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Creativity Exploratory Helps ATD Senior with Fashion Show Startup

March 13, 2015

Katie Raynard, a College of Arts & Letters Apparel and Textile Design (ATD) BFA student, is recipient of the Michigan State University Excellence in Diversity Award for “Students Making a Difference through Artistic Expressions.” Raynard is being honored for demonstrating and utilizing her creative talents to artistically express civil and human rights at Michigan State University. Also receiving awards within…

MSU assistant professor of English Natalie Phillips headed a study in which a person's brain flow was monitored while reading the works of Jane Austen. Preliminary results indicate reading activates regions of the brain not necessarily devoted strictly to reading.

Faculty / News / Research / Staff

Faculty Honored for Research in Literary Neuroscience

March 4, 2015

Natalie Phillips, assistant professor of English at Michigan State University, has been awarded a Digital Innovation Fellowship by the American Council of Learned Societies. One of only seven scholars to receive such an award, the council recognized Phillips’ research on literary cognition. In a recent study, subjects read the works of Jane Austen while researchers measured their brain flow in an MRI. Preliminary…

News / Programs

Engaging Lansing Public Schools’ Students BEYOND Insights into Creativity, Global Culture, and Arts & Humanities

February 16, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8F4IoRcxI&feature=emb_title The word “excitement” only begins to capture the atmosphere on the first day of this fall’s BEYOND Insights program at Michigan State University. Forty 6th graders from Lansing’s Pattengill Middle School and Post Oak Magnet School flooded a lower-floor classroom in the MSU Union, early one Friday morning, to discover a world filled with technological tools, creative resources and eager…

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News / Staff / Student

MSU Recognizes College of Arts & Letters Groups and Individuals for Excellence in Diversity

February 12, 2015

Groups and individuals who have exemplified diversity and inclusion in extraordinary ways will be honored with Excellence in Diversity Awards at the 2015 All-University Excellence in Diversity Awards Ceremony and Reception Feb. 16. The ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. in Big Ten Room A of the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center. Following is a list of EIDA recipients.…

Faculty / Fundraising / News

The College of Arts & Letters Funds Community Projects in Flint

February 11, 2015

The College of Arts & Letters has funded four collaborative community projects that were proposed by CAL faculty and in which they will collaborate with Flint citizens who served on the Arts and Culture Task Force (one of eight task forces that co-authored the City of Flint’s 20-year strategic plan, Imagine Flint) and/or Flint institutions. The College sought to support faculty efforts…

Event / News

MSU Launches the China Experience

February 9, 2015

To help foster an understanding of Chinese arts, culture and people, the Michigan State University China Experience kicked off this month, offering various campus and local community events scheduled through March. Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the MSU China Initiative, the exploration of Chinese arts and culture is designed to provide creative programming, engage in open dialogue and encourage active student,…

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Exhibition / Faculty / News / Production

Independent Film to be Screened