TreShai Hubbard, a senior Experience Architecture (XA) major at Michigan State University who is from Battle Creek, Michigan, gained experience the past two summers interning remotely for UL Research Institutes, OREE (Office of Research Experience and Education), based in Evanston, Illinois.
The Michigan State University Department of Theatre presents the William Shakespeare tragedy “Othello” Nov. 7-16, 2025, at the Pasant Theatre in the Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Directed by Ji Won Jeon, Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre, this production asks what happens when fear takes control, not just in one man’s life, but in a divided society.
Alisa McCrary, a senior BFA in Studio Art major at Michigan State University who is from Detroit, is gaining experience as an intern for Arts4U, a University Arts and Collections program at MSU. Arts4U hosts various pop-up events such as live musical performances, open mic sessions, and interactive art activities with the goal of creating a welcoming environment for students interested in the arts.
Being in the driver’s seat of your career – that’s the advantageous position College of Arts & Letters students find themselves when they take the career preparation courses – AL 250: Career Strategies and AL 460: Advanced Career Strategies – offered by the College of Arts & Letters’ Excel Network. These one-credit, 10-week courses, offered every fall and spring semester to College of Arts & Letters majors, are one way the Excel Network supports students in their path to career readiness.
Elise Moorman is from Corona, California, and is a senior at Michigan State University with a double major in Marketing and English. She gained experience as a Marketing and Sales Intern for Healthrise, a healthcare consulting firm located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She shared her experiences with this internship in a Q&A that originally was published by the Excel Network.
Abigail Thibodeau, an English major from Farmington Hills, Michigan, had an internship this summer with TurnUp, a youth-led voter registration and turnout initiative. Thibodeau wrote about her internship experience in this Q&A.
Michigan State University's Department of Theatre continues its 2025-2026 Season, Secrets & Spotlights, with two plays performed in repertory that span more than a century of theatrical storytelling. Anton Chekhov's “The Seagull,” first performed in 1896, and Aaron Posner's “Stupid F**king Bird,” a bold reimagining of Chekhov's classic, will run Oct. 4-12, 2025, in the MSU Auditorium’s Arena Theatre.
“Attached to the Soil,” the Fulbright Scholar portrait project by Peter Glendinning, Professor of Photography in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University, is a featured exhibition and was the kick-off event for the month-long inaugural Cape Town Photography Festival in South Africa. Consisting of 50 photographic portraits, Glendinning’s “Attached to the Soil” was created over a…
Jaclyn Ahlgren, a Humanities–Prelaw senior from Beverly Hills, Michigan, interned this summer at the Oakland County Circuit Court under Judge Victoria Valentine. Ahlgren shared her internship experience in a Q&A that originally was published by the College of Arts & Letters' Excel Network.
Buckle up for turbulence, tunes, and 1960s hijinks as Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, in collaboration with Wharton Center, presents “Taking Off!,” a high-flying new musical comedy and this year’s New Musical Laboratory production. Performances are scheduled for Sept. 19-21, 2025, at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.