Detroit
MSU AND DETROIT: SIDE BY SIDE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
For decades, Michigan State University has been working with partners in Detroit to support economic development, advance the arts, transform schools, improve health, and sustain the environment. Like Detroit, MSU values resilience, hard work, and a commitment to solving problems and empowering people for better lives.
972
Enrolled Detroit Students
$20.6m
Spending with Detroit Businesses
$317m
Economic Impact in Region
4,387
Alumni
Endowment Fund Becomes Majority Investor in Fisher Building
Michigan State University’s investment today in one of Detroit’s most historic and iconic buildings, the Fisher Building, adds another splash of green to the Motor City skyline.
The university anticipates supporting an array of educational, administrative and community-facing functions within the building, while the MSU Research Foundation plans to open a start-up incubator inside the Fisher Building later this year.
Detroit Apple Developer Academy Celebrates First Graduating Class
The academy in Detroit is the first in the United States, launched as part of Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. The free program offers students an opportunity to become entrepreneurs and app developers by learning the fundamentals of coding, design, marketing and project management — with an emphasis on inclusivity and making a positive impact in local communities.
MSU Nursing Students Speed into the Motor City
Keeping hundreds of Detroit Public Schools elementary and middle school children orderly while collecting saliva samples as part of COVID-19 screenings proved overwhelming and, that day, the nursing students only made it through fourth grade.
Apple, MSU collaborate to launch first U.S. Developer Academy:
Apple and Michigan State University announced that they will partner to launch the tech giant’s first United States-based Developer Academy in Detroit.
Why Nonprofits Are Taking Over Detroit, Flint Governance
Though nonprofit philanthropies aid cities in times of need, like when natural disasters hit, their work usually ends when the crisis subsides. But that’s not the case in Detroit and Flint. New research from Michigan State University finds that nonprofits have acquired unprecedented involvement in how these two cities are governed.
Training Detroit's Future Civic Leaders
Over the past five years, Joshua Sapotichne and his team have deployed more than 160 students from 22 majors to partner with more than 30 Detroit civic organizations. Today, dozens of MSU InnovateGov alumni work full time in civic roles in Detroit.