese Kurien]] was an Indian social entrepreneur known as the "Father of the White Revolution" for his [[Operation Flood]], the world's largest agricultural development program. He earned a Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/world/asia/verghese-kurien-90-who-led-indias-milk-cooperatives-dies.html?_r=0|title=Verghese Kurien, Leader of India's Milk Cooperatives, Dies at 90|last=Yardley|first=William|date=September 10, 2012|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dr Verghese Kurien – From mechanical engineer to milkman|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_dr-verghese-kurien-from-mechanical-engineer-to-milkman_1738927|access-date=October 26, 2012}}</ref> [[Peter Schmidt (economist)|Peter Schmidt]], an American economist and [[Econometrics|econometrician]], is both an alumnus (1970) and faculty member of MSU, holding a university [[Distinguished Professor]] position since 1997.<ref name="Vita">{{cite web |last1 = Schmidt |first1 = Peter |title = Vita |url = http://econ.msu.edu/faculty/schmidt/CV%2007%2004.pdf |publisher = Michigan State University Department of Economics |access-date = July 7, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170530164058/http://econ.msu.edu/faculty/schmidt/CV%2007%2004.pdf |archive-date = May 30, 2017 }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Michigan}}
* [[List of land-grant universities]]
* [[List of colleges and universities in Michigan]]
* [[Education in Michigan]]
* [[Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite book |last = Kuhn |first = Madison |title = Michigan State: The First Hundred Years, 1855–1955 |location = East Lansing |publisher = Michigan State University Press |year = 1955 |isbn = 0-87013-222-9 }}
* {{cite book |last1 = Stanford |first1 = Linda O. |last2 = Dewhurst |first2 = C. Kurt |title = MSU Campus: Buildings, Places, Spaces |location = East Lansing |publisher = Michigan State University Press |year = 2002 |isbn = 0-87013-631-3 }}
* {{cite book |last1 = Noverr |first1 = Douglas A. |title = The Rise of a Research University and the New Millennium, 1970–2005 |location = East Lansing | publisher = Michigan State University Press |year = 2015 |isbn = 978-0-87013-788-4 }}
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* [http://www.msuspartans.com/ Michigan State Athletics website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110208020132/http://mac1855.com/ Michigan Agricultural College artifacts, a private collection]}}
* {{cite Collier's|wstitle=Michigan Agricultural College|short=x}}
* {{cite NIE|wstitle=Michigan State Agricultural College|short=x}}

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