News – College of Arts & Letters

Excel Network Shares Employment and Internship Tips During COVID-19

April 19, 2021

The Excel Network would like to share the following three resources to support students with tips on employment and internships during the COVID-19 pandemic: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)Job and Internship Search TipsStudent FAQs for Remote (Virtual) Internships and Project-Based Work If you need help or would like some advice regarding employment or internship opportunities, you can schedule a virtual appointment with The…

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MSU Filmetry Festival to be Livestreamed with Film Adaptations of Poems Informed by COVID-19

April 19, 2021

Reading a good novel often prompts readers to wonder what the story would be like as a feature film. This tendency isn’t just a marker of the importance of what is digital and visual; it’s a reminder of how culture and technology are intertwined. Filmmakers, poets, readers, and viewers will honor this union of culture and technology and celebrate the…

Award / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News

MSU Digital Humanities Initiative Receives Garfinkel Prize

April 16, 2021

A digital humanities collective in the MSU College of Arts & Letters that draws on the legacy of creating spaces of liberation within oppressive societies has won the 2020 Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities presented by the American Studies Association. This annual award recognizes excellent work at the intersection of American studies and digital humanities and honors caucus founder Susan…

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Film Studies Graduate Gains Experience Producing Capstone Film

April 15, 2021

Film Studies major Tessa MacDonald, who is preparing to graduate this spring, has gained real-world experience as the Producer of the 2020-2021 Fiction Filmmaking Capstone film, Varnish, which is about an elderly father seeking reconciliation with his son after abandoning him a lifetime ago to travel the world. Work on the film began in September and it is set to be…

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Kangas-Preston Receives Outstanding Service to Education Abroad Award

April 15, 2021

Karen Kangas-Preston, Senior Academic Specialist and Instructor of Costume Design and Technology in the Department of Theatre, is the 2021 recipient of the MSU Award for Outstanding Service to Education Abroad presented by MSU’s International Studies and Programs.

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CREATE! Micro-Grant Program Now Accepting Proposals

April 13, 2021

The CREATE! Micro-Grant Program will once again award $6,000 in funding to 12 different student artwork proposals that offer critical and imaginative responses to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The winning proposals each will receive $500 to be used to create the proposed artworks. The proposal submission deadline is Tuesday, June 1, and is open to all Michigan State University undergraduate…

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‘Spartan Skin’ Exhibit Features Work by Artist-in-Residence in Critical Race Studies

April 12, 2021

Young Joon Kwak with the cast of the Spartan statue's head. After careful analysis of Michigan State University’s iconic Spartan statue, Young Joon Kwak, 2020-2021 Artist-in-Residence in Critical Race Studies at MSU, re-imaged the statue to create the Spartan Skin exhibit, which opened to the public April 9 at the MSU Union Art Gallery and will be on display through…

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Graduating Senior and Citizen Scholar Reflects on Time Abroad and More

April 9, 2021

Alia Jones is a Citizen Scholar majoring in Humanities-Prelaw with a minor in African American and African Studies and will graduate this spring. During her time at MSU, she has had many impactful experiences, including an internship abroad and a service-learning study abroad. Read about these experiences and more as well as the advice she shares with other MSU students…

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Students to Present Musical Cognition Research on National Stage

April 8, 2021

Grace Bonnema and Tushya Mehta, sophomores in the College of Arts & Letters, have been selected to present their research at the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Posters on the Hill, a national event featuring exceptional undergraduate research from across the country. They will present their poster, Narrative Processing of Music: How Culture Influences Our Perception of Music, virtually to an…

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Theatre Major and Citizen Scholar Looks Forward to Starting Career in New York

April 8, 2021

Kayla Katona is a Citizen Scholar double majoring in Theatre and Media and Information with a minor in Musical Theatre who will be graduating this spring. As she prepares to graduate, she took the time to answer the following questions reflecting on her MSU and Citizen Scholar experiences: