About MSU Surplus

The MSU Surplus Store is a department of University Services at Michigan State University. MSU Surplus is responsible for the disposition of all university owned property and provides managed storage to over 90 university departments.

The disposition model starts with redeployment of property across campus as a cost savings, followed by public sale. If an item has been determined by the MSU Surplus Store to have no value, it is donated to a charitable organization, given away through the free pile or recycled. Sending property to the landfill is the final step in the process.

Last year, the MSU Surplus Store grossed almost 2 million dollars in revenue for the university and supported several cost savings initiatives.

The MSU Surplus Store's vision is "...to become the premier university or college 'Surplus Store' in the nation through being resourceful, creative, and providing friendly, responsive customer service."