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.
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Senior Jasmine Jordan Wins Prestigious Gates-Cambridge Scholarship
Michigan State University senior Jasmine Jordan, an Honors College Political Science senior with a minor in African and African American Studies (AAAS), who grew up in Detroit, has been named a Gates-Cambridge Scholar.
Jordan also was a national finalist for the highly competitive Rhodes, Mitchell, and Marshall scholarships.
I’m really glad I took the chance because now I get to study criminology for a year, with such an amazing scholarship. It still doesn’t feel 100% real.
Jasmine Jordan, Honors College Political Science senior and AAAS minor
“I was so surprised! I am especially grateful for the professors who went through this whole process with me,” Jordan said. “I’m really glad I took the chance because now I get to study criminology for a year, with such an amazing scholarship. It still doesn’t feel 100% real.”