The last two weeks of March this year brought sadness twice over to the College of Arts & Letters. On March 18, 2017, we lost Anna Norris, a beloved professor of French Literature who taught at Michigan State University for 18 years. On March 30, 2017, we lost Jim Seaton...
An Arts & Letters scholarship received through MSU’s College of Arts & Letters helped make a New York City internship possible for junior Professional Writing major Emily Claus. The award significantly aided Claus’ ability to participate in the New York City Study Away Internship Program last summer.
A collaboration between Michigan State University students, alumni, faculty, and friends, as well as the greater East Lansing community, this year’s TEDxMSU was held April 7 at MSU’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Supported by the College of Arts & Letters through a Student Group Grant, the 2017 TEDxMSU featured interdisciplinary presenters who expressed their past experiences, current projects, and…
Jacqueline Rhodes, Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, has been named Director of the Consortium for Critical Diversity in a Digital Age Research (CEDAR).
The Friends of Theatre at Michigan State University is hosting a fundraising gala, "A Bite of Broadway," on Wednesday, May 10, to support the newly created "Friends of Theatre Endowment" for MSU’s Department of Theatre. The Cobb Great Hall stage at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts will be transformed for the evening into the streets of New York where…
Music can be much more than just a catchy lyric or a smooth melody, something to distract and entertain while you’re in the car. It can evoke emotion, spread a message, and sometimes like fine art, it can reveal a story about the American soul. Peabody award-winning filmmaker and Michigan State University Professor of Practice John Valadez, who has a…
The Department of Theatre’s final main stage production of the 2016-2017 academic year is being used as an opportunity to help bring awareness to the Flint water crisis with several events planned, including a symposium, lobby display, and educational outreach. MSU’s Department of Theatre will present the Tony Award-winning, Broadway show Urinetown, written by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman, on April…
Ann Folino White, MSU Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and Directing, was selected as one of three Michigan Association of State Universities Professors of the Year.
The work of 22 Graphic Design seniors will be displayed April 10-28 as part of the 2017 BFA Graphic Design Senior Exhibition for which each senior is given wall space in Kresge Art Center Galleries 101 and 114 to showcase their strongest work from their time at MSU. The annual exhibition is the culmination of four years of hard work…
More than 900 undergraduate students will present their research at the 19th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), with College of Arts & Letters students making up a large portion of the poster and oral presentations. At this year’s UURAF, which takes place Friday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the MSU Union, 928 undergraduate…