Michigan State University

MSU campus map

•Michigan State University dates back to 1855, when the Michigan legislature established the agriculture college of the state of Michigan in east Lansing , with three buildings, five faculty members and 63 male

students.•The first agricultural college in the united states, the school served as a prototype for future land-grant

institutions under the Morril Act enacted during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.•After the onset of the American Civil War the school’s first class graduated in 1861.•In 1861 the Michigan legislature approved a plan to allow the school to adopt a four-year curriculum and

grant degrees comparable to those of the University Of Michigan.•In 1870, the college became co-educational and expanded its curriculum beyond agriculture into a broad

array of coursework commencing with home economics for women student.

•MSU accepted its first African American student in 1899•In the 1885, the college had begun offering degrees in engineering and other applied sciences to students.•After world war II, The college gained admission to the big ten conference, joining the rival university of Michigan, and grew to become one of the largest educational institutions in the united states with 44,937

currently enrolled.•Classes began in May 1857 with five faculty members and a college president , Joseph R. Williams, a

Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa, was a self-made gentleman farmer and prominent Michigan attorney.

MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources for more than 150 years. As the first college of a

university to model the land-grant system, this college’s calling has been to bring knowledge to the

people of Michigan.

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MSU IS A “B” AVERAGE, A SCORE OF 1500 OR HIGHER ON THE SAT, AND A 20 ON

THE ACT.

$ 150.00 per credit hour.Scholarships offered are Academic merit, Specific Criteria, scholarships for in-state students, scholarships for out-of-state students, and scholarships for transfer students.

MEAL PLAN•Dine-on platinum is $2,788/ per semester; ‘DineOn Campus’- unlimited access to residential dining halls everyday, ‘DineOn-the-go’ one combo-X-change (use meal access as a combo) per day Mon-Fri, $300.00 Spartan cash per semester, 8 guest meal passes per semester (does not roll over to the next semester).

•Dine-on gold is $2,638/ per semester; ‘DineOn Campus’- unlimited access to residential dining halls everyday, ‘DineONe-the-go’-one-combo-X-change (use meal access as a combo) per day Mon-Fri, 4 guest meal passes

per semester (does not roll over to next semester).•Dine-on silver is $2,488/ per semester; ‘DineOn Campus’- unlimited access to residential dining halls everyday, and ‘dineOn-the-go’- one combo-X-change (use meal access as a combo) per day Mon-Fri.

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Housing is $8,526 for two semesters, freshman required to live on campus, and the residence halls are also popular with returning students. Divided into six residence hall

neighborhoods, MSU’s 25 undergraduate residence halls provide a home away from home to more than 15,000 students each year.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Michigan State has over 550 registered student organizations;

Academic Competition Club, Actuarial Science Club,

Beardsmen Of MSU, Ceramics Club, Collegiate Farm Bureau, and

many more.

NCG EASTWOOD CINEMAS, FRANDOR DELI, BELLS GREEK PIZZA, AND

NUTHOUSE SPORT GRILL IS LOCATED BY MSU. THERE IS NO MALL IN LANSING.

DEGREES Accounting- Master of Science

Animal Science- master Of Science Biomedical Laboratory Science- Master of Arts

Communication- Master of Arts Collaborative Piano- Master of Music

German Studies- Doctor of Philosophy Kinesiology- Master of Science