30-minute Departmental Tours and Career Exploration Activities. Visit various campus locations utilizing your own transportation (CATA #30 routes on campus FREE with valid MSU Staff/Faculty ID & $.60/child):

8:30am: Abrams Planetarium; Entomology/MSU Bug House; MSU Dairy Farm; National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (Tour) 9:00am-11:00am: MSU Union Open Bowling 9:30am: Animal Science (MSU Horse Teaching and Research Center); Entomology/MSU Bug House; Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research; MSU Dairy Farm; MSU Libraries; National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (Career Exploration); Office of Education Abroad; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Recreational Sports and Fitness Services 10:30am: Animal Science (MSU Horse Teaching and Research Center); Indoor Tennis Facility; Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research; MSU Bikes; MSU Dairy Farm; MSU Libraries; MSU Museum; MSU Police Department; Munn Ice Arena; Office of Education Abroad; Pharmacology and Toxicology

11:00-11:30am: Mock interviews will be held in the Main Lounge of the MSU Union Building. 11:30am-12:00Noon: Recognition Ceremony (MSU Union Building, Main Lounge). Children present at the ceremony will receive a certificate of participation & participate in some fun activities! Keynote Speakers: Christie Schichtel, Career Consultant, College of Arts & Letters, Career Services Network and DeAndre Carter, Neighborhood Advisor, North Neighborhood.

Free gift to the first 50 school-aged children at the Recognition Ceremony. 12:00Noon-1:00pm: Lunch on your own. Dining hall rates for children ages 2-9 is $5.25 (+ tax) and $9.99 (+ tax) for individuals over 9 years of age. For a complete list of on-campus dining halls, visit: www.eatatstate.msu.edu. 30-minute Departmental Tours and Career Exploration Activities. Visit various campus locations utilizing your own transportation (CATA #30 routes on campus FREE with valid MSU Staff/Faculty ID & $.60/child): 1:00pm-2:00pm: Tour of Wharton Center for Performing Arts 1:30-2:30pm: Free Ice Skating at Munn Ice Arena; MSU Power and Water (RSVP Required)

1:30pm: Animal Science (MSU Horse Teaching and Research Center); Demmer Center; Career Services Network: Puppies, Popcorn, & Purpose!; Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum; Entomology/MSU Bug House; MSU Dairy Farm; Office of Education Abroad; Pharmacology and Toxicology; University Stores 2:30pm: Career Services Network: Puppies, Popcorn, & Purpose!; Demmer Center; Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum; Entomology/MSU Bug House; MSU Bikes; MSU Dairy Farm; Office of Education Abroad; Pharmacology and Toxicology

Remember, job shadowing in your unit is an option throughout the day (pending departmental approval).

“Take Your Child To Work Day” is sponsored by the MSU WorkLife Office. Questions, call the MSU WorkLife Office at (517) 353-1635.

Welcome current and future Spartans! We know you will have a great day at Michigan State University! Our theme this year is “Spartans of Positive Change” The theme suggests that being an agent of positive change impacts everyone around you! By exploring the hundreds of career possibilities at Take Your Child to Work Day events at Michigan State University, children will be inspired to pursue their dreams. This event focuses on children ages 8 through 14, with a supervising adult.

Use the hashtag #SpartanPositivity on social media throughout the day!

Take Your Child to Work Day!

