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Five Madison seniors participated in MSU’s University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) on April 11. Yvette Efevbera (IR) presented “Allah, ABC, and HIVAIDS: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Religion in Uganda and Senegal”; Emily Adama (SRP) presented “Using Relationships to Fight Poverty”; Nicholas Micinski (IR) presented “Civil Society Organizations in Muslim Minority Communities: A Comparison”; Debrah Lee (PTCD) presented “Government Receptiveness to Demands for Sanitation in Rural Bangladesh”; and, Brett Staron (IR) presented “Development as Empowerment.”
The UURAF is an opportunity for highly motivated students to showcase their scholarship and creative activity to the university community.
Madison College was well represented at this year’s 5th Annual Undergraduate Student Conference sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) held April 16 and 17. JMC students who presented papers were: Lauren Tomaszczyk (IR senior), Cora Bebiak IR senior), Ann Marie Gordenier (IR/SRP senior), Allison Horowski (IR senior), Jessica Wayne (IR senior) Angela Nurse (SRP senior), Cory Connolly (IR junior), Lauren Verbiscus (IR/CCP junior), Kelly Steffen (IR junior), and Jennifer Seager (IR junior).
Senior AJ Rice (IR) has been accepted into the Political Science
Senior Kyle Mays (SRP) has been accepted into the Ph.D. degree program in African American and African Studies at Michigan State University for the fall of '08.
Alumnus Paul J. D’Anieri (IR ‘86) has been selected as the dean of the University of Florida’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He was formerly the associate dean of humanities at the University of Kansas.
Two of MSU's top debaters, Madison students Garrett Abelkop (IR senior) and Carly Wunderlich (PTCD junior) took on a debate team from Wake Forest University for “eco-friendly water wars” debate on Earth Day at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Amy Bucknell (SRP ’08) has been accepted into the Educational Policy Doctoral Program at MSU's College of Education for fall 2008. She has been named a Dean’s Scholar, a four-year commitment that provides each year a waiver of tuition, a combination of graduate assistantship and fellowship stipends and health care coverage. Bucknell plans to pursue international educational policy with a view to working with ministries or NGOs in Arabic-speaking countries, with a focus on gender equity.
Alex Hill (IR junior) won a Homer Higbee International Education Award for his work as executive director of SCOUT BANANA, a non-profit organization that supports health-related projects in Africa.
Samantha Mills (IR senior), an intern in the office of Michigan Rep. Robert B. Jones, won the 2008 Daniel Rosenthal Legislative Intern Award. The Rosenthal Award was established by the family of the late Daniel Rosenthal, an MSU student who died in 1977. He was one of the first to take part in the MSU’s Legislative Student Intern Program. After graduation, Mills will depart for Latin America with the Peace Corps.
For the first time in years, James Madison College won against Lyman Briggs School in the annual Madison/Briggs Olympics on Friday, April 11. Madison won in basketball and dodge ball but lost in volleyball.
Nick Micinski(IR/PTCD/Muslim Studies, senior) is the recipient of the Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize at MSU. The prize for $2000.00 is awarded to the most outstanding graduating senior, based on a variety of criteria, including exhibiting an open, curious, creative approach to education and ideas and demonstrating exceptional character and leadership in enriching the lives of others, especially in intellectual and international dimensions.
Adam Wagner (IR/Muslim Studies, senior) has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship for the Intensive Summer Institute sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. This highly selective scholarship will pay all his expenses to study intermediate level Arabic in Salalah, Oman during the summer 2008.
Madison alumnus, Peter Spadafore (SRP ’07) is the recipient of the prestigious political leadership fellowship awarded in February by MSU’s Michigan Political Leadership Program (MPLP). Spadafore is the Associate Director for the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association. As a student, he served as the president of the JMC Student Senate.
Senior Monica Mukerjee (IR/Psychology) has been selected to receive the Outstanding Community Impact Award by the Michigan Campus Compact. This award is given to five undergraduate students and one graduate student from the state of Michigan for their dedication to community service and civic engagement, from a nomination pool of nearly 600 students. She will receive the award on April 5, 2008.
Madison freshman, Bethany Lumbert, has been volunteering with Hillary Rodham Clinton's Democratic presidential campaign during recent months. She spent winter break with a small group of college volunteers campaigning in Iowa.
