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Charles Booher, an Honors College junior majoring in fisheries and wildlife in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and public policy in the College of Social Science, is the 12th Udall Scholar to be named from Michigan State University. Established by Congress in 1992, the Udall Foundation awards scholarships, fellowships, and internships for study in […]

Three Michigan State University undergraduate students have been nominated for the nationally competitive Udall Scholarship. MSU’s nominees are: Charles Booher, an Honors College junior majoring in fisheries and wildlife in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and public policy in the College of Social Science. His faculty mentors are Assistant Professor Robert Montgomery in the […]

Najma Muhammad, a junior majoring in urban and regional planning in the College of Social Science, has been nominated by Michigan State University for the nationally competitive Beinecke Scholarship. The scholarship pays for graduate school for students studying the fields of art, humanities or social science. Muhammad plans to pursue a doctorate in her field of […]

Four undergraduate students have been nominated by Michigan State University for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship. The MSU nominees are: Timothy Herd, a senior majoring in elementary education in the College of Education. Herd’s faculty mentor is Assistant Professor Chezare Warren in the College of Education. Katarina Huss, an Honors College junior majoring in comparative cultures […]

Michigan State University has nominated four outstanding undergraduate STEM students for the nationally competitive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Each year, the Goldwater Foundation seeks scholars committed to a career in science, mathematics, or engineering who display intellectual intensity and who have the potential for significant future contribution in their chosen field. Those students are given funding […]

Michigan State University has nominated two Honors College seniors for the nationally competitive James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program. Each year, the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace holds a rigorous national competition to select approximately 12-14 graduating seniors to serve as research assistants. They are matched with senior fellows […]

Nikkita Ngalande, an Honors College senior majoring in actuarial science in the College of Natural Science, has been named a Rhodes Scholar from her home country of Zambia. Ngalande is the 19th Rhodes Scholar from Michigan State University. The Rhodes Trust, the oldest of the major international competitive award foundations, provides 100 of the most outstanding undergraduates […]