Michigan State University celebrates 150th Anniversary

"Michigan State's pioneering leaders were at the center of the revolution that democratized higher education in America," says J. Bruce McCristol, a Broad School alumnus (BA Economics '54) and the author of The Spirit of Michigan State, one of the most complete histories of Michigan State University between two covers. When its doors opened in 1857, Michigan State had 81 students, eight faculty, 16 courses of study, a 676-acre campus and an annual budget of $20,000. Here's what Michigan State looks like now:

Leadership

• President Lou Anna K. Simon (as of January 1, 2005)
• Provost Kim Wilcox (as of August 1, 2005)

Campus profile

• Located in East Lansing, three miles east of Michigan's Capitol in Lansing
• 5,200-acre campus with 2,000 acres in existing or planned development
• 660 buildings, including 85 with instructional space
• 15,000 acres throughout Michigan used for agricultural, animal and forestry research
• More than 200 programs of study offered by 14 degree-granting colleges and an affiliated law college
• Students from all 83 counties in Michigan, all 50 states in the United States, and about 125 other countries

Faculty and academic staff

• Approximately 4,500

Support staff employees

• Approximately 6,000

Alumni

• Approximately 389,500 worldwide

The Eli Broad College of Business and
The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

Broad School Facilities (opening date)

• Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center (1951, renovated 1988) (classrooms, food service laboratory and learning environments for The School of Hospitality Business)
• Eppley Center (1961; renovated 2001)
• Management Education Center, Troy, Mich. (1975; renovated 2001)
• North Business Complex (1992)
• James B. Henry Center for Executive Development (2001)