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MSU begins campus planning efforts, needs campus feedback

Beginning in March, MSU is conducting a comprehensive Facilities and Land Use Plan review for the East Lansing campus and statewide facilities and properties. Campus planning is an essential opportunity for users of MSU's physical space to provide feedback to those who build and maintain it.

2022 Arbor Day Celebration

MSU will celebrate the 150th Arbor Day with a tree planting and more.

It's Women in Construction Week

March 6—12, 2022 is Women in Construction Week (WIC Week). To help us celebrate, take a look at some stories that highlight the work of women not only in construction but in the larger umbrella of skilled trades.

Making a home for falcons at Spartan Stadium

A pair of nesting peregrine falcons at MSU's East Lansing campus have a new nesting box they could call home thanks to the work of the student Fisheries and Wildlife Club with a little help from Infrastructure Planning and Facilities.

New app to guide IPF staff to assets, job sites

At 24.7 million square feet spread across more then 550 MSU buildings, it’s not hard to lose a few minutes finding your way to a room in an unfamiliar part of campus. It’s a problem common to IPF maintenance staff when they’re called on to service building assets such as pumps, steam traps and other critical equipment that are intentionally placed out of sight.

A year in review: IPF 2021 points of pride

Though 2021 was another unique year, IPF was able to overcome unprecedented challenges to reach milestones, break records, and keep MSU running. Here are a few of our accomplishments from 2021.

CDC honors MSU with water quality award

Interior view of the water plant with filtration tanks shown.

IPF celebrates GIS day with technology highlight

From farming to navigation to planning the layout of a city, GIS (or geographic information system mapping) is used to combine data and location information to help us make better decisions. Here's how IPF uses it.

IPF names new Ast. Vice President for Real Estate and Capital Planning

Get to Know the IPF team: Michelle Rutkowski

"We're all problem solvers," said Rutkowski. "I've noticed there are two things that are the most common to people who come to work at IPF: we're driven to provide great customer service, and we figure things out. We solve problems and we get the job done."