Since Michigan State University was established, the east Lansing campus has been home to more than 20,000 alumni who also call the upper peninsula home. This year the university welcomes 1,400 students from the region who have enrolled in the fall semester.
On Sunday, university leaders will begin to tour northern Michigan and the upper peninsula to learn more about the region and connect with communities and partners to encourage collaboration. MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz says the bus will make fifteen stops including at the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College in L’Anse.
About 65 faculty and senior leaders. This is about learning from the people and the organizations already partnering with Michigan state across the UP and northern Michigan, but also an opportunity to see where we can have an even greater impact, where there are some opportunities that perhaps we haven’t seen or heard about. Second, we’re going to deepen our understanding of the region’s priorities from health and sustainability to education, and economic opportunity. And then third, explore new collaborations. – Kevin Guskiewicz, President, Michigan State Univeristy
Guskiewicz says the relationship between universities and community colleges can break down barriers to education and expand opportunities for students and communities. While in the western upper peninsula he hopes to meet with Michigan Tech’s President Richard Koubeck to talk about work the institutions can combine forces on as r-1 research universities. The MSU regional bus tour will meet with partners, alumni, and community leaders from 15 towns over three days. Learn more about the MSU regional bus tour in the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan online.
