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The Agricultural College of the State of Michigan
Originally founded in 1855 as the nation's first agriculture college. -
State Agricultural College
The name is formally changed for the first time to be more pronounceable. -
Michigan Agricultural College
Name is changed for the second time in order to be more specific. -
Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
The name is changed for the third in a failed attempt to move away from it's cultural roots. -
Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
The fourth name change came with the state of Michigan offically making the school a university. -
Michigan State University
Our fifth and final name change came because the state of Michigan's current constitution was ratified, allowing them to drop the "agriculture" from it's name.