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Historical Collections. The black and white images hark back to the early and mid- 1900s, including photos of the Women’s Building (Morrill Hall), the Spartan Marching Band, the MSU planetarium, and the stadium. They cost $12.95 plus $5 S&H. ☛ You can purchase the calendar at www.shop.msu.edu or by calling 517-355-2330. MSU DISCOVERS NEW ISOTOPE MSU scientists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory under the direction of assistant professor Andreas Stolz have discovered a new rare isotope of the element germanium (Ge). The isotope, with 28 neutrons, is identified as germanium-60. “Rare isotopes once existed on earth and have long since decayed,” explains Aaron Galonsky, professor at the NSCL. “Rare isotope research is essential for understanding how the elements—and ultimately the universe—were formed.” MSU, home to the nation’s most powerful accelerator for rare isotope research, is one of the few places in the world where such a discovery can be made. Based on current theories of nuclear matter, Ge-60 will be the last such rare isotope found. The discovery could help solve the puzzle surrounding the origin of the elements. MSU RANKED TOPS IN BIG TEN The latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of universities listed MSU 41st among the nation’s “best value.” Indeed, MSU was the only public Big Ten university and the only public university in Michigan to achieve that lofty status. The magazine calculates “best value” by comparing academic quality to the net cost of attending for a student receiving average levels of financial aid. Says Terry Denbow, vice president for university relations, “It shows a pattern of excellence and a recognition that access and quality can go together.” MSU also ranked 30th among the “Top 50 Public National Universities,” tied with Indiana University. MSU’s Eli Broad College of Business was ranked 20th in the nation. GREAT LAKES CENTER MSU will be an integral part of the new Center of Excellence for the Great Lakes and Human Health, Ann Arbor, funded by a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The center will focus on human health effects in the Great Lakes in three main areas— drinking water, beaches and harmful algal blooms. “MSU has a very strong history in microbiology,” says fisheries and wildlife professor Joan Rose, who heads MSU’s role in the project. “By combining the aspects of waterborne diseases, which are caused by micro-organisms, and expertise in microbiology, as well as an understanding of the Great Lakes system, we can start to address some of these areas that have been neglected.” Adds project co-director Phanikumar Mantha, professor of civil and environmental engineering and geological sciences, “We at MSU have strengths in the areas of pathogens, microbial ecology and hydrology and modeling.” He adds that “an investment in health and the environment is an investment in our future prosperity.” Between now and MSU’s Sesquicentennial in 2005, Fred Honhart, director of MSU Archives and Historical Collections, will regularly highlight key moments in MSU history. – Editor. In the 1890s future MSU president Kenyon Butterfield (1924- 1928), then superintendent of MSC’s Farmer’s Institutes, embarked on a campaign to advertise the college to the public. Enrollment had been basically static for the previous decade with an average freshman class of around 125 students, and MSC wanted to significantly increase this number. In addition to distributing numerous publications about the college, Butterfield convinced several railroads in Michigan to run excursion trains to the campus during one week in August. In 1897, the first year of this event, it is estimated that more than 3,000 visitors came and caught a glimpse of campus. In his annual report of 1898 President Snyder noted: “As is usual with persons who visit the College for the first time, they were very happily surprised at the beauty of the campus and the number and character of the buildings.” The excursion trains continued to roll well into the second decade of the 20th century. It is interesting to note that the advertising efforts would appear to have been successful, as freshman enrollment more than tripled from 135 in 1897 to 450 for the class of 1913. MSU Archives & Historical Collections CLICK RIGHT THROUGH FOR MSU msualum.com PAGE 5
Images Courtesy of Wharton Center STUDENT ACCESS TO WHARTON CENTER MSU’s Wharton Center has introduced the most aggressive student ticketing program in the nation. Students can obtain $25.00 tickets to the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center shows, and $15.00 tickets to the Michigan Radio Wildcard attractions. “The best seats are available,” notes Bob Hoffman, Wharton Center publicist. Students will be able to enjoy a terrific array of performance arts, such as the new Mel Brooks musical The Producers (Dec. 7- 12), the biggest Tony Award winner in Broadway history, and Movin’ Out (Feb. 1-6, 2005), a musical that combines the music of Billy Joel with the choreography of Twyla Tharp. Among the many jazz attractions are the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Nov. 19), the Count Basie Orchestra with Nnenna Freelon (Jan. 28, 2005), Russell Gun & Ethnomusicology (Feb. 11, 2005) and Laissez Le Bons Temps Rouler! (Feb. 16, 2005). The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will perform a World Premiere Wharton Center Commission on Feb. 10, 2005. MSU KUDOS Every semester, MSU faculty, staff and students garner kudos too numerous to list exhaustively here. Some examples: Fred Honhart, director of University Archives and Historical Collections, has been named president of the International Council on Archives/Section on University Research Institution Archives. Jeanette Wrona Klemczak, assistant professor of nursing, has been named by Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Chief Nursing Executive for Michigan’s Dept. of Community Health. Four MBA students from The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management—Akilah Ellis, Carlos Johnson, Laith Maddur and Kendall Sykes—earned firstplace honors at the National Black MBA Case Competition in Houston, TX, beating 30 other teams from such schools as Duke, UCLA, MIT and the University of Michigan. AWARD FOR LEFRAK FORUM MSU has been awarded a $500,000 “challenge grant” from the National Endowment for the Humanities—a first for MSU— for creating a permanent endowment for the LeFrak Forum. The Forum, also known as the Symposium on Science, Reason and Modern Democracy, sponsors lectures, conferences and publications, as well as graduate, post-doctoral and senior fellowships—all devoted to the theme of “the theory and practice of modern democracy.” To receive the full grant, MSU must match the funds on a threeto-one basis. “This challenge grant is both an honor and a challenge,” says Arthur M. Melzer, political science professor and one of the program’s three co-directors. “The clock is ticking. We have only three-and-a-half years in which to raise the $1.5 million match.” The specific mission of the LeFrak Forum is “to place theoretical issues in practical context and policy issues in philosophical perspective,” explains Richard Zinman, forum co-director and University Distinguished Professor of political theory in James Madison College. ☛For more information, visit lefrakforum.msu.edu. MSU BOASTS TOP K-9 UNIT MSU boasts the largest K-9 unit of any university in the U.S., with six expertly trained dogs and their handlers/officers (see photo). It is also the largest K-9 explosive-detection team in Michigan. “Our dogs have been especially helpful in both on- and off-campus searches for recreational drugs and bomb sweeps, especially post 9/11 with the numerous visits to campus by U.S. and foreign dignitaries,” says Sgt. Matt Merony, canine unit supervisor of MSU’s Dept. of Police and Public Safety. MSU has had 23 dogs since 1984, mostly German shepherds or Belgium Malinois. They un- PAGE 6 FALL 2004 MSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE
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