Tuesday, June 24, 2025

USA - Michigan - Michigan State University


MSU SPARTAN STADIUM
East Lansing, Michigan
This is band day at MSU; upwards of 3,000 musicians from 35 high schools from around the state are guests of Michigan State University. This half-time spectacle is an annual event. The seating capacity of the Spartan Stadium is 76,000.

Sent by Suzi from Seattle in Washington, USA.

Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the country. 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. Today, Michigan State has facilities all across the state and over 634,000 alumni.

Michigan State 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 Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden, the Abrams Planetarium, the Wharton Center for Performing Arts, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, and the country's largest residence hall system (read more).


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