Peter Alegi, associate professor of history, has been appointed a Fulbright Scholar at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, in South Africa for the calendar year 2010. Alegi’s project is to explore “Sport and Leisure: Colonial and Post-colonial Transformations.”
Publish Date: June 05, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Soma Chaudhuri, assistant professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University, has been named a 2009-10 Academic Fellow by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C., and will participate in a unique educational program focusing on the threat of terrorism to democracy.
Publish Date: May 29, 2009
C. Kurt Dewhurst, director of the Michigan State University Museum since 1983, will take on the new role of director of arts and cultural initiatives in the Office of University Outreach and Engagement starting July 1.
Publish Date: May 28, 2009 | Multimedia: 

A Michigan State University kinesiology professor is taking over as president of the American College of Sports Medicine, the largest exercise medicine organization in the world.
Publish Date: May 28, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Harry Perlstadt, professor of sociology, recently received a 2009-10 Fulbright Teaching Award.
Publish Date: May 27, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Great Lakes Echo Web site, a project of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at MSU, was named one of the top sites for news about the environment of the Great Lakes region by Chicago-based Valerie Denney Communications.
Publish Date: May 22, 2009
Four outstanding individuals have received the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s highest honor: the Walter F. Patenge Medal of Public Service.
Publish Date: May 21, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Kenneth Frank, a professor of counseling, educational psychology and special education in the Michigan State University College of Education, recently received a Fulbright Specialist grant to visit the University of Turku in Finland.
Publish Date: May 21, 2009 | Multimedia: 
A team of employees from MSU’s Physical Plant has earned the 2009 Munsys Excellence Award in recognition of creative use of the Munsys database software.
Publish Date: May 20, 2009
Brit Weber, program director of the Critical Incident Protocol Community Facilitation program at Michigan State University’s School of Criminal Justice, received the Private and Public Businesses, Inc., Best Practices Award at the Disaster Recovery Journal's Spring World conference in Orlando.
Publish Date: May 19, 2009
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