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Michigan State University’s “Spartan Bus Tour” stopped in several Upper Peninsula communities on Monday, bringing the university’s president and some five dozen faculty, staff, and administartors north of the Mackinac Bridge…some for the first time in their lives.
The entourage crossed the Bridge Sunday evening, and then after a stop at the Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse in Gulliver, they pulled into the Terrace Bay Hotel on the shores of Lake Michigan. But it was an early rise on Monday, as the group trickled into Delta County for a visit to the MSU Forestry Innovation Center, before the sun was even fully up.
Along for the ride was new MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz, who took over in East Lansing last year.
“The goal of the Spartan Bus Tour when I started it last October was to get out across the state, take about 60 to 70 faculty and staff leaders to touch down in these communities,” Guekiewicz told RRN News. “It’s so we can understand how we can have a greater impact, whether it’s to help drive the economy, whether it’s to improve conditions, or try to inspire students, parents, families, to think about Michigan State University.”
After doing some maple syrup sampling and learning about forestry in Delta County, the group then visited the iron mine near Norway, and visited Connor Sports in the Iron County town of Amassa. That’s a company that makes the basketball courts for the NCAA tournaments, many of which MSU students have competed on.
“There’s over 300,000 people who live in the U.P.,” Guskiewicz said. “We’d love to have more of those college-eligible students come to Michigan State. So, we have to sort of showcase the world-class university that we have.”
The Spartan Bus Tour wraps up on Tuesday with stops in Munising, Chatham, and Naubinway, before the group heads back down to Lower Michigan.
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