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Spanish Major Wins Internship Contest, Flown to New Jersey to Present at National Meeting

October 17, 2023

With knowledge gained from her MSU education and experiences, Hannah Diggs-King, a senior who is double majoring in Marketing and Spanish, won an internship competition for which she was flown to New Jersey to meet with the company CEO and co-presented with him at a national meeting. This past summer, Diggs-King worked as a Corporate Marketing Intern for Stryker, a medical technology company headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with locations around the…

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MSU Excavations at Isthmia to Use Radio Wave Tracking for Its Collection

October 11, 2023

The MSU Excavations at Isthmia, led by Jon Frey, Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, will soon become one of the first archeological sites in Greece to use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to digitally track its collection. RFID is a wireless technology that uses data transmitted via radio waves to identify objects. It is used…

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Exhibition Features Work by Ceramic Arts in Greece Study Abroad Students

October 11, 2023

Inspired by the culture and history of Greece and the many ancient artifacts at the MSU Excavations at Isthmia, the Michigan State University students who were part of the 2023 Ceramic Arts in Greece Study Abroad used this experience to create their own works of art, which are now on display through Friday, Oct. 27, at the MSU Union Art…

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NEH Grant Supports Rehousing Apparel and Textile Design Collection

October 10, 2023

Michigan State University has received a $10,000 Preservation Assistance Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to rehouse portions of the MSU Museum’s apparel collection acquired from the Department of Art, Art History, and Design’s Apparel and Textile Design Program.In 2017, the Michigan State University Museum acquired the teaching collection of the Apparel and Textile Design Program, which…

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Apparel and Textile Design Student Helps Start-Up Company While Gaining Valuable Experience

October 5, 2023

MSU sophomore Lily Stroup used her skills as an Apparel and Textile Design major to help a start-up company that specializes in designing matching outfits for humans and their pets. As an intern for the pet lifestyle brand My Unleashed Life, Stroup helped establish and grow the company’s social media presence and used her expertise gained from her Apparel and Textile Design classes to design graphics and merchandise for the new company. …

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2023 CREATE! Microgrant Winners Announced

October 3, 2023

Encouraging critical engagement through art with the past, present, or future, the CREATE! Microgrant program recently awarded $500 grants to 13 Michigan State University students to fund their proposed creative projects, which represent a variety of disciplines and mediums, including poetry, painting, music composition, screenplay, and sculpture. Offered by MSU’s College of Arts & Letters and facilitated by the Dean’s…

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MSU Theatre Presents Hilarious Whodunit Inspired by Iconic Movie and Game ‘Clue’

September 28, 2023

Drawing inspiration from the beloved 1985 Paramount Pictures motion picture and the classic Hasbro board game, Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre presents "Clue" on Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 11-15 at the Pasant Theatre in the Wharton Center for Performing Arts. 

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Student Gains Experience Interning as a User Experience Strategist

September 27, 2023

Avery Antal, a junior Experience Architecture (XA) major, worked as a User Experience (UX) Strategist Intern for Viget, a design agency in Falls Church, Virginia, this past summer. She said this opportunity was “extremely positive and valuable” and allowed her to grow her UX skills.

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New Graduate Program Welcomes First Cohort

September 26, 2023

With the start of the 2023-2024 academic year at Michigan State University, the new Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise M.A. and Graduate Certificate Programs are welcoming their first cohort of graduate students. Five students are enrolled in the master’s degree program, while three students are in the graduate certificate program. Both programs are fully online and asynchronous. According…

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Experience Architecture Student Named 2023 Ian Gray Scholar in Entrepreneurial Studies

September 25, 2023

Christian Nderu is not your typical student entrepreneur. As a senior majoring in Experience Architecture within MSU's College of Arts & Letters, he possesses a rare blend of artistic sensibility and entrepreneurial acumen. Awarded the prestigious 2023 Ian Gray Scholarship in Entrepreneurial Studies by the MSU Innovation Center, Nderu's journey is a testament to the transformative power of creativity, community, and…