The Quilt Index Relaunches and Expands Its Collection

This past October 2018, a new iteration of the Quilt Index, a digital repository of thousands of images, stories, and information about quilts and their makers drawn from hundreds of public and private collections around the world, was launched. Already a major digital humanities resource, this new version aims to significantly strengthen and expand the use of quilt-related data in research and teaching.

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Lecturer to Speak on Introverted Students in the Classroom

Heidi Kasevich, Educational Director at Quiet Revolution, is coming to MSU to speak about how educators can create structures and dynamics in the classroom that recognize and reward introverted learners. Her talk, scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Studio 60 Theatre, located in the basement of the Auditorium Building, is free and open to the public.…

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MSU Set to Host National Accessibility Conference

The 4th annual Accessible Learning Conference will take place December 6 and 7 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. Each year, the Accessible Learning Conference (ALC) devotes time to explore different avenues concerning accessibility. This year, the ALC will explore accessibility as a social justice issue. The ALC was designed to open pathways of discussion, networking, and collaboration for students, faculty, and community…

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College Establishes New Experiential Education Graduation Requirement

College of Arts & Letters undergraduate students have a new “Experiential Education” graduation requirement that combines real-life experiences with college credit.The goal of the Experiential Education requirement, which was implemented beginning in Fall 2018, is to give students experience outside the classroom to help them gain meaningful future employment and discover more about themselves, both personally and professionally, before they…

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Citizen Scholars Program Helps Fund Study Abroad to China

Citizen Scholar Margo Skornia, a junior with a double major in Theatre and Chinese, received funding from the Citizen Scholars program to help pay for her two-month study abroad trip to China this past summer. This study abroad experience allowed her to finish her Chinese major. She took Chinese language classes at the Harbin Institute of Technology each day from…

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‘Men on Boats’ Coming to MSU Auditorium

MSU’s Department of Theatre will perform Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men on Boats November 9-11 and November 13-18 in the Studio 60 Theatre at the MSU Auditorium.  Directed by Associate Professor Ann Folino White, Men on Boats is a story of Major John Wesley Powell and his crew who set off to chart the Green and Colorado Rivers on the first official government-sponsored expedition of the Grand Canyon.…

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Yen-Hwei Lin to Lead LingLang Department 

Dr. Yen-Hwei Lin has been appointed Acting Interim Chair of the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, effective November 5, 2018, through August 15, 2019. A Professor of Linguistics, Lin served as Department Coordinator from 2013-2015. She also was Associate Chair of the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages from 2000-2003 and…

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