Western Lower Peninsula
From Oct. 21-23, 2024, Michigan State University President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., and a group of faculty and administrators set out on the inaugural Spartan Bus Tour. They visited locations throughout the western Lower Peninsula of Michigan to build community connections and strengthen MSU’s commitment to education, research, outreach and extension.
Recap Video
Watch the inaugural Spartan Bus Tour visit local businesses, schools, state parks, and cultural and research sites across the western Lower Peninsula.
Faculty voice: Reflections on the Spartan Bus Tour
Christina L. Myers is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism in MSU’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences.
Impactful, enriching, rewarding: 8 takeaways from the inaugural Spartan Bus Tour
Faculty members who participated in the inaugural Spartan Bus Tour share what the experience meant to them.
MSU’s inaugural Spartan Bus Tour ‘brings MSU to Michigan’
The tour, launched on the heels of the investiture of President Guskiewicz, represents one of his first priorities as a new Michigander and Spartan.
Strong roots: How MSU supports Michigan’s resilient fruit growers
For more than 45 years, MSU’s Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center has been advancing the success of fruit growers in the northwest Lower Peninsula.
Waves, wind and weather: MSU scientists protect Michigan coastlines
MSU researchers are teaming up with several coastal communities to collect essential data — empowering local leaders with the knowledge needed to protect and preserve the state’s shorelines for future generations.
From research to real world health: The power of strategic partnerships
Discover how MSU’s College of Human Medicine has transformed Grand Rapids into a thriving hub for health care innovation through strategic partnerships, collaborative research and impactful discoveries.
‘Unparalleled’: Spartans lead research for a sustainable Michigan
MSU’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station serves as a hub for groundbreaking research in ecology, evolution, agriculture and environmental sustainability that benefits the state and beyond.
Spartan Bus Tour 2024 to highlight scope of MSU’s statewide impact
President Guskiewicz and a delegation of faculty and administrators will explore more than a dozen places around the state where MSU is partnering with local communities to change Michigan and the world for the better.
In the News
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MSU bus tour, president comes to Ludington State Park
Ludington Daily News
Inaugural Spartan Bus Tour makes stop in Grand Rapids
Wood TV8
Spartan Bus Tour highlights scope of MSU’s statewide impact
WGVN News
MSU bus tour visits horticultural center
The Record Eagle
MSU Bus Tour kicks off at Ziibiwing Center
The Morning Sun
New MSU president, administrators plan 3-day bus tour 'to build connections'
Detroit News
MSU President prepares to tour the state
WLNS
Inaugural MSU Spartan Bus Tour will visit Ludington State Park
Mason County Press
