College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Alumni & Friends

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  New MSU research supported by sustainable agriculture fund

  Published on May 12, 2022
  Researchers are studying land management decisions made by owners of both farmland and woodland. The work is supported by MSU alumni Doug and Maria Bayer.

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  MSU dairy science alum establishes discretionary endowment for animal science

  Published on May 10, 2022
  MSU dairy science alum William (Bill) Oswalt has established a new endowment to provide discretionary support for the MSU Department of Animal Science.

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  MSU Extension launches 4-H Clovers CODE, an Apple Community Education Initiative, in southeast Michigan

  Published on April 27, 2022
  The 4-H Clovers CODE (Creating Opportunities Designed for Everyone) program is for youth interested in exploring coding and creative arts through technology in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.

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  MSU School of Packaging celebrates groundbreaking to modernize the Packaging building

  Published on April 19, 2022
  Packaging project receives more than $10 million in gifts from donors in order to break ground.

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  Frasiers support School of Packaging renovation project; endow faculty position

  Published on April 12, 2022
  MSU Packaging alumnus Chuck Frasier and his wife, Jackie, have made multiple gifts to the Packaging Building Renovation to complete the fundraising goal and allow construction to begin, as well as to establish an endowed faculty position in packaging.

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  Gift supports MSU entomology mission, education

  Published on April 11, 2022
  The $2.75M gift from Mary Tatter honors her passion for youth education and commemorates her late husband MSU alumnus Jordan Tatter, ’60 entomology.

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  CANR alumni provide matching gift opportunity for Give Green Day

  Published on March 22, 2022
  Valerie Wright, '89, and Andrew Schweitzer, '00, alumni from the School of Planning, Design and Construction, provided an additional gift for exceeding the CANR goal on Give Green Day.

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  CANR Spartans come together to give almost $50K on Give Green Day

  Published on March 22, 2022
  The 2022 Give Green Day was very successful for the CANR community, with nearly $50,000 raised for various projects and programs representing the college, AgBioResearch and MSU Extension.

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  PTIS Spartan alums give back to MSU Packaging building renovation

  Published on March 8, 2022
  A gift from PTIS will fund a study space dedicated for graduate students in the MSU School of Packaging building.

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  Recently retired faculty member creates new endowment for FSHN students to study abroad

  Published on February 24, 2022
  Won O. Song, Ph.D., MPH, RDN, a recently retired faculty member from the MSU Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN), has established a new endowed fund to provide scholarships for FSHN undergraduate students to study abroad.