9 11SU Trustee Faylene Owen: rift of leaders' The MSU trustee and her husband, Ambassador Faylene Owen also has been active in politics, Lawrence Owen, also have demonstrated their playing key roles in electing numerous Michigan commitment to MSU through financial gifts, Democrats, and was tapped by Governor James including support for Spartan athletics, Wharton Blanchard as his deputy finance director. Center for Performing Arts, and MSU Hillel—the Nationally, she served as a managing trustee of Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student the Democratic National Committee and as chair Center. of the Clinton-Gore fund-raising campaigns. Her A passion for higher education and an appreciation for a university that Owen entered the business world before it was makes a difference commonplace for women. She started her own to millions have company, specializing in market research and made Faylene communications, which netted her several Owen a loyal prominent awards. exceptional service was acknowledged by President Bill Clinton when he appointed her as a national member of the White House Fellows Commission, the body charged with selecting fellowship recipients from a pool of outstanding finalists. advocate for Michigan State University. She also maintained a full career in public service, In addition to being a beneficiary of Owen's leadership and support, MSU also is a family The first Jewish female to serve on the MSU Board serving as chairperson of Child Abuse Prevention of Trustees, Owen, who was elected in 2006, gives Services and of Sparrow Hospital Foundation and tirelessly of her time and talents. She is motivated as a board member for numerous charities, not only by the benefits she has received as a including the American Heart Association's result of her longtime MSU affiliation but also by campaign for women's heart research; MSU's Safe has done a fabulous job of educating my children her background and interest in marketing and Place domestic violence shelter; and MSU Hillel, and grandchildren. I am grateful and so proud of development. which recently conferred its Inspiring Future all that MSU is that I want to contribute in a Leaders Award on the Owens. The Jewish National significant way." 0 "I want to give back and support the university graduates, as are two of three grandchildren. "MSU is our family school," she says. "The university Fund previously honored them for their exemplary that has helped so many to succeed in life," she says. "And I want to help people understand that tradition. Her husband and two children are MSU community service and business success. we [MSU] are one of the best." ..J VI MS- chers developed the platin -based compounds cisplatin and carboplatin, leading anticancer drugs that have saved tens of thousands of lives in the treatment of certain cancers. CONNECT WITH MSU VISIT US ONLINE ADMISSIONS EVENTS MSU offers high school students many opportunities to learn more CATCH UP ON THE LATEST NEWS FROM MSU msu.edu about programs and to experience campus life. Learn more at admissions.msu.edu/visitcampus. CHECK OUT CAMPUS EVENTS events.msu.edu WEEKEND MBA IN TROY The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management again will offer its EXPLORE GIVING OPPORTUNITIES Weekend MBA program at MSU's Management Education Center in givingto.msu.edu Troy. For information, visit bus.msu.edu/wmba. GRANDPARENTS UNIVERSITY LEARN MORE ABOUT ALUMNI PARTICIPATION msualum.com MSU Grandparents University is a program for grandparents and grandchildren ages 8 to 12 to come together on the MSU campus for a three-day educational experience. The 2009 program, which runs June 30 through July 2, is sold out; however, you may add your family to the waiting list in the event additional space becomes MICHIGAN STATE UN1VERS!TY available or watch for the summer 2010 program. Learn more at grandparents.msu.edu . MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer.