The MSU faculty you’ve “met” online will be teaching the onsite sessions and join you for some meals, along with additional faculty from the Broad College (on occasion).
You’ll attend residency sessions with the fellow students in your cohort. Depending on the session schedule, additional cohorts may also be attendance, so you’ll be able to meet and network with a diverse group of students.
Additional experts from MSU will join your sessions or be available onsite, including career services, IT support and library resources.
 
Who Attends?
Who Attends?
Why Residency Sessions?
Find the answers in the Residency Sessions FAQs.
Know where to go on MSU’s beautiful East Lansing campus.
More Questions?
Gather with your fellow supply chain professionals and leading MSU faculty.
Where are Residency Sessions Held?
M.S. in Supply Chain Management Residency Sessions
Experience a three-day weekend of in person classes, collaboration and networking.
Get the full Spartan experience on campus from the leader in SCM education.
What is a Typical Residency Session Like?
Experience the “green and white glove service” from MSU as your online MSSCM program comes on campus in a focused, face-to-face learning environment.
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Where are Residency Sessions Held?
MSU’s James B. Henry Center for Executive Development will be your “home away from home” while you attend your residency sessions. It's where you'll gather and learn hands-on as a group. Your hotel accommodations will vary depending on availability—MSU will provide transportation to ensure you are able to get to and from your hotel to The Henry Center.
The residency sessions also allow for networking with your fellow students (who are also your professional peers), helping to build supportive relationships that will last long after you graduate from the program.
The residency sessions foster an intensive learning environment, where you can focus entirely on the courses and take away as much as you can from the faculty and your fellow students.
Residency sessions are designed to bring students together for in-person interaction and focused learning with MSU’s leading SCM faculty on the MSU campus.
Why Residency Sessions?
Day 1 (Friday) includes your welcome and campus tour, sessions with MSU resource experts (including tech support, career and library services) and afternoon and evening class sessions.
Day 3 (Sunday) includes morning and afternoon class sessions, with the final session ending at 3:00 p.m.
Every residency session lasts a full three days over a long weekend (starting Friday morning through Sunday afternoon).
Day 2 (Saturday) is a full day of class sessions, including an evening session dedicated to collaborative group work.
Residency Sessions FAQs
All meals, course materials and hotel stay are included. The only cost students are responsible for is transportation to the residency sessions.
Am I responsible for booking my hotel room? Is there an MSU hotel block?
Is daily transportation provided from the hotel to the Henry Center?
You will confirm your hotel room reservation via link provided in your welcome email. The two main nights are covered by the program, with any additional nights the responsibility of the student.
Your hotel is part of the Henry Center facility, so no transportation is not needed once you arrive at the Henry Center.
What costs are included for residency sessions?
Is transportation provided from the airport to MSU/my hotel?
What airport should I fly into?
Closest Airport: Lansing Regional Airport – 20 minutes from MSU Transportation: Cab, rideshare service or rental car to the Henry Center. Largest Airport: Detroit Metro Airport – 1.5 hours from MSU Transportation: Michigan Flyer shuttle service with stops in downtown East Lansing, then cab or rideshare to the Henry Center. Cab, rideshare service or rental car from the airport to the Henry Center. As Detroit Metro is the largest airport, students often coordinate to share rides/rentals from Detroit, depending on flight arrival time.
Transportation from the airport is not included.
If you’re flying in for your weekend workshops, there are several airport options, based on travel time and flight availability. Transportation from the airport to MSU’s Henry Center is not included and is the responsibility of the student.
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M.S. in Supply Chain Management Residency Sessions
MSU’s James B. Henry Center for Executive Development will be your “home away from home” while you attend your weekend workshops. It's where you'll gather and learn hands-on as a group. Your hotel accommodations will vary depending on availability—MSU will provide transportation to ensure you are able to get to and from your hotel to The Henry Center.
Day 2 (Saturday) is a full day of class sessions, including an evening sessions dedicated to collaborative group work.
What is a Typical Residency Sessions Like?