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Get to know IPF: Yun Cao
Meet IPF landscape architect Yun Cao, who is passionate about creating sustainable yet aesthetic environments for MSU.
Facilities Focus - Volume 1 - May 2019
Volume one of the new Facilities Focus newsletter
IPF helps students engineer a better tomorrow
IPF staff members recently helped five teams of engineering students complete and present projects for the College of Engineering’s Design Day in which the students show their capstone projects, celebrate their accomplishments and compete for awards.
Landscape Services uses drone technology to track erosion
Landscape Services recently embarked on a project started by an IPF student employee to restore the banks of the Red Cedar River using a drone to map existing erosion.
Get to know IPF: Jedidiah Asher
Many of us are routinely called upon to ‘put out fires’ in our jobs; dealing with finding solutions to tough problems. However, IPF’s Jed Asher’s job makes him indispensable when it comes to having to put out actual fires.
MSU Bikes shifts sales into high gear
MSU Bikes staff worked long and hard over the winter months, saving more than 150 abandoned/donated bikes, and earning around $25,000 for the university in the process.
MSU earns 2019 Tree Campus USA award
2018 marks the second year in a row that MSU has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus USA institution.
Get to know IPF: Doug Aves
When your mower’s feeling low, and you’ve got a field to mow, who ya gonna call? Doug Aves.
Local fire departments learn the ropes at the Power Plant
T.B. Simon Power Plant was recently transformed into something right out of a Hollywood blockbuster, as five Metro-area fire departments set up shop for Confined Space Rescue and Rescue Rope Training exercises.
IPF’s Tiaha Johnson wins MSU Student Employee of the Year Award
Out of just 40 MSU students nominated, IPF Human Resources student Tiaha Johnson’s positive attitude and strong work ethic set her apart and made her the 2019 Student Employee of the Year for MSU and also the state of Michigan.