Daniel
Rosenthal
Legislative Intern Award
 The
Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and
Social Research and James
Madison College are pleased to administer the annual Daniel
Rosenthal Legislative Intern Award on behalf of MSU.
The award annually honors the young men and women nominated for service as interns.
Daniel Rosenthal was one of MSU's first Legislative Student Intern
Program participants in January 1977. After his unfortunate passing
in June of that year, the Rosenthal family established this award
to pay tribute to the dignity of Dan's life and acknowledge the
value that he placed on his experience as a legislative intern.
To recognize Rosenthal's enthusiasm, intelligence, sincerity and dedication,
stipends are awarded to a winner and a runner-up chosen from the
group of nominees. The runner-up receives the Vernon Ehlers Award, named for U.S. Rep. Vernon Ehlers who established the honor.
Both awards carry a cash stipend. A committee composed of representatives from
the Michigan House and Senate, as well as from MSU, makes these selections.
2008 Award Winners
Rosenthal Winners Named: MSU Senior on Way to Peace Corps and
MSU Graduate at Work in Washington, D.C.
A Michigan State University senior (above, left) soon on her way to the Peace Corps and a MSU graduate now working in Washington, D.C. (second from right) are winners of the 2008 Daniel Rosenthal and Vernon Ehlers' legislative internship awards.
Samantha Mills, an intern in the office of Rep. Robert B. Jones, D-Kalamazoo, won the Rosenthal Award. Ms. Mills will be leaving for Latin America after MSU graduation. Paul Tobin Stewart, who interned in the Senate Policy Office and is now working in a Washington, D.C., firm, was named runner up and winner of the Ehlers Award.
Congressman Vernon Ehlers with Paul
Tobin Stewart, Vernon Ehlers Award winner.
The two winners were among 10 legislative interns recognized at a special Capitol luncheon for the awards administered by MSU’s James Madison College and MSU’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research in the College of Social Science. Interns at the ceremony were joined by IPPSR Director Douglas B. Roberts, Ph.D. (first photo, far right)
Former Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema, keynote speaker, remembered his own legislative internship. Legislative internships “are the best graduate school in the world,” he said. “You learn so much so quickly. It’s like trying to drink from a fire hose.”
The other interns honored Wednesday included:
*Allison Archocosky, of Crystal Falls in the Upper Peninsula, an MSU communications junior. She was nominated by Rep. Michael Lahti, D-Hancock.
*Donald DeFrayne, of Clarkston, an MSU senior in political theory, nominated by Rep. Kevin Elsenheimer, R-Bellaire.
*Kathryn Deptula, of Brighton, at MSU studying political theory. A senior, she was nominated by Rep. Bob Constan, D-Dearborn Heights.
*Elizabeth Gorz, (above, second from left) an MSU junior in international relations from Clarkston. She was nominated by Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop, R-Rochester.
*Quinn Harr, a Pewamo junior at Calvin College, nominated by Rep. Fulton Sheen, R-Plainwell.
*Christopher Kulesza, (above, third from left) a Troy junior studying economics. He was nominated by Jeanne Laimon, deputy chief of staff in the office of Sen. Cameron Brown, R-Fawn River Twp.
*Rebecca Powell, a retired Social Studies teacher from Midland, nominated by Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Midland.
*Collan Rosier, a Grand Ledge High School student during his internship and now studying at Georgetown University. He was nominated by Cana Garrison, in the office of Rep. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge.
See the IPPSR press release about 2008 winners (.pdf file).
2007 Awards Mark 30th Anniversary
 The 2007 Daniel Rosenthal award went to Nathaniel Knapper of Clarkston, a Calvin College junior with an interest in law and law enforcement. He was nominated by state Rep. Fulton Sheen of Plainwell and former Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema. Knapper served as an intern in Sheen’s and Sikkema’s offices.
Scott Cendrowski of Livonia, a Michigan State University junior majoring
in  public policy and public administration pursuing a journalism career,
was named runner-up and winner of an award established by U.S. Rep. Vernon Ehlers of Michigan. Cendrowski was nominated for his work as an intern in the office of Sen.Cameron Brown of Fawn River.
Marilynn Rosenthal of Ann Arbor, Daniel’s mother, was on hand to mark the award’s 30th anniversary. She was among the special guests, including keynote speaker former Rep. Dianne Byrum of Lansing, who praised the award winners and 11 other nominees for their public service.
Fortunately, Knapper and Cendrowski were serving as interns in Washington, D.C. on the day of the award. Thanks to Michigan State University’s Washington, D.C. office, Knapper and Cendrowski, along with Congressman Ehlers were featured in a television link between the two capitals during awards ceremonies.
For more information, see the IPPSR press release (.pdf file).
Rosenthal Award
Attn: Katherine Cusick
321 Berkey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1111
Email: cusickk@msu.edu
Fax: 517-353-1357
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