July 2011
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Anonymous asked: Hello! I've always wondered what is the story behind the statue between SnyPhi and Mason-Abbot! What is it exactly and why it there? Also, your blog makes me so proud to be a Spartan!
June 2011
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Event: Roosevelt's Semi-Centennial Visit
In 2005, we celebrated our sesquicentennial anniversary as a university. We got a great ice cream flavor out of it and in return, we all get to be part of the elite group who are actually aware what sesquicentennial means (150th, in case you weren’t in the know).
However, MSU was a little wishy-washy about its official beginnings until 1934. Around that time, the University of Maryland...
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Feature: Snyder-Phillips Hall
Snyder-Phillips Hall, known to current students as the home of the Residential College of Arts and Humanities (RCAH), has only been in its current form for a handful of years.
Originally, Snyder-Phillips was built in 1947 near Mason-Abbot (1938) and designed to be its sister hall. This makes it the last residence hall on campus to be built in the traditional Collegiate Gothic style.
Nothing...
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“The real Michigan is Michigan State.”
– President Bill Clinton in his commencement address to the Class of 1995.
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100 followers!
Thank you to everyone who is following this blog! I hope you’re having just as much fun learning about the history of MSU as I am. I really appreciate your input, so please feel free to ask questions or make suggestions.
Yesterday’s trivia question was answered correctly by two followers - spartanguard and summer51. The second largest lecture hall on campus is N130 Business College...
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Feature: Wells Hall(s)
Today, Wells Hall is the largest academic building on campus (and still expanding). However, the Wells Hall you’ve probably had a class in at some point in your MSU career is actually the third hall to bear that name.
The first Wells Hall was built in 1877, a year after the college’s first dormitory (now known as Saints’ Rest) burnt down. Wells Hall became the main dormitory...
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Profile: Linda Landon
As most people know, the six residence halls that make up West Circle are all named for notable women in the history of our school.
Linda Landon is one of the women honored with a building in West Circle, but she is also partially responsible for another building on campus as well - the current MSU Museum.
The first female instructor at the college, Linda Landon primarily served as the...
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wildandcrazykids asked: When and who was the first student of colour to be admitted to MSU?
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“These wonderful state universities are a constant surprise and a matter of great...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt, at the opening ceremony of the Auditorium in 1940
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Feature: Wonders Hall
One thing I need to make clear from the get-go here is that the majority of the residence hall buildings in South, East, and Brody unfortunately do not have a whole lot of “history” to dig up.
Let me let you in on a secret - John Hannah (without a doubt the most notable president in MSU’s history) multiplied student enrollment almost tenfold in just twenty years (we went from...
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