Just a little over month ago, Michigan State University made the decision to move all face-to-face classes to virtual instruction due to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak. Since then, students and faculty of the Department of Theatre have fully embraced the challenges of this transition and have created an impressive amount of online content. Read on to learn more about…
At the start of this semester, I was counting down the days until graduation and envisioning myself walking across the stage, receiving my diploma. I envisioned taking my diploma with pride, searching for my family in the crowd. I envisioned standing in front of the Spartan statue, taking pictures with my friends. I envisioned a lot for myself at the…
Emily Steffke, a graduating senior earning a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.A. in English, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize. The prize is given to the most outstanding MSU graduating senior as determined by the Featherstone Nomination Committee, to be used for future growth and development, travel, graduate study, or meditation. Steffke,…
Matthew Gillespie earned Gold at the District 6 American Advertising (ADDY) Awards competition for his Amber Air Adventures Campaign that he completed as a Graphic Design student at Michigan State University and now moves on to the national competition, where his award-winning entry will be judged amongst other top student works from across the country. “It was important for me to…
Senior Film Studies major and Evans Scholar Olivia York is graduating this May with an impressive internship on her resume from Mocean, which produces trailers for unreleased movies and television shows and whose clients include Disney, Marvel, Fox, Warner Bros., Netflix, FX, and CNN. York’s internship had her writing scripts for potential trailers from Mocean’s Santa Monica, California, location. First…
Taylor McPhail, a senior Theatre major, recently started her own business, By/For Publishing, which digitally publishes plays written by playwrights of marginalized genders, work that is far less often produced, and then licenses those plays to educational and community theaters across the United States. Playwrights submit their work to the company via email, which McPhail then reviews and publishes based…
As the culmination of a three-year program through the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, Master of Fine Arts candidates traditionally have their work displayed at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum as part of the annual Master of Fine Arts Exhibition.
Nicolei Gupit, MFA candidate in Art, Art History, and Design, is this year’s Elizabeth Charles Emerging Artist Scholarship recipient, presented by the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center as part of its Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition. Founded in 2019, this scholarship, which annually awards up to $1,000, supports emerging artists studying the visual arts or artists seeking to establish a professional presence or…
On Thursday, March 12, Department of Theatre sophomores gathered for the course THR 292, also known as Sophomore Seminar. The class explores theatre-making and its connections to non-theatrical contexts. What made this particular class session unique is that it took place just one day following MSU’s decision to move all face-to-face classes to remote teaching and for the first time students…
In responding to the evolving challenges of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the safety of our community through social distancing and the success of our students are our top priorities.