Awards

                  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

1998 “Michigan's Best,” Michigan Association of School Boards

1998 “Glen Taggart Award for Community Contribution to International Understanding,” Michigan State University

1998 & 1999 National Peace Corps Association's Disseminator Grant

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   Individual Member Awards:

2005 Anne Schneller, Distinguished Academic Specialist Award
Michigan State University

2004 Cathleen Clara, Homer Higbee Award for International Educational Exchange, Michigan State University

2004 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

2003 Judy Huynh , Michigan Social Studies Teacher of the Year

2003 Kurnia Yahya, MSU Graduate Student from Malaysia, Homer Higbee Award for International Educational Exchange

2002 Joan Toy’s “Whole World is My Neighbor” website, Classroom Connect Library Hot 5 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

1998-1999 Peace Corp Dissemination Grant awarded to Margaret Holtschlag for dissemination of LATTICE project at the local, national and international levels.

1998-1999 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

1998 Jean Frentz, Assistant Superintendent of Haslett Public Schools, Thorburn Bell Ringer Award for the Advancement of Education.

1998 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

1992 Sally McClintock, International Citizen Award, Greater Lansing United Nations Association

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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

Happendance

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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

October 2003 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

March 2000 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

November 1998 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

March 1998 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

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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/

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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

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