Oct. 19-21, 2025
The Spartan Bus Tour visited the Upper Peninsula and portions of northern Michigan.
Recap video
Watch participants explore locations throughout northern Michigan and the UP, including schools, businesses, health systems, and cultural and research hubs.
Featured Stories
From sap to sustainability: Inside MSU’s Forestry Innovation Center
The center manages projects that span centuries, with immediate impact on industry and communities across Michigan.
Spartan Bus Tour highlights MSU’s Upper Peninsula partnerships
Spartans have spent decades working alongside communities in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Partnership brings vibrant public art to downtown Cadillac
MSU Extension and the city of Cadillac partnered to create a vibrant new mural honoring Marion Nye.
How MSU is bringing shipwrecked seeds back to life
Researchers are working to resurrect rye seeds lost to a shipwreck in Lake Huron in 1878.
How Northwest Michigan preschoolers learn to like fruits, vegetables, mindfulness
Food-Body-Mind helps increase behavioral well-being in preschool-age children.
Photo gallery: A journey through the UP showcases Spartan impact in action
The Spartan Bus Tour shined a light on community collaborations and impact throughout the region.
Faculty voice: Reflections on the fall 2025 Spartan Bus Tour
Lucía Cárdenas Curiel shares her experience as a Spartan Bus Tour participant.
Spartan Bus Tour celebrates spirit of UP, northern Michigan
Spartans traveled to 15 communities to strengthen partnerships, explore local opportunities and connect with residents.
‘Considering the role we all play’
Participants share their perspectives on the Spartan Bus Tour to the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan.
In the News
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MSU to bring Spartan Bus Tour to UP, northern Michigan
Iron Mountain Daily News
Michigan State University president, faculty, staff to visit UP
Radio Results Network
MSU's Spartan Bus Tour stops in Cadillac Sunday
Cadillac News
Spartans visit Kalkaska Memorial
The Antrim Review
Spartan Bus Tour visits local MSU forestry center
Escanaba Daily Press
SPARTY COMES NORTH: Michigan State president leads bus trip
Radio Results Network
MSU ‘Spartan Bus Tour’ takes a stop to explore Vulcan’s iron mine
WLUC | TV6 and FOX UP
MSU Spartan Bus stops to learn about tribal students, manoomin in the UP
WBUP/WJMN | MyUPnow.com
Michigan State University bus tour stops at KBOCC to learn about wild rice and connect with native communities
Keweenaw Report
The Spartan Bus Tour makes stops in the UP
WXMQ 19 News | CBS | MeTV Marquette
MSU program aims to transform preschoolers' health habits with mindfulness
WPBN/WGTU | ABC 74 | UpNorthLive