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Biosystems & agricultural engineering centennial celebration
Ajit Srivastava
Professor and Chairperson
The year 2005 is a landmark year for MSU as the University celebrates its sesquicentennial year, having been founded in 1855 as the premier Land Grant University. We are also getting ready to celebrate our centennial year next year in 2006 since the Department was founded in 1906 as the Department of Farm Mechanics. The department name was changed to Agricultural Engineering in 1922 and to Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering in 2004. We granted the first B.S. in Agricultural Engineering degrees to two students in 1932. The Department building was completed in 1948 and in the same year the first Ph.D. was awarded to Dr. Walter Carleton. The degree program was first accredited in 1950 by ECPD and our last accreditation visit by ABET was in October 2004. To help us plan our centennial year was have formed a committee of our alumni. The first meeting of the Centennial Committee was on June 9 which also coincided with the Kedzie Reunion, a University-wide event where alumni who graduate 50 or more years ago, are invited. We were honored by the presence of many alumni. Mr. Jim Mitchell, who graduated with a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering in 1939, deserves a special mention.
We are very excited about our centennial. We are planning many activities during 2006-07. Look for details in our next newsletter and hope to see you on campus soon.
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