Michigan State University

Michigan State University
	MSU sign near Abbot Hall
Motto	"Advancing Knowledge. Transforming Lives"
Type	Public
Established	1855
Endowment	$4.4 billion
President	Lou Anna Simon
Administrative staff	6,100
Students	46,045
Undergraduates	36,072
Postgraduates	9,973
Location	East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Campus	Suburban
Athletics	NCAA Division I FBS
Mascot	Sparty
Website	www.msu.edu

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Michigan State University (or "MSU" for short) is a public university in East Lansing, Michigan.

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.

"Sparty"

Michigan State University Media

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.
Liberty Hyde Bailey, namesake of Bailey Hall at Cornell, often called the "Father of American Horticulture," graduated from the Agricultural College in 1882
Morrill Hall in 1912, known at the time as the "Women's Building". To the right are Horticulture, Bacteriology, Botany, and Administration (Library–Museum).
Matilda Dodge Wilson, co-founder the Oakland campus of Michigan State University, now Oakland University, with her husband Alfred Wilson, and John A. Hannah.
Michigan Agricultural College's Laboratory Row in 1912: Horticulture, Bacteriology, Botany, Dairy, Entomology, and Agriculture.
Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens
Beaumont Tower marks the site of College Hall.
The water fountain with the Plant Biology building in the background
The Wells Hall in Michigan State University
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden