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Michigan State University

Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States, predating the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. After the introduction of the 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. In 1955, the state officially made the college a university, and the current name, Michigan State University, was adopted in 1964. Today, Michigan State is one of the largest universities in the United States (in terms of enrollment) and has approximately 634,300 living alumni worldwide. MSU was affiliated with Oakland University (then known as Michigan State University-Oakland), in Rochester Hills, until Oakland University gained institutional independence in 1970. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities–Very high research activity". The university's campus houses the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden, the Abrams Planetarium, the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, and the country's largest residence hall system. Read more at Wikipedia...

Inception: 1855

Alternate Names: Michigan State University, Michigan State University (East Lansing), Michigan. State Agricultural College, East Lansing, State University, East Lansing, Mich. State Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich. Agricultural College, M.S.U., Michigan. State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, East Lansing, University, Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science., Michigan. East Lansing, Michigan. State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, East Lansing, Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, Michigan. Agricultural College, East Lansing, East Lansing, Mich. Agricultural College, East Lansing, Mich. State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Universidad del Estado de Michigan, East Lansing. Michigan State University, MSU, East Lansing, Mich. State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, MSU Abkuerzung, State Agricultural College, msu.edu, Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Michigan State, Michigan Agricultural College, MI State University, MI State U, Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, Spartans
Website:  http://www.msu.edu 
Associated Place(s): Michigan--Upper Peninsula, Ontonagon (Mich.), United States of America
Associated Subject(s):  High school students, Civil rights

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