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Theatre Department Combats Gender Inequity with Big Ten Initiative

February 25, 2020

(PLEASE NOTE: The performance dates for Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder have been postponed. Please call 1.800.WHARTON to receive a refund or hold on to your tickets for rescheduled dates when they are announced. If you have any questions, please call 1.800.WHARTON.) Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre is staging the latest production to be commissioned by the Big Ten Theatre Consortium,…

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Alumni / News

Alumni Share Advice with Graphic Design Seniors

February 25, 2020

Three Department of Art, Art History, and Design alumni recently returned to campus to speak to the Graphic Design Senior Seminar, a class consisting of all seniors who are ready to graduate this spring. The three alumni – Sam Landers, B.F.A. Studio Art 1982; Christi Wise, B.F.A. Fine Art and B.A. Psychology 1982; and Susan Bennett, B.F.A. Graphic Design 1984 – talked…

Event / Staff

Staff Advisory Council Painting Activity

February 21, 2020

The College of Arts & Letters Staff Advisory Council hosted a painting activity for the college support staff. The activity was guided by Ketura Bradford, Department of Theatre Senior. The Staff Advisory Council covered the cost of supplies and instruction that supported the students' chapter of the United State Institute for Theatre Technology. The inspirations for the paintings were the Spartan…

Award / Faculty / News

Faculty Receive Outreach and Engagement Awards

February 21, 2020

The annual MSU Outreach and Engagement Awards honor faculty, students, and partners working together to produce diverse benefits for others in their communities. Among this year’s recipients are Kyle Powys Whyte, Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy, who received the Distinguished Partnership Award for Community-Engaged Research, and Dionne O’Dell, Academic Specialist in the Department of Theatre, who received the…

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Alumni / Featured Alumni / News

Alumna Is the Creator and Voice Behind ‘Reba to the Rescue!’

February 20, 2020

“When you’ve done all you can do, and you’re feeling down and maybe blue…” Have no fear, because there is Reba to the Rescue! Reba to the Rescue! is an online-based video series that airs on WKAR television during PBS Kids programming on weekdays and weekends. Cicely C. Mitchel, who graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in English and concentrations in Education and…

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / Faculty Stories / News

English Professors Use Film and Comics to Engage Students in American History

February 18, 2020

Jeff Wray and Julian Chambliss, two distinguished professors from Michigan State University's Department of English, joined Russ White on WKAR's MSU Today to talk about their work and how it impacts their students and our evolving society. The conversation began with their thoughts on a challenging time for racial tension on campus. “It has been a challenging year, but in some ways, it's been a typical…

Faculty / News / Programs

College Mourns Loss of Professor Emeritus Douglas Noverr

February 18, 2020

The College of Arts & Letters is mourning the loss of Professor Emeritus Douglas Noverr, who passed away on February 14, 2020. He was 77 years old. Noverr was at Michigan State University in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures for 48 years, serving as Chairperson for the Department of American Thought and…

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News / Programs

MSU Theatre Setting the Stage for Design and Mentorship

February 18, 2020

In the theatre world, reviews tend to focus on the performers more than costumes, sets, or lighting. But for a recent production of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by the A.D. Players at the George Theatre in Houston, Texas, theatre critics were raving about the set designed by Kirk Domer, Chairperson and Professor of Scenic Design for the MSU Department of Theatre. “I was completely dumbstruck…

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Event / Exhibition / News

‘Situations’ Exhibit Is a Catalyst for Several Community Events

February 14, 2020

(PLEASE NOTE: In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and in the interest of public safety, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum closed on March 14 and has not determined a reopening date due to the rapidly changing nature of the situation, but will communicate updates as they become available. Also, the Claudia Rankine Signature Lecture scheduled for April 9 has been canceled, and…

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News / Podcast / Programs

LAE Podcast Hosts Associate Professor of Linguistics Paula Winke

February 10, 2020

Episode two of the Liberal Arts Endeavor Podcast is out! Our host, Dean Christopher P. Long, spoke with Associate Professor of Linguistics Paula Winke in her Wells Hall office about foreign and second language testing, which is Winke's primary area of research. Winke, who is a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, investigates the content and construct validity…