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JENISON FIELD HOUSE 46 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING The Michigan State wrestling team’s home is the 5,017-seat Jenison Field House. Featuring one of the nation’s only dual meet wrestling platform, fans are treated to a truly unique wrestling experience. In addition, the Spartan wrestling program unveiled a 20-by-25 foot mural on the north curtain in 2001, highlighting former Spartan stars. Banners commemorating MSU’s eight Big Ten championships and the 1967 National Championship team hang in the rafters, bordering the platform. In 2001, Jenison underwent an $8 million rennovation, and in the fall of 2005, murals were added to the north and south ends portraying the sports held there. Jenison Field House is truly one of college wrestling’s most intimate venues. “Our wrestling venue is clearly one of the very best in the nation,” head coach Tom Minkel said. “The wrestling platform allows our fans to be be really close to the action. MSU’s wrestling platform is the only one used for dual meets in the entire nation. That along with the spotlights and the huge wrestling mural behind the scorer’s table make our meets unique, entertaining and dramatic”. In 2007, the Spartans hosted their annual MSU Open, one of the nation’s largest collegiate and open tournaments. Over 300 wrestlers participated, representing 20 programs across the country - from Cal Poly to North Carolina. Michigan State’s Franklin Gomez captivated the audience with four-straight wins to capture the 133-pound title, his second title in as many years; the Dominican Republic native also claimed the 125-pound title in 2006. The Spartans tallied a total of seven medals in the two-dvision event, three in the Open Division and four in the Freshman/Sophomore Division. MSU will host the MSU Open again in 2008, along with six dual meets, all against ranked opponents. 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING 47 MICHIGAN State UNIVERSITY ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE. TRANSFORMING LIVES. Michigan State University is defining what it means to be a land-grant university in the 21st century. From our roots as the nation’s pioneer land-grant institution, we have a long tradition of using the research and knowledge that is developed here to create practical solutions that make a difference for individuals and communities. From Michigan to Malawi, MSU continues its proud tradition of advancing knowledge and transforming lives. A few highlights of our accomplishments are listed here. For more information, please visit www.msu.edu. 48 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES MSU Extension has a presence in all 83 counties in Michigan, with more than 700 full-time MSU employees, bringing knowledge-based educational programs to the people of Michigan. MSU is one of only five U.S. universities to join the Chicago Climate Exchange in efforts to reduce their carbon emissions. Technology developed by an MSU Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station researcher has been licensed to produce new vaccines for various strains of flu, including avian flu. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded a $1.37 million, multiyear grant to MSU as part of an initiative to address childhood nutrition and fitness, vibrant communities, and healthful local food production in Michigan. More than 30,000 children and their families participate in educational programs at Wharton Center each season, including Jazz Kats: Jazz for Kids, which uses jazz to teach information in subject matters such as math, social studies, science and music. 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING 49 TOP RANKINGS AND RECOGNITIONS • Ranks No. 30 among America’s public universities (U.S. News & World Report) • One of Top 100 Global Universities (Newsweek/MSNBC rankings) • Record of Rhodes Scholars has led the Big Ten since the 1960s • National leader in study abroad participation among public universities; one of only four public universities in the nation that ranks in the top 10 for both study abroad participation and international student enrollment • Only university in the country with three on-campus medical schools, graduating allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians, as well as veterinarians (DVMs) • Fifth largest producer overall of Peace Corps volunteers since the organization was founded in 1961 (2008 Peace Corps rankings) • Graduate programs in elementary and secondary education No. 1 in the nation for the 14th year in a row (U.S. News & World Report) • Graduate program in nuclear physics No. 2 in the nation (U.S. News & World Report) • College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 7 in primary care (U.S. News & World Report) • Eli Broad College of Business No. 25 among the nation’s business schools and five of its undergraduate specialty programs rank in the top 15 in their respective categories, including supply chain management at No. 2 (U.S. News & World Report) • One of the nation’s top five campuses for sustainability, according to the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Environment 2008 Report Card, which also indicates MSU has the greatest number of exemplary programs in sustainability among colleges and universities in Michigan 50 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING 2008-09 MICHIGAN STATE WR E S T L ING LOU AnnA K. SIMON, PH.D. TOP RANKINGS AND RECOGNITIONS President Michigan State University Lou Anna K. Simon is the 20th president of Michigan State director of the Office of Institutional Research (now the Office that consults regularly with national agencies responsible for University, leading the university’s transformation from land-grant of Planning and Budgets). From there, she moved into a variety security, intelligence, and law enforcement to provide university to world-grant. Simon served as provost and vice president for of administrative roles, including assistant provost for general perspectives. academic affairs from 1993-2004, acting as interim president academic administration during the 1980s and associate provost in 2003. She was appointed president by the MSU Board of in the early 1990s. Simon has served on the State of Michigan Governor’s Emergency Trustees in January 2005. Financial Advisory Panel and as a member of the Lt. Governor’s Simon’s commitment to the land-grant tradition of applying Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth (Cherry Michigan State’s Boldness by Design strategic positioning knowledge and resources to benefit society locally and around Commission). She is a member of the Michigan Strategic Economic initiative, announced by Simon in 2005, MSU’s sesquicentennial the globe is reflected in her own personal involvement in key Investment and Commercialization Board (SEIC), the board of year, challenges the university to redefine itself—and in the initiatives, particularly in the areas of economic development and directors of Detroit Renaissance, and a board member of mid- process the modern model of the land-grant university—as the international engagement. Michigan’s economic development foundation, Prima Civitas. premier world-grant university, what a land-grant institution must be for it students, its state, its nation, and its world in Simon is a member of the Council on Competitiveness and serves In the area of international engagement, Simon is a member the 21st century. on the Board of Directors for the National Association of State of the American Council on Education (ACE) Commission on Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC), the American International Initiatives and the Partnership to Cut Hunger in President Simon has a long and distinguished history with Council on Education (ACE), and the Association of American Africa Executive Committee. Michigan State University. After earning her doctorate in Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). In addition, she serves on the administration and higher education from MSU in 1974, she National Higher Education Security Advisory Board, a group of became a member of the Michigan State faculty and assistant presidents and chancellors of several prominent U.S. universities • Ranks No. 30 among America’s public universities (U.S. News & World Report) BOARD OF TRUSTEES • One of Top 100 Global Universities (Newsweek/MSNBC rankings) • Record of Rhodes Scholars has led the Big Ten since the 1960s • National leader in study abroad participation among public universities; one of only four public universities in the nation that ranks in the top 10 for both study abroad participation and international student enrollment • Only university in the country with three on-campus medical schools, graduating allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) physicians, as well as veterinarians (DVMs) • Fifth largest producer overall of Peace Corps volunteers since the organization was founded in 1961 (2008 Peace Corps rankings) • Graduate programs in elementary and secondary education No. 1 in the nation for the 14th year in a row (U.S. News & World Report) • Graduate program in nuclear physics No. 2 in the nation (U.S. News & World Report) Joel I. Ferguson Melanie Foster Dorothy V. Gonzales Colleen M. McNamara Chairman Vice Chairperson East Lansing Okemos • College of Osteopathic Medicine No. 7 in primary care (U.S. News & World Report) Lansing East Lansing • Eli Broad College of Business No. 25 among the nation’s business schools and five of its undergraduate specialty programs rank in the top 15 in their respective categories, including supply chain management at No. 2 (U.S. News & World Report) • One of the nation’s top five campuses for sustainability, according to the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Environment 2008 Report Card, which also indicates MSU has the greatest number of exemplary programs in sustainability among colleges and universities in Michigan Donald W.