Identity Conscious Activities
Recognizing, celebrating, and supporting the diversity of experience within our Spartan community.
Student Transition
MSU understands that college is a major transition for most students.
University Advising
MSU University Advising is home to any student who begins at MSU interested in exploring majors (exploratory preference and exploring business preference) as well as a resource for all students who seek additional academic exploration opportunities that reside within one of our 14 undergraduate colleges, with a strategic focus on first- and second-year explorers.
Detroit M.A.D.E. Scholars Program
The Detroit Mastering Academics Demonstrating Excellence (M.A.D.E.) Scholars Program focuses on college transition, graduation and career development for students who have graduated from Detroit public and charter high schools and/or reside in the city of Detroit.
Lansing Spartan Scholars Program
The Lansing Spartan Scholars Program (LSS) is a presidential initiative led by the Office of Undergraduate Education. LSS is committed to expanding pathways from Lansing to Michigan State University by increasing access to higher education through multiple routes, including direct enrollment from high school and transfer opportunities from community colleges and universities.
Pathways Persistence Programs
The MSU Pathways Persistence Programs are a dynamic network of cohort-based initiatives dedicated to student success, persistence, and community. As part of MSU’s commitment to ensuring all students learn, thrive, and graduate, these programs reduce barriers and create structures that foster academic excellence and holistic well-being. Grounded in equity and social justice, we take meaningful action to close opportunity gaps and support students in achieving their goals.
Find out more about the Bailey Scholars Program, Dow STEM Scholars Program, FLI Vanderploeg Scholars, the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment (RISE) and TRIO Student Support Services.
