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…
The College of Arts & Letters is saddened by the death of long-time English Professor, James Seaton, who died on March 30, 2017, at the age of 72. For more than 45 years, Dr. Seaton had been a member of the Michigan State University faculty. In 1971, he joined MSU’s Humanities Department, where he taught the classics, philosophy, architecture, and…
Alison Trainor on her study abroad in Valencia, Spain. Growing up in a family of Spartans, attending Michigan State University was a no-brainer for senior Alison Trainor, but deciding on a major wasn’t as easy of a decision. Studying Spanish and Going Abroad When Trainor first came to MSU, she was on the nursing track until she realized how much she…