1970-1979

• 1970 - Clifton Wharton becomes the first African-American president at MSU or at any major university in the US
• 1970 - MSU wins the Big Ten All-Sports competition
• 1970 - Mary Mayo, Shaw, and Williams Halls began a coed living experiment
• 1971 - The State News becomes independent from MSU.
• 1972 - First two women admitted to the MSU Marching Band
• 1972 - Office of Programs for Handicapper Students (now the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities) was established
• 1973 - College of Urban Development Established
• 1974 - Women’s Golf Big Ten Champions
• March 1974 - MSU Implements Co-Ed Living Within the Floors
• April 3, 1975 - Second Weather Related Closure
• 1976 - College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Ranked No. 1 Internationally
• 1976 - MSU gets two new sports coaches - Jud Heathcote and Darryl Rogers
• 1976 - Smoking Banned on Campus
• 1976 - The yearbook becomes the Red Cedar Log
• 1976 - Women’s Cross Country Competes in Nationals
• 1977 - Dr. Edgar L. Harden Named MSU's Fifteenth President
• 1977 - Earvin "Magic" Johnson signs with Michigan State
• January 26, 1978 - Third Weather Related Closure: The Blizzard of 1978
• June 8, 1978 - Dr. Cecil Mackey Named MSU's 16th President
• 1979 - MSU Cheerleaders Win the National Championship
• 1979 - MSU Mens Basketball team wins first NCAA Championship.
• March 26, 1979 - State becomes first basketball team in Michigan to win NCAA Championship