College of Agriculture & Natural Resources School of Packaging

School of Packaging Featured in the News

• School of Packaging hosts groundbreaking for building renovation

  Published on April 20, 2022 by The State News
  

• Corporate Connector of the Year: Matthew Daum

  Published on April 14, 2022 by MSU Innovation Center
  

• The quest to recycle the unrecyclable

  Published on February 17, 2022 by MSU Today
  

• Muhammad Rabnawaz: Confronting the plastics problem

  Published on December 7, 2021 by MSU Today
  

• Sustainable changes come to portioned fresh meat and poultry

  Published on October 1, 2021 by Sustainable changes come to portioned fresh meat and poultry
  

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  CANR provides rankings on department, unit initiatives around DEI

  Published on April 26, 2022
  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion announced the 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Badge Awards recipients at the CANR Faculty and Staff Reception on Apr. 21.

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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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  School of Packaging celebrates 2022 student scholarship recipients

  Published on April 19, 2022
  The MSU School of Packaging awarded student scholarships at its Packaging Celebration on April 19.

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  Julie Burton receives 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Paul Schmidt Service Award

  Published on April 19, 2022
  Julie Burton received the 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Paul Schmidt Service Award at the School of Packaging Celebration on Apr. 19.

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  Jenn Goff receives 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Paul Schmidt Service Award

  Published on April 19, 2022
  Jenn Goff received the 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Paul Schmidt Service Award at the School of Packaging Celebration on Apr. 19.

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  Mary Kate Sovran receives 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Young Alumni Award

  Published on April 19, 2022
  Mary Kate Sovran received the 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Young Alumni Award at the School of Packaging Celebration on Apr. 19.

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  Matt Rodgers receives 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Innovation Award

  Published on April 19, 2022
  Matt Rodgers received the 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Innovation Award at the School of Packaging Celebration on Apr. 19.

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  Steven Gendreau receives 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Hall of Fame Award

  Published on April 19, 2022
  Steven Gendreau received the 2022 MSU Packaging Alumni Association Hall of Fame Award at the School of Packaging Celebration on Apr. 19.

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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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  Aaron Tucker receives 2022 CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor Award

  Published on April 6, 2022
  School of Packaging’s Aaron Tucker to receive the 2022 CANR Outstanding Academic Advisor Award.

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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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  Ring Container Technologies invests in MSU School of Packaging Building Renovation

  Published on January 20, 2022
  Global leader in packaging, Ring Container Technologies, has made a $1.5 million gift to the Michigan State University (MSU) School of Packaging to support renovations to the School of Packaging building.

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  Packaging alum combatting COVID-19 with product packaging

  Published on November 23, 2021
  Packaging alumna Maressa Sarto, now a packaging engineer for Pfizer, has worked on products to help COVID-19 patients.

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  Packaging Director Update, Fall 2021

  Published on November 22, 2021
  School of Packaging director and professor Dr. Matt Daum, Ph.D. provides an update for Fall 2021.

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  School of Packaging’s Aaron Tucker receives 2021 MSU Outstanding Established Advisor Award

  Published on November 22, 2021
  Aaron Tucker, undergraduate advisor in the MSU School of Packaging, was awarded the 2021 MSU Outstanding Established Advisor Award for his sustained commitment to academic advising.

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  School of Packaging strategic pillars

  Published on November 22, 2021
  Director Daum discusses three priorities: to renovate the Packaging Building, effort to increase diversity, equity and inclusion; and to increase number of faculty and financial support for graduate students.

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  Packaging student finds true calling in packaging industry

  Published on November 18, 2021
  Undergraduate student Brian Forté looks forward to a career in packaging.

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  Director Daum shares the impact the transformative Amcor gift will have on the School of Packaging

  Published on August 3, 2021
  Recently, global packaging leader Amcor made a transformative gift to the MSU School of Packaging. We interviewed the MSU School of Packaging director Matt Daum to learn more about the impact this gift will have on the school.

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  Packaging leader Amcor makes transformative gift to Michigan State University School of Packaging

  Published on August 3, 2021
  The $10.8 million gift from Amcor is the largest corporate gift in the School of Packaging's history and will establish an endowed faculty position focused on sustainability and support renovations to the School of Packaging building.

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  MSU School of Packaging receives grants to develop two new processes to recycle and reuse plastics

  Published on July 9, 2021
  The Rabnawaz Research Team is developing new processes for bottle-to-bottle recycling and a responsible solution to reuse mixed plastic waste.