MSU junior earns competitive graduate school scholarship
Wisdom Henry, an Honors College junior majoring in history, and urban and regional planning in the College of Social Science, has been selected as one of 16 students from a pool of 95 nominees across the country to receive a Beinecke Scholarship.
The Beinecke Scholarship pays for up to $34,000 in support for graduate school for students studying the fields of art, humanities or social science. Henry plans to pursue a doctorate in U.S. history researching the consequences of 20th century planning policies on African American urban communities. She is the 5th Beinecke Scholar from MSU since 2011 when the university was invited to be a nominating institution.