1960-1969
- October 14, 1960 - Kennedy Campaign hits campus
- 1962 - First Coed Dorm, Case Hall.
- 1963 - The Cyclotron, now called the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, was established
- 1963 - Enrollment passes 30,000
- January 23, 1963 - Malcolm X Speaks at Michigan State University
- 1964 - Founding of College of Human Medicine
- January 1, 1964 - Name of University changes to Michigan State University
- 1965 - Enrollment reaches 35,000
- 1965 - NCAA College Football National Champions
- February 11, 1965 - Campus visit and lecture by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1966 - MSU Hockey Team wins its first NCAA championship.
- 1966 - MSU receives ownership of Pewabic Pottery
- 1966 - NCAA College Football National Champions
- January 1, 1966 - Michigan State Plays in its Third Rose Bowl
- November 19, 1966 - Michigan State Plays in the “Game of the Century”
- 1967 - First university ombudsman appointed
- 1967 - James Madison College established
- 1967 - Lyman Briggs College founded
- January 27, 1967 - First Weather Related Closure
- 1969 - Alfred Day Hershey shared the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine.
- 1969 - Enrollment reaches 40,000
- 1969 - Founding of the College of Osteopathic Medicine
- 1969 - The Last Water Carnival
- November 21, 1969 - University Archives & Historical Collections is Established
