Resources

• MSU Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

• MSU College of Engineering

• CHEMS Graduate Handbook

• MSU Undergraduate American Institute of Chemical Engineers

• Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS)

• StuInfo

• Graduate Employees Union

• Residential and Hospitality Service

• CATA Bus Transportation

• MSU Campus Addresses

Spartan Village

Many of the international students, both masters and doctoral students, live at Spartan Village. The advantages the students have sited are the close proximity to campus (good bus service), everything is included in the price (electricity, heat, internet) and the apartments are fully furnished. There is a community center that includes a gym. In addition, there are a lot of graduate students living at Spartan Village, so you can get to know many people. The arrangements for rental can be done by e-mail/internet and the rental rates are listed on the site above.

Cedar Village
Cedar Village is also very close to campus. These apartments are furnished but it is a little more expensive than Spartan Village. DTN management owns many of the nearby apartment complexes—it has a reputation for being fairly expensive, but quite nice.

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MSU Off-Campus Housing
This website may be helpful for seeing all of the different apartment complexes available in the area. Beware, this site will likely only have large complexes that typically cater to undergraduate students. These apartments may not be the cheapest available, but they will be well organized.

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Craigslist—Lansing, Housing

Many (non-first-year) graduate students go to Craigslist.org to find cheaper housing options or to look for a house to rent rather than an apartment. There are lots of listings available. Students who live in/near East Lansing have a big advantage as they can visit the house/apartment before signing a lease.

On MSU Campus

• The Wharton Center

• MSU Dairy Store

• MSU Botanical Garden

• MSU Athletics

• R.E. Olds Transportation Museum

• Abrams Planetarium

• Kresge Art Museum

• MSU Theatre Department

• Michigan State Kayak, Canoe, and Sailing Club

• The Pavilion

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In the East Lansing/Lansing Area

• Lansing Lugnuts Baseball

• Lansing Oar and Paddle Club

• State Capitol Tours

• Old Town Lansing

• The Country Mill

• Downtown Williamston

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Further Afield

• The Henry Ford (Dearborn, MI - museum, village, factory)

• Mackinaw Island

• Frankenmuth Christmas Village

• Sleeping Bear Dunes State Park

• Chicago (Museum of Sci and Industry, Michigan Ave, etc)

• Detroit (DIA, Lions, etc)

• Ann Arbor (Zingermans, Canoeing on the Huron River, UM, etc)

• The Upper Peninsula

• Traverse City (Cherry Festival etc)

• Holland (Tulip Festival, Windmill)