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| Lab Naming Fund in Honor of Dr. Howard Hagerman and Dr. Mimi Sayed: Honoring These LBC Pioneering Faculty Members |
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Your gift can help us to reach our goal of raising
the $250,000 necessary to name the lab in their honor and repay the remaining debt on the lab renovations completed in 2006.
Gifts can be pledged over a period of 3 years. Gifts of all sizes are appreciated - those over $1,000 receive donor plaque recognition.
Let's reach our goal so that we can celebrate this honor with Drs. Hagerman & Sayed!
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| Thanks to the talents of Briggs alumn John Miller ('94, Enviro. Science) we have redesigned items in the BriggsWear Store. The new logos feature both Briggs and MSU.
All proceeds help to support the programs and activities of the Student Advisory Group.
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Greetings! ,
This has been an amazing month of news and honors for Briggs students and faculty. There's so much to report that we are offering you these news briefs with links to follow for more in depth coverage. If you have any news that you would like to submit contact: mckean@msu.edu
WJR radio and Michigan State University have reached an agreement to extend their current contract 10 years, making News/Talk 760 WJR the flagship station for Spartan football and basketball through 2020.
Lyman Briggs Alumni Association wins $2,000 in the MSU Alumni Association's We Dare You membership challenge campaign. Congratulations to the LBAA for increasing paid membership by 116.4% during this period. You can join the MSUAA and designate Briggs as your constitutent college. The LBAA has agreed to use this award to fund LBC student scholarships.
MSU logo will not change. After careful consideration, we will use the current Spartan logo design, first used in the late 1970s, to build our visual brand identity.
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NEWLY ADDED FEATURE: Check out the archived Briggantines & newsletters dating back to 1973. Archived News>>>
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| MSU/Lyman Briggs College awarded $25 million for NSF center to study evoution in action |
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 Lyman Briggs professor Dr. Robert Pennock is one of five Principal Investigators who was awarded a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish BEACON, an interdisciplinary science and technology center to study evolution in action in both natural and virtual settings. BEACON is short for "Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium". In addition to being on the BEACON Executive Committee, Pennock will co-direct one of the three research thrust groups that will focus on the evolution of behavior and intelligence, and also help direct education and outreach efforts. BEACON includes thirty-five other senior personnel from across the university, including LBC associate professor Jim Smith who will be involved in evolution education research. The grant builds in part on some of Dr. Pennock's earlier research that used digital evolution to investigate the evolution of intelligent behavior, and on his Avida-ED project, which developed an educational platform that allows students to do experimental evolution using populations of digital organisms.
Briggs students already participate in this research and BEACON will open up new opportunities for other students and faculty in MSU's College of Engineering, College of Natural Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Lyman Briggs College. BEACON is a consortium of universities led by Michigan State University with partner institutions of North Carolina A&T State University, the University of Idaho, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Washington.
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| Briggs Students: Continuing A Tradition of Excellence |
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 Michael Moran: He recently spent two (simulated) weeks on Mars. Ever since Michael Moran was a child he would gaze up at the stars dreaming about being an astronaut. Recently, Moran was chosen to be a Crew Astronomer aboard the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), a particular honor because he was the only undergraduate member of the crew. Located in the San Rafael Swell of Utah, the MDRS is a project of the Mars Society designed to develop key knowledge needed to prepare for the eventual human exploration of Mars. Crews abandon their earthly home to spend two weeks in a simulated harsh Martian environment complete with space suits, air recycling packs, Platypus water packs, and a radio. More about the Martian experience >>>
 Anthony Watkins, Jr.: Recipient of the new Dr. Ronald C. Hamelink Scholarship. Receiving a scholarship in honor of Michigan State University's first 4.0 graduate might be intimidating for some, but Anthony Watkins sees it as a tremendous opportunity - one he may not have had if it were not for this financial aid. Watkins has met the challenge by having a nearly perfect 3.96 grade point average semester. That's no small feat given that Watkins is maintaining an ambitious class load as an Animal Science major in Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University. Ever since he was a child he has dreamed of become a veterinarian. Maybe it is his cat Scout, or all those episodes of Animal Planet where he watched life-saving animal surgeries, but it has helped to motivate him to excel in his science classes. "I get squeamish when I see surgeries performed on people, but I never felt that way when I watch animal surgeries," says Watkins. More about Anthony's journey >>>
 Vincent Cracolici: The first recipient of the Mary Margaret Schroth Scholarship. When you meet Vincent Cracolici it's easy to understand why Mary Schroth decided that she wanted to establish a scholarship at Lyman Briggs College (LBC) at Michigan State University. They both share a passion for education, service and Michigan State University. Cracolici, a junior majoring in zoology, is just one of Schroth's many "favorite" BCAMSC students who are now attending LBC, a residential college for the study of science in the context of society. Schroth is a lifelong Spartan, a 1981 graduate of both LBC and the MSU Honors College, and a mathematics specialist at the Battle Creek Area Mathematics and Science Center (BCAMSC). Schroth is passionate about teaching and has a deep appreciation for the education she received at MSU. Her affection for her students and desire for them to experience excellence in undergraduate education led her to establish the Mary Margaret Schroth Scholarship. More about Vincent >>> |
| Briggs Faculty Celebrate Awards and Recognitions |
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Kendra Cheruvelil, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. As an early career faculty members she was recently named both a Lilly Teaching Fellow and Environmental Faculty Fellow.
