MSU students work in industrial laboratories at General Motors and Ford Motor Company, while industrial scientists perform as adjunct faculty at the Center. The Center for Fundamental Materials Research looks at materials science from a molecular and atomic perspective. The Travel, Tourism and Recreational Resource Center participates in communities through the County Tourism Profile Program. County tourism profiles are provided to government agencies, investors and developers, and the community as a concise analysis of economic trends, tourism patterns, and community characteristics. Family Nutrition Program Presque Isle County is served by the Family Nutrition Program, a food and nutrition education program for food stamp recipients and their families.
Participants learn about nutrition, food selection and budgeting, and food safety and sanitation.
FNP is offered in all counties in Michigan through MSU Extension in collaboration with the Family Independence Agency and other human service agencies. Cooperatively funded research initiatives include the development of genetically improved tree seed, studies on economic trends, the use of laser technology for wood machining, and the creation of new generations of wood composites from recycled paper and solid wood. The collaboration is directed at assuring economically, socially, and biologically sustainable management and use of Michigan's forest resources. More than 65,000 professors and teachers use H-Net on a daily basis. The cold and wet spring in 1996 left most Michigan farmers unable to plant field crops in a timely fashion.