News – Page 155 – College of Arts & Letters

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Media Arts Collaborative

August 16, 2016

Transforming Student Experiences A newly energized commitment to robust collaboration is taking place between MSU’s College of Arts & Letters, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and College of Music. It’s called the Media Arts Collaborative (MAC). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk18yxht5sE&feature=emb_title Dedicated to creative endeavors in integrated media arts, the MAC is a coordinated effort to promote collaborative projects that cut across disciplines to enrich the…

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Investing in Humanities Publishing

August 8, 2016

To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at the headquarters of the Association of American Universities in Washington, D.C. early last week to take part in a discussion about a new model for open access digital monograph publishing in the humanities.

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Design, Technology, and Media / Entrepreneurship, Business, and Innovation / Featured Alumni

Shannon Gillespie

July 29, 2016

Apparel and Textile Design '14
Associate Designer at Target Corporation

Grant / News / Research

MSU To Lead Multi-University Language Learning Effort

July 29, 2016

Michigan State University will use a three-year $1.2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a multi-university research project to improve the teaching of less commonly taught languages, or LCTLs. Faculty from MSU’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement, or CeLTA, housed in the College of Arts and Letters, will direct the initiative on behalf of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (formerly the…

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Featured Alumni / Publishing, Editing, and Authorship

Kat Palczewski

July 29, 2016

Professional Writing '13
Client Solutions Manager at Facebook

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News / Scholarship / Student / Study Abroad

Prestigious Scholarship to Fund Yearlong Study in China

July 27, 2016

Christopher Murphy is a role model for international and language education and where those experiences can lead you. He speaks five different languages (English, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish) and has visited nearly 20 different countries during his travels and for study abroad. And now, having earned a BA in Chinese with a minor in French from Michigan State University,…

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Responding to Complexity with Nuance and Grace

July 16, 2016

By Dean Christopher P. Long on July 14, 2016 on cplong.org In the wake of last week’s violence, we have again become caught up in the fraught dichotomy into which public discourse always seems to force us. It is as if somehow the human capacity to hold complex thoughts consistently together dissolves the moment ideas enter the public sphere. The heartbreaking…

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Event / News / Production / Student

MSU to Have Its Biggest Presence Ever at TC Film Fest

July 15, 2016

As the main educational sponsor for the Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF), Michigan State University is contributing to the international film fest in more ways than one. This year’s TCFF will feature MSU student-produced films, an MSU interactive multimedia gallery, MSU film school presentation, and even a Spartan Headquarters! New to the festival, the Spartan Headquarters, located at 333 E. State…

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American Religious Sounds Project Awarded Grant

July 13, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCHEY3GrdDU&feature=emb_title The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a two-year $200,000 grant to support a joint religious studies project of Michigan State University and The Ohio State University. The American Religious Sounds Project (ASRP) is housed within the Center for the Study of Religion at OSU. The project’s co-directors are Amy DeRogatis, Professor in the MSU Department of Religious Studies, and…

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Event / Exhibition / News / Student

TCFF to Shine Spotlight on Student-Produced Films

July 11, 2016

Several Michigan State University student-produced films will be screened at this year’s Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF) scheduled for July 26-31 in Traverse City, Michigan. The films feature the work of MSU's College of Arts & Letters, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and College of Music. Here is a complete list of all the MSU student-produced films and when…