A heartily congratulation is in order for the five-member College of Arts & Letters team that won the MSU Physical Activity Challenge. From left to right: Brad Willcuts, Sheila Contreras, Carly Ensign, Deb Mansel, Jeff Grabill Sponsored by Provost June Pierce Youatt, the MSU Physical Activity Challenge program kicked off the 2015-2016 academic year. It is just one part of the university’s Healthy…
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…
Dr. April Baker-Bell has been invited to join the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Standing Committee on Research, and has also been named a Fellow with the Literacy Research Association (LRA) STAR mentoring program. Baker-Bell is an assistant professor in the MSU Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures (WRAC), and the African American and African studies program.…
When I write regularly, I think I'm a better administrator — probably a better husband and father, certainly a better scholar. Writing affords me an opportunity to slow down and reflect, to craft a thought or articulate an idea. It gives me pause, and it opens a space for me to think holistically and strategically. Writing pulls me out of the busy-ness that captures so much of the time each day.
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…
Dr. Marsha MacDowell, Michigan State University Professor of Art, Art History, and Design and MSU Museum Curator of Folk Arts has been named a fellow of the American Folklore Society (AFS), in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the field. Established in 1960, the Fellows of the American Folklore Society is an honorary body of folklorists whose members…
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…
“You can’t really understand the world without understanding religion,” says Dr. Mohammad Khalil, Director of the Muslim Studies Program and associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies. “I do think there is a misconception that Religious Studies is theological studies or some kind of devotional approach to religion,” Dr. Khalil says. “Actually, we’re not here to promote a particular worldview;…
“The arts and humanities really saturate everything we do here on campus,” MSU College of Arts & Letters dean Chris Long tells Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon and Spartans Athletic Director Mark Hollis on MSU Today. Long feels “a 21st century land grant mission is informed by the liberal arts.” One of Long’s key goals for the college is to attract the best faculty members he…
Pictured left to right: DWEJ Chair Ric Geyer, Buyan Bryant Award Winner Dr. Kyle Whyte, and DWEJ President & CEO Guy O. William. Kyle Powys Whyte, the Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at MSU's College of Arts & Letters, was awarded the 2015 Bunyan Bryant award for academic excellence. Dr. Whyte received the award in Detroit, MI as…