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Aug. 19, 2024

The week in photos: August 12–18, 2024

By: Jennifer Trenkamp
President Kevin Guskiewicz poses with a group of individuals outside of the Auditorium.
Pinecones at the top of fence posts leading to Beal Botanical Garden.
MSU Broad Art Museum with red and purple lights inside the building.
A view from above where East Circle Drive meets West Circle Drive.
Farm Lane bridge at dawn with lamp posts lit up.
A drone shot of the newly renovated Farm Lane bridge.
A group of individuals pose around a green car on a roadway.
Allan Haller, Kevin Guskiewicz and Jonathan Smith at Spartan Stadium.
President Kevin Guskiewicz takes a selfie with the football team at Spartan Stadium.
Spartan statue against an early dawn sky
President Kevin Guskiewicz poses with a group of individuals outside of the Auditorium.
Pinecones at the top of fence posts leading to Beal Botanical Garden.
MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., joins a campus tour with a Spartan student tour guide and prospective students and families. Did you know? The 2025-26 MSU application is officially open! Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Like what you're seeing? If you have any suggestions for campus subjects or locations to be featured in the Week in Photos, please email us at msutoday@msu.edu.
A welcoming and familiar sight to the Beal Botanical Garden: the ornamental pinecone-topped staircase that leads visitors to the green splendor below. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.
MSU BAM, at dawn, is illuminated in a way that highlights the angles and lines of this architectural wonder. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

A moody blanket of clouds overlooks the north section of campus where East Circle Drive meets West Circle Drive. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Just before campus wakes, the newly renovated Farm Lane bridge waits majestically for passersby. Photo by Derrick L. Turner
From above, catch a view of the newly renovated Farm Lane bridge. Soon, this bridge will be busting with traffic and students heading to class. Learn more about the Farm Lane bridge project. Photo by Garret Morgan.

MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D.; Vice President for Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Facilities Dan Bollman; Interim Provost Thomas D. Jeitschko; and Granger Construction officials pose with a very on-brand green car, a 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, at the Farm Lane bridge renovation ceremony. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.
MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., center, joins Vice President and Athletic Director Alan Haller, left, and Head Football Coach Jonathan Smith, right, at Spartan Stadium. President Guskiewicz visited with the football team during one of its preseason practices. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.
A very presidential selfie takes place after MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., speaks with the football team. The football season kicks off at 7 p.m., Aug. 30 at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans take on Florida Atlantic University. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.
The Spartan, ever a symbol of strength and resilience, stands stoically. One of the most recognizable icons of MSU, the statue has been part of so many of our memories as students, fans and visitors. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.
MSU President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., joins a campus tour with a Spartan student tour guide and prospective students and families. Did you know? The 2025-26 MSU application is officially open! Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

Like what you're seeing? If you have any suggestions for campus subjects or locations to be featured in the Week in Photos, please email us at msutoday@msu.edu.
A welcoming and familiar sight to the Beal Botanical Garden: the ornamental pinecone-topped staircase that leads visitors to the green splendor below. Photo by Derrick L. Turner.

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