Michigan State University was founded in 1855. http://www.msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html Today it is recognized as one of the best research universities in the world and their Agriculture Department have recently collected a fifth Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for their work on restoring wetlands.http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100611/NEWS06/6110312/1001/NEWS/MSU-wins-another-Michigan-Emmy

The University is known as one of the Big Ten Universities and has several male and female sports teams in the Big Ten Conference.http://www.msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html#campus The actual campus is located in East Lansing, just outside the capital of Michigan and covers 5200 acres of land. http://www.msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html As of Fall 2009 the school was home to 47,278 students. 75% of the students are undergraduates. Michigan State features 17 different colleges which students can attend.

The school was originally founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan. The first classes were held in 1857, when an all male group of 63 students enrolled. It was not until 1870 that the first women were admitted to the school. The college went through several name changes in the decades following, becoming Michigan Agricultural College in 1909, Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science in 1925, Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science in 1955, then finally Michigan State University in 1964. http://www.msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html

Michigan State University is well known for its research and is funded by several large organisations including National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html Past discoveries include Homogenization of milk in the 1930s and in more recent times finding alternatives to fossil fuels. http://www.msu.edu/about/thisismsu/facts.html

Michigan State athletics is most noted for its football program, which plays in the Big Ten Conference, which is part of the BCS. The football team's main rivals include the University of Michigan and Notre Dame. After a game on September 18, 2010 against Notre Dame, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio suffered a heart attack. Despite this, he planned to return to the team by coaching from the press box two weeks later. However, he was found to have a blood clot two days before the game and was hospitalized again.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/09/mark-dantonio-plans-to-coach-michigan-state-from-press-box-on-saturday/1

1. James Caan, actor
2. Tom Sizemore, actor
3. Robert Urich, actor
4. James P Hoffa, Teamsters President
5. John Engler, former Michigan Governor
6. Magic Johnson, former NBA player
7. Rod Brind'Amour, NHL player
8. Muhsin Muhammad, former NFL player