{"id":7938,"date":"2015-02-04T10:37:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T15:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=7938"},"modified":"2015-02-04T10:37:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T15:37:04","slug":"2015-founders-day-awards-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=7938","title":{"rendered":"2015 Founders\u2019 Day Awards Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upon\u00a0Governor Kinsley S. Bingham\u2019s signing of state legislation on February 12, 1855, Michigan Agricultural College was founded. The Agricultural College of the State of Michigan became America’s first agricultural college and “mother” of all land-grant colleges in the United States. The college became a university on July 1, 1955<\/a>, and received its last of six name changes on January 1, 1964<\/a>, becoming Michigan State University.<\/p>\n

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MSU’s Laboratory Row in 1912: Horticulture, Bacteriology, Botany, Dairy, Entomology, and Agriculture. All but Agriculture Hall have since been renamed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In honor of Michigan State University\u2019s founding in February of 1855, the university honors its faculty and staff in a yearly awards ceremony around the time of its original founding. This ceremony, known as Founders\u2019 Day, recognizes the hard work, dedication and achievements of its faculty and staff. The primary focus of this event is on the people and the accomplishments of this great university. Thus, Founders\u2019 Day provides us with an opportunity to highlight our strengths, particularly the academic strengths of the institution. In past years, students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, private sector partners and other constituents, along with representatives from communities, government and other universities from across the state and around the country, have all been a part of this university event. The 2015 Awards Convocation ceremony, along with President Simon’s State of the University address, will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. in Pasant Theatre of the Wharton Center. For more information about this event, please visit this website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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