Interim Director of WJ Beal Botanical Garden, Director of @MSU_Herbarium, husband, wannabe classical guitarist, naturalist, observer.

East Lansing, MI
Joined March 2016
Feel like supporting an MSU student in the arts? Ethan is a current Beal Scholar and is a Digital Storytelling major. You can support his work at: seedandspark.com/fund/tomato…
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Researchers and faculty across campus are using MSU's 700 acres of natural space as part of the classroom. go.msu.edu/7mC5
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Friendly reminder that we will have TREEmendous activities in the STEM Building from 10 am-4pm on April 13-14 for MSU Science Festival. 😊 🌲 🌳 #MSUSciFest
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We are so excited to welcome our two new student interns, Mia Hahn and Christina King to the MSU Herbarium! Each of them pulled one of their favorite specimens from our collection, can you guess what species they are?
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Honoring Women's History Month at MSU. Experience the powerful REDress Project by Métis artist Jaime Black-Morsette, shedding light on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Join us from March 1-17, 2024, around West Circle Drive. bit.ly/REDress_MSUM
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I just did my part to make a difference for Spartan students. How about you? givingto.msu.edu/crowdpower/…
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givingto.msu.edu/crowdpower/… Support our @michiganstateu interns by giving to our Beal Scholars CrowdPower! Our program provides students with an opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary project that supports both the garden’s mission and their professional portfolio. @msualumni
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Thank you @MSUComArtSci for highlighting Ethan's work at Beal Botanical Garden! You can view Ethan's work as part of the Beal exhibit at @MSUBroad .
Meet Ethan Seelig, #ComArtSci digital storytelling major and @MSUBealGarden’s official videographer! 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of @michiganstateu’s botanical garden. Read more about Ethan’s experience ➡️ spr.ly/6018upJSC 📍@MSUjschool
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The Michigan State University Herbarium is hiring someone to oversee #collections management! Please consider applying and share broadly. #Jobs #Herbarium careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/51…
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Free scoops on Sept. 13th during our #AnniversaryFestival from 3-7pm in the garden while supplies last. Come celebrate with us @michiganstateu
Our friends at @MSUBealGarden are celebrating 150 years! To help them celebrate, we've created Berry Botanical, a blueberry lavender ice cream.
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Come to the garden on June 25 for Music and the Garden! At 1:00pm there will be family art and science activities & a history tour. Spartan Jazz Quartet concert starts at 2:00pm. Be sure to bring a lawn chair/blanket and a reusable water bottle! bealbotanicalgarden.msu.edu/… @MusicMSU
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@MSUBealGarden campus celebrates its #wellness installation. The "Rooting Stations" will help facilitate visitors' wellness journey by providing guided meditation, relaxing music, journaling, and spoken poetry and prose. bealbotanicalgarden.msu.edu/…
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-Host a pollinator planting day at your school, office, local park, or library -Build native bee houses -Register your Bee Friendly Garden™ -Plant habitat in your backyard using native plants -Screen a pollinator film Visit pollinator.org to learn more.
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Thanks so much for showing us this work of art! It was a joy to see in person--so much bigger in real life than it looks in the photos.
Thanks for visiting! Campus colleagues examine a chart in the MSU Museum collection designed by Dr. Beal in 1898. The chart depicts a stream that widens over time, indicating the number of students enrolled and lists changes to the campus and significant events in its history. 🔍
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