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Professor Receives Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship

December 18, 2019

Assistant Professor Tacuma Peters is one of only 10 junior faculty from universities across the nation selected for a 12-month Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship offers career development opportunities for selected faculty fellows with promising research projects. Fellows are provided six-month…

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Award / News / Student

Ph.D. Candidate Receives Scholars for the Dream Travel Award

December 17, 2019

Eric Manuel Rodriguez, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), has won a 2020 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Scholars for the Dream Travel Award. He is one of 20 recipients from across the country to receive this award presented by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Rodriguez will be…

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English Major Fourth to Graduate from Citizen Scholars Program

December 16, 2019

Miranda Kalinowski is the fourth student to graduate from the College of Arts & Letters’ Citizen Scholars program. Part of the first class of Citizen Scholars, Kalinowski graduated on December 14 with a B.A. in English. "Being in the College of Arts & Letters and the Citizen Scholars program has made me take a step back and see that there is…

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Alumna a Leader for Accessibility at Wells Fargo

December 13, 2019

As the Inclusive Design Lead and the Mobile Design Lead for Accessibility at Wells Fargo DS4B, College of Arts & Letters alumna Shell Little is responsible for the company's commercial digital attributes that deal with mobile leveraging properties. “I work for the corporate side, so if your company banks with Wells, you use my software,” she said. “I do anything…

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Student Awarded Prestigious Marshall Scholarship

December 10, 2019

Emily Steffke, an Honors College senior majoring in neuroscience in the College of Natural Science and English in the College of Arts & Letters, has been named a Marshall Scholar. “I am deeply honored to have been granted this opportunity to leap to the forefront of international health discourse and so excited to pursue a doctorate of philosophy in oncology…

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Ph.D. Graduate Recognized for Excellence in Teaching

December 9, 2019

During her time at Michigan State University, Youjin Kong, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Philosophy, has taught a variety of philosophy and interdisciplinary humanities courses. She recently received the 2019 Somers Teaching Excellence Award, which recognizes graduate student instructors who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence, innovation, and creativity in undergraduate teaching. “The primary goal of my teaching…

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Faculty / News / Research

Researching and Teaching How Language Shapes Our World

December 5, 2019

Using language purposefully is the framework of rhetoric, a notion that Jacqueline Rhodes, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), wants to instill in her students while also inspiring them to make meaning through the use of language. “Starting from a foundation of goodwill lets you disagree about things and still engage in productive…

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News / Performance / Student

MSU Theatre Freshmen Class Serves Up End-Of-Semester Laughs

December 3, 2019

The freshmen class of Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre will celebrate the end of their first semester of college with five performances of hilarious “improvisational” comedy. “Freshman Showcase: The Power of Spontaneous Invention” runs Dec. 5 through 8 in the MSU Auditorium building’s Studio 60 Theater. While this is the 13th year for the Freshman Showcase, this year marks the second year that the…

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Enhancing the Lansing Community While Teaching Math Through Art

November 26, 2019

Alumnus Dustin Hunt is breathing artistic life into the Lansing community by filling blank walls with vibrant murals while teaching and inspiring a whole new generation of artists in the process.

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Internship / News / Programs / Study Abroad

Citizen Scholar Interns in Australia for 3M

November 22, 2019

For many, Post-It notes, Scotch tape, and Command strips are necessary tools to collaborate, create, and share their work, but how many people stop to think about how those products make it into the market? Alia Jones, junior Humanities Prelaw major and member of the Citizen Scholars program, was immersed in the development and strategy behind these products through a summer internship with 3M in Sydney, Australia.