Bob Holzhei recently won an award from AGLOW in the Best Book category for the novella The Mountains Shall Depart. He is a freelance outdoor travel writer and a self-published author of four books. With a B.A. MSU deegree in English Literature with an emphasis in Creative Writing and a minor in Psychology, Bob Holzhei answers questions and extends his learnings.
For more than 50 years, students from Michigan State University have had the opportunity to spend a year abroad studying at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg, Germany, where they are fully immersed in German language and culture. Students in the Academic Year in Freiburg program enroll in specially designed courses in language, culture, and literature supplemented with German classes in related fields. They also…
Michigan State University alumnus Curran Jacobs has found success in his two passions — wrestling and acting. He wrestled for five years for MSU’s wrestling team; received a bachelor’s degree in both Theatre and Kinesiology from MSU; later went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Acting, also from MSU; and recently was named the 2018 Catch Wrestling…
Theatre alumnus Vincent Paul is a driving force for the city of Detroit and within the performing arts community. As President and Artistic Director of Detroit’s acclaimed Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Paul’s vision, leadership, and entrepreneurial spirit inspired the community to fund the Hall’s complete restoration. This included establishing the famous Jazz Café, recently renamed Aretha’s Jazz Café…
Michigan State University’s Toolbox Dialogue Initiative (TDI), led by Michael O’Rourke, Interim Director of the MSU Center for Interdisciplinarity (C4I), and Stephanie Vasko, Managing Director of C4I, has been named the winner of the 2018 APA/PDC Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs. It also recently learned it will receive a $71,900 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to hold…
For the second year in a row, Michigan State University will receive the NCTE Student Affiliate Excellence Award in recognition of meeting high standards of performance. MSU’s student group for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is one of three student affiliates from across the nation to be honored with this award. "I think the group was successful because they…
Meet Triniti Watson, a junior Interdisciplinary Humanities major with a focus on Philosophy, Professional Writing, and Cultural Anthropology. Watson is also an active participant in the Citizen Scholars program, the North Neighborhood Black Caucus, the University’s Academic Orientation Program, and the LGBT Resource Center.
John Grey, Academic Specialist in the Department of Philosophy, is using his research and teaching experience to develop dynamic and engaging courses in logic, metaphysics and the history of philosophy. Grey first discovered his passion for teaching as a doctoral student at Boston University. “I knew that I really wanted to keep studying philosophy,” he said. “What I found in graduate school…
Michigan State University alumna Betsy Baker has had a successful acting career that has spanned four decades. She graduated from MSU in 1977 with a major in Theatre Education and a minor in Classical Voice and Music. Baker is known for her role as Linda in Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead and has appeared in many other films, shorts, TV series and…
Using her art to shine a spotlight on Indigenous voices, traditions, and ecology, Nanibah Chacón is bringing her message and talent to Michigan State University as the Fall 2018 Womxn of Color Initiative (WOCI) Artist-in-Residence. A painter, muralist, and art educator from New Mexico, Chacón creates public murals and artworks that engage community and the local landscape. Her work, which captures Indigenous…