MSU Alumni Magazine, Fall 2004 issue - MSU Alumni Association ...

CONSTITUENT
ASSOCIATIONS
HUMAN ECOLOGY—Jun. 10:
MSU President-Designate Lou
Anna K. Simon (middle) and acting
dean William Abbett (2nd
from R) were among those attending
the HECAA’s afternoon
tea at the home of associate dean
Won O. Song. The event served
to update alumni on the college’s
reorganization.
bial Ecology (whose contingent is
in the photo). MSU Professor
James Tiedje was congratulated
for having been elected the new
president of ASM.
NURSING—Jun. 23: Some 55
alumni and friends joined dean
Marilyn Rothert at the Lansing
Area Alumni Garden Party in the
Life Sciences Building. Tours were
given of the Janice Thompson
Granger Learning Labs and the
MSU Demonstration Gardens.
INTERNATIONAL CLUBS
TUCSON, AZ—May 1: Bob and
Kathy Workman hosted a reception
for MSU President-Designate
Lou Anna K. Simon at their
home.
WEST MICHIGAN—July 12:
About 350 Spartans attended the
MSU Alumni Club of West
Michigan’s 6th Annual Steve
Smith Charity Challenge at
Egypt Valley Country Club in
Grand Rapids. Smith was honored
for his role as honorary chair
of the Sparty Project and for all
he’s done for MSU. Special
guests included Jud Heathcote
(inset), Ron Mason, George Perles,
Gus Ganakas and Steve’s
teammates from the 1990 Big 10
Championship team (see photo),
including Mike Peplowski and
Matt Steigenga. The event raised
$60,000 for MSU, the Steve
Smith Detroit Pershing MSU
Scholarship, and the Grand
Rapids Public Schools Student
Advancement Foundation.
WESTERN NEW YORK—Aug. 3:
Some 50 area Spartans, including
students and parents, attended a
pizza send-off event on Grand Island
for students bound for
MSU. Each student received a
$50 gift certificate for textbooks.
LABOR & INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS— Nov. 6: Nearly
two dozen area Spartans attended
an alumni reception at the Seyfarth
Shaw Law Firm in Chicago.
May 11: About 70 alumni and
friends attended an alumni reception
at the James B. Henry Center
for Executive Development.
Special guests included Marietta
Baba, dean of the College of Social
Science, and speakers Rich
Block and Keith Groty.
BEIJING, CHINA—May 31: The
MSU Alumni Club of Beijing,
China, met at the Jinglun Hotel
to welcome Ron Rosenberg,
MSU’s associate dean of engineering.
The banquet was organized
by Dr. Yi Zhang, Ph. D.
’02, assistant professor of finance
at Peking University.
NATURAL SCIENCE—May 25:
More than 120 alumni attended a
reception at the New Orleans
Marriott during the American
Society of Microbiology’s General
Photo courtesy of Doug Moffat
Meeting. The reception was hosted
by the CNSAA, the Dept. of
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics,
and the Center for Micro
SRI LANKA—Jun. 17: Members
of the local alumni club met at
Han Gook Gwan Korean Restaurant
in Havelock Place, Colombo.
Special guests from the U.S.
included Dr. Chitra Gunawardena,
Dr. P. Kaviratna and his wife,
Dr. Hema Kaviratna, from Georgia.
The dinner event was organized
by Dr. Sunethra Karunaratne
of the University of
Peradeniya.
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