Graduating senior Cassie Feith has been selected as the student speaker for the spring 2019 College of Arts & Letters commencement ceremony to be held on Sunday, May 5, at 9:30 a.m. at the Breslin Student Events Center. At the same time, she also will receive the Alumni Award for Undergraduate Excellence, one of the top awards presented by the…
Christian Keathley will be one of the first three students to graduate from the College of Arts & Letters’ Citizen Scholars program, which launched in fall 2016 and is designed to prepare the next generation of diverse, high achieving, and engaged citizen leaders. “The Citizen Scholars program made my time [at MSU] a lot more positive,” said Keathley, who will graduate May 5…
A group of MSU students, including nine Citizen Scholars from the College of Arts & Letters, recently traveled to Puerto Rico for a weeklong study away trip where they gained a deeper understanding of Puerto Rico’s culture, its rehabilitation efforts post-Hurricane María, and its vexed colonial and territorial relationship with the United States. The trip was an extension of Assistant Professor…
Students in the capstone classes of the Fiction Filmmaking minor hosted the premiere of their year-long project, Dead Ends, on April 12 at Wells Hall. Led by Department of English Professor Jeff Wray and Department of Media and Information Professor Rola Nashef, this year’s capstone courses, FLM 435A and FLM435B (Creating Fiction Film I and II), offered 21 students the opportunity to participate in intensive planning, production, and…
Several College of Arts & Letters students received first-place awards for their research and creative scholarship presented at the 21st Annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). Held each spring and co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and the Honors College, UURAF offers MSU undergraduate students the opportunity to present their research, answer questions about…
The Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, featuring work by students enrolled in Department of Art, Art History, and Design (AAHD) classes, opened April 5 and runs through Sunday, April 28, at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St. in East Lansing. During the exhibition, (SCENE) Metrospace will be open Thursdays, 3-7 p.m.; Fridays, 1-7 p.m.; Saturdays, 12-5 p.m., and Sundays 12-5 p.m. An opening…
The College of Arts & Letters hosted its first Creative Arts and Research Forum on March 22, giving 45 undergraduate students the opportunity to showcase their research within the creative arts and humanities while developing professional presentation skills and practicing formal public speaking through lightning talks and poster presentations. At the end of the forum, awards were presented to the…
The 21st annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) will take place on Friday, April 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the MSU Union Ballroom with the first oral presentations beginning at 8:30 a.m. and the first poster presentations beginning at 9 a.m. With approximately 800 projects, including group projects, more than 1,000 students from all degree-granting Michigan State University colleges are…
Apparel and Textile Design senior Mikayla Frick has participated in several fashion shows and recently showcased her collection at STYLEWEEK Northeast (SWNE), New England’s premier fashion week in Providence, Rhode Island. “Participating in SWNE allowed me to watch my dreams come to life and see all the hard work I put into this walk down the runway,” Frick said. “There…
As the culmination of a three-year program through the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, Master of Fine Arts candidates will have their work displayed at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum for six weeks, from March 23 to May 5. An opening reception for the exhibit will take place on Saturday, March 23, from 6 to 8 p.m.…