| Nanotechnology Class Offered by Briggsie | | |
Briggsie Frank Dolinar ('76) will be teaching an Evening College course on nano-technology and its growing capabilities for the 21st Century.
Wednesdays beginning March 16th, 7-9pm at the MSU Kellogg Center.
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All proceeds help to support the programs and activities of the Student Advisory Group.
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This issue also introduces you to the 2011 LBC Distinguished Alumni Award winners. Glen Elliott, Ph.D., M.D. and Don Howard, Ph.D. are both members of the class of 1971 and plan to be on hand for the May reunion and retirement celebration for Dr. Steven Spees.
Registration is now open for Celebration 2011!
Save these dates
May 6 & 7, 2011
LBC Mini-Reunion to celebrate the
40th anniversary of the first LBC graduating class
and the
retirement celebration for Dr. Steven Spees
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| 2011 LBC Distinguished Alumni Award Winners | | |
 Glen Elliott, Ph.D., M.D. ('71)
Upon his graduation Elliott was named the first recipient of the Frederic B. Dutton Award for the student who exemplifies the ideals of the college and who has contributed significantly to improving the quality of science education. In announcing the award LBC Dean Elizabeth Simmons said: "Now 40 years since receiving the Dutton Award your receipt of this Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes that as a scholar, physician and psychiatrist you have achieved the highest level of professional accomplishment, while making a positive impact on science and society."
Elliott serves as Chief Psychiatrist and Medical Director for Children's Health Council (CHC) (Palo Alto, CA), a non-profit community-based institution that provides care for youth with mental health conditions and advances scientific understanding of how best to provide such care. Each year the CHC provides assessment and treatment services to approximately 1,500 children ages 0-18 and their families.
Read more about Dr. Elliott >>>
 Don Howard, Ph.D. ('71)
In conferring the award LBC Dean Elizabeth Simmons said: "This award recognizes that you have achieved the highest level of professional accomplishment, while making a positive impact on society. Through over 30 years of service to academic and intellectual life as a philosopher of science, you have made an enormous contribution to the original vision that led to the creation of the Lyman Briggs College to bridge the sciences and humanities through inter-disciplinary teaching and research."
A physicist by his undergraduate training, Howard has been at the center of intellectual life between Physics and Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame where he is director of the program in History and Philosophy of Science (HPS). Serving as a Reilly Fellow since 1997, his work with the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame has led that program to grow in international pre-eminence. He will assume leadership of the Center in July 2011.
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| Giving Opportunity: Work Progressing on the Renovation of the West Lower Lounge | | |
Lyman Briggs College has come a long way since being established as MSU's second residential college in 1967. Growth in enrollment has created a critical need for space to support the living/learning atmosphere that characterizes Briggs. Dean Elizabeth Simmons has announced plans to renovate the West Lower Lounge into:
- 6 faculty offices to accommodate faculty presently locate
doutside of Holmes Hall - Senior seminar/conference room
- Student study and engagement area
Please consider a gift in support of this project. Gifts of any size are welcome. Special donor recognition opportunities are available for gifts of just $500 or more. For more information contact: mckean@msu.edu.
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Quick link to donation to the renovation >>> |
| Ken Earhart ('83) Named Director of CDC Global Disease Detection Center in India | | |
 Kenneth C. Earhart. M.D. has been named Director of the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) Global Disease Detection Center in New Delhi, India. The state-of-the-art laboratory is only the seventh set up by CDC globally. It is charged with monitoring deadly pathogens and viruses, outbreak information, coordinating responses, and supporting the World Health Organization's Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
The center is one of the direct results of President Obama's recent visit to India. A major focus for the laboratory will be zoonotic diseases. Approximately 75 percent of recently identified emerging infectious diseases affecting humans are diseases of animal origin. Additionally, 80 percent of pathogens with high potential for bioterrorism are zoonotic.
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| Philip Hillary ('01) Living His Dream at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL | | |
 Each year millions of visitors come to Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL, so that they can have up-close encounters with exotic animals and take a safari through a 65-acre "Serengeti Plain." For most people this adventure lasts a day, but for Philip Hillary, who serves as a Manager of Zoological Operations for the park, every day is an adventure that has made his childhood dreams come true.
A native of Fremont, MI, and 2001 graduate of Michigan State University's Lyman Briggs College, Hillary manages the collections and care of the park's animals including: reptiles, fish, birds, insects (ectotherms) and macropods like kangaroos and wallabies. An average day might include tube feeding a flamingo chick, transporting kangaroos, or taking several of the animal "ambassadors" out as a part of Busch Garden's commitment to educating the public about the importance of protecting and preserving the natural environment.
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| Students Visit Fibertec, Inc. Laboratory Facility | | |
Students participating in the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program were treated to a tour of one of the best-equipped laboratories in the State of Michigan. The lab is located in a custom-built 17,000 sq. ft. facility in Holt, MI. The building contains seven individual specialized laboratories designed to support the analytical services of the company. Fibertec founder Matt Frisch spoke to the students about career opportunities in environmental science.
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| Alumni News | | |
Mark D. Schwartz, Ph.D. ('80)- Our apologies for the errors in reporting an update about Dr. Swartz in the Fall 2010 Briggantine. Dr. Schwartz is a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He was recently named a UWM Distinguished Professor. You can read more about Dr. Schwartz and his work by following this link: Mark D. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Deborah A. Weiskittel, M.D.('85) is a physician with Associates in Family Medicine, P.C., in Fort Collins, CO. She graduated from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in 1989. In addition to family medicine she has an interest in women's health and pediatrics. Visit her webpage at: Deborah Weiskittel, M.D.
Michael B. Griffen, D.O. ('99) is a pediatrician at Sun Country Pediatrics. He received his D.O. from the Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center. Visit: Sun Country Pediatrics
Kyle D. Martin ('08, CNS) was a Mentor in Holmes Hall for 2 years. He is working on his MPH from MSU while at the same time living in Haiti and running a clinic. You can follow his blog at: Fatty In Haiti |
| Faculty Awards | | |
HPS Professor Robert T. Pennock, Ph.D. received an MSU Distinguished Faculty Award for his outstanding contributions to scholarship, teaching and public service. Pennock's work on the philosophy of evolutionary biology is a critical assessment of the "New Creationism," or "Intelligent Design," theory; his book Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against New Creationism has been lauded by his peers. In addition, Pennock's theoretical and empirical research with biologists and computer scientists on artificial life and evolving digital organisms supports the NSF's Science and Technology Center Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium, known as BEACON. He is also the founder of the public interest group Michigan Citizens for Science.
Visit Dr. Pennock's webpage >>>
Lissy Goralnik, a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife was awarded an Excellence-in-Teaching Citation for her commitment to students and innovative learning and research. Goralnik teaches interdisciplinary courses in the environmental humanities for LBC, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and Natural Science Study Away. |
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