Program for Take Your Child to Work Day

Tour AAAS
African American and African Studies (AAAS)

North Kedzie Hall, 354 Farm Lane, 2nd Floor N219
Meet in the AAAS Wellness Room
10:30 a.m.
The Department of African American and African Studies would like to show you our new space featuring a recording studio, wellness room, and more. Following the tour, there will be popcorn and cotton candy for all!

Explore the Night Sky
Abrams Planetarium

755 Science Rd
Meet in the lobby of the Planetarium
9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
We will take a look at the night sky that you can see in the Lansing Area. Then we will end with our 10-minute long Spartan Startacular video that includes fun music and animations on the planetarium dome!

Slam Dunk of a Tour
Breslin Center

Breslin Center, 534 Birch Road
Meet at Gilbert Pavilion Entrance (next to the Magic Johnson Statue)
9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Access to the Tom Izzo Hall of History, Trophy Room, and view the Arena!

Glide Across The Rink
Athletics – Munn Ice Arena

Munn Ice Arena, 509 Birch Road
Meet in the Munn Arena Hall of History, enter through the East or West entrance
1:30 p.m.
Enjoy the history of Munn Ice Arena and Spartan Hockey displayed on the main concourse as well as the new Hall of History. Open ice-skating is offered, you can bring your own skates but we will have rental skates as well.

Impressive Press Box
Athletics – Spartan Stadium

8th Floor of Stadium Tower, 325 W. Shaw Lane
Meet in the lobby, elevators to the 8th floor
2:30 p.m.
Take a tour of the press box and suites located on 8th floor of the Stadium Tower. View the field from above, sit in the press area, take pictures, and enjoy!

Visit the MSU Iconic Tower
Beaumont Tower & Carillon

Beaumont Tower, 375 W. Circle Drive
Meet at the entrance of the Beaumont Tower
10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Tour MSU’s iconic Beaumont Tower and learn about its history and how the carillon works. You will climb 73 steps to the top of the tower to see and hear the carillon up close and look out the window at Spartan Stadium.
**Tours will be limited to 15 people.

Create a Care Package & UN Goals
Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL)

Student Services Building, 556 East Circle Drive, Room 110
Meet in Room 110 (Leadership Center)
10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m.
Our activities include teaching children about the UN Sustainable Development Goals through brief videos, a Kahoot, and playing the UN Go Goals Game. Children will also have the opportunity to create care/hygiene packages for those less fortunate. There will be participation prizes offered to all participants including UN SDG stickers, snacks, and fidget toys.
**The suggested age range for the activities is 8-12 years old. However, we welcome children of all ages.

Learn How to Study Animals
College of Veterinary Medicine

Clinical Skills Lab, 784 Wilson Road
Meet between College of Vet Med – G Building and the Clinical Skills Lab (next to McPhail Equine Center)
9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.
Come and see all of the models that we use to teach the students in the college of veterinary medicine, Bovine and Equine models, as well as canine and feline, IV catheter placement, blood draws, etc.!

Tour The Best Campus Ice Cream Factory
Dairy Store

474 S. Shaw Lane RM1140
Meet in the lobby of the Dairy Store
1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
The Dairy Store and Dairy Plant will provide a tour of the production floor where ice cream and cheese are made along with descriptions of some very old and very new equipment. Participants will be given a free Scoop Coupon valid for a child’s size scoop of ice cream at the Dairy Store right next door. Special Dairy Store coloring pages will be provided for free in store. There also is an observation deck where anyone can overlook the Dairy Plant floor at any time!
**Limit of 25 participants each tour. The Plant is under pending ongoing repairs and is NOT a peanut/tree nut free facility.

Get Bug-eyed with Excitement
Department of Entomology

MSU Bug House, 288 Farm Lane
Meet in Room 147, Natural Sciences Building
10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
Children and families will be able to visit the MSU Bug House, see insect displays & live insects, meet working Entomologists, and learn about careers in Entomology!

