Student Artwork Awarded, On Display at Lansing Art Gallery

The Lansing Art Gallery currently is hosting its second annual Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition featuring the artwork of students from across the state, including the work of eight students in MSU’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design, two of whom received awards for their entries. This year’s exhibition, which is supported by Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters and the College of…

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Master of Fine Arts Exhibition on Display March 17-April 8

The creative work of this year’s Master of Fine Arts degree candidates will be on display March 17-April 7 at MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum as part of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design’s 2018 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition. The exhibition provides an opportunity for the three MFA students – Jazzmyn Barbosa, Laura Baszynski, and Liz Luna – to…

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MFA Acting Student Finds Her Passion in Arts Education

For Karen Vance, there was no question Michigan State University was the graduate school for her. From the time she first stepped foot on campus and from the beginning of the audition process, Vance found a home within MSU’s Department of Theatre. Before she was even admitted, Vance said the Department of Theatre faculty, previous graduate students, and staff made her feel…

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Podcast: HuMetricsHSS

On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters, host Christopher P. Long, Dean of the College of Arts & Letters, discusses the HuMetricsHSS initiative. HumetricsHSS is a collaborative initiative aimed to create a values-based framework that will enable humanities and social science scholars to tell more textured stories about the…

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Professional Writing Major Blazing His Own Career Trail

Senior Professional Writing major Kalib Watson is bringing his liberal arts degree to the 21st century. After switching his major to Professional Writing in the hopes of becoming an editor someday, Watson realized he didn’t enjoy editing. At the same time he discovered this, he was introduced to a whole new area of professional writing.  During his junior year, Watson took…

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Student Interns with ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

Since high school, Lindsey Mutz has had a goal of interning for NBC’s The Tonight Show. The Michigan State University sophomore turned that goal into a reality this past fall when she spent the semester in New York City as an intern at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The internship gave Mutz, who is a Citizen Scholar with a double major…

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Student Gathering At MSU Auditorium

In the wake of recent developments on campus, the Department of Theatre invites ALL MSU Students to Open Mic, Open Stage, Open Space at the MSU Auditorium on Sunday, February 18 from 7:00-10:00PM.  Open Mic, Open Stage, Open Space will offer a warm gathering from students of ALL majors to present their work, opinion, act, song, spoken word, scene, dance, or whatever…

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Theatre Students Research Immersive Theatre in NYC

In preparation for the upcoming Department of Theatre production, Thus With A Kiss I Die, two Theatre students, Brianna Beeman and Sam Meade, were sent on a research trip to New York City to experience immersive theatre first-hand and participate in a variety of workshops with professional performers. Shortly after arriving in New York, Beeman and Meade began their research by attending one…

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