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UM and MSU ROTC cadets run the game ball for Saturday’s college football rivalry game from East Lansing to Ann Arbor along Dexter-Chelsea road in Lima Township on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The annual event called Alex’s Great State Race was created in…
East Lansing, Stockbridge, Chelsea, Dexter and Ann Arbor.
These are the towns Saturday’s Michigan-Michigan State rivalry game ball will pass through on its way to Ann Arbor, as U.S. Army ROTC cadets from both universities revive a…
These are the towns Saturday’s Michigan-Michigan State rivalry game ball will pass through on its way to Ann Arbor, as U.S. Army ROTC cadets from both universities revive a…
Alex's Great State Race — the annual 64-mile race that illuminates former Spartan Alex Powell’s powerful legacy — will take place this year on Oct. 28, starting at The Spartan statue on the campus of Michigan State University and ending at The Diag…
If this month-long focus on Alex’s Great State Race has shown us anything, it is that wonderful things can be done through perseverance. This can be defined as “continued effort to do or achieve something, despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.”…
Welcome to week three of the 2021 Alex’s Great State Race Gratitude Campaign! Let’s take a step back and remember the rivalry that is celebrated on the day of this wonderful event. Get a recap of the Campaign in our February 1st Ability Blog post.…
Alex Powell was a high school senior, a dedicated student, an enthusiastic athlete, and a natural leader. His life was profoundly changed in an instant when he received a diagnosis of a rare, aggressive form of cancer. When most of Alex’s senior year…