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Wanderlust and Stellar Standing of RCS Fuels Journey to MSU

March 21, 2016

March 21, 2016 At age 29, Alejandro (Alex) Osorio-Hernandez is already an accomplished international graduate student and traveler. But then, with a B.A., two M.A.s—one each from universities on two different continents—and scholarly research interests covering medieval travel writing, Spanish travelers to the Holy Land, and medieval monasticism, it sort of goes with the territory. Currently an MSU Ph.D. student and teacher in the…

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Learning Mandarin from Birds

March 16, 2016

Catherine Ryu, associate professor of Japanese literature and culture, has received a patent for the technology behind her languagelearning game, Picky Birds. Scholars of the Mandarin Chinese language can learn a lot from birds. That’s the premise of a new language learning game designed by a Michigan State University researcher and an interdisciplinary team of students. Inspired by the varying tones…

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News / Research / Student

Student’s Interdisciplinary Studies Combine Philosophy and Community Sustainability

March 14, 2016

March 14, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-63bBkfO7c&feature=emb_title After practicing as an interdisciplinary environmental scholar and teacher for 10 years, Bethany Laursen switched fields to study theories of interdisciplinarity itself, which led her to Michigan State University where she is pursuing both an M.A. in Philosophy and a Ph.D. in Community Sustainability. “At MSU, I have the freedom to sit in two colleges and have committees that work across disciplines,”…

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Global Digital Humanities Symposium

March 9, 2016

MSU Hosting First Global Digital Humanities Symposium MSU’s Digital Humanities Program is hosting its first symposium on global digital humanities with a focus on the Global South on April 8 and 9 at Michigan State University. The two-day symposium will address how interdisciplinary practices of digital humanities can and should speak to the global cultural record and the contemporary situation of…

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Award / Event / News

Best of Show: Students Earn Top Award at Mid-Michigan ADDYs

March 3, 2016

Two Graphic Design students took home the top student prize at the Mid-Michigan American Advertising Awards (ADDYs). Department of Art, Art History, and Design students Malarie French and Will Mianecki received the overall Student Best of Show Award as well as a Gold ADDY for their CATA redesign project, which was entered in the Integrated Campaigns category. French is a…

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Arts & Letters Scholars

March 2, 2016

Early last fall, our Director of Marketing and Communications, Ryan Kilcoyne, came to me with a pressing issue that required a decanal decision.

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Alumni / News

Alumni Feature: Jack Epps Jr.

March 1, 2016

If there’s one skill separating the professional screenwriter from the amateur, it’s the ability to successfully rewrite. Now, from MSU College of Arts & Letters alumnus Jack Epps Jr. (B.A. English ‘72) comes Screenwriting is Rewriting (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), a comprehensive guide that explores the many layers of rewriting. Epps is currently associate professor and chair of Writing for Screen & Television…

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Award / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Student

Excellence in Diversity

March 1, 2016

A College of Arts & Letters student was recognized for exhibiting diversity and inclusion in extraordinary ways as a recipient of one of the 2016 All-University Excellence in Diversity Awards. Joyce-Zoe Farley, a second-year doctoral student in African American and African Studies and University Fellow, received this year’s Making a Difference Through Artistic Expression Award by using her creative talents to artistically express…

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Faculty / News

Legacy Continues Through Endowed Chair

February 16, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJIn35Xtyyg&feature=emb_title These days, Kyle Whyte is thinking about past and future generations. As a philosopher and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Whyte came to Michigan State University in the hope of addressing climate change and environmental issues, specifically within communities and tribal nations. Whyte, a professor and inaugural Timnick Chair in the Humanities within the MSU College of Arts & Letters,…

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Practicing Inclusion as a Matter of Institutional Habit

February 16, 2016

By Dean Christopher P. Long on February 16, 2016 on cplong.org Institutions of higher education across the country have long talked about diversity and inclusion. Many have established offices of equity or inclusion and hired staff to ensure that the institution is living up to its promise to foster an inclusive culture. At Michigan State University, inclusiveness is one of the three core…