Michigan State University facts for kids
MSU sign near Abbot Hall
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Motto | "Advancing Knowledge. Transforming Lives" |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1855 |
Endowment | $1.6 billion |
President | Lou Anna Simon |
Administrative staff
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6,100 |
Students | 46,045 |
Undergraduates | 36,072 |
Postgraduates | 9,973 |
Location |
East Lansing
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Campus | Suburban |
Athletics | NCAA Division I FBS |
Nickname | Spartans |
Mascot | Sparty |
Website | www.msu.edu |
Michigan State University (or "MSU" for short) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan.
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Athletics
The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic team of the university. The school's athletic program includes 23 varsity sports teams. The school colors are green and white. They play in NCAA Division I, with almost all of their teams playing in the Big Ten Conference. In 2010, the MSU football team won a share of the Big 10 title, and played in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The men's ice hockey team plays in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, but will leave that conference in July 2013 when the Big Ten starts a men's hockey league.
School Facts
Established in 1855, MSU was originally an agricultural college. Students were known as "Aggies," but are now known as the "Spartans." Currently, Michigan State University has the largest single campus student body of any university in the state of Michigan, and is one of the largest universities in the country.
Mascot
The mascot of the university is called "Sparty". He is mostly shown as a muscular male Spartan warrior/athlete dressed in a stylish Greek costume.
Images for kids
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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.
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Liberty Hyde Bailey, namesake of Bailey Hall at Cornell, often called the "Father of American Horticulture," graduated from the Agricultural College in 1882
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Beaumont Tower marks the site of College Hall.
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Kellogg House on 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.
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The MSU Library is located on the oldest part of campus between Beaumont Tower and the Red Cedar River.
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Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at East Lansing, Michigan
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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.
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Spartan Stadium hosts varsity football games and other events.
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The Spartans playing the Illinois Fighting Illini in an October 1996 game at Spartan Stadium
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46th Governor of Michigan John Engler
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Kirk Gibson, 1988 National League MVP
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Filmmaker Sam Raimi
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Hollywood actor James Caan
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ESPN sportcaster and columnist Jemele Hill
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In Spanish: Universidad Estatal de Míchigan para niños