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College Welcomes Five New Staff Members

February 14, 2019

The College of Arts & Letters would like to welcome five new staff members to the College. The new staff members include: Carly Kabel, Secretary III, Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages Noushin Mahmood, Secretary II, Department of Art, Art History, and DesignMonica McCurdy, Office Assistant IIIJennifer Mora, Administrative Business Analyst, Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA)Katlyn Wright,…

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Crystal Skillman Awarded Guest Playwright in Residence at MSU with Pulp Vérité

February 14, 2019

This month, Michigan State University is proud to welcome Crystal Skillman as a 2019 Guest Playwright in Residence for a week-and-a-half-long workshop on her new play Pulp Vérité. This workshop will culminate in two readings free to the public on Thursday, February 21, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 24, at 3 p.m. Both readings will take place in Studio 60 at MSU…

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Faculty / News / Programs

College Saddened by Loss of Retired Professor Joe Kuszai

February 13, 2019

The College of Arts & Letters is mourning the loss of retired Professor Joe Kuszai, who taught Graphic Design courses at Michigan State University for 50 years. Kuszai passed away on February 12, 2019, surrounded by family at his home in East Lansing. He was 86 years old. Recruited to develop a Graphic Design program at Michigan State University, Kuszai…

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Faculty / Podcast

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…

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Faculty / News / Research

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…