New Graduate Program Welcomes First Cohort

With the start of the 2023-2024 academic year at Michigan State University, the new Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise M.A. and Graduate Certificate Programs are welcoming their first cohort of graduate students. Five students are enrolled in the master’s degree program, while three students are in the graduate certificate program. Both programs are fully online and asynchronous. According…

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Experience Architecture Student Named 2023 Ian Gray Scholar in Entrepreneurial Studies

Christian Nderu is not your typical student entrepreneur. As a senior majoring in Experience Architecture within MSU's College of Arts & Letters, he possesses a rare blend of artistic sensibility and entrepreneurial acumen. Awarded the prestigious 2023 Ian Gray Scholarship in Entrepreneurial Studies by the MSU Innovation Center, Nderu's journey is a testament to the transformative power of creativity, community, and…

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College Honors 2023 Support Staff Award Winners

The College of Arts & Letters celebrated its 2023 Support Staff Award winners at the Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception on Sept. 18 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.The six support staff members who received awards were individually recognized for their exceptional dedication, service, and leadership.The 2023 Support Staff Award winners are: Melissa Staub, Jo-Ann Vanden Bergh Award Penny…

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MSU Theatre and UCLA Partner on World Premiere of Golden Age Latin American Play

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre will present the world premiere of the English translation of Love is the Greater Labyrinth by 16th-century Mexican playwright/poet/philosopher Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sept. 28 through Oct. 1, at the Arena Theatre in the MSU Auditorium.   Director Oscar Quiroz, an Artist-Educator and MFA Acting Candidate in the Department of Theatre who hails…

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College Celebrates Accomplishments of 2023 Promoted Faculty

This year, 20 faculty members within the College of Arts & Letters have received promotions. The success of these individuals was celebrated during the 2023 Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception on Sept. 18 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.  The College has adopted an approach to promotion that empowers colleagues to Chart Their Pathway of Intellectual Leadership by identifying the stepping stones, milestones,…

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Faculty Award Winners Recognized for Outstanding Achievement

The College of Arts & Letters honored its 2023 Faculty Award winners at the College’s Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception on Sept. 18 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.The four faculty members who received awards were recognized for their outstanding leadership, teaching, innovation, and community engagement as well as the impact they have had to enhance curriculum and student…

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Ask the Expert: How Can AI Support Writing and Student Learning?

With the start of the school year approaching, educators are wondering how artificial intelligence, or AI, may be used in learning environments, including by students for writing papers. Bill Hart-Davidson has been researching AI since he first came to Michigan State University in 2004 and launched a research center about writing in digital environments.

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Ask the Expert: How can the arts help us feel more connected to a place?

As the university announces a unified approach to the arts with Arts MSU, Judith Stoddart, Vice Provost for University Arts and Collections at Michigan State University and an Associate Professor in the Department of English, explains how the arts can help us feel more connected to the places we inhabit by looking at how the arts are interconnected and contextualized by MSU’s campus.

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