Students also learn about the insect and its habitat and explore related activities such as creative writing and reading. The site contains extensive resource listings for teachers and students, as well as links to other resources on the World Wide Web. It also provides comments regarding each component's adherence to the National Science Education Standards. Alumni and Development web sites were honored recently with a four-star rating in a list of university advancement sites maintained by California State University at Fresno. The list, which reviews and rates web sites, contains links to 1,391 university advancement sites.
Ratings range from one to four stars.
Only seven other universities achieved the highest rating. MSU's advancement sites are maintained by university webmanager Bennet George and two students, Chris Brown and Kathy Saisuphaluck . The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences web site won first place in the 1998 National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association Web Page Competition. Celeste M. Brignac, the college's electronic publications specialist, maintains the site. The national organization that presents the annual awards was established in 1975 to help its constituents meet the future needs of the American agricultural industry.