MSU Club of West Michigan
Welcome to the MSU Club of West Michigan website. Our club represents over 24,000 Michigan State University Alumni in Kent, Ottawa, Barry, and Allegan counties. Click here to find out more about us.
Get in the Kitchen with MSU Chefs
The inaugural Culinary Spartans series provides Spartan alums the opportunity to enjoy hands-on cooking classes in East Lansing with the world-class chefs at Michigan State.
The MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan has introduced these series to allow local alums to learn how to create palate-pleasing appetizers, entrees and desserts from Chef Mike Clyne of the Kellogg Center and Chef Allan Sherwin of the MSU Hospitality Business School.
Weekend classes are ongoing and held at the Kellogg Center through August 8, with children’s classes also offered in August. For more information, including menu descriptions, class rates, hotel packages and to register, please visit the Mid-Michigan club's website (http://www.midmichiganspartans.com/Events/CulinarySpartans/tabid/1168/Default.aspx).
Saturday, July 24 – Culinary Spartan: Pacific Rim Cuisine
Sunday, July 25 - Culinary Spartan: Mini Trios in Six Courses
Sunday, August 1 - Culinary Spartan: An International Potpourri
Sunday, August 8 - Culinary Spartan: Go Green Gourmet
Sunday, August 15 - Kids in the Kitchen #1
Sunday, August 22 - Kids in the Kitchen #2
Steve Smith Charity Challenge 2010 - Another Great Success
Thanks to all of the sponsors, golfers, and auction winners for turning the 12th Annual Steve Smith Charity Challenge into our best event yet. We had a record number of MSU greats show up including Jeff Smoker, TJ Duckett, Matt Steigenga, Allyssa Dehaan, Drew Neitzel, Shawn Respert, Ty Hallock, Mitch Lyons, Mark Hollis, Dwayne Stephens, Mike Peplowski, and Steve Polonowski. Coach Izzo again served as auctioneer and with the help of Terry Braverman auctioned off some amazing items, including a ride with the team to the Jimmy V Classic in New York City this winter. A lot of money was raised for the Steve Smith Scholarship Fund, MSU athletics, and Grand Rapids Public Schools.
We look forward to seeing everybody on June 27th, 2011 for the 13th Annual Steve Smith Charity Challenge. Be sure to check out the photo gallery from this year's event. Here is WOOD-TV 8's coverage of the event...
MSU Means Business
Thanks to everyone who came out to join us on February 24th for the 15th Annual MSU Means Business. And congratulations to Michael Lindley of Huntington Bank for winning this year's award.
ABOUT 2010 MSU BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR MICHAEL LINDLEY
Michael Lindley is a 1975 graduate of Michigan State's College of Communications Arts and Sciences with a degree in Advertising. In his early career he worked for some of the country's leading advertising agencies, including Young & Rubicam and Earle Palmer Brown. His clients included General Electric, BellSouth, Intercontinental Hotels, Vail and Beaver Creek Resorts, Blue Cross and Blue Shield and numerous regional banks. In the 1990's he served as Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing of First of America Bank in the Midwest and then National City Bank as the head of Marketing Communications. For the past 7 years he has worked as Senior Vice President, Director of Marketing for Huntington Bank - West Michigan.He is active in the community, serving on the boards of the West Michigan Sports Commission, the Grand Rapids and Kent County Convention and Visitor's Bureau, the Kent District Library Fund and Inforum. Michael also finds time to pursue his writing career. His first two novels set in Charlevoix, Michigan in the 1940's and 50's have been popular library and book club selections and the first, "The Seasons of the EmmaLee", was named a #1 regional fiction bestseller in 2008. He has recently completed his third novel which should be released later in 2010.Michael and his wife Karen reside in Ada, Michigan with their two children Kristen and Chase, and their mischievous English Setter, Sage.
GRPS and MSU Band Together
On September 12th, over 100 students from Grand Rapids Public Schools elementaries were treated to an amazing day of tailgating and Spartan Football. The story was featured on the front page of the Grand Rapids Press on the Wednesday before the game. Check out the video to see which Spartan basketball players stopped by to lend their support (along with Coach Izzo).
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