Two courses taught by Shannon Spasova, assistant professor of Russian Studies, are being recognized among the best at Michigan State University when it comes to incorporating technology in ways that enhance teaching and learning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nsOIfjrq1c&feature=emb_title Spasova has been named the 2016 recipient of the MSU AT&T Instructional Technology Award of Excellence for Best Course in Technology-Enhanced Learning Innovation for the study abroad modules she…
Professor of English Jyotsna Singh has been selected to receive the highly competitive Summer Stipend award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Singh will use the award to complete the manuscript for her book, Transcultural Islam: Muslim and Christian Identities in the Early Modern World. Drawing on postcolonial theory, global exchange, and early modern history of Islam and Christianity, Singh’s book looks at the…
Two Graphic Design students took home the top student prize at the Mid-Michigan American Advertising Awards (ADDYs). Department of Art, Art History, and Design students Malarie French and Will Mianecki received the overall Student Best of Show Award as well as a Gold ADDY for their CATA redesign project, which was entered in the Integrated Campaigns category. French is a…
A College of Arts & Letters student was recognized for exhibiting diversity and inclusion in extraordinary ways as a recipient of one of the 2016 All-University Excellence in Diversity Awards. Joyce-Zoe Farley, a second-year doctoral student in African American and African Studies and University Fellow, received this year’s Making a Difference Through Artistic Expression Award by using her creative talents to artistically express…
MSU Federal Credit Union has a core value of Giving Back to the Community, which providing financial education and improving financial literacy in the communities we serve plays a major role. We offer financial seminars, offer financial education programs for various groups in the community, provide resources online and in the branches, and recently have created a financial education app…
Shenika Hankerson, PhD student in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, has won a 2015 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award.The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is a constituent organization within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Hankerson is one of 10 recipients of this award. CCCC sponsors the Scholars for the Dream Awards…
College of Arts & Letters Dean Christopher P. Long has named Dr. Amy DeRogatis, professor of Religion and American Culture in the Department of Religious Studies, as Faculty Excellence Advocate (FEA) for the College. The Faculty Excellence Advocates (FEAs) are faculty members who are key “drivers” of faculty quality and diversity in each college. They build close working relationships with…
The College of Arts & Letters is proud of its faculty members, their dedication and commitment to excellence. This is an opportunity for our students, in conjunction with department chairs, to recognize and reward the faculty members who have provided inspiration and innovation. Those submitting nominations may nominate more than one professor by following the online process multiple times if…
Tina Newhauser (right) with Craig Mitchell Smith who designed and crafted the awards, Tina Newhauser, faculty of stage management in the Department of Theatre, and associate director of MSU's arts and cultural management master's program, has received the inaugural 2015 Arts Educator Award presented by the Arts Council of Greater Lansing at its annual Applause Awards in Lansing. "It is such an honor to…
Peter Glendinning has been honored as one of 24 American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) “Best of 2015.” Founded in 1944, ASMP has more than 7,000 members and 39 chapters, and its members are among the most widely recognized photography professionals in all aspects of the medium. Says Glendinning, “ASMP membership has given me so many insights into the ways and means of the…
