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Graduate Candidates Receive 2025-26 Dissertation Fellowship Awards

May 20, 2025

Four College of Arts & Letters Ph.D. candidates have been awarded 2025-26 Graduate Dissertation Fellowships by the Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University for their research projects that will include a significant focus on women, gender, or sexuality.These Women’s & Gender Studies Dissertation Fellowships are made possible through the generous funding provided by MSU’s Graduate School.Two…

A lively outdoor theater scene where two performers lead a group of children in interactive movements. The crowd includes families and children, many of whom are mimicking the performers' arm movements. The setting is sunny, with trees, a campus building, and stage lighting in the background.

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Summer Circle Theatre Returns June 5-22 for 2025 Season

May 19, 2025

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre is preparing for the 2025 Summer Circle Theatre (SCT) season, which runs June 5-22 and will feature three productions along with pre- and post-show performances, including lively cabarets and improv. This is the 63rd year Summer Circle Theatre is offering free outdoor performances for the public to enjoy. The 2024 Summer Circle Theatre performance…

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Experience Architecture Students Awarded for Creating MSU’s First 24-Hour Designathon

May 9, 2025

A group of Experience Architecture (XA) students who organized the first-ever MSU Designathon received the Emerging Student Organization Award at the 24th Annual Student Leadership Excellence Awards Reception, sponsored by the MSU Office of Spartan Experiences in the Division of Student Affairs. The Emerging Student Organization Award is presented yearly to a newly formed student organization for outstanding efforts and…

A group of people stands around a fire pit at night, warmly lit by the flames. Others sit in a circle of camp chairs watching attentively. The gathering takes place outdoors on a grassy field, surrounded by trees and illuminated by a tall outdoor heater.

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Theatre Students Bring Immersive Storytelling to Corey Marsh in Support of Ecological Research

May 8, 2025

In a collaboration between arts and sciences at Michigan State University, the Department of Theatre presented six immersive outdoor theatrical performances of “The Grown-Ups,” set around a campfire at the Corey Marsh Ecological Research Center, a 350-acre property located in Laingsburg, Michigan, that is managed by MSU’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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First Cohort of Students Graduate from M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise Program

May 8, 2025

The first cohort of M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise students graduated this month from Michigan State University. Launched in Fall 2023, the M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise is a result of several years of discussions among faculty in the Department of Religious Studies who recognized the growing need to provide graduate students with…

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English Alum Distills Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, and Spartan Spirit and Now the Spring 2025 Commencement Address

May 1, 2025

When Chad Munger graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in English, he had no idea what he wanted to do with his degree or career. But his willingness to take risks and to seek out and seize opportunities has propelled him to success as an entrepreneur and to becoming a transformative philanthropist. It also has led him to…

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A Journey Across Languages, Cultures, and Service to Becoming the Outstanding Senior Achievement Award Winner

April 29, 2025

With an undergraduate education filled with four languages, two study abroad programs, community work through the Citizen Scholars program, and so many more impactful experiences, including founding the Portuguese Club, it's fair to say Tyler Lindquist has made the most of his time at Michigan State University.

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Interdisciplinary Humanities Major Chosen to Deliver Spring 2025 Commencement Speech

April 25, 2025

Lexi Lake, who is graduating with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Humanities, will deliver the 2025 College of Arts & Letters' undergraduate commencement speech. (Photo by Trystan Guerrero) Long before she applied to be the College of Arts & Letters' 2025 commencement speaker, Lexi Lake had begun writing her speech. "I want to shout from the rooftops how glad I am…

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College of Arts & Letters Students Earn First-Place Awards at UURAF

April 23, 2025

Nine MSU students whose primary majors are in the College of Art & Letters received first-place awards for their research and creative scholarship presented at Michigan State University’s 27th Annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). The 2025 UURAF, held both in person at the Breslin Student Events Center and online on April 11, consisted of more than 900…

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Theatre and Psychology Majors Combine to Offer Creative Approach to Costume Design

April 22, 2025

Katherin ‘Kat’ Poon, a double major in Theatre Design and Psychology at Michigan State University, has blended her two passions, using her knowledge of human behavior to inform her artistic approach to costume design and her knowledge of costumes and clothing to shape the way she thinks about personality.