The week in photos: April 26–May 2, 2021
One of MSU’s longstanding traditions before a football game is to pitch coins at The Spartan Statue for good luck. Perhaps a penny pedi for The Spartan Statue is a newly established tradition to invoke good fortune prior to finals week. Photo by Nick Schrader.
Commencement kicked off on Friday morning with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, but grads didn’t let a bit of inclement weather rain on their parade. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.
The class of 2021 has the unique honor of having one of the most unconventional commencement experiences to date. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.
The university s historic campus arboretum is a living laboratory
A tree symbolizes history in the depth of its roots, growth in the number of rings in its trunk and the promise of the future in its foliage. Michigan State University s trees are a living, breathing part of the university s past, present and future.
In 1873, William J. Beal, one of the first forestry faculty members in the country, established MSU’s campus arboretum. Today, this collection of trees is part of the oldest continuously operated university botanical gardens, bearing his name, in the United States.
These trees and thousands more across campus are carefully preserved to provide students with opportunities to study a diverse display of live trees, and researchers from forestry and plant biology focus on protecting and sustaining the forest for future generations.
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