The ABC television network has scheduled the national broadcast for the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" episode featuring the Holt and mid Michigan community build project led by Mayberry Homes that constructed a new home for Arlene Nickless and her family. MSU provided hundreds of volunteers, food, materials and scholarships for the Nickless children. The show will air at 8 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Breslin Center on MSU's campus.
Mayberry is hosting the “Thank you mid Michigan! An Extreme Celebration” event for the public to watch the show on the screens at Breslin to thank the volunteers and contractors who donated their time to the five-day project. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment, including Three Men and a Tenor, and giveaways will be provided throughout the night. Admission and parking is free and concessions will be open.
MSU students from the School of Planning, Design and Construction and College of Engineering , helped on multiple projects at the site, including landscape design, construction management and interior decorating. Engineering students assisted a designer with a special room in the house. In addition, volunteers from multiple student organizations on campus helped serve food, clean-up and support fellow students working on the project.
Volunteers on the project who attend the viewing are encouraged to wear their red or blue volunteer shirts.
Michigan State University joined on as a primary partner for Mayberry Homes for an upcoming “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” project that took place in Holt, Mich. Sept. 26 through Oct. 3.
Mayberry built a house for the Nickless family in one week for the hit show which is hosted by Ty Pennington and airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Arlene Nickless and her three sons were surprised by Pennington and his crew the morning of Sept. 26 and were told they were chosen by the popular TV show to have their home rebuilt. Tim Nickless, Arlene's husband and the boys' father, passed away in January. More >>
During one week in September and October, “ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” worked around the clock to build a new home for Arlene Nickless and her three sons, Aaron, 11, Noah, 9, and Andrew, 7 – who now have the opportunity to become future Spartans, thanks to an educational partnership between Michigan State University and Lansing Community College.
The MSU Tuition Promise Grant will fund the full cost of tuition and fees for two years of baccalaureate study at MSU. LCC has awarded separate scholarships to the boys for their first two years. To be eligible for the grant, each of the Nickless boys must successfully complete two years of study at LCC and then meet regular MSU admission standards. The grant must be redeemed by each child within six years of his high school graduation. More >>
When ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” set up shop in Holt, Mich., more than 300 Spartans were in on the action. But instead of being sword-wielding soldiers, these students from the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction were designers, supervisors and volunteers for the widely popular show. More >>
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