CAMPUS TOURS AND ACTIVITES (in alphabetical order) Abrams Planetarium—Time: 8:30am Location: Main lobby of Abrams Planetarium (755 Science Road). Come see the Planetarium in action with the Spartan Spectacular show and get a behind the scenes look and inside scoop on the technology that makes everything work. Questions, contact: Shannon Schmoll at 517.884.0039 or schmoll@pa.msu.edu. Animal Science: MSU Horse Teaching and Research Center—Times: 9:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm Location: MSU Horse Teaching and Research Center (3327 Collins Road, Lansing, MI 48910). Take a tour of the MSU Horse Teaching and Research Center. Get a glimpse of what our students are up to each day at the farm and visit the horses! Questions, contact: Taylor Fabus at 517.353.1748 or tenlenta@msu.edu. Bowling @ the MSU Union—Time: 9:00am—11:00am (open bowl) Location: Spartan Lanes, ground floor of the MSU Union Building (49 Abbot Road). Enjoy one free game of bowling at Spartan Lanes, shoe rental included. NOTE: this activity will last approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. Questions, contact: Celia Cosme-Brooks at 517.884.2250 or cosme@msu.edu. Career Services Network: Puppies, Popcorn, & Purpose!—Times: 1:30pm, 2:30pm Location: Career Services in the Student Services Building, Room 113 (556 E. Circle Drive). Puppies, Popcorn, and Purpose! All are welcome to come by the MSU Career Services Network hub to munch on freshly popped popcorn, pet some sweet therapy dogs, and have a creative conversation about "purpose". At Career Services, we believe that thinking and talking about purpose should be a fun, creative, and lifelong process. So, we will have some "What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?" art journals on hand to help children creatively identify some of their primary abilities, interests, and desires to help others. We will also have several "Career Peers" on site to help participants learn about some "purposeful careers" that would align with their skills, passions, and ways they want to make the world a better place. Questions, contact: Marc Hunsaker at 517.432.5454 or hunsak10@msu.edu. Demmer Center—Times: 1:30pm, 2:30pm Location: Demmer Shooting Sports and Education (4830 E. Jolly Road). Come learn what it takes to operate an air rifle or a bow and arrow and even do it yourself! The Demmer Center will provide targets, ammo, and instructors to ensure safety. Questions, contact: Michael Galella at 517.884.0550 or demmer@msu.edu. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum—Times: 1:30pm, 2:30pm Location: Broad Art Museum, Lobby (547 East Circle Drive). Drop by the MSU Broad Art Museum and tour the current exhibits with a self-guided drawing tour. While you’re here, be sure to check out “Andy Warhol: A Day in the Life” then snap a few photos for your 15-minutes of fame in our Warhol photo booth! Questions, contact: Michelle Word at 517.884.3916 or wordmich@msu.edu. Entomology/MSU Bug House—Times: 8:30am, 9:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm Location: Natural Science Building, Room 147 (288 Farm Lane). Enjoy a walk-in tour where the MSU Bug House will let you see and learn about insects and other arthropods from around the world, as well as the opportunity to see, touch or hold some of our living arthropods such as beetles, cockroaches and tarantulas. Questions, contact: Gary Parsons at 517.353.1630 or parsonsg@msu.edu. Indoor Tennis Center—Time: 10:30am Location: Indoor Tennis Center (3571 E. Mt. Hope Road). Enjoy a short tour of the facility, followed by an on-court session with two professional tennis players. Get an introduction to tennis, hit some balls, get a little exercise and have some fun! Questions, contact: Heather Mactaggart at 517.355.2209 or mactagga@msu.edu. Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research—Times: 9:30am, 10:30am Location: Engineering Building, Room 3300 (428 S. Shaw Lane). Come tour MSU’s supercomputer and explore its hardware with hands-on activities and games! Questions, contact: Camille Archer at 517.353.3421 or archerc5@msu.edu.

Location: Spartan Lanes, ground floor of the MSU Union Building (49 Abbot

free game of bowling at Spartan Lanes, shoe rental includ-ed. NOTE: this activity will last approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. Ques-

MSU Bikes Service Center—Times: 10:30am, 2:30pm Location: The old canoe shelter/livery. Entrance is ON THE RIVERTRAIL. MSU Bikes overlooks the river and faces Erickson Hall. The only deck on the river is right in front of the Center (434 Farm Lane, B10 Bessey Hall). Get a tour of the MSU Bikes Service Center, one of only a few university-owned bike shops in America! You'll also learn some basic bike maintenance and some riding tips that will help you have a more enjoyable and safer ride. Visitors will receive a bike light and stickers! Questions, contact: Tim Potter at 517.432.3414 or pottert@msu.edu. MSU Dairy Farm—Times: 8:30am, 9:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm Location: MSU Dairy Farm in the Dairy Barn Classroom (4075 N. College Road). Come tour the dairy farm where you will learn the in’s and out’s of the farm, see cows, and participate in arts and crafts (for people of all ages). Questions, contact: Andrea Meade at 734.536.5703 or meadean1@msu.edu. MSU Libraries—Times: 9:30am, 10:30am Location: MSU Main Library (366 W. Circle Drive). Meet in the lobby of the Main Library. In today's MSU Libraries, people have access to everything from medieval manuscripts to cutting-edge technology. Come see our new spaces, new technologies and new services! Questions, contact: Holly Flynn at 517.884.0901 or flynnhol@msu.edu. MSU Museum—Time: 10:30am (NOTE: Self-Guided Tours, available 9:00am-5:00pm) Location: MSU Museum Auditorium (409 W. Circle Drive). Learn about what it's like to work in a museum! Staff members from the MSU Museum, the University's science and culture museum, will share information about their careers, provide resources/activities, and answer questions. Museum activity guides will be also available throughout the day. The Michigan State University Museum is the state’s natural science and culture museum and Michigan’s first Smithsonian Institution affiliate. Visitors will find the area’s only full-mounted dinosaur casts and the new Tree of Life touchscreen activity. Come see the place “Where Science and Culture Meet” at MSU! Questions, contact: Denice Blair at 517.884.6899 or dblair@msu.edu. MSU Police Department—Time: 10:30am Location: MSU Police Department (1120 Red Cedar Road). Meet in the front lobby of the Police Department. Tour the MSU Police Department and meet officers assigned to different units, including K9, Detectives, Motorcycle, and Bicycle. There will be a Police K9 for everyone to meet and a police car for everyone to tour! Questions, contact: Chris Rozman at 517.355.2222 or RozmanC@police.msu.edu. MSU Power & Water—Time: 1:30pm—2:30pm (Note: tour is one-hour long and an RSVP is required) Location: Meet at front entrance of the MSU Power Plant on the east side of the building to meet the tour guide (354 Service Road). Observe the process used to supply energy to the campus community through the T.B. Simon Power Plant. RSVP REQUIRED: RSVP by April 23 to Mary Schwalm at 517.884.7102 or schwalm@ipf.msu.edu as space is limited to 20 people. The unit will need names of all those attending for security reasons prior to the tour. Closed-toe shoes are required. High ambient noise and temperature may be experienced inside the plant, walking on elevated gratings (no skirts please) and stairs may be encountered during the tour. Questions, contact: Mary Schwalm at 517.884.7102 or schwalm@ipf.msu.edu. Munn Ice Arena—Time: 1:30pm—2:30pm (one-hour) Location: Munn Ice Arena (509 Birch Road) - Meet at the upper east entrance doors. Enjoy free ice skating! Questions, contact: Tom Campbell at 517.432.4121 or campbe65@ath.msu.edu. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (SITE TOUR)—Time: 8:30am Location: Cyclotron lobby—entry door in curved glass section of building on South Shaw Lane and next to Chemistry (640 S. Shaw Lane). Explore a world-class rare isotope laboratory where nuclei are smashed into a target at half the speed of light! The tour includes demonstrations, an introduction to the goals and methods of nuclear science, and a walk behind the scenes where nuclei are accelerated, filtered and/or studied. The secrets learned could help explain what happens in supernovae and the origins of elements that make up the human body. Questions, contact: Zachary Constan at 517.908.7363 or constan@nscl.msu.edu.

