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Awards Convocation / State of the University Address 2008

MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan 2008 Textbook Scholarships Winners

MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan 2007 Textbook Scholarships Winners

Endowed Scholarship is Fully Funded - In less than 18 months!

2008 Spartan Crystal Ball

MSU Mini-Grant Program

Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award

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Mid-Michigan Spartans Give Back to Their Community

On Saturday March 29, local Spartans made a difference in Lansing. The Board of the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan held a volunteer day from 9 am – 1 pm at at the Ronald McDonald House of mid-Michigan.

Alumni club board members and their families spent the morning preparing a special meal for guests of the house and helping out with a variety of chores, including cleaning, organizing the library, and making needed repairs. In other words, they helped Ronald McDonald House get ready for the GREENing of spring!


Awards Convocation / State of the University Address 2008
On February 12, 2008 the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan was recognized at the 2008 Awards Convocation/State of the University Address at the Pasant Theatre of Wharton Center. The Club was recognized for its continued support for underwriting and sponsoring the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan Quality in Undergraduate Teaching Award. Two distinguished faculty members, Kelly F. Millenbah from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and Jonas Zoninsein from the James Madison College, were each presented $2,000 stipends and recognized for their outstanding contribution to undergraduate education.

Club President, Jeff Hicks, was invited to join MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, Provost Kim Wilcox and a host of other university dignitaries on stage as part of the official party. The presentation of the awards followed President Simon's Founders' Day address. The awards, which have been given by the Club since the early 1990's, are just one more way that the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan gives back to the University.


MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan 2008 Textbook Scholarships Winners
Recognizing the increasing high costs of attending college, the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan offers an annual scholarship of $750 to high school seniors in Ingham, Eaton, or Clinton counties. The funds are to be used for the purchase of textbooks, reading material, course packets, pamphlets, or other resource material required for the student’s courses while attending Michigan State University.

The 2008 award winners are:

Patrick Duda, Lansing Catholic Central H.S.
Sarah DiPietro, Grand Ledge H.S.
Kathleen Main, Dansville H.S.
Scott Huggett, Bellevue H.S.
Matthew Boughton, Haslett H.S.
Jill Zelenski, Holt H.S. and
Laura Klinger, East Lansing

Congratulations to the winners and all the applicants. Best of luck at MSU!

QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria to apply for the scholarship:

1. Is a high school senior attending a high school within Ingham, Eaton, or Clinton counties (or if home schooled must reside in one of these counties); and
2. Has been accepted to MSU for the Fall of 2008 and will enroll at MSU for at least 12 credits each semester; and
3. At least one parent or guardian is a current member in good standing of the MSUAlumni Association.

Those who are not members can join at the time of application by calling the MSU Alumni Association at 517.355.8314 or by applying on-line at www.msualum.com.

Anyone can join the Alumni Association.

Applications for the 2009 scholarship competition will be available from high school counselors in the tri-county area. Please watch this space for further details!


MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan 2007 Textbook Scholarships Winners
The 2007 award winners were:
Rebecca Araoz, Lansing Eastern; Stephen Lawler, Okemos; Christopher Dean, Lansing Catholic; Elizabeth Ciolek, St. Johns; Nicholas Ballou, Grand Ledge; Joseph Kogut, New Coveant Christian, and Jessica Campbell, East Lansing.

Congratulations to the winners and all the applicants. Best of luck at MSU!

Applications for the 2008 scholarship competition will soon be available from high school counselors in the tri-county area. Please watch this space for further details!

Endowed Scholarship is Fully Funded - In less than 18 months!
The MSU Alumni Club of Mid Michigan (“Club”) has fully endowed a scholarship for students in the tri-county area to attend Michigan State University. The tri-county area has hundreds of young people who have selected Michigan State University as their college of choice. With the rising cost of education, the pressure on students and their families requires additional funding to help realize their dreams. In response to this need, the Mid-Michigan Alumni Board has created and funded an MSU Endowed Scholarship Fund.



2008 Spartan Crystal Ball
This annual semi-formal event raises funds for the Club's Endowed Scholarship Fund. The Spartan Crystal Ball committee plans and implements all the details for the Ball.

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: SPARTAN CRYSTAL BALL ’08
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Henry Center/University Club, East Lansing

We are pleased to announce that the 2008 Spartan Crystal Ball will be held Saturday, December 6, at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development, adjacent to the University Club. Given rave reviews from the ’07 Ball, Carl Cafagna’s 14-piece Swing Band has been booked for an encore performance. The price will remain $75 per person, which is a terrific value given the elegant dinner, festive environment and a terrific band for listening and dancing.

Over 190 sponsors and guests enjoyed the first annual Spartan Crystal Ball, which raised $14,000 for the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan’s Endowed Scholarship Fund. Thirteen MSU Deans supported the event, including Dean Elizabeth Simmons from Lyman Briggs, where our first scholarship recipient, Peter Weiss, is enrolled.

Click here for pictures of the glittery event.

Once again, we thank our sponsors and encourage you to support them.

2007 Sponsors
Team Lansing Foundation
The Dorothy Endres Insurance Agency, LLC, Portage

Jones Telecom Group, Chicago


MSU Federal Credit Union

MSU Department of Radiology



Dean Trailways of Michigan

In Kind Sponsors
The Plant Professionals, Kathy Valentine
Floral Impressions

MSU Alumni Association


LaSalle Bank

MSU Development

Auction Donors
Marc VandenBerg
The Wharton Center
Kellogg Center
Artist Maxine MacLeod
MSU Provost Kim Wilcox
Wheat Jewelers
Douglas J Spa
Glen Arbor B&B
MSU Federal Credit Union
MSU Forest Akers
Marriott University Place
MSU President LouAnna Simon
Dusty’s Cellar
The Framer’s Edge
Lansing Art Glass
Saper Galleries

Double JJ Ranch & Golf Resort



MSU Mini-Grant Program
The MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan supports a wide array of programs and grants benefiting students and alumni in the tri-county region, faculty awards for undergraduate teaching excellence, student-focused programs and scholarships and the Building Brighter Futures Children’s Fund. The amount contributed back to benefit the University and tri-county communities in 2007 totaled $23,295. Of that amount, $8,014 was distributed by way of Mini-Grants to campus organizations, Red Cross services for MSU students and the MSU Food Bank. The 5th Annual University Mini-Grant application process is now underway with a goal of distributing up to $8,000 in grants to MSU registered student organizations, academic units and non-revenue athletic sports teams. The 2008 Mini-Grant funding will focus on cultural, multi-cultural and MSU Non-Revenue athletic teams. The deadline for submission was March 31, 2008, and the 2008 grantees will be announced soon.

Congratulations to the 2007 Grantees

I. NON-REVENUE SPORTS