MSU students to compete for annual
multicultural heroes 'Hall of Fame' prize
Deadline to enter is January 16, 2004

Michigan State University students will soon be making the case for why their favorite multicultural leaders deserve a place of honor in history. Using various presentation forms to make their points - including video, music, and dramatization - the student teams will ultimately compete for a $1500 prize on Wednesday, February 18, at 6:00 p.m. in room N130 in the North Business Complex of the Eli Broad College of Business. However, the deadline for student teams to enter the competition is Friday, January 16, 2004.

Teams will consist of three undergraduates who represent various academic majors throughout the university. Each team will have only 10 minutes to demonstrate why the multicultural heroes they have chosen epitomize Martin Luther King's dream of a world where 'children will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.'

"Our goal for this competition," says Ernest S. Betts, assistant dean for Multicultural Business Programs in the Broad School, "is to foster students' professional presentation skills, as well as improve our community's knowledge of such multicultural heroes as Malcolm X, John F. Kennedy, Princess Diana, Gandhi, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sitting Bull and Harriet Tubman."

For more information on how to enter, contact Darrell King, competition chair, at (517) 353-3524 or kingdar@msu.edu or visit the web site.

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