Creative Careers
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum

MSU Broad Art Museum, 547 E. Circle Drive

Meet at the MSU Broad Art Museum welcome desk on the 1st floor.
10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Learn more about the many creative careers in museums at this art-filled open house designed for MSU faculty/staff families. Walk around the galleries to learn more about how we support artists by curating, installing, and sharing their art with visitors of all ages. Then practice thinking like an artist by becoming one yourself at our hands-on creation stations!
**Our day will be more open house-style. Families can engage in artmaking in our education wing and can use an activity sheet we provide for a self-guided tour of the galleries.

Come Visit the MSU Dairy Cows and Calves
MSU Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center

4075 North College Road
Meet in the Main Office Building
9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.
Come experience the daily life of a cow at the MSU Dairy Farm! Participants will even be able to pet and brush the cows and calves.
**Gloves and boot covers will be available to participants.

Tour the Home of the Nuclei
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)

FRIB, 640 S. Shaw Lane
Look for the A-frame sign on the Shaw Lane sidewalk and enter that door.
8:30 a.m.
Explore a world-leading rare isotope laboratory where nuclei are smashed into a target at half the speed of light! The secrets we learn could help explain what happens in supernovae and the origins of elements that make up the human body. With the latest $730 million update that opened in May 2022, this DOE Office of Science laboratory is pushing the boundaries of nuclear science.
**No eating, drinking, or chewing gum; no photography; handicap-accessible; safe for visitors who are pregnant or have medical implants

A Smashing Time with Nuclei
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)

FRIB, 640 S. Shaw Lane
Look for the A-frame sign on the Shaw Lane sidewalk and enter that door.
9:30 a.m.
Get hands-on with a model “nucleus” that you can accelerate and smash to make isotopes that don’t exist on Earth but might be made in the stars. Try several demonstrations that simulate the research done at MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, a world-class nuclear laboratory!
**Handicap-accessible; safe for visitors who are pregnant or have medical implants.

Right on Target
IPF (Infrastructure Planning Facility) – Demmer Center
Demmer Shooting Facility

4830 E. Jolly Road
Meet in the main lobby
2:30 p.m.
Children and Adults will be allowed to try their hand at our indoor portion of the shooting facility.
**Equipment and instruction will be provided.

Experience Huge Equipment
IPF – Landscape Services
Landscape Services Department,

1060 Stadium Road
Meet by the main entrance at the East side of the building
8:30 a.m.; 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.
We can review the career path wall in our lunchroom as well as have large equipment in our shop that children can climb in and possibly operate with assistance of our operators.

Spartan Landscaper
IPF – Landscape Services

Landscape Services Department, 1060 Stadium Road
Meet in the lunchroom
8:30 a.m.; 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.
We will show you different crews, what they do, and the equipment they use.

Four Countries, Forty Minutes!
International Studies & Programs (ISP) – Fulbright Programs

International Center, 427 North Shaw Lane
Meet in Room 201
1:30 p.m.
Meet four Fulbright grantees from different countries who are finishing their year here at MSU. Learn how to say hello in Tagalog (as well as where it’s spoken!), hear how Bengali children greet their elders, find out what Taiwanese students like for after-school snacks, and learn how to write your name in Hindi. These and many other activities will open your eyes to new places!

Explore Nicaragua!
ISP – International Advancement

International Center, 427 North Shaw Lane
Meet in Room 201
9:30 a.m.
Join members of the International Advancement team to learn about the people and culture of Nicaragua! Explore this Central American nation through the eyes of an American who worked there. You’ll learn what the popular tourist attractions are, how to greet someone like a local, and maybe even sample a common dish – but you’ll also hear about the best-kept secrets of this dynamic country!

The Beauty of Chinese Characters
ISP – Office of China Programs

International Center, 427 North Shaw Lane
Meet in Room 201
10:30 a.m.
Join staff and students from the Office of China programs to explore Chinese characters! You’ll learn the difference between Chinese characters and the way we spell words in English. Teachers will show you how some characters came to be and how you can “find” their meaning by looking carefully at the parts of the character. You’ll even have a chance to try writing some characters yourself!

