Film Studies Professor Wins Prestigious Award for Outstanding Cinema Research

Kaveh Askari, Associate Professor and Director of Michigan State University's Film Studies Program, is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award, presented by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. He received the award for his new book, Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit, published by the University of California Press. “We assessed…

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2022-2023 Romance and Classical Studies Departmental Awards Presented

The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) honored its 2022-2023 Departmental Awards recipients during its annual awards ceremony on April 21 in Wells Hall. Several awards and scholarships were presented recognizing students for their outstanding academic achievements this past year. The RCS Department would like to congratulate this year’s award winners for their many accomplishments as students within the…

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Eleven College of Arts & Letters Graduates Receive Board of Trustees Awards for Perfect 4.0 GPAs

Eleven College of Arts & Letters students who are graduating in Spring 2023 not only completed their academic programs successfully but have maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average — the highest scholastic average one can attain at the end of their undergraduate careers at Michigan State University. This lofty academic achievement has earned them Board of Trustees Awards.  They are among…

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2023 Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Awards Presented

This year’s winners of the Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Awards are Mona Jahani, MFA Candidate in Theatre Design, the Outstanding Achievement in the Arts recipient, and Naiyan Du, Ph.D. Candidate in Linguistics, the Outstanding Achievement in the Letters recipient. The Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Awards, presented by the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University, were established in honor of…

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Ph.D. Student Wins National Award for Work in Queer Theory

Ruby Mendoza, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University, has won a national award in recognition of their outstanding work in the area of queer theory. Mendoza is one of only two recipients of the 2023 Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award, a national scholarship presented by the Conference on College Composition and…

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German Professor Awarded for Outstanding Service to Education Abroad

Elizabeth Mittman, Associate Professor of German in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University, is the 2023 recipient of the MSU Award for Outstanding Service to Education Abroad, which recognizes faculty and staff who give their time, energy, and creativity to the development and implementation of education abroad programs that support MSU's commitment to providing students with high-quality international education opportunities.…

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Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream of Earning an Art Degree

At age 36, Jesse Amburgey is looking forward to fulfilling his lifelong dream of earning a bachelor’s degree as he prepares to graduate from Michigan State University in Spring 2023 with a B.A. in Studio Art. Having grown up in the East Lansing area, Amburgey spent many years traveling, bartending, and living in different places after receiving a General Associate…

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First-Year Writing Program Receives National Certificate of Excellence

Michigan State University’s First-Year Writing (FYW) Program has been recognized as a national model of excellence by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), the largest and most influential national organization in the field of composition and rhetoric. The FYW Program at MSU is one of only eight writing programs across the country to receive a 2022-2023 CCCC Writing…

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Living and Working in Austria with Support of Fulbright Program

After graduating from Michigan State University with three bachelor's degrees, a perfect 4.0 grade point average, and as a member of the Honors College, Kaylee McCarthy set her sights on working and living abroad where she now teaches at a secondary school in Austria through Fulbright Austria's U.S. Teaching Assistants program. The school where McCarthy teaches, the Higher Federal Teaching and Research…

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Apparel and Textile Design Student Wins Trip to New York Fashion Week

Inspired by the cherry blossoms on Michigan State University’s campus in spring, MSU senior Kate Blaszkiewicz created an elaborate one-of-a-kind gown made out of paper, which earned her a trip to New York Fashion Week. The trip was made possible through University of New York Fashion Week (UofNYFW), a unique academic enrichment program offered by Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), MSU’s…

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