This fall semester, junior Timosha Krivtsov, a current Apparel, Textile and Design (ATD) student, was accepted into Kansas City Fashion Week (KCFW) to show his original collection of his fashion designs and launch his individual brand. KCFW is ATD’s entrée into this competition. He was selected to be part of the show via an application that was sent through his…
College of Arts & Letters undergraduate students have a new “Experiential Education” graduation requirement that combines real-life experiences with college credit.The goal of the Experiential Education requirement, which was implemented beginning in Fall 2018, is to give students experience outside the classroom to help them gain meaningful future employment and discover more about themselves, both personally and professionally, before they…
Citizen Scholar Margo Skornia, a junior with a double major in Theatre and Chinese, received funding from the Citizen Scholars program to help pay for her two-month study abroad trip to China this past summer. This study abroad experience allowed her to finish her Chinese major. She took Chinese language classes at the Harbin Institute of Technology each day from…
MSU’s Department of Theatre will perform Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men on Boats November 9-11 and November 13-18 in the Studio 60 Theatre at the MSU Auditorium. Directed by Associate Professor Ann Folino White, Men on Boats is a story of Major John Wesley Powell and his crew who set off to chart the Green and Colorado Rivers on the first official government-sponsored expedition of the Grand Canyon.…
Junior Theatre major Jonas Higbee has been researching interactive musicals with Associate Professor Alison Dobbins since his freshman year at Michigan State University. Their research is based around Dance Engine, an ever-evolving artistic project that combines dancing, storytelling, improvisation, and audience interaction to build a single-story timeline. For Dance Engine, all audience members are given tablet computers or, in the most recent version…
Apparel, Textile, and Design (ATD) students took part in a design competition while learning about the retail and licensed merchandise industry during an event hosted by Top of the World, a collegiate headwear and apparel supplier. Some of the students created DIY pieces while others sketched outfit ideas for MSU gear. For the DIY portion, Top of the World provided…
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…
Citizen Scholar Devin Heard, a sophomore Humanities Pre-Law and Human Resources and Labor Relations double major, is researching the inefficiencies of public defenders. In his research, which he presented at the 2018 Citizen Scholars Showcase, Heard points out that public defenders, especially those working in predominately minority urban areas, have an overload of cases that leave them with insufficient time…