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MSU's Department of Anthropology has been ranked #1 in the United States by Public Anthropology’s Public Outreach Assessment Project. Rankings were based on the number and nature of programs focusing on public issues and public outreach that were associated with a department, the degree to which department faculty members engaged in public outreach activities, the nature of the activities engaged in, and the degree to which faculty members were cited in prominent printed media related to their activities. A total of 394 schools were included in the sample. See the project report on the Public Anthropology Web site.

Saints’ Rest Project Receives Governer's Award
One of six Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation was presented to MSU for the Saints’ Rest Archaeological Project on May 18, 2006.

MSU receives CASE Circle of Excellence Silver Medal
MSU has received an award from CASE: Council for Advancement and Support of Education for its promotion of the Saints’ Rest excavations. We have been told that MSU University Relations will receive its Circle of Excellence Silver Medal Award in the Special Public and Community Relations category for 2006 for the Saints’ Rest Archaeological Project

Faculty Member's Books Win Awards
Robert A. Birmingham and Lynne Goldstein, Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town, won The Midwest Independent Publishers Association Merit Award for the History category, 2006.

Calling Cards: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture , edited by Jacqueline Royster and Ann Marie Simpkins, received the 2006 College English Association of Ohio Nancy Dasher Award. Susan Krouse, faculty member in Anthropology, has a chapter in this volume, titled: "Transforming Images: The Scholarship of American Indian Women."

Andrea Louie’s book Chineseness Across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States (Duke University Press, 2004) received the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in the category of Social Sciences for titles published in 2004. Archived News