Creating Theatre Magic Through Digital Media

Professor Alison Dobbins works on cueing software for digital media on the set of The Tempest. Step inside the Michigan State University Wharton Center for Performing Arts Pasant Theatre on a Thursday afternoon and you might be surprised by the way in which MSU students are preparing for a production of Shakespeare’s 450-year-old play, The Tempest. There are no actors, no candlelit stage,…

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2016 New Full Professors

On November 17, Michigan State University will recognize three new professors to the College of Arts & Letters at the University Promotion and Tenure Ceremony Dinner. Please join us in congratulating these great scholars. Jeff Wray ProfessorDepartment of English Professor Jeffrey C. Wray, English and Film Studies, is an independent filmmaker and screenwriter. His award winning feature films include China, made for…

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Recent Alumna Completes Mural for MSU Program

A full-size mural for Michigan State University’s newly introduced Undergraduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation program is the work of recent Studio Art alumna Mia Serafini, who graduated in May 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Graphic Design. Serafini was selected to paint the mural after being invited to submit a proposal, which included a sketch and a…

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More than 50 Years of Graphic Design Expertise on Display

Popcorn bags, board games, scarves, posters and more – the MSU Union Art Gallery’s Women in Design exhibit is not to be missed. And on Friday, November 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. the newest gallery on campus, located on the second floor of the MSU Union, is hosting a reception in honor of its first exhibit and the designers…

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Juggling Two Internships in New York City

Alexandria Drzazgowski, a junior majoring in Professional Writing with a minor in Spanish, spent her summer interning with two companies in New York City. Aspiring to work in the publishing field, Drzazgowski was an agenting intern at Lippincott Massie McQuilkin literary agency and also had an internship with Neuwirth and Associates production company.  At Lippincott Massie McQuilkin (LMQ), Drzazgowski was…

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