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On February 12, 1855, Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signed a bill establishing the nation's first agriculture college, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan. 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 ...
Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries [6] Michigan Department of Information Technology [7] Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation, abolished by Governor Engler with most of the department transfer to the Department of Commerce until Commerce was split up with the former L&R powers transferred to the Department of Consumer ...
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". [220] MSU also publishes a student-run magazine during the academic year called Ing Magazine. [221]
The Michigan State University Museum most commonly referred to as the MSU Museum is Michigan State University's oldest museum formed in 1857. [1] It is the state of Michigan's first Smithsonian Affiliate. [2] [3] It was formed to support the work of the university and is also known for hosting the Great Lakes Quilt Center.
Michigan State University President Start year End year Reference Joseph R. Williams: 1857 1859 [3] Lewis R. Fiske: 1859 1862 Theophilus C. Abbot: 1862 1885 Edwin Willits: 1885 1889 Oscar Clute: 1889 1893 Lewis G. Gorton: 1893 1895 Jonathan L. Snyder: 1896 1915 Frank S. Kedzie: 1915 1921 David Friday: 1922 1923 Kenyon L. Butterfield: 1924 1928 ...
1855 Michigan State University was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, becoming the first land grant university in the United States. 1861-1865 Michigan sent 90,000 men, nearly a quarter of the state's male population, to fight in state regiments in the Civil War. 1871 Fires burned Manistee and Holland.
Associate Professor of Jazz studies, Michigan State University [514] Michael Dease: present Associate Professor of Jazz Studies, Michigan State University John T. Madden 1989–2017 Director, Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band [515] Henry R. Pattengill: 1886–1890 Assistant professor of English [516] H. Owen Reed: 1939–1976
The Art Deco Psychology Building originally housed the Physics and Astronomy department. As of the 2016-2017 academic year, Michigan State had the ninth largest student body in the United States. As of Fall 2021, there are 49,659 total students, with 38,574 undergraduates and 11,085 graduate and professional students. The undergraduate student ...