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XA Major Helps Lead ‘State News’ Coverage During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 6, 2020

While all face-to-face instruction at Michigan State University has been suspended and much of MSU’s daily operations are being conducted remotely, The State News team has continued its news coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic and the person helping to lead this effort is Madison O’Connor, Editor-in-Chief of The State News, a senior who is double majoring in Journalism and Experience Architecture (XA). The…

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LAE Podcast Hosts Associate Professor Kinitra Brooks

May 5, 2020

Episode seven of the Liberal Arts Endeavor Podcast is out! Our host, Dean Christopher P. Long, met with Kinitra Brooks, Department of English Associate Professor and Leslie Endowed Chair in Literary Studies, to talk about her digital presence and work as a scholar of genre fiction, pop culture, and Black women. Brooks specializes in the study of Black women, genre fiction, and popular…

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Theatre Graduate Discovers Passion for Drama Therapy at MSU

May 5, 2020

Courtney Way, who is graduating this spring with a double major in Theatre and Human Development and Family Studies, believes that theatre and the arts can help individuals “deal with the stressors of being disabled” and should be enjoyed by all. “Theatre is important for people to understand the world,” Way said. “It is something that everybody deserves to see…

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A Well-Designed Legacy

May 3, 2020

If you’ve been anywhere near the Graphic Design program over the last 50 years — or even if you haven’t — you probably know of the late Professor Emeritus Joe Kuszai. He was recruited to Michigan State University in 1965 to develop the Graphic Design program from the ground up, and he ran it for more than 25 years, while…

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Nine Students Receive 4.0 GPA Board of Trustee Awards

May 1, 2020

Nine College of Arts & Letters students are graduating with perfect 4.0 GPAs and will receive Board of Trustees Awards for having achieved the highest scholastic average at the end of their undergraduate careers at Michigan State University. They are among the 91 MSU students graduating this spring with perfect 4.0 GPAs. The following are the College of Arts &…

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As Mother Graduates with MFA, Daughter’s MSU Education Just Begins

April 30, 2020

Rebecca Casement and Allison Miller are a dynamic mother-daughter duo who share a mutual love of art, a passion they both have chosen to pursue at Michigan State University in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design. While Casement wraps up her third year of her master’s degree program, earning her MFA in May, Miller, her daughter, is finishing her…

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Tony Grubbs Appointed Chair of RCS

April 30, 2020

Associate Professor of Spanish Tony Grubbs has been appointed Chair of the Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University. The five-year appointment is effective August 16, 2020 through August 15, 2025. Dr. Grubbs has been the Interim Chair for the Department of Romance and Classical Studies since August 1,…

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Citizen Scholar Graduates Early with 4.0 GPA and as a Top Award-Winner

April 30, 2020

After only three years of college, Sophie Schmidt is graduating a year early with a B.A. in Professional Writing, a minor in Asian Pacific American Studies, and a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is the 2020 recipient of both the Alumni Award for Undergraduate Excellence and the Professional Writing Outstanding Major Award. She also joins nine other students who are graduating…

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English Major and Citizen Scholar to Graduate with Perfect 4.0 GPA

April 29, 2020

Abigail Scott, a senior English major and College of Arts & Letters’ Citizen Scholar, is graduating from MSU in May with a perfect 4.0 GPA. "Having a 4.0 for the duration of college was something I had not envisioned myself achieving, but is something I am proud of accomplishing,” Scott said. “Every class that I took presented new challenges,…

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Deepening a Connection in a Time of Distancing

April 29, 2020

As this disquieting semester comes to a close, it’s appropriate to pause for a moment to reflect on the distance we have traveled and the path that lies ahead. Over the past five years, we in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University...