The week in photos: Oct. 2–8, 2023

Finished sketches from the crawl, drawn on special handmade folded notebooks, give a collage-like view of campus icons, including Beaumont Tower and The Spartan. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Faculty and staff of color connected over the theme “family reunion” at a recent welcome reception hosted by the Coalition of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, or CoREM. Photo by Dane Robison.

Munn Field was the place to be on Friday, Oct. 6 as students set up a record-breaking 1,350 tents during the Izzone Campout. Members of the Izzone — the MSU men’s basketball team’s student section — camp out on the field each year to show their support for Coach Izzo and the Spartans, officially kicking off the season. Photo by Nick Schrader.

Men’s Basketball Head Coach Tom Izzo was joined at the Izzone Campout by his granddaughter — perhaps one of the coach’s newest and greatest fans. Photo by Nick Schrader.

Men’s basketball senior Mady Sissoko captures a snapshot with fans at the Izzone Campout. A team player both on and off the court, Sissoko recently took major strides to give back to his hometown by creating the Mady Sissoko Foundation. Using Sissoko’s licensing funds from basketball and donations from fellow Spartans, the foundation successfully built a new school in Tangafoya, Mali, giving hundreds of children improved access to education. Photo by Nick Schrader.

MSU Finance, MSU Human Resources and TIAA hosted “Real Talk about Race and Mental Health” on Oct. 3, facilitated by anti-racism author and speaker Doyin Richards, who brought thoughtful discussions to campus that explored ways racism can be eradicated in the workplace and beyond. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A quartet of students in the College of Music perform the fight song for passersby outside the MSU Library. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A trio of Spartans, clad with colorful umbrellas, do their best to stay dry on a rainy day on campus. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Members of the campus community joined the MSU Department of Police and Public Safety to learn more about how DPPS operates, protects and serves campus at the Fall 2023 Citizen’s Police Academy. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Fiery mums shine in a planter box along the bridge to Spartan Stadium. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

As red outpaces green on many campus trees, we’re happy to marvel at the splendor of autumn in East Lansing — even if it means the red leaves soon will make way for bare trees. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.