Department of Theatre Announces 2018-2019 Season

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre is “Breaking Down Borders,” the theme of its 2018-2019 season, in which the department will present plays with meaning and celebrate the lack of limitations here at MSU. The season includes nine shows, with each offering its own take on the theme. The season opens Saturday, September 22, with One Good Day and ends on Wednesday, April 24,…

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Student Spends a Year Abroad in Japan

Bridget Hanchek, a senior double-majoring in Japanese and Professional Writing, spent her entire junior year studying in Japan where she expanded her language skills through courses and daily interaction with native speakers.While in Japan, she shared a dorm-style apartment with both students from the United States and students from Japan who were enrolled in accelerated English programs. Bridget Hanchek with a…

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College Welcomes 30 New Faculty and Staff Members

This year, the College of Arts & Letters welcomes 30 new faculty and staff members. They include the following:  Qais Assali Qais Assali, Visiting Assistant Professor and Artist-in-Residence, Department of Art, Art History, and Design, is a visual artist and educator. His work has been internationally exhibited including at Jeune création, Paris (2016); Tiradentes, Brazil (2016); The Overlook Place, Chicago (2018);…

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Professor Creates Unique Teaching and Research Tool

A multimodal interactive database that includes all monosyllabic sounds in the Mandarin Chinese language is providing educators, students, and researchers with a unique resource in which to help teach and study the language and has earned its creator, Catherine Ryu, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, a prestigious national award.Tone Perfect, a web-based teaching and research tool consisting of…

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English Professor Recommended for New Associate Provost Position

Judith Stoddart has been recommended for appointment as the Associate Provost for University Collections and Arts Initiatives, effective immediately.  She will continue in her role as Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and retain her appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of English. In this new position, Stoddart will be responsible for supporting the units across campus that hold…

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Public Philosophy Journal Publishes First Issue

The Public Philosophy Journal (PPJ), led by Christopher P. Long, Dean of the College of Arts & Letters, and Dean Rehberger, Director of Matrix, has just released its first issue, which includes articles on “Practicing Public Scholarship” by Dean Long and on “Mentoring Lessons from Plants” by Beronda Montgomery, MSU Foundation Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in…

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Studio Art Major Helps Digitize World’s Largest Insect Collection at Field Museum

Last spring, when Charles Benoit, a Studio Art major with a minor in Museum Studies, participated in the Culture, Community, and Social Impact in Chicago study away program, the group visited the Field Museum, where Benoit learned they were digitizing the largest insect collection in the world.  After the talk, he spoke with the museum’s Insects Director. That meeting eventually led Benoit…

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Ron Suskind to Speak at MSU

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind will speak at the MSU Wharton Center for Performing Arts in the Cobb Great Hall on Monday, October 15, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the College of Arts & Letters' Leading Voices Series.  Suskind’s book, Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes and Autism, examines his family’s 20-year adventure of the heart with his son, Owen. Having lost his speech…

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Alumna Helps Lead Creativity and Design at American Girl

Each year, the products designed and created by Apparel and Textile Design alumnaRebecca DeKuiper for the American Girl company are highly anticipated and sought after by thousands of young girls around the world.  DeKuiper is a Lead Designer of the “Girl of the Year” brand for American Girl, a popular doll manufacturer headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, which has sold more than 32…

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