One World, One Day
ISP – Peace Corps

International Center, 427 North Shaw Lane
Meet in Room 201
2:30 p.m.
Using various materials including the picture book One World, One Day, participants will learn about how kids around the world go through their day. What do you think is the same? What activities might be different? Hear from MSU’s Peace Corps staff about places they have lived and worked!

Pause and Play/Beal Garden Walk
MSU Health

479 W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI 48823
Meet at the Beaumont Tower Lawn (between MSU Museum and Linton Hall)
2:30 p.m.
Pause and Play is an open-to-all tailgate-style event with lawn games, puzzles, music, and relaxed atmosphere. Get out of the office, move your body, chat with colleagues and play games with the kids. A short walk to the River Trail and Beal Garden will take place at 3:00pm.
**Open to all in the Spartan Community, take a moment to ‘Pause and Play’!

Tech Scavenger Hunt
MSU IT – Computer Center & Tech Store

450 Auditorium Road
Meet in Room 110
9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
MSU Information Technology welcomes Take Your Child to Work Day visitors with fun and engaging activities and demonstrations of how technology connects our work and our world. Join us for a scavenger hunt to learn about various aspects of IT and the important role it plays on MSU’s campus and within our larger community.

Explore MSU’s Data Center
MSU IT – Data Center

212 Crescent Road
Meet at the front of the building
8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
The MSU Data Center was collaboratively designed with input from departments across the university to accommodate the storage and high computing needs while ensuring the ability for future growth capacity. This data center delivers a future focused IT infrastructure that is intentionally constructed to support expanded computing capacity, enhanced security, improved business continuity, and the high-performance research computing demands of the university. Learn about the MSU Data Center, the different types of work that take place in IT, and the paths MSU IT employees have taken to their roles at the university.
**A maximum of 10 participants per tour can be accommodated.

Get your own MSU ID
MSU IT – ID Office

International Center, 427 North Shaw Lane
Meet in Room 170
8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
The MSU ID Office manages Spartan Cards and MSU NetIDs for MSU students, faculty, staff, and affiliates. Visit the ID Office to receive a customized Spartan Card with your photograph, distinguishing you as a member of the MSU community.
**The MSU ID Office is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Stop by anytime during those hours to receive your Spartan Card!

A Walking Audio/Video Tour!
MSU IT – Instructional Media Center

Instructional Media Center (IMC), 375 Wilson Road
Meet at the Northwest side of the building, off parking lot, labeled Door 4 and “Customer Pickup and Delivery”
9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
MSU IT is everywhere! Visit several stops on campus during the interactive Got A/V? walking tour—the Instructional Media Center, STEM building, and Spartan Stadium—and learn about IT’s involvement around the university, with a focus on A/V. Find out about A/V history at MSU, careers in this field, and how A/V plays a critical role in everything from athletics to education to art.
**A maximum of 20 participants per tour can be accommodated.

Be a Librarian for a Day!
MSU Libraries

Main Library, 366 West Circle Drive
Meet in the lobby, next to circulation desk
9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
Explore the MSU Main Library! On this tour, you will experience old and new alike: see our 360 degree immersive visualization space, our digital anatomy table, a virtual reality lab, rare books about animals, and more! Meet and talk with professionals who work with these exciting projects.

Explore Library and Information Science
MSU Libraries

Main Library, 366 West Circle Drive
Meet in the lobby, next to circulation desk
10:30 a.m.
You probably have an idea of what a librarian does, but you might not realize they do these things! Talk about bugs with our entomology librarian, figure out how books get into our website with a cataloger, and meet our therapy dog coordinator and more.

Police Department Tour
MSU Police & Public Safety

1120 Red Cedar Road
Meet by the front desk, public entrance is on the North side of the building
9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
The MSU DPPS would like to welcome guests to see the inside of our department. Stop by and meet some of our officers and our working dogs. We will tour a police car, the holding cells and other areas of our department The tour will include a tour of the department, a demonstration (K9 or CSI) and the ability to view and take photos of our police vehicles. We will have uniformed officers, non-uniformed officers and canines at this event!
**Please note: For logistical reasons, tours will be capped at 10 families per tour, on a first come first serve basis. If more than 10 families arrive for a specific timeslot, the remaining attendees will be encouraged to return for a following timeslot later in the day.

