Several Michigan State University student-produced films will be screened at this year’s Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF), which runs July 25-30. The films feature the work of MSU's College of Arts & Letters, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and College of Music.
Graphic Design major Chloe Jennings is spending her summer in Kansas City, Missouri, interning for Hallmark. After she applied and went through the interview process, Jennings was offered four different intern positions with Hallmark. She chose to be a design intern for two internal card brands, Studio Ink and the Signature Collection.
Sharon Leon has accepted a position as Associate Professor in the Department of History in MSU’s College of Social Science and will be a core participant in the College of Arts & Letters’ Critical Diversity in a Digital Age Initiative. Her employment is effective August 16, 2017.
Students in the Fiction Filmmaking minor have been hard at work all year creating a short film that will premiere next week. The film, titled On the Way Up, tells a touching story of a woman who, after the attempted suicide of her boyfriend who has bipolar disorder, is forced to reevaluate not only her life, but their relationship. On the…
At this year’s Arts Weekend at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, the Grand Hotel Endowed Scholarship for Arts & Letters will be presented for the first time to six deserving students. Funded by the Musser family, owners of Grand Hotel, the scholarship was created to support students who wish to pursue creative endeavors both inside and outside the classroom. The…
In a time where debate may be equivalent to yelling, where respect means only similar points of view, where we all seem to only agree on disagreement, theatre must do what it was created to do: offer an outlet for “Divergent Voices.” With the theme “Divergent Voices,” the MSU Department of Theatre 2017-2018 season will offer chances to examine topics, characters, and…
With teamwork, the pursuit of having a good time, and supporting a good cause as their mission, a group of 20 College of Arts & Letters students, faculty, and staff, named the Jabberwocks, participated in this year’s Capital Area Dragon Boat Race and took home gold in their bracket after a long day of racing. “We all committed to giving…
During his time at Michigan State University, incoming senior Theatre major Mike Merluzzi has experienced what it is like to work on Broadway shows through his work with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). To help cover college expenses, Merluzzi works on a freelance basis for the IATSE, which has hired him to construct and tear down sets…
Dear College of Arts & Letters (CAL), I’ve been one of your communications and social media interns for a while now. I got this job as a freshman. Just a cute little kid, trying her hardest to get a career-relevant internship. Two years and approximately 1,275 hours of work later, you’ve become the best part of my day, your people…
Students from the Apparel and Textile Design major recently presented the annual ATD Fashion Show, which showcases a cumulation of pieces by Apparel and Textile Design students. This year’s show included a variety of avant-garde designs by more than 37 student designers. Alixzandra Jyawook, junior Apparel and Textile Design major, took home the Best in Show award for her designs, which were…