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Major Investments

Fiscal Year 2023-24


Student Success

MSU is investing in student access to higher education, the student living experience on campus and the supportive resources students need to learn and thrive.

  • Campbell Hall renewal — $37 million
  • Spartan Tuition Advantage — $6 million base funding
  • Spartan One-Stop — $2 million

Staff and Faculty Success

MSU’s quality depends on its people and their success. The university is making significant strategic investments in the well-being of staff, faculty and postdoctoral research associates.

  • Faculty and academic staff salary and benefit increases — $36.3 million recurring funding
  • University Health and Wellbeing — $3 million

Innovation for Global Impact

MSU researchers who are engaged in cutting-edge discovery and creative work need state-of-the-art facilities as they generate new knowledge, apply it in practical ways to address complex societal problems and provide rich learning opportunities for the next generation of leaders in critical disciplines.

  • Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center — $75 million
  • Plant Science Greenhouses renovation and addition — $35 million
  • Biomedical Animal Resources Provision for Large Animal Facility for Imaging and Image-guided Therapies — $11 million

Sustainable Health

The new 293,000-square-foot Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be a modern structure with facilities that address student recreation and fitness needs with an eye toward future development. The facility also ensures MSU meets and exceeds national intramural facility standards.

  • Student Recreation and Wellness Center — $200 million
  • Henry Ford Health + MSU Health Sciences partnership research funding — $3.75 million recurring funding

Stewardship and Sustainability

MSU is investing in operational practices that reflect sound stewardship, efficiency and sustainability while ensuring those efforts do not compromise the quality, safety or accessibility of its operations.

  • MSU Museum infrastructure improvements — $28 million
  • East Lansing campus security upgrades — $12.2 million
  • Spartan Financial Navigator budget planning system — $1 million

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Investments in our students, faculty and staff are a commitment to their success and MSU’s national leadership in this area.

  • Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance — $2.3 million
  • 1855 Professorship faculty hiring initiative — $2 million recurring funding

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