VOL. 37, NO. 15 - APRIL 13, 2006

'U' debate team wins national championship

Photo by G.L. Kohuth National debate champions Ryan Burke (left center) and Casey Harrigan (right center), with team director Mike Eber (left) and head coach Will Repko (right), show off their most recent trophy in the debate team office in Linton Hall. Previous awards are behind them.

For the second time in three years, a team from MSU has been crowned national debate champions. (Full Story)

Motown founder, scientist to be commencement speakers

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and environmental scientist Paul Ehrlich will be the keynote speakers at convocation and the advanced degrees ceremony, respectively.
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Searches continue to fill four dean positions at 'U'

Committee members have been named for the College of Natural Science Search and Rating Committee that will recommend candidates for the next dean of the college. (Full Story)

Trustees recognize 19 students

Nineteen MSU students will be honored for their academic achievements by the MSU Board of Trustees today. (Full Story)

'U' students honored with prestigious scholarships

The award season continues at MSU as two more undergraduate students have received prestigious national scholarships. Timothy Howes has been named a Churchill Scholar and Jacob Phelps was selected as a Truman Scholar. Last month, Stuart Kaltz, Katherine Leitch and Anjali Rohatgi were awarded Goldwater Scholarships. All are members of MSU’s Honors College. (Full Story)

One Book, One Community to read moving memoir

Members of the MSU and East Lansing communities will join in reading The Glass Castle, a powerful memoir by MSNBC contributor Jeannette Walls, for this year’s One Book, One Community program. (Full Story)

Q & A with Steven Pueppke, Director of the Office of Bio-based Technologies

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Annual awards honor campus diversity efforts

Awards recognizing individuals, teams, and units and organizations for their innovative and outstanding efforts in promoting diversity will be presented today at MSU’s 16th annual Excellence in Diversity Recognition and Awards program. (Full Story)

Summer campus construction schedule set

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Professional and graduate programs achieve solid gains in national rankings

The MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and MSU College of Human Medicine both moved up on the list of the top medical schools for primary care training, according to the 2007 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools from U.S. News & World Report that hit newsstands April 3. (Full Story)

Faculty members awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Two MSU professors who conduct international research with hyenas and pandas are among 187 winners of the 2006 Guggenheim Fellowships, awarded to artists, scholars and scientists for distinguished past achievements and exceptional promise of future accomplishments. (Full Story)

Law clinic to expand services

The Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic, one of four public-interest clinics operated by the MSU College of Law, will be able to expand its services to small businesses and nonprofit organizations thanks to a $49,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (Full Story)

Open provost-led dicussion to shape international strategy

MSU Provost Kim Wilcox is inviting the entire campus community – faculty, staff, administrators, students, and international scholars and professionals – to an April 20 Breslin Center discussion to help shape MSU’s international strategic directions. (Full Story)