A College of Arts & Letters alumnus and a former student have been honored with 2018 Emerging Artists awards by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), which recognizes exceptional early career artists. Wade MacDonald, who received his MFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics from Michigan State University in 2014, and Adam Chau, who studied Ceramics…
Two recent doctoral graduates from the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures were recognized for their outstanding work by Kairos, a leading peer-reviewed journal of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. Phil Bratta and Heather Turner, who both just completed their Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing, were presented Kairos Awards for Graduate Students and Adjuncts at the 2018 Computers and Writing conference, held at…
The Second Language Studies (SLS) doctoral program in the College of Arts & Letters has won the 2018 Outstanding Graduate Program Community Award presented by Michigan State University's Graduate School. The award is part of the Graduate School Outstanding Mentoring Awards, which recognize graduate programs, faculty mentors, and doctoral students who exemplify mentoring best practices. The SLS Ph.D. program provides a firm foundation…
MSU’s Slam Poetry Team, which includes four College of Arts & Letters students, competed at the 2018 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and finished in the top 10 overall out of 65 teams. The MSU team, coached by Detroit poet Natasha Miller, competed in two preliminaries, made it to the semi-finals, and placed ninth overall at…
Jazzmyn Barbosa is this year’s winner of the Master of Fine Arts Prize, which was presented during the closing reception for the Department of Art, Art History, and Design’s 2018 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition. Barbosa earned the MFA Prize for her MFA thesis exhibit, The Things You Choose. Presenting her the award was guest juror Nabila Abdel Nabi, Art Historian and Assistant Curator…
In addition to winning the 2018 College of Arts & Letters Community Partner Award, graduating senior Ryan Duda is the recipient of another top award from the College. Duda, who is graduating with a BFA in Theatre, a minor in Arts & Cultural Management, and a member of the Honors College, will be presented with a plaque for the Alumni Award for Undergraduate…
Every spring, WRAC gives the Experience Architecture Outstanding Major Award to an XA student who will be graduating. The award is granted to students who submit a resume and cover letter, compose a digital portfolio, and engage with and commit to community/communities outside the classroom. This year’s winner of the XA Outstanding Major Award is Ashton Keys!
Graduating Senior Peyton Del Toro has been selected for two high honors within the College of Arts & Letters. She recently was named the 2018 recipient of the College of Arts & Letters Outstanding Senior Achievement Award and also has been selected as the student speaker for the Spring 2018 College of Arts & Letters commencement ceremony.Del Toro will graduate…
Jessica Kukla was named the 2018 recipient of the Professional Writing (PW) Outstanding Major Award, which is presented by the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures and recognizes graduating students who demonstrate excellence in the classroom, success in experiential learning, and engagement with the community. Honorable mentions went to Hannah Bullion and Alexandria Drzazgowski.
Assistant Professor Elizabeth LaPensée is among the 25 winners in the Fine Art group to receive a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship Award. The winners are chosen through a highly competitive process that narrowed 3,000 applicants in Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Creative Arts down to 173 fellowships.