Ashley Romps is a senior Studio Art major at Michigan State University who worked as a Ceramics Intern for Cherry Hill Potter’s Guild in Canton, Michigan, where she developed her own pottery skills while helping to maintain the studio. Romps shared about this experience in a Q&A that originally was published by the Excel Network.
Nicole Koyuki Golden, Ph.D. student in Writing and Rhetoric and Graduate Assistant Director of The Writing Center at Michigan State University, was awarded the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Future Leaders Scholarship in recognition of her significant contributions to the writing center community and her potential as a leader in the field of writing studies.
Lauren Marquette, a senior who is majoring in English with minors in Business and Screenwriting at Michigan State University, balanced two internships – one in-person and one remote – over a period of seven months last year. She worked in person as a Video Production and Project Management Intern for Michigan Creative in Lansing, Michigan, and remotely as a TV and Film Writer for Trill Mag, which is based in New York City.
MJ Monteiro’s passion for art became an extraordinary pursuit at Michigan State University where, with Spartan support, they have received funding as an Art History and Visual Culture major and have worked multiple student jobs supported by alumni.
Ten students in Michigan State University’s Graphic Design program took home a total of five Gold, four Silver, and four Bronze American Advertising (ADDY) Awards at this year's American Advertising Federation (AAF) Lansing Chapter ceremony. In the professional competition, MSU's College of Arts & Letters Marketing and Communications Office received two Silver and two Bronze ADDY Awards. "Being recognized in…
Two Michigan State University seniors who are majoring in Apparel and Textile Design (ATD) received a behind-the-scenes look at the fashion industry during the February 2025 New York Fashion Week (NYFW). This experience included entry into select runway shows as well as panel discussions and networking opportunities with industry leaders.
A new on-campus living-learning community where Spanish is the primary language will open its doors at Michigan State University in Fall 2025. Led and developed entirely by a team of MSU students from the Department of Romance and Classical Studies, this living-learning community, named La Casa, is open to all undergraduate students who are interested in Spanish language and cultures.…
For centuries, the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade have shaped the cultural, political, and historical narratives of the Francophone Afro-Caribbean world. Yet, many of these histories remained unspoken, fragmented, or overshadowed. In an effort to uncover some of these silenced stories, Safoi Babana-Hampton, Professor of French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan…
In the U.S. debut, acclaimed Italian playwright, actor, and director Giuliana Musso will explore the traumatic effects of silence when sexual abuse occurs at home through her play “Dentro (Inside): A True Story, If You Think So.” The play is a dramatized account of real-life conversations, Musso’s research on the topic, and her own attempt to bring awareness to the…
Assistant Professor Koen Van Gorp and Professor Paula Winke from the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures (LiLaC) at Michigan State University were two of five international professors invited by the European Association of Language Testing and Assessment and the Language Testing Research Group Innsbruck to teach at a Winter School for language testing research that was held in the…