Robert L. LaDuca Jr., Ph.D., is an associate professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Chemistry. An exemplary teacher both in the classroom and in the research laboratory, Dr. LaDuca is a recipient of the MSU Alumni CLub of Mid-Micigan Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
John C. Waller, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of History. Through his unique blend of classroom teaching, academic schlarship and public engagement, Dr. Waller truly deserves receiving the Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award.
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| From the Briggs Archives |
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(Anyone know what year this would be from?)
Larry Pashnick, a right-hander, played from 1982 to 1984 in Major League Baseball. He was signed with the Detroit Tigers in 1979, making his debut in 1982 |
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Giving to Briggs - Investing in Education and the Spartan 'Can Do' Spirit. |
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Michigan State University has issued a unique challenge for alumni, donors and friends designed to make the most of scholarship gifts and dramatically increase the amount of aid available to MSU students in need.
The Spartan Scholarship Challenge, which leverages a $7 million anonymous gift to MSU that recently made national news, seeks to generate $21 million in need and performance-based financial assistance for undergraduate students. The initiative, available only until Dec. 31, 2010, maximizes donors' gifts through a $1 match for every $2 in new endowed scholarships.
Donors who make a commitment of $20,000 or more will have the opportunity to create a permanent scholarship in their name or the name of someone they wish to honor. Commitments to the challenge can be paid over a period of five years or less. Smaller gifts can be directed to a university-wide Spartan Scholarship Challenge Endowment.
Unlike funds that are expendable, endowed funds have a lasting effect because the total amount of the gift is invested. Only a portion of the invested income earned is spent each year, preserving the principal.
Individuals interested in participating in the Spartan Scholarship Challenge can call Dan McKean, Office of Development & Alumni Relations at (517) 353-4869 or email: mckean@msu.edu.
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| Alumni Updates |
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 Mike Callton ('81, Biology), Candidate for Michigan's 87th District State Representative. Mike is presently the chairman of the Barry County Board of Commissioners. He received his Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine in 1989 from the National University of Health Sciences. Mike is married and owns the Nashville Chiropractic Center, in Nashville, MI.
 Anil Lalwani, M.D. (`81, Biochemistry/Honors College),
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, New York University. Dr. Lalwani received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1985. His medical specialties are: acoustic neuroma surgery, cochlear implants, skull base lesions, otology, neurotology. His research interests are in the molecular genetics of deafness and gene therapy for deafness. He recently identified MYH9, a non-muscle heavy chain myosin, as the gene responsible for DFNA17 (autosomal dominant hearing impairment).
 Carolin K. Shining, J.D. (`87, Biochemistry), Attorney at Paul & Hanley, LLC, in Berkley, CA. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1990, focusing on intellectual property and environmental law. She is the co-author of The Never-Ending Deposition: The Need for Deposition Time Limitations. She has combined her science and law degrees by focusing on asbestos litigation.
Michael Snodgrass (`72 Physics/Honors College), Senior Analog Electrical Engineer at Accu-Sort Systems, Telford, PA. Michael also holds a degree from Cornell University.
 Ronald Peshock, M.D. (`72, Mathematics/Honors College), Professor of Radiology at University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center. Specializing in cardiovascular magnetic resonace imaging, computed tomography and detection of early atherosclerosis |
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