Dear Colleagues & Friends, I write to update you on activity in the College of Arts & Letters (CAL) and at the University level in response to H.R. 1—Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives. I want to thank Justus Nieland, Director of Graduate Studies in English, and Suzanne Wagner, Chair of the College Advisory Committee (CAC),…
Senior Film Studies major Colin Williams spent his summer gaining valuable experience as a film intern for NFL Films at the company’s Mount Laurel, New Jersey, headquarters. A pioneer of modern sports coverage and hailed as teaching America how to watch football, NFL Films is devoted to producing commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries on the National Football League.…
Four colleagues at the MSU Museum, including a Professor in the Department of Art, Art History and Design, recently received the prestigious Chicago Folklore Prize from the University of Chicago for their 2016 book, Quilts and Human Rights.Each year, the Chicago Folklore Prize is presented to authors of a book-length work that explores the intersection between folklore and scholarship. This year, the…
MSU’s Digital Humanities & Literary Cognition Lab, the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD), and Exceptions journal continue to carry on an MSU tradition of excellence and inclusion by organizing a one-day, hands on, accessible art exhibit for those with visual impairments. Displaying 16 works of art designed to be accessible to individuals with visual impairments, the exhibit, titled Sense of Self: Accessible Art…
This year, the College of Arts & Letters promoted five faculty members to Full Professor with tenure, including Kirk Domer, Bill Hart-Davidson, Alisa Henriquez, Shawn Loewen, and Rob Roznowski. These faculty members were recognized during the University Promotion and Tenure Ceremony that was held November 14 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. Kirk DomerDepartment of TheatreAs a profound theatrical…
Late last month, the faculty on the College Advisory Council (CAC) gave me a writing assignment. In preparation for our Fall 2017 faculty meeting on November 17, they asked me...
After spending more than a year in Germany in both research and internship positions, senior double-major Jake Blythe gained invaluable knowledge in both his areas of study: German and Urban Planning. Blythe is interested in exploring how “mega-events,” such as the Olympics and the World Cup, affect the urban development of cities. For each impending mega-event, various cities bid on…
From Castle Rock, Colorado, senior Jack Bock came to Michigan State University because of its study abroad program and to study Chinese. The Chinese and Economic major first started studying Chinese in the sixth grade. “I literally took it because I thought Kung Fu was cool and thought my teacher could teach me some moves, but I found out he…
A one-day interactive exhibit at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, focusing on art accessibility across the visual ability spectrum, will feature creative work by MSU students in literature and art combined with renowned speakers in disability studies. The public is invited to attend and engage with these dynamic works of art. Titled Sense of Self: Accessible Art and Disability Studies, the…
Teaching in a juvenile detention facility was not the career path English alumna Elizabeth Niemerowicz originally planned for herself, but her MSU education opened her eyes to a whole new world of opportunities. Growing up in a small town in west Michigan, Niemerowicz admits she probably would not have been comfortable working within the criminal justice system prior to her…