English Major Selected to Speak at Commencement

English and Secondary Education senior Jenna Pratt has been selected as the student speaker for this year’s College of Arts & Letters commencement ceremony. Originally from Laingsburg, Mich., Pratt will speak about her experiences as a Spartan, a College of Arts & Letters student, and how your Spartan identity follows you wherever you choose to go. As the student commencement…

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English Major Selected as Commencement Speaker

English major Kelsey Wiley has been selected as the student speaker for the spring 2017 College of Arts & Letters commencement ceremony, which is Sunday, May 7, at 9:30 a.m. at the Breslin Center. Wiley will graduate with a near-perfect GPA of 3.91, a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Education, and a minor in French. “I value the people…

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How Interning Prepared Me for My Career

During my years here at Michigan State, I’ve worked many jobs; from making sandwiches at Subway to designing fliers for the student government (ASMSU). Because of these experiences, although they weren’t entirely resume material, I met a lot of wonderful people. I worked with another student, Christie Evenson, at ASMSU. At the time, she was working two different jobs, and recommended me for a…

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Student Awarded Boren Scholarship to Study Arabic Abroad

Allison Tumas, a senior majoring in Arabic in the College of Arts & Letters, is one of two Michigan State University students who recently was awarded a Boren Scholarship to study languages abroad. Since 1991, there have been only 36 Boren award recipients from Michigan State University. Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students studying in areas of the…

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Student Work on Permanent Display in East Lansing

Two Department of Art, Art History, and Design students now have their artwork permanently displayed in downtown East Lansing as the winners of the MSUFCU (Michigan State University Federal Credit Union) mural competition. Malarie French, Graphic Design and Packaging double major, and Will Mianecki, Graphic Design and Professional Writing double major, created the winning design, which was painted by MFA graduate student Sam Bennett,…

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Three CAL Students to Graduate with 4.0 GPAs

Three College of Arts & Letters students were recognized with Board of Trustees’ Awards for having earned the highest grade point average at the close of their last semester at Michigan State University – a perfect 4.0. For this accomplishment, the students were presented with Board of Trustees Awards at the April 15 Board of Trustees meeting and will be…

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Seven MSU Students Win Arabic Flagship Scholarship

Seven Arabic students from Michigan State University have won Flagship Scholarships, which will allow them to spend a year in Morocco at the Arabic Flagship site to advance their Arabic learning. While in Morocco, the students will have the opportunity to take courses at Moulay Ismail University and to do an internship, in addition to the intensive classes in Arabic.…

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Religious Studies Student Wins National Award

College of Arts & Letters senior Joshua Schnell has won a National Science Foundation Award (NSF) from the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Schnell is an Honors College senior double majoring in Religious Studies in the College of Arts & Letters and Anthropology in the College of Social Science. Close to 17,000 students applied for this year's NSF awards with only…

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CAL Students to Present at UURAF

University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), which is the highest representation of any college on campus. Of those CAL students, 87 also are Honors College students. This year’s UURAF takes place Friday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the MSU Union. The forum includes poster and oral presentations by undergraduate research teams from all areas of study. Sponsored by…

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Paris Fashion Week Internship Exposes Student to Fashion

Glitz, glamour, high-end fashion, big-name designers and runway models coupled with the behind-the-scenes controlled chaos of one of the world’s most prominent fashion weeks – a College of Arts & Letters student recently got to experience this world of luxury fashion during Paris Fashion Week. As the winner of the MSU Malone Souliers Business Strategy Challenge, Carlo Pardo, a double major in Apparel…

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