Motor City. Detroit “Motor City,” Michigan. Do you know why Detroit is known as “Motor City?” Long recognized as the historic heart of the American automotive industry, Detroit took on the nickname “Motor City.” The state’s automotive industry provided the model for mass production that other industries later adopted. What […]
The name of Michigan itself is derived from Ottawa “mishigami” meaning “large water” or “great water” in reference to the Great Lakes. Is Detroit an Indian name? The word “detroit ” is French for “strait,” and the French called the river “le détroit du Lac Érié,” meaning “the strait of […]
UMich is a large research university, with more than 30,000 undergraduates and 16,000 graduate students in attendance. What is considered a large sized University? “Large” usually means more than 15,000 students. University of Southern California, New York University, and University of Pennsylvania qualify as large on the private side; UCLA, […]
seven Big Ten championships. The Spartans football team has won or shared a total of six national championships (1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965 and 1966), two Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships (1903 and 1905), and seven Big Ten championships (1953, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987, 1990, and 2010). How many Big […]
Their North American colonies east of the Mississippi River were ceded to Britain, ending French involvement in European settlement of the territory. Michigan became a state in 1837. Was Michigan a French colony? The first permanent European settlement in Michigan was founded in 1668 at Sault Ste. Marie by Jacques […]
The conference did not again include 10 teams until Michigan State was added in 1949. Pennsylvania State University joined the Big Ten in 1990, and the University of Nebraska became the conference’s 12th member in 2011. What conference was Michigan State in before the Big Ten? Northwestern is the lone […]
Ohio State and Michigan have won the Big Ten title 76 times combined since 1898. What Big Ten school has the most championships? Teams Institution Location NCAA championships as a member only-updated March 21, 2022† Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 9 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 41 (10 in football) Pennsylvania […]
Michigan was then part of the “Old Northwest“. From 1787 to 1800, it was part of the Northwest Territory. In 1800, the Indiana Territory was created, and most of the current state Michigan lay within it, with only the easternmost parts of the state remaining in the Northwest Territory. What […]
The team has appeared in the NCAA Final Four on eight occasions (1964, 1965, 1976, 1989, 1992*, 1993*, 2013, 2018) and won the National Championship in 1989 under Steve Fisher. How many times has Michigan won national championship? Michigan Wolverines football Playoff record 0–1 Claimed national titles 11 (1901, 1902, […]
Mindanao State University (MSU) was established on September 1, 1961 through RA 1387, as amended, was the brain child of the late Senator Domocao A. Alonto, as one of the government’s responses to the so-called “Mindanao Problem”. Why was the MSU system created? To help accelerate the program of the […]
The university welcomed 3,639 first-year students from the state of Michigan — a 3 percent increase over last year — accounting for 50 percent of the class. Another 45 percent of new first-year students are domestic out-of-state students, and the remaining 5 percent are international students. What is Michigan’s acceptance […]
The Agribusiness Management (ABM) program focuses on system-wide business and managerial functions performed by organizations throughout the agribusiness sector. What are examples of agribusiness management? Some examples of agribusinesses include farm machinery producers such as Deere & Company, seed and agrichemical manufacturers such as Monsanto, food processing companies such as […]
Allegan County has the biggest farm economy in Michigan, according to the five-year U.S. Census of agriculture released recently. Where are the most farms in Michigan? The distribution of farms in Michigan shows about 80% of Michigan’s farms are in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula where soil and […]
Specialty Sectors. Michigan ranks third in the nation for number of farmers markets. Where does Michigan rank in farming? Michigan also ranked fifth in the nation for total production. In 2018, 11.17 billion pounds of milk were produced at a value of $1.66 billion, which comes in at sixth in […]
The state leads the nation in the production of several crops, including asparagus; black and cranberry beans; cucumbers; tart cherries; Niagara grapes; and squash. Michigan agriculture contributes more than $104.7 billion annually to our state’s economy, second in diversity only to California. What are the major crops grown in Michigan? […]