Future Packaging Scientists
Packaging

448 Wilson Road
Meet in front lobby area near Room 100 (lecture hall)
9:30 a.m.
Learn about recycling and packaging design and what it takes to get a packaged product all around the world!

Tour the Teaching Greenhouse
Plant Biology

Teaching Greenhouse, 612 Wilson Road
Meet in Room 166
10:30 a.m.
Get a tour of the MSU teaching greenhouse and conservatory greenhouse. After the tour, participants will plant something to take home and watch grow!
**You will get dirty if you choose to participate in planting, so please plan accordingly.

Open Recreation
Recreational Sports and Fitness Services

Spartan Greens Artificial Turf Complex, 903 Service Road
Meet at the Spartan Greens Complex
9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
Open recreation will be offered at the Spartan Greens Turf Complex. Soccer and lacrosse nets will be up, you can also throw a baseball or football around!
**No food or colored drinks allowed on turf. Recommend tennis shoes. We will have soccer balls and footballs to use. Other equipment will need to be brought by those attending.

STT Treasure Hunt
Statistics & Probability

Wells Hall C-Wing, 619 Red Cedar Road
Meet on the 4th floor, outside the elevator
2:30 p.m.
We will hide treasures in several locations. To promote: statisticians can be fun too

The Garden of Social Work
School of Social Work

Baker Hall, 655 Auditorium Rd
Meet in Room 221
10:30 a.m.
Come learn more about the array of options in Social Work. There is no garden variety social worker! Grow with us!
**We have an elevator, accessible entrance, and an all gender bathroom. We will also have hands-on activities!

Tour the STEM Building
STEM Teaching & Learning Facility

642 Red Cedar Rd
Meet in the South lobby, 1st Floor
1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
The STEM Teaching and Learning Facility combines the historical architecture of what was once the Shaw Lane Power plant and innovative design. The 170,000 square foot building exists to provide multidisciplinary learning to Undergraduate students.
**Please wear comfortable shoes as the tour will be a walking tour.

SLE DSS Tech Tour
Student Life & Engagement, Digital Strategy & Services

1855 Place, 550 S. Harrison Road
Meet in Training Room 1001 (near main entrance)
9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
An inside look at the SLE Division’s Tech Support Teams. Tour includes Tech Workshop, Service Desk and Solutions, Engineering and Leadership workspaces. There will be a Q&A session after the tour.
**Because of safety, security and employee considerations, each tour is limited to 20 participants. The tour lasts about 45 minutes, followed by a short Q&A Session.

Video Studio of University Communications
University Communications

Olds Hall, 408 West Circle Drive
Meet on the Third Floor of Olds, off the Elevator/Stair-area
10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m.
Come see how videos are made to promote Michigan State University and tell the stories about the great work at the university, incorporating social media content creation!

See Supplies for a Small City
University Procurement and Logistics (UPL)

UPL Warehouse, 166 Service Road
Meet at University Stores
8:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
Visit University Procurement and Logistics and learn how over a billion dollars of goods and services which power our MSU supply chain are bought, stored, and distributed. Tour our warehouse, University Stores, and shop.msu.edu to get a behind-the-scenes look at how everything from research supplies to Spartan gear make their way to our customers on campus and around the world. 

WKAR TV Studio Tour
WKAR Public Media

WKAR TV Studios, 404 Wilson Road
Meet in the South Lobby of the Communication Arts and Sciences Building, adjacent to Trowbridge Rd Ramp #5
8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m.
Join WKAR for a self-guided TV studio tour! Experience greenscreen magic and pose with life-size cutouts of some of your favorite PBS characters. Hop on over to Studio A, home to Curious Crew — the WKAR original science show for kids. Make sure to stop by the WKAR display table in the South Lobby on the way out to grab some goodies! Tours start in the South Lobby of the Communication Arts and Sciences building!
**Pay-by-Plate PARKING is available in adjacent TROWBRIDGE RAMP #5. 1149 Red Cedar Road, East Lansing, MI 48824