News – Page 114 – College of Arts & Letters

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Open Letter to College of Arts & Letters Alumni and Friends

May 22, 2018

By now many of you have heard that the university has agreed in principle to a $500 million global settlement with the survivors of the sexual abuse committed by former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar. This important moment of accountability comes at the end of a difficult semester in which we have embarked upon a process of critical self-reflection that will enable us to live up to our commitments to one another as members of the MSU community.

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Alumni / News

Theatre Alumna Thrives in Film and TV Industry

May 22, 2018

Alumna Sarah Habel has been performing professionally since earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from Michigan State University in 2004. She has spent time in London, Detroit, and now Los Angeles as a theatre, film, and television actress, and most recently had a role in the popular TV drama, Riverdale. She credits her MSU roots to her humble success…

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Faculty / Faculty Stories / News

Merrill to Serve Two More Years as Department Chair

May 21, 2018

Professor Jason Merrill will continue to serve as Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages for an additional two years, or until August 15, 2020. Merrill has been serving as Interim Chair of the department since August 15, 2017. “This past year as Interim Chair, Dr. Merrill has guided the Department with the expertise and vision…

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Event / News / Performance

Summer Circle Theatre Begins June 6

May 17, 2018

This June, MSU's Department of Theatre, with support from the Friends of Theatre, invites you to a summer of romance under the stars as it kicks off its 58th season of Summer Circle Theatre. This year's collection of plays and musicals will entertain, entice, and make you fall in love. All Summer Circle Theatre performances are free and open to the public and held in the…

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Event / News / Research / Student

Enhancing Graduate Education Through Cross College Workshop

May 17, 2018

All this week, a cross-college workshop, R Statistics Bootcamp, was offered at Michigan State University, giving graduate students and researchers the opportunity to learn more about the statistical methods using the programming language R. This five-day practical course provided participants with important transferable programming and statistical skills with a wide range of applications within and beyond academia. Participants learned how…

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Alumni / News

Professional Writing Alumna Follows Passion as Romance Novelist

May 17, 2018

Professional Writing alumna Anna Stevenson has combined her professional skills with her unique passions in order to successfully carve out a distinctive career for herself. After graduating from Michigan State University in 2009, Stevenson took a job as a production editor for the MSU Press. A year later, she became a freelance editor and has been working for herself ever…

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News / Student

Student Uses Poetry to Shed Light on Native American Rights Issues

May 15, 2018

English major and Citizen Scholar Abbie Crick has always had poetry in her life. “I’ve been writing poetry since I could hold a pencil,” she said. “I grew up around really traditional poetry, and my writing education, until late high school, was very formal.” As she got older, Crick realized she could use the genre to speak about issues that matter. “I wanted…

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News / Performance / Student

Theatre Students Collaborate with Local High School to Create Original Play

May 15, 2018

Camille Thomas, a senior double majoring in Theatre and Arts & Humanities, found a way to combine her interest in social justice with her passion for the arts by working with the East Lansing High School Student Black Union to devise an original social justice theatre piece for the school’s multicultural festival. After working with East Lansing High School for…

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Recent Grad Gives State Historical Society a Video Presence

May 15, 2018

Since graduating from Michigan State University last May, Amy Wagenaar has gone from being an MSU student to the Editorial, Social, and Video Coordinator for the Historical Society of Michigan (HSM) based in Lansing. Wagenaar earned a dual degree in Film Studies and Media and Information and a minor in Fiction Filmmaking. We recently caught up with her, finding out more about…

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Faculty / News

Longtime Faculty Members to Retire

May 12, 2018

Some of the longest-serving faculty members at the College of Arts & Letters are retiring this month. James Roper, Ken Harrow, and Nancy Bunge who each have served the university for more than 40 years, will retire on Wednesday, May 16. The three have worked at the university for a combined total of 151 years. Also retiring on May 16…