Category Archives: MSU

Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition Gold Medal Wine Reception 2009

Michigan Wine & Spirits Competition Be among the first to try winning wines from the 2009 Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition and taste the breadth of quality from Michigan’s vineyards. Sip a glass of wine while chatting with winning winemakers to learn more about their wines. The Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center will host the [...]

Behind the scenes with the Michigan Works Film Class

Scott Allman has posted a cool video taking you behind the scenes at Michigan Works’ new Film Training Class through Michigan State University & Lansing Community College. The class uses actual filmmakers like Michigan’s Rich Brauer as instructors and retrains people to be able to work with movie crews. You can read about the class [...]

MSU Men & Women in Sweet Sixteen

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams from Michigan State University have reached the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament. Michigan State’s mens cagers earned their eighth trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 in the last 12 years. The Spartans will face Kansas in the Midwest Regional semifinal TONIGHT (Friday, March 27 @ in Indianapolis, [...]

Michigan and MSU both headed to the Big Dance

ballin’ by Beth☮♥♬ With the 2009 Final Four taking place in Detroit, it’s probably fitting that both the University of Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans have received NCAA Basketball Tournament bids It’s the first NCAA tournament bid for the Wolverines since 1998, a #10 seed in the South Region with a draw of Clemson [...]

The Week for October 20-26, 2008

Fallen Beauty by lorainedicerbo Welcome to ‘The Week’ for October 20-26. This is where we will be posting comments such as news items, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other items of note. We invite you to do the same! Temps are dropping and [...]

The University Research Corridor and it’s positive impact on Michigan’s economy

gothic splendor by dnj_Brian Nathan Bomey of the Ann Arbor Business Review has an interesting piece showcasing how Michigan’s three research universities have a direct and significant impact on our state’s economy. One of every $50 earned in the state of Michigan can be attributed to the economic impact of the state’s three research universities, [...]

Michigan March Madness!

The Michigan State University women’s basketball team defeated Kansas, 58-54, in the third round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament at the Breslin Center and the University of Michigan’s women’s hoops squad dispatched Southern Miss 59-45. Now the Spartans and Wolverines will meet in an all-Big Ten, all-Michigan WNIT quarterfinals on Sunday at 2 PM [...]

Photo Friday: Munn Ice Arena by canukr

Ryan took this photo at Game 2 of the CCHA semifinals between Northern Michigan vs Michigan State (NMU won the series 3-2 btw). He seems to enjoy hockey & ruins more than just a little and is also a member of Team Lazy. Share this:

Photo Friday: Sparty & Bo Pumpkins by sage_82

To say that sage_82 (Mark Ratliff) is a master of the art of pumpkin carving is a huge understatement. His 2006 tribute to Michigan football legend Bo Schembechler and his 2007 Sparty are simply incredible. Take a moment and check out some of the pumpkins he’s carved (view the slideshow). Share this:

Blogs We Dig: The Hometown Invasion Tour

The Hometown Invasion Tour is a documentation of the travels of Justin Sailor (a Michigan native) and friend (Rice the plastic squirrel) through each of the 50 states, staying “with a different family in each state, documenting hometown life through photography, interviews, and journal writing.” His project is online so that people can follow his [...]