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Link in to the Online Master of Science in Food Safety at MSU
Faculty, staff, students, alumni and food safety professionals are now linking in to the Online Master of Science in Food Safety at MSU group on LinkedIn.
LinkedIn states it, "is the world's largest professional network with over 75 million members and growing rapidly." The site is to help you contact and "exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broader network of professionals."
To learn more about LinkedIn and join click here.
The Robert Leader Endowed Lecture Available Online
Denis Stearns, Founding Partner, Marler Clark LLP, PS, was the featured speaker at The Robert Leader Endowed Lecture, Thursday, June 17 at The University Club, MSU Campus. The lecture entitled, Chasing the Ambulance Away: Reshaping the Role of the Personal Injury Lawyer in Society and the Law is available online; click here. Stearns began his involvement in food-related litigation in 1993 as one of the lead defense attorneys handling the cases arising from the historic Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Since helping to found Marler Clark twelve years ago, he has worked on hundreds of food outbreak cases, including recent ones involving E. coli O157:H7-contaminated Dole spinach, Salmonella in Peter Pan peanut butter and Banquet pot pies, and a spate of outbreaks involving E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef, Nestlé cookie dough, and raw milk.
Outstanding Alumna
Joanne Allen started the program as a student and now she assists in instructing them. She came into the MS in Food Safety program with over 25 years of field experience. A Senior Associate Principle/Corporate Quality Manufacturing Manager for Kraft Foods Inc., Toronto, Canada, she began her academic career at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where she majored in General Science and specialized in Microbiology.
Ms. Allen stated, “The food safety and toxicology program underscored and provided a sound academic background for the work I do day to day.” She believes it has given her a more comprehensive view into areas of bacterial and chemical hazards - such as allergens, and recall situations. She said the information on bioterrorism and food outbreaks was new for her, but linked and extremely current to her position in corporate quality. Full story click here.
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for
New Americans is accepting applications
Green card holders, naturalized citizens or a child of at least one naturalized parent may apply for up to two years of graduate study in any subject at any institution within the United States. The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans provides $25,000.00 plus one-half of tuition (up to $20,000.00 per academic year). Application deadline is November 1. First year graduate students are welcome to apply.
