Up first is Michigan State University. This school is one of her early top choices at this time. Enjoy some of my pictures from our tour below!

Michigan State University

We stopped in the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility building, a new academic building that repurposes parts of the former Shaw Lane Power Plant, on the way to our tour to use the restrooms, and were wowed by this building. The old machinery saved and reused was pretty cool!

The machine from the previous picture is a Detroit RotoGrate Stoker, which is a continuous ash discharge, traveling grate, spreader stoker that is recognized worldwide for its efficiency in generating steam and power...

...though this one is no longer in use. The inside instead has a digital art installation that uses algorithms to project colorful bursts of activity representing campus power usage onto the interior walls of the building’s former boiler. In the morning, the swirling figures move slower in cooler tones and as the day progresses and energy demands increase, the art picks up speed and its colors skew warmer.

Tara and Jayden walking towards the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility building.

A look at the Red Cedar River running through the Michigan State University campus.

Jay posing with the statue of John Hannah, who was president of Michigan State College (as the university as known until 1964) from 1941–1969.

The stairs heading to the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden.

These unique "pinecone" features were on the gate at one of the entrances to the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden.

A duck standing on a fountain outside of the Main Library.

The back of the scoreboard at Spartan Stadium.

Tara and Jayden crossing the Red Cedar River on one of many bridges on campus.

A look at the Red Cedar River from the bridge in the previous photo.

The Fairchild Theatre, part of the MSU College of Music.

Tara and Jayden walking past some campus artwork.

Jay taking a picture of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.

Another look at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum.

The Old Botany Building on Laboratory Row. The original Old Botany building was built in 1879, serving a botanical museum before a destructive fire in 1890. Two years later, the Old Botany building as we know it today was rebuilt as a botanical laboratory. Old Botany formerly housed the School of Journalism in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences before becoming home to one of two buildings that house the Department of Economics in the College of Social Science.

One of the buildings on campus that I was unable to determine what it is and what it is used for. Beautiful building, though!

The Beaumont Tower, built in 1928. The 104-foot-tall tower marks the site of College Hall, the first building constructed on campus, as well as the first building in America erected for instruction in scientific agriculture. Due to poor construction, College Hall collapsed in 1918. John W. Beaumont, an 1882 alumnus of MSU, proposed the construction of the monument to conserve the Campus Circle and serve as a monument to teaching.

The tower is also a timepiece for the university, directing students' daily activities by sounding hourly. Beaumont also houses a full carillon, with 49 bells. Originally the tower had only ten bells but over time additional bells were added until a full range of music could be played from these. The bells now play frequently throughout the day activated by a computer.