Katherine Pitsch, a James Madison College senior, has been selected as the MSU recipient of a prestigious graduate fellowship sponsored by Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR), an association of retired U.S. Foreign Service officers with offices in Washington, D.C. Pitsch is majoring in International Relations with a specialization in Muslim Studies. She has studied Arabic and Kazakh at MSU, and is also fluent in Spanish.

Katherine Pitsch, a James Madison College senior, has been selected as the MSU recipient of a prestigious graduate fellowship sponsored by Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR), an association of retired U.S. Foreign Service officers with offices in Washington, D.C. Pitsch is majoring in International Relations with a specialization in Muslim Studies. She has studied Arabic and Kazakh at MSU, and is also fluent in Spanish.

Katherine Pitsch, a James Madison College senior, has been selected as the MSU recipient of a prestigious graduate fellowship sponsored by Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR), an association of retired U.S. Foreign Service officers with offices in Washington, D.C. Pitsch is majoring in International Relations with a specialization in Muslim Studies. She has studied Arabic and Kazakh at MSU, and is also fluent in Spanish.

Katherine Pitsch, a James Madison College senior, has been selected as the MSU recipient of a prestigious graduate fellowship sponsored by Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR), an association of retired U.S. Foreign Service officers with offices in Washington, D.C. Pitsch is majoring in International Relations with a specialization in Muslim Studies. She has studied Arabic and Kazakh at MSU, and is also fluent in Spanish.

Patrick ODonnell, professor of English and chairperson of the Department of English at MSU, has been named one of 36 winners in the 2005-06 Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program. He will hold the Walt Whitman Chair in American Culture Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, from September to December. Article by Kris Tetens, University Relations.

Some MSU students and incoming freshmen are having part of their Spartan experience about 6,500 miles away. Seven students already are playing host to visitors to the U.S. pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Japan through September. And come July, some 20 incoming students will travel there as part of the Freshman Seminars Abroad program. Article by Gisgie Gendreau, University Relations.

One MSU student and three recent alumni planning to teach or currently teaching German at the K-12 level have received summer study scholarships from the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). Article by Kris Tetens

A series of films addressing international human rights issues will be screened on the MSU campus in April as part of a weeklong series of events examining the ethics of global development. Article by Kris Tetens

An international conference and workshop on ethics and development designed to explore the practical value of the Capability Approach first articulated by Nobel laureate Amartya K. Sen will be held at MSU on April 11-13. Article by Kris Tetens

Enough talking and reading, start drinking. Rwanda Coffee the coffee that is the fruit of the unique partnership conceived and led by MSUs Institute of International Agriculture is available on campus.

Over the course of his career, R. Mick Fulton has been involved in the design and building of two animal diagnostic laboratories, experiences he will take to Afghanistan later this month to help that country rebuild its agriculture and food industry.

Salman Rushdie, best known as the author of Midnights Children and The Satanic Verses, will speak about his experiences on Thursday, March 17, as part of the World View The Lecture Series at MSUs Wharton Center.

While the United States battles an obesity epidemic, millions around the world are starving or malnourished a population already at increased risk of foodborne disease. Fighting hunger goes hand in hand with the fight against foodborne disease, urges Ewen C.D. Todd, director of the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center at MSU.

There is no reason to be concerned about the well-being of the trans-Atlantic alliance, writes Mohammed Ayoob, MSU University Distinguished Professor of international relations, James Madison College. Those alarmed failed to recognize or deliberately ignored the common grand design that underpins the North Atlantic Concert, the major industrialized democracies of Western Europe and North America. This article appeared in the International Herald Tribune.

There is no reason to be concerned about the well-being of the trans-Atlantic alliance, writes Mohammed Ayoob, MSU University Distinguished Professor of international relations, James Madison College. Those alarmed failed to recognize or deliberately ignored the common grand design that underpins the North Atlantic Concert, the major industrialized democracies of Western Europe and North America.

Scholarships for study in Israel are being launched at Michigan State University, with deadlines as early as March 15 for study in summer and fall.

Angelika Kraemer, a Michigan State University graduate student from Germany, has been named the David Merchant International Student of the Year by Phi Beta Delta, an international organization dedicated to fostering scholarly achievement in international education.

A former dean of Michigan State Universitys International Studies and Programs (ISP), whose work is touted as instrumental in expanding ties between the university and Korea, has died. Professor Gill-Chin Lim of Okemos was 58.

This article was part of the special Sesquicentennial Founders' Day 2005 issue of the MSU News Bulletin. It was written by Gisgie Dvila Gendreau and Sue Nichols in University Relations and includes a number of photos.

A dozen Michigan State University students will travel to Washington, D.C., to learn how to raise public awareness on campus to stop violence in Sudans Darfur region.