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Spring 2024 Student Information

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New Spring 2024 Students Information

There are two ways to acquire your student MSU Spartan Card

1. Uploading the photo online

If you wish to submit a photo online, you should receive an email from the Identity Services inviting you to send the picture for your Spartan Card. The email will come from “MSU ID Office.” You may respond to the email from your MSU email address with the photo attached. If the photo is not approved, you will receive an email stating the reason for disapproval and you may then resubmit a new photo for your Spartan Card. If the photo is approved, you may pick your Spartan Card up at our office when it’s convenient for you starting November 18, 2024.

If your Spartan card photo submission was approved, you can pick up your ID card as follows

  • Where: MSU ID Office, 427 N. Shaw Lane, inside the International Center
  • When: Starting November 18, 2024 - Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m
  • What to bring: Passport, US driver's license or US state ID, and your Student ID #

2. Taking your photo in the ID Office

If you did not submit a photo for your Spartan card or your photo was not approved, you can pick up your ID card as follows:

  • Where: MSU ID Office, 427 N. Shaw Lane, inside the International Center
  • When: Starting November 18, 2024 - Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m
  • What to bring: Passport, US driver's license or US state ID, and your Student ID #

Spartan Card Photo Criteria

When uploading your photo, please adhere to the general criteria outlined below:

DO

  • Use a recent color photo in JPG format
  • Keep eyes open and visible
  • Use a light-colored background
  • Center the photo and include a front view of the full face
  • Crop the image in a square just above the top of the head to the collarbone
  • Use good lighting

DON'T 

  • Wear hats, graduation caps, sunglasses or other items that obscure your face
  • Include other objects or people in the photo submitted
  • Use patterns, texture or scenic backgrounds for your photo
  • Take photo in a car
  • Use images that have glare from glasses or heavy shadows
  • Use images that are overexposed or underexposed
  • Use photo filters

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