MSU’s Jewish Studies Program is sponsoring its largest academic conference to date, titled “Israel at 70: Complexity, Challenge, and Creativity,” to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel and reflect on its history. The conference will take place September 16 and 17 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center. “The MSU Jewish Studies Program is expanding its focus…
Student films, interactive games, and immersive experiences will transcend audience expectations once again at the Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF). This year’s lineup includes a feature film and short films by students from the College of Arts & Letters and College of Communication Arts and Sciences. A gaming gallery, called The Woz, also will be on display, designed exclusively by the…
As one of the first faculty members hired at Michigan State University for its Experience Architecture (XA) program, Assistant Professor Zachary Kaiser uses his experience in the industry to create, rewrite, and teach XA courses and other classes within the Department of Art, Art History, and Design. Kaiser was brought to MSU when the XA program first began in 2013 because of…
Karen Hampton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has been selected to receive this year’s King-Chavez-Parks Visiting Professors Program award. Hampton spent this past academic year at Michigan State University as an Artist-in-Residence in the Critical Race Studies Artist Residency, which was created by MSU’s College of Arts & Letters with generous support of the Michigan State…
At this year’s Arts Weekend at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, the Grand Hotel Endowed Scholarship for Arts & Letters will be presented to four deserving students and alumni. Funded by the Musser family, owners of Grand Hotel, the scholarship was created to support MSU College of Arts & Letters students who wish to pursue creative endeavors both inside and outside…
Executive producer, singer/songwriter, radio/red carpet host, actor, and soon-to-be podcast host of her own podcast — these are just a few of the titles held by College of Arts & Letters alumna Lauren LoGrasso, who graduated from Michigan State University in 2011 with a BFA in Theatre and a BA in Communications. Soon after graduating, LoGrasso moved to Los Angeles…
A new endowed position has been created at MSU to focus on the holistic well-being of students through spiritual development. The Foglio Chair of Spirituality is one of 82 new endowed faculty positions established during MSU’s Empower Extraordinary campaign toward the goal of creating 100 new endowed faculty positions to provide critical resources for recruiting and retaining leading faculty members.
Once threatened by chemical decay and decomposition, an important and rare film collection from the early years of cinema is now available to the public online thanks to a massive preservation and digitization project overseen by Joshua Yumibe, Associate Professor in MSU’s Department of English and Director of the Film Studies Program. Dr. Joshua Yumibe This unique collection consists of…
A study away program took 14 Michigan State University students, 13 of whom were from the College of Arts & Letters, to Silicon Valley where they visited large tech companies, networked with alumni, and tested accessibility in both digital and physical spaces. The goal of the week-long program, titled “Accessibility in the Tech Industry,” was to introduce students to what…
Celebrating dedication, service, and exceptional work, this year’s College of Arts & Letters Staff Appreciation Ceremony was held at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center on June 8. The highlight of the ceremony was the presentation of the group and individual awards. Jennifer Nelson, Secretary III in the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, was recognized…