More tour locations on the back!

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (CAREER EXPLORATION)—Time: 9:30am Location: Cyclotron lobby—entry door in curved glass section of building on South Shaw Lane and next to Chemistry (640 S. Shaw Lane). 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 stars. Try several demonstrations that simulate the research done in MSU’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (and future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)! Questions, contact: Zachary Constan at 517.908.7363 or constan@nscl.msu.edu.

Office of Education Abroad—Times: 9:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm Location: International Center, Room 109 (427 N. Shaw Lane). If you could make a flag just for you, what would it look like? Come "Build-A-Flag" with the Education Abroad Peer Advisers! Markers, stencils, and paper will be provided for you to hoist your creativity to a new level. Come learn about flags from around the world and build a flag of your own. Questions, contact: Kyle Anderson at 517.884.8672 or ande1932@msu.edu. Pharmacology and Toxicology—Times: 9:30am, 10:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm

Location: Life Science Building, Room B-448 (4th floor) (1355 Bouge Street). Come learn from MSU graduate students and participate in hands-on activities that demonstrate the core concepts of pharmacology! Questions, contact: Lyndsey Reich at 586.863.8259 or reichlyn@msu.edu. Recreational Sports and Fitness Services—Time: 9:30am Location: Meet in the east lobby (Stadium Side) of the IM West Building (393 Chestnut Road). Come get a tour of the IM West facility where you can walk in the footsteps of some of your favorite MSU athletes! Questions, contact: Joel Eddy at 517.432.1479 or eddy@msu.edu. University Stores—Time: 1:30pm Location: University Stores Showroom (166 Service Road). Visitors will tour the University Stores warehouse, seeing the supply chain in action. The unit will demonstrate warehouse machines, show the order fulfillment process, and talk about the impact of the supply chain on campus activities and research. Due to workplace policies, closed-toe shoes are required for the tour. Questions, contact: Sara Weeden at 517.884.6193 or brooks70@msu.edu. Wharton Center for Performing Arts—Time: 1:00pm—2:00pm Location: Meet in the Sierra Lobby—main entrance lobby (750 E. Shaw Lane). Facility tour of Wharton Center to include dressing rooms, rehearsal studio, stages, and lobbies. Learn about all the different types of jobs people do at a large multi-faceted performing arts center. Learn why Wharton Center counts on MSU students to become future supporters of the arts and how the Wharton Center helps inspire that passion. NOTE: this tour will take approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on the size of the tour group. Questions, contact: Nina Silbergleit at 517.884.3119 or silbergl@msu.edu.

Here’s a grid to help you plan your day. Review the program options and write your choices on the chart.

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Recognition Ceremony at the

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