An MSU alum is opening in a personal essay about feeling 'heartbroken' over the recent campus shooting.
I had no idea where I wanted to go to college. All I knew was that, eventually, I’d end up at one of the universities in my home state of Michigan. During my senior year of high school, when one of my best friends invited me to go with her to Michigan State University to visit her brother, I saw it as a chance to check out one of my options.It’s hard to describe until you’ve been there. The camaraderie, the sprawling, picturesque campus, the energy of students teeming throughout it.
When I look back on my life, I can drill down to one decision as the most impactful: going to Michigan State. Much of the good that has happened in my life threads back to MSU. It afforded me an education, of course, but it gave me so much more. When I moved across the country to San Diego and knew only a handful of people, it gave me community and a sense of belonging to see other folks in MSU gear — swapping the “Go green, go white” greeting with unabashed enthusiasm. As my career unfolded, the connections I made on campus allowed me to make big leaps that may have otherwise felt impossible.
Part of what makes Michigan State so unique is the breadth of it, that you can find a Spartan at every far corner of the world, given how many students walk its campus each year. MSU is home to an average
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