News – Page 125 – College of Arts & Letters

man and woman standing next to one another and smiling in front of a sign

Podcast: Generous Thinking in Higher Education

February 13, 2019

The third episode of season three of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters, is out. In this episode, host Dean Christopher P. Long discusses generous thinking in higher education with Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English. The idea of generous thinking emphasizes listening over speaking, community over individualism, and collaboration…

woman who is wearing a pink shirt, black blazer, and black glasses is smiling and standing in front of a brick building

Building Community Through Digital Humanities

February 13, 2019

Michigan State University has, since the beginning, been at the forefront of Digital Humanities (DH) research and scholarship, and helping lead those efforts for the past year and a half is Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at MSU. “That MSU is central to the development of DH thus far is undeniable,” Fitzpatrick said. “Between H-Net (Humanities and…

Woman wearing a white shirt speaking into a microphone

Internship / News / Research / Student

XA Student Finds Her Passion Through the Digital Scholarship Lab

February 12, 2019

As the first-ever intern for MSU’s Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL), Erin Campbell, a senior Experience Architecture major with minors in Spanish and Digital Humanities, had the opportunity to research a topic of her choice and use the technology provided by the lab to put together a public presentation on the topic. Throughout her semester-long internship, which Campbell completed in Fall 2018, she…

inside of a building with archways and lantern-like lights and checkered floors

Event / News / Performance / Student

Theatre Department Presents the American Classic ‘Oklahoma!’

February 11, 2019

Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre presents Oklahoma! February 15-17 and 19-24 at the Fairchild Theater. An American classic and Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration, Oklahoma! boasts a 25-person cast, the Orchesis dance company, and a 16-piece orchestra. In many ways, Oklahoma! is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most innovative collaboration, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian…

Faculty / News

Glendinning Returns to South Africa as a Fulbright Scholar

February 7, 2019

Twenty years after he first traveled to South Africa, Peter Glendinning, Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has returned as a Fulbright Scholar to teach at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria and Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, and create a body of artwork inspired by the words of Nelson Mandela. This year marks 25 years…

woman wearing a pink shirt smiling in front of a black wall with white text

Award / News / Student

English Major Wins Spartan Volunteer Service Award

February 6, 2019

Brooklyn Rue, a sophomore English major and Citizen Scholar who is hoping to graduate a semester early in Fall 2020, is being recognized for her many hours of volunteer service with the Spartan Volunteer Service Award: A Presidential Recognition. The award, presented by the Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, recognizes MSU students who capture the core value of connectivity and…

brick building surrounding by trees with green leaves

Award / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty

Faculty Members Awarded Inspirational Woman of the Year Awards

January 30, 2019

Two College of Arts & Letters faculty members will receive MSU’sCenter for Gender in Global Context (GenCen) Inspirational Woman of the Year Awards. Rocío Quispe-Agnoli, Professor in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies, and Yomaira Figueroa, Assistant Professor in the Department of English, each are being honored for the impact they have made on and off campus and will be…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Exhibition / Faculty

Exhibit to Feature Work of Critical Race Studies Artist-in-Residence

January 29, 2019

An exhibition featuring the work of Helina Metaferia, Visiting Assistant Professor and Artist-in-Residence: Critical Race Studies, will appear at MSU’s (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., East Lansing, February 8-March 29. This solo, interdisciplinary exhibit, titled By Way of Revolution, engages collage, assemblage, performance, video, and participation/social practice to resurrect the spirit of social justice movements of the past in order…

brick building surrounding by trees with red and green leaves

Award / Faculty

Faculty Members to Receive All-University Awards

January 28, 2019

Four College of Arts & Letters faculty members will receive All-University Awards on Tuesday, February 5, during a special ceremony held at the Heritage Room of the University Club from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The awards and the winners are: William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award – Jeff Wray, Professor, Department of EnglishTeacher-Scholar Award – Deric McNish, Assistant Professor, Department…

3 people standing in a row posing for the camera

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News / Podcast

Podcast: Storytelling in Our Communities

January 28, 2019

On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters, host Dean Christopher P. Long discusses the importance of being an engaged scholar within communities with Tamara Butler, Assistant Professor of English and African American and African Studies, and student China Gross, Social Relations and Policy '20. Butler focuses on 20th- and…