The Great Spartan Road Trip

See how MSU Spartans make our state a place of opportunity, innovation, and prosperity.

October 1, 2017

The Great State Road Trip: Exploring MSU’s Impact Across Michigan journey spanned three weeks and seven cities. 

The mission: Give people everywhere an up-close look at MSU’s innovative pursuits statewide.

First stop? Right here at home. The team created videos, photos, and conducted interviews with physics wizards bringing the emerging Facility for Rare Isotope Beams online. Team MSU did the same thing at our new Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering.

Then it was off to the Motor City to explore how Spartans are striving to make lighter cars While in Flint, they recorded MSU nurses who are rolling up their sleeves to bring health education and resources to residents still recovering from their city s water crisis.

From there, they headed to Traverse City during its bustling annual film festival. Continuing service led them northeast to Hammond Bay on Lake Huron.  An MSU researcher there explained efforts aimed at preventing invasive sea lampreys from decimating Great Lakes’ ?sh populations.

Finally, the crew trekked to the Upper Peninsula where MSU Extension has been working with farmers since 1899. On the way home, they visited Holland, where our researchers are exploring efficient ways to store wind and solar energy.

The expedition enabled chats with Spartans from all walks of life. And in true family road-trip style, the roving media crew chronicled its seriously cool, just-for-fun, and beautifully scenic memories in a digital scrapbook.

Learn more at: https://msu.edu/roadtrip/