密歇根州立大学： 传播知识，改变人生
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Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university located in East Lansing， Michigan， United States. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College， the first state agricultural college. As the first agricultural college in the United States， it served as a model for future Land Grant colleges under the 1862 Morrill Act.From 1925 to 1959 it was known as Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science， and in 1964 its present name was adopted. The oldest part of campus lies on the north bank of the Red Cedar. The campus south of the river consists mostly of post-World War II International Style buildings with sparse foliage， relatively straight roadways， and numerous parking lots. Wells Hall is a sprawling classroom and office building just south of the Red Cedar River. Michigan State University Ombudsman is the oldest continually operating ombudsman office at a college or university in the country. MSU pioneered the studies of packaging， hospitality business， supply chain management， and telecommunication.Its study-abroad program is the largest of any single-campus university in the country， offering more than 200 programs in more than 60 countries on all continents including Antarctica.
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System： Michigan State University is organized into 17 degree granting colleges including： College of Agriculture and Natural Resources， College of Arts and Letters， The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management， College of Communication Arts and Sciences， College of Education， College of Engineering， College of Human Medicine， James Madison College， College of Law， Lyman Briggs College， College of Music， College of Natural Science， College of Nursing， College of Osteopathic Medicine， College of Social Science， College of Veterinary Medicine， Residential College in the Arts and Humanities. Note： The school"s nuclear physics， economics， engineering， business， education， osteopathic medicine， political science， journalism， packaging， fisheries and wildlife， forestry， and criminal justice programs are among the nation"s best.
Outstanding research： In 1877， botany professor William J. Beal performed the first documented genetic crosses to produce hybrid corn， which led to increased yields. MSU dairy professor G. Malcolm Trout invented the process for the homogenization of milk in the 1930s. In the 1960s， MSU scientists developed cisplatin， a leading cancer fighting drug.
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adopt [dpt] vt. 采取；接受；收养
sparse [spɑ：s] adj. 稀疏的；稀少的
foliage [fuliid] n. 植物；叶子
parking lot n. 停车场
sprawling [spr：li] adj. 蔓生的，不规则地伸展的
ombudsman [mbdzmn] n. 视察官；监察专员
Antarctica [ntɑ：ktik] n. 南极洲
osteopathic medicine 骨科医学
nuclear physics 核物理
forestry [fristri] n. 林业；林学
criminal justice 刑事司法
genetic [dinetik] adj. 遗传的；基因的
cisplatin [sispltn] n. 铂化合物；顺氯氨铂
中文概述
密歇根州立大学是一所位于美国密歇根州东兰辛市的公立大学。密歇根州立大学成立于1855年，是美国第一所依据土地拨赠法案而成立的大学。作为一所顶尖的公立研究型大学，密歇根州立大学以教育和农业以及通讯理论闻名，同时也是包装与音乐治疗研究的先锋。
密歇根州立大学拥有全美历史第二悠久的饭店管理学院。密歇根州立大学的海外研修课程是全美单一校园大学中规模最大的一个、并提供超过六十个国家总计两百多个课程、遍及所有的洲包括南极洲。
密歇根州立大学设立包装、酒店商务、电子信息和音乐疗法专业。学生选读最多的学科是商科管理、社会科学、大众传播、工程、农业商科及农业生产。国际学生可以在密歇根州立大学的校园里学习"非母语英语课程"。
密歇根州立大学下设农业自然科学院，商学院，工程学院，文理学院，社会科学学院，音乐学院，自然科学学院，传媒艺术与科学学院，文学院，人类医学院，兽医学院、教育学院，荣誉学院，骨疗学院，法学院等。
校园历史最优久的部份位于红杉河的北边，其中包括新哥特式建筑风格的建筑物、大量的树木、和曲中带直的道路。红杉河南边的校园主要是二战后期的国际样式、具有稀疏的叶饰、相较之下较笔直的道路和为数众多的停车场所组成的建筑物群。
梦想成功录
Of all the possessions of this life， fame is the noblest.
身外之物，声誉最贵。
You only live once. But if you work it right， once is enough.
你只活一次，如果活得好，一次就够了。