By Sloane Barlow Associate professor Dr. Jiying Ling from the College of Nursing received the 2023 Honors College Award for Distinguished Contributions to Honors Students. This award recognizes a MSU faculty or staff member outside the Honors College for their outstanding contributions and commitment to Honors students and their educations. It includes a framed certificate, […]
By: Brandi Stover Honors College alumni Kim and Judith Swanson met at Michigan State University in the summer of 1963, where both were participating in the summer orientation program. Jude, an advertising major in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and Kim, a political science major in the College of Social Science, formed a […]
East Lansing, Mich. – Students and supporters gathered for the 7th Annual Diversity Research Showcase (DRS) earlier this month. Nearly 50 Michigan State University students presented their research on issues relating to diversity that advance inclusion. Erika Crews – Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for the Honors College – co-coordinated the event […]
By Sloane Barlow They say education can really take you places. For Honors College students Landon Buskirk and Andrew Yeomans-Stephenson, it took them all the way to Hawaii for the joint meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics and the Physical Society of Japan. The organizing committee selected Buskirk and Yeomans-Stephenson to […]
By Brandi Stover Since the moment she set foot on campus, Dorothy Zhao has been determined to take advantage of every opportunity that presented itself. In the classroom, she is pursuing three Bachelor of Science degrees in Neuroscience, Psychology, and Human Biology. Outside of it, she balances her time between two research labs, multiple student […]
By Sloane Barlow Third-year student Nicole Smith first began her microbiology research journey with the guidance of the Honors College. Smith is currently an Environmental Biology student with a concentration in Microbiology and a minor in Spanish. At the start of her time at Michigan State, Smith began her professorial assistantship through a program offered […]
From the Distinguished Student Awards Office: East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State University is proud to announce its national finalists for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship. Organizers will announce the results of these competitions in the coming weeks. The Marshall Scholarship provides support to approximately 50 of the most outstanding undergraduates in the country to study […]
Last week, the women’s cross country team won the 2023 Big Ten Championships – their fourth conference title in five years. “I’m super proud of them all,” said Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Lisa Breznau in a recent article. “They’ve been a phenomenal team all fall and I know that’s what we’re going […]
By Brandi Stover As enrollment for the Spring 2024 semester approaches, there is no better time to welcome the newest member of the Honors College advising team, LaDonna Croffe. Here is a short Q&A for our community to get to know her. What are your past experiences that led you to the Honors College? I […]
Press release from the Distinguished Student Awards Office: East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State University Honors College alumna Angela Yuan is a finalist for the nationally competitive Schwarzman Scholars program. Each year, the Schwarzman Scholars program holds a rigorous competition to select students from around the world for a fully funded one-year master’s degree and leadership […]
