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Citizen Scholars Learn from Unique Forms of Artistic and Cultural Expression

January 4, 2018

During their first semester at Michigan State University, students in the Citizen Scholars program were exposed to unfamiliar forms of artistic and cultural expression and asked to reflect on those experiences as part of a requirement toward earning their Citizen Scholars Badge.“Our students are invited to participate in many forms of experiential learning during their first year as Citizen Scholars — this is…

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Alumni / News / Study Abroad

MSU Education Sparks a Life Abroad

January 1, 2018

After spending a year in Germany on the Academic Year in Freiburg Program, alumna Caroline Murawski knew she was meant to live abroad. Graduating from Michigan State University in 2009 with a double major in Hospitality Business and German, Murawski has lived and worked in Germany for the past 7 years. Currently, Murawski and her fiancé own and run Big…

Grant / News / Staff

Professors Receive Grant to Support Health Services

December 19, 2017

Professor Jacqueline Rhodes and Assistant Professor Dawn Shoultz Opel, both faculty members in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, received a three-year, $140,000 grant from Humanities Without Walls (HWW) to create and sustain humanities-centered health service research collaboratives.Their project, “Building Collectives in a Changing Healthcare Climate,” is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the MSU College of Arts & Letters’ Critical Diversity in a Digital…

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News / Scholarship / Student / Study Abroad

Scholarship Helps Lead Student to Germany

December 18, 2017

When Evan Dunbar, a senior Management major and German minor, first heard he received the Languages Engaged Scholarship through the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, he knew he wanted to use it to help offset the cost of traveling to Germany, but he didn’t know exactly how he was going to accomplish that goal, so he…

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Exhibition / News / Student

Students Sell and Display Their Work at Pop Up: Art Market

December 14, 2017

If you are looking for some last-minute holiday gifts, this week students in MSU’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design (AAHD) are displaying and selling their artwork in a pop up shop they helped set up at (SCENE) Metrospace. Pop Up: Art Market was organized by students in collaboration with (SCENE) Metrospace, a gallery located in downtown East Lansing that is run…

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News / Programs / Student

English Major Accepted into HASTAC Scholars Fellowship Program

December 12, 2017

Senior Alex Babbitt has been selected as a member of the newest class in the HASTAC Scholars fellowship program, a student-driven community of graduate and undergraduate students working at the intersections of technology, arts and humanities, and sciences. As an HASTAC Scholar, Babbit, an English major with two minors in French and Digital Humanities, is able to connect, both virtually and…

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Student

Arabic Students Paired with Syrian Refugees to Help Learn the Language

December 8, 2017

Crossing both cultural and language barriers, two MSU Arabic classes are gaining true conversational experience through the creation of an Arabic language conversation program that pairs students with Arabic-speaking refugees from Syria. Each student in the ARB 201 and 401 classes taught by Assistant Professors of Arabic Camelia Suleiman and Cheng-Wei Lin was set up with a Skype account to communicate with…

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Faculty / News

LaPensée Named a ‘Human of the Year’ by Motherboard

December 7, 2017

Recognized for her foundational work as an Indigenous video game designer, MSU Assistant Professor Elizabeth LaPensée was selected by the multimedia science and tech publication, Motherboard, as a “Human of the Year,” an honor reserved for a select few individuals who are building a better future for everyone through science and technology. With its “Humans of the Year” series, Motherboard aims to “focus…

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Student

Bridging Two Cultures Through Art and Graphic Design

December 7, 2017

Living “in-between” is not easy, but MFA Graphic Design student Mehrdad Sedaghat Bachabani is using that to his advantage by leveraging his multinational experiences and graphic design background to make the most of living within two vastly different cultures. Since moving to East Lansing a year and a half ago, Sedaghat has curated an exhibit that brought artwork from his hometown of…

Long View Blog

Humanities Commons and the Cultivation of Sustainable Communities

December 4, 2017

As we navigate the intense period of transformation in human communication through which we are living, identifying ways to nurture sustainable communities through which scholarship can be shared, discovered, and enhanced gains urgency.