News – Page 166 – College of Arts & Letters

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Five Nominated For Rhodes, Other Prominent Graduate School Scholarship

October 2, 2015

Five Michigan State University students have been nominated for major graduate school scholarship awards – the Marshall Scholarship, Mitchell Scholarship and Rhodes Scholarship. MSU’s nominees for the Rhodes Scholarship include: English major Lauren Straley • Sarah Kovan, an Honors College senior majoring in comparative cultures and politics in the James Madison College and human biology in the College of Natural…

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Internship / News / Student

MEET THE 2015-2016 CAL INTERNS

September 30, 2015

At the College of Arts & Letters (CAL), we believe in the power of real-world experience and hands-on learning. Internships and experiential learning are important parts of undergraduate education, and elevate those that gain these experiences to the top of the job market. We employ students from throughout the college in positions like Technology and Development, Graphic Design, Event Planning, Marketing, and…

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News / Programs

German Program Celebrates 25 Years of German Unity

September 29, 2015

During the Fall semester 2015 the German Program in the Department of Linguistics and Languages will offer a semester-long series of events on the legacy of unification. These events, which are generously underwritten by a grant from the German Embassy, will explore various aspects of the unification process itself as well as the issues that have confronted the newly configured…

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News / Programs / Student

Killer Robots and the Humanities: Building an Interdisciplinary UX Program

September 28, 2015

The Experience Architecture (XA) program at Michigan State University is a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary major in the Humanities focused on user experience. Through the exploration and building of products, services, and policies of digital and physical objects, students are trained as user experience architects, usability specialists, user researchers, information architects, interaction designers, content strategists, project managers, and developers of digital products,…

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Exhibition / News

(SCENE) Metrospace Reopens to the Community Featuring Local and National Artists

September 23, 2015

Current exhibition: Place in Proximity East Lansing’s (SCENE) Metrospace reopened at an evening reception, Friday, September 18, at 110 Charles Street under operation of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University. The City had closed the space in April. In June, East Lansing city leaders announced an agreement for MSU to take over programming and…

Faculty / Grant / News / Research

Improving Collaboration Between Native Americans and Climate Scientists

September 18, 2015

Written by: Kristen Parker and Kyle WhyteHoping to improve Native American tribes’ access to climate science tools, a Michigan State University researcher will use a four-year $450,000 National Science Foundation grant to foster better relations between tribes and scientific organizations when dealing with climate change. Tribes are among the groups most affected by climate change, and they’re also some of the…

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Faculty / Grant / News / Research

Improving Collaboration Between Native Americans and Climate Scientists

September 18, 2015

Written by: Kristen Parker and Kyle WhyteHoping to improve Native American tribes’ access to climate science tools, a Michigan State University researcher will use a four-year $450,000 National Science Foundation grant to foster better relations between tribes and scientific organizations when dealing with climate change. Tribes are among the groups most affected by climate change, and they’re also some of the…

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Faculty / News / Staff

Hannah Distinguished Professor

September 17, 2015

Graham Beal Graham Beal, former director, president and CEO of the Detroit Institute of Arts, has been appointed Visiting Hannah Distinguished Professor for this academic year, the most prestigious faculty appointment at the university. With an appointment in the Department of Art, Art History and Design in the College of Arts and Letters, Beal will also serve as senior adviser to the provost. Beal…

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Donor / News

$1.5 Million Gift To Make MSU a Leader in Holocaust Studies

September 9, 2015

William and Audrey Farber and their family EAST LANSING, Mich. --- Michigan State University’s newly created William and Audrey Farber Family Chair in Holocaust Studies and European Jewish History, funded by a $1.5 million private gift, will be one of just a handful of Holocaust Studies chairs in the country, one of four in the Big Ten and the first…

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Faculty / News

Janet Swenson Retires After 23 Years at MSU

September 4, 2015

Over the course of her career, including 23 years at Michigan State University, Janet Swenson has witnessed and accomplished a great deal while positively impacting a generation of students, teachers and writers. The former associate professor in Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) and associate dean of Outreach and Community Engagement in the College of Arts & Letters retired August…