Awards, Funding and Presentations, Publications and Exhibits
LATTICE Awards:
2005:
Team Award: Sustained Effort Toward Excellence in Diversity
2005 Recognition and Awards
Michigan State University
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2004:
Prize for Excellence in International Education awarded to Michigan State University by Goldman Sachs Foundation November 2004
GOLDMAN SACHS HIGHER EDUCATION PRIZE
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2003:
Finalist for Best Practice Award for Global and
International Teacher Education: American
Association of Colleges for Teachers of Education
(AACTE).
2002:
LATTICE Book Club awarded funds from Teach for
Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center .
1999:
Fulbright-Hays Group Study Abroad - South Africa
National Peace Corps Association's Disseminator Grant
1998:
“Michigan's Best,” Michigan Association of School Boards
“Glen Taggart Award for Community Contribution to International Understanding,” Michigan State University
National Peace Corps Association's Disseminator Grant
Individual Member Awards:
2009: John Metzler won the 2009 MSU Award for Outstanding Service to Study Abroad.
Judy Huynh received the 2009 Glen Taggart Award for Community Contributions to International Understanding.
Congratulations to Kang Li from China, who was awarded the 2009 Homer Higbee International Education Award for International Graduate Student by the Office of International Students and Scholars.
Norseha Unin, a PhD student from Malaysia, received the 2009 David Merchant Award for International Student Achievement from the Executive Office of the Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society in Washington D.C.
Congratulations to Sally McClintock, winner of the 2009 Globie Award for her outstanding service to international students and scholars at Michigan State University.
2008:
Congratulations to Lynn Bartley who received the 2008 Loy La Salle Global Education Award, presented by the Greater Lansing United Nations Association.
Congratutations to Mary Hennessey for winning the 2008 International Story time Award
Congratulations to Margaret Holtschlag, winner of the 2008 Glen Taggart Award for Community Contributions to International Understanding.
Heidi Irvine was named Michigan Art Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Art Education Association
2007:
Congratulations to Connie Detjen for winning the 2007 Loy La Salle Global Education Award, presented by the Greater Lansing United Nations Association.
Stefanie Kendall was awarded a "Globie" at the first annual Globie awards lunch sponsored by the Office of International Students and Scholars
Kristin Janka Millar, winner of the 2007 Homer Higbee International Education Award for Graduate Student
Norseha Unin from Malaysia won the 2007 Homer Higbee International Education Award for International Graduate Student. More about the international awards
2006:
Mary Hennessey won the 2006 Glen Taggart Award for Community Contributions to International Understanding.
Anne Schneller won the 2006 MSU award for Outstanding Service to Study Abroad
2005:
Anne Schneller, Distinguished Academic Specialist Award
Michigan State University
2004:
Cathleen Clara, Homer Higbee Award for International Educational Exchange, Michigan State University
Jeff Smith, Michigan's American History Teacher of the Year, Michigan Chapter of the National Society for the Daughters of the American Revolution.
2003:
Sue Seyfarth, Loy LaSalle Award for Excellence in Global Education, Greater Lansing United Nations Association
Judy Huynh , Michigan Social Studies Teacher of the Year
Kurnia Yahya, MSU Graduate Student from Malaysia, Homer Higbee Award for International Educational Exchange
Nancy Lubeski won the 2003 Walker Hill International Award
2002:
Joan Toy’s “Whole World is My Neighbor” website, Classroom Connect Library Hot 5 Award
Waheeda Khan won the Homer Higbee International Education Award
2000:
Margaret Holtschlag, Michigan Teacher of the Year 2000 and one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year 2000.
1999:
Sally McClintock, Crystal Award, College of Education, Michigan State University
Jack Schwille won the 1999 Ralph H. Smuckler Award for Advancing International Studies and Programs at Michigan State University
1998-1999:
Peace Corp Dissemination Grant awarded to Margaret Holtschlag for dissemination of LATTICE project at the local, national and international levels.
Carolyn O'Mahony, MSU Graduate Student from New Zealand, Homer Higbee Award for International Educational Exchange
1998:
Sally McClintock, LATTICE initiator and coordinator, Glen Taggart Award for Community Contribution to International Understanding, Michigan State University
Jean Frentz, Assistant Superintendent of Haslett Public Schools, Thorburn Bell Ringer Award for the Advancement of Education.
Vibha Bhalla, MSU Graduate Student from India, Homer Higbee Award for International Educational Exchange.
1997:
Margaret Holtschlag, Fourth Grade Teacher in Haslett Public Schools, Thorburn Bell Ringer Award for the Advancement of Education.
1996:
Margaret Holtschlag, Fourth Grade Teacher in Haslett Public Schools, United Nations Outstanding International Educator Award
1993:
Oumatie Marajh won the Homer Higbee International Education Award
1992:
Sally McClintock, International Citizen Award, Greater Lansing United Nations Association
LATTICE Funding and Support:
Kellogg Foundation
Michigan State University
MSU College of Education
International Studies Centers
-African Studies Center
- AsianStudies Center
-CASID: Center for Advanced Study in International Development
-Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
-Center for European and Russian Studies
-WID: Women in International Development
Graduate College
Michigan School District Participation:
Bath
DeWitt
Durand
East Lansing
Haslett
Holt
Ingham Intermediate
Laingsburg
Lansing
Okemos
Palo
Potterville
Waverly
Community Members:
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LATTICE Presentations:
January/ February 2004:
“Ancient Designs in Modern South Africa,” Zulu Basket Exhibit, Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, Lansing, Michigan
November 2003:
Global Festival, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
October 2003:
Panel Presentation, CIES regional conference, Ysilanti, Michigan
Educational Leadership Symposium, College of Education, Michigan State University
June 20, 2003:
Panel Presentation for Fulbright Group Project Abroad to Mexico Orientation, East Lansing Michigan
February 2003:
Zulu Basket Exhibit and Sale, East Lansing, Michigan
January 2003:
LATTICE Book Club 1/2 day workshop, Ingham Intermediate School District
Fall 2002:
Presentation to The Honorable Ambassador Sisulu from South Africa, Michigan State University
June 2002:
“Linking Asia to Classrooms through LATTICE”, Michigan Commission on Asia in the Schools
March 2001:
“Multicultural transformations through LATTICE: An evaluation of a model of professional development for teachers,” Elena Papanastasiou and Paul Conway, Comparative International Education Society (CIES), Washington D.C.
December 2000:
Michigan Education Association Instruction and Professional Development Annual Conference, Dearborn
April 2000:
Invitational Presentation, CASID (Center for Advanced Study of International Development), Michigan State University
March 2000:
“Meaning of LATTICE in our Community,” Ingham School Officers Association
LATTICE: Linking All Types of Teachers to International, Cross-cultural Education, National Council of Social Studies, Regional Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan
September 1999:
“Bringing Asia into the Classroom,” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Michigan State University
July 1999:
A Model Session for 100 participants held in Richards Bay, South Africa
November 1998:
"Comparative Education through the LATTICE Experience," Regional Conference of (CIES) Comparative International Education Society - Indianapolis, Indiana
Personal Relationships Make a Global Difference: The LATTICE Project, National Conference of (NCSS) National Council of Social Studies, Anaheim, California
March 1998:
International Conference of (CIES) Comparative International Education Society, Buffalo, New York
National Conference of (ASCD) Association of Curriculum and Supervision Development, San Antonio, Texas
March 1997:
International Conference of (CIES) Comparative International Education Society, Mexico City, Mexico
November 1996:
Panel Presentation by LATTICE participants: Midwest Conference of (CIES) Comparative International Education Society - Indiana
Publications:
Through Sibo’s Eyes, by LATTICE scholarship student Sibongeleni Zulu who visited K-12 classrooms, community centers and MSU in November and December, 2003, published by LATTICE member Cathleen Clara and her students at NEC Alternative High School, Waverly, Michigan.
Bolling, Annie, “Many Faces, Many Voices,” Teaching Tolerance, Fall 2003, page 10.
Glew, Rob. “LATTICE Links K-12 Teachers with Cross-Cultural Education,” Michigan State University International, Volume 4, Spring 2003 pp. 36 - 37.
Inzunza, Victor. “LATTICE Linking Teachers and International Studies” New Educator, College of Education, Michigan State University, Volume 5 #2, fall 1999
Numerous articles in South Africa and in mid-Michigan (Lansing State Journal, State News, Holt School publication, East Lansing School publication, MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine Newsletter).
Holtschlag, Margaret. “LATTICE: Exploring Cultural Connections,” Margaret Holtschlag, Global Teach Net (National Peace Corps Association Teacher Network News) July-August 1998.
Three poems by Sibongeleni Zulu (a result of collaborative coaching by a South African LATTICE graduate student at MSU, American LATTICE teachers and his South African high school English teacher) appear in 2 e-journals: “Voices: Multicultural Poetry” at http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/voices.html , and “World Youth Manifesto Project” at http://www.pwc.k12.nf.ca/cida/manifesto/
Exhibits:
February 2004:
“Ancient Designs in Modern South Africa,” Women’s Hall of Fame, Lansing, Michigan
November 1996-2003:
LATTICE display at Global Festival, Michigan State University
April 20 - June 2, 2001:
“Ancient Designs in Modern South Africa,”(a Zulu basket exhibit at The Artsplace, Fremont, Michigan) Newago County Council for the Arts
