{"id":4168,"date":"2017-03-31T16:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2017-03-31T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T06:41:18","slug":"4168","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2017\/03\/31\/4168\/","title":{"rendered":"A few reasons to head to Michigan this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Michigan State University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: East Lansing, United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why here?:<\/strong> Great spread of summer (Australian winter)\u00a0short-term programs, student town, football games, on-campus living<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State University has been around for about 150 years and is the centrepiece of East Lansing, USA. The whole town rallies around the university and their much beloved Spartans football and basketball teams. MSU is one of the top 100 universities in the world and is a leading research university.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/03\/msu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/03\/msu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu-500x208.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make the most of the experienced and knowledgeable staff at MSU, why not partake in a short-term\u00a0study experience this summer\u00a0available to all faculties. If you\u2019re an Engineering, Creative Industries, Business, Law or Education student, in particular, then check out <a href=\"https:\/\/qutvirtual2.qut.edu.au\/ismms-core\/outboundStp\/listUpcoming\">the Global Portal\u00a0<\/a>for all\u00a0short-term exchange options to MSU. There are a wide range of options including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qutvirtual2.qut.edu.au\/ismms-core\/outboundStp\/5241\/view\">Data Mining &amp; Visualisation for Business Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qutvirtual2.qut.edu.au\/ismms-core\/outboundStp\/5841\/view\">Entrepreneurship Bootcamp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qutvirtual2.qut.edu.au\/ismms-core\/outboundStp\/5601\/view\">Lights, Camera, Action!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qutvirtual2.qut.edu.au\/ismms-core\/outboundStp\/6085\/view\">Materials Characterisation: Theory, Practice, and Research Applications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The campus encompasses around 5,200 acres of land and includes 27 residential buildings, 10 on-campus dining halls, 4 indoor fitness facilities, 2 golf courses, and of course Spartan Stadium which holds 75,000 people. You will also have the opportunity to attend concerts, shows, theatre and museums across campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/03\/msu2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4170\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/03\/msu2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>East Lansing is easily accessible from Detroit by a short bus ride on the Michigan Flyer. Chicago and Toronto and Niagara Falls in Canada are driving distance from the university.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4171\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/03\/msu3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4171 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/03\/msu3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/03\/msu3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">QUT students Hayley and Emma attending a Spartans Football game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So why not don the green and white and cheer the Spartans on?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan State University Location: East Lansing, United States Why here?: Great spread of summer (Australian winter)\u00a0short-term programs, student town, football games, on-campus living Michigan State University has been around for about 150 years and is the centrepiece of East Lansing, USA. 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