Michigan State University
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Michigan State University 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
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, whose 17th-century gift established Harvard University, the nation's oldest college, which was named in his honor.
Liberty Hyde Bailey, namesake of Bailey Hall at Cornell, often called the "father of American Horticulture," graduated from the Agricultural College in 1882.
Michigan Agricultural College's Laboratory Row in 1912: Horticulture, Bacteriology, Botany, Dairy, Entomology, and Agriculture
Beaumont Tower marks the site of College Hall.
Sparty
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Sparty is the mascot of Michigan State University. Sparty is usually depicted as a muscular male Spartan warrior/athlete dressed in stylized Greek costume. After changing the team name from "Aggies" t
Sparty at a baseball game between Michigan State and the Lansing Lugnuts in 2007.
This 1951 image, predating Sparty, shows a Spartan football player as a beaver trapper.
MSU Bronze Sparty 2