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June 11, 2021

MSU Union celebrates 96th birthday

By: Kelsie Lane

The MSU Union officially opened on the Michigan Agricultural College campus June 12, 1925. 96 years later, the Union has gone through a university name change, seen its campus go from 351 students to 49,695 and kept up with the changing times to provide a welcoming space for the MSU community.

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Photo of people digging. Writing reads 'M.A.C Men work on Union Building Nov. 1923'

Ground broke on the construction of the MSU Union in 1923. The initial construction was funded entirely by students and alumni, starting in 1915 and paused by World War I. When construction was planned to resume, Robert J. McCarthy, secretary of the Alumni Association, organized a competitive “Excavation Week” where students, faculty and volunteers dug the Union's foundation to help raise the last of the necessary funds.

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