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.
Three of the top awards presented at this year’s Mid-Michigan American Advertising (ADDY) Awards went to College of Arts & Letters students. Altogether, 13 students from the College of Arts & Letters brought home 22 individual ADDY Awards, including seven gold, six silver, four bronze, three Judge’s Choice Awards, and two Best of Category. The Judge’s Choice Awards are the highest prize…
Six College of Arts & Letters students have work that is now featured at the Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center as part of the third annual Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition. The artwork of two of those students, Kitty Johnson and Azya Moore, was selected as 2019 Award Winners, placing them among the top five entries. This year’s Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition, which…
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the Michigan State University community to adjust to a new ‘normal' following a transition to remote learning classes, the cancellation of sports and other big events. But for Religious Studies junior Liv Swanton, COVID-19 has made another part of her life more difficult to manage — her severe latex allergy. Swanton learned about her allergy on her 14th birthday. She was blowing up latex…
India Johnson, Apparel and Textile Design major, recently got to experience two New York Fashion Week (NYFW) runway shows and was given backstage tours as part of a program designed to support innovation and the development of future leaders in the fashion industry.This one-of-a-kind NYFW experience was made possible thanks to a collaboration between Michigan State University; CLC, the university’s…
With three study abroad trips under his belt and experience working as an international education abroad intern for the American Semester Program and Exchanges, Spanish senior Keith Tindall has made the most of his time at MSU and applied his Spanish major in a variety of ways. What prompted you to major in Spanish? I started to excel in Spanish…
