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Our partners in Residence Education and Housing Services work to promote campus safety by securing the exterior doors of impacted residence halls on home football Saturdays.

If you're missing some of your campus dining favorites, create them at home and experience a taste of MSU! We're featuring recipes on our social media accounts, so be sure to follow Eat at State on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and check this page for additions as we share more items.

In July, Food Management released a feature recognizing foodservice heroes across the country. Out of 23 heroes included in the article, seven are Culinary Services team members. These individuals stepped up to support students in a time of need, providing meals to those in isolation, adapting to an ever-changing environment, creating innovative meals and modes of service, and sourcing supplies in high demand.

Cindy Baswell, manager of MSU Bakers, was honored as a 2020 recipient of the Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award. The award, presented annually to six university support staff members, is named in honor of Jack Breslin, who served MSU as a student leader, honored athlete, top administrator and steadfast advocate.

Michigan State University was recently recognized with two gold awards for sustainability from the National Association of College and University Food Services. The awards recognize food procurement practices as well as outreach and education efforts.

In early May, Michigan State University (MSU) was announced as the recipient of the 2020 Best Allergy Innovation Award from AllerTrain™. ​ A leading food allergy and gluten-free training program, AllerTrain™ by MenuTrinfo® recognizes industry leaders at the forefront of food allergy safety, education and service through their annual allergy awards.

Michigan State University (MSU) was recently named the No. 1 college and university dining program in the nation. The honor was given by FoodService Director, a non-commercial industry leader encompassing colleges and universities, business and industry, contract management, schools, healthcare senior living, correctional facilities and the military.

Whether you're working from home or participating in virtual courses, mix up your Zoom background with images of some of your favorite dining spots on campus. Add some Spartan spirit to your virtual calls and meetings with these downloadable scenes!

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The annual Student Spartan Chefs competition was recently held at Brody Square. The evening of Feb. 18, five teams of two students each worked under a time crunch, with one hour to create and plate their dish.

A senior class of MSU engineering students began working with Culinary Services (CS) on a capstone project in fall semester 2019 focused on building a robot that can sort silverware in our dish rooms. The project has been assigned to Brody Square, with the plan that it can be expanded to other locations in the future.