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Thunderbird Strike Wins Best Digital Media Work at imagineNATIVE

November 1, 2017

These days, videogames do more than entertain. Game designers and developers are finding new ways to incorporate education and awareness into their work, and some are winning awards for it. Assistant Professor Elizabeth LaPensée recently won Best Digital Media Work for her latest game, Thunderbird Strike, at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the world’s largest Indigenous film and media arts festival. "Receiving…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Event / News

Global Perspectives Symposium to Focus on Arabic Language and Culture

October 27, 2017

The public is invited to "Blurring Boundaries: Arabic Identities Across the Mediterranean and Beyond," a global perspectives symposium at Michigan State University scheduled for November 1-3. This is the first time the conference is being held. This free event will delve into the forces of globalization, securitization, and minoritization through the lens of the Arabic language, a language which has…

News / Student / Study Abroad

Citizen Scholar Gains Inspiration from Study Abroad to Italy

October 26, 2017

With help of a generous scholarship from the Citizen Scholars program, sophomore Tiffanie Quinn spent four weeks this past summer studying abroad with the Visual Art in Italy program. Citizen Scholars offers students monetary rewards to be used towards high-impact learning experiences, such as study abroad, study away, internships, and undergraduate research. After completing her first year in the program,…

Long View Blog

Practicing Gratitude

October 24, 2017

Last weekend was homecoming on the Michigan State University campus, and I found myself reflecting on the meaning and significance of gratitude. So many alumni returned to campus to give thanks for all the ways MSU set them on a meaningful path.

Alumni / Exhibition / News

Art Alumnus Featured in Solo Show at (SCENE) Metrospace

October 24, 2017

The current exhibit at (SCENE) Metrospace features the eclectic, mixed media art of MSU alumnus Robert B. Park, who graduated from MSU twice, first in 1969 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and again in the early 70s with an art teaching certificate. Each of the more than 10 pieces in the exhibit, titled Quantum Entanglement, took Park about six months to…

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Event / News / Performance

Haunted Aud to Transform Auditorium into Camp Red Cedar

October 23, 2017

MSU’s Department of Theatre invites you to join them at Camp Red Cedar for the 9th annual Haunted Auditorium, scheduled for October 27-29. Filled with trapped souls and chilling tales, the Haunted Aud is perfect for a Halloween spook.

Faculty / News

Vasko Appointed Managing Director of C4I

October 20, 2017

Dr. Stephanie E. Vasko has been appointed Managing Director of the MSU Center for Interdisciplinarity (C4I). The three-year appointment is effective October 23, 2017, through October 22, 2020. Vasko is currently a Research Associate and the Program Manager for the Toolbox Dialogue Initiative (TDI), a research effort housed in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. She also is…

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News / Student / Study Abroad

Improving Language Skills from a Year Studying Abroad

October 17, 2017

Instead of spending her junior year in East Lansing, Honors College student Nicole Koenigsknecht took her studies abroad to Freiburg, Germany, with MSU’s Academic Year in Freiburg study abroad program. A double major in German and English with a minor in Russian and Eurasian Studies, Koenigsknecht enrolled at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität and spent the entire year abroad, attending classes with other German…

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Alumni / News

Alumna Creates Course to Offer Better Understanding of War Experience

October 12, 2017

MSU English alumna Rosemary Erickson Johnsen has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create a course that utilizes literature, films, and outside speakers to help veterans and active military members better understand their experiences and to teach all students more about the experience of war. A Professor of English at Governors State University (GSU)…

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Internship / News / Programs / Student

Changing the World with Engaged Philosophy

October 10, 2017

Through the creation of the Engaged Philosophy Internship Program (EPIP), MSU’s Department of Philosophy is hoping to change how the world views philosophy. The program connects philosophers with projects and interests outside of academia and includes work with community organizations and other non-academic partners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYIUGhAltsk&feature=emb_title “In the Philosophy Department, we believe that philosophy has the power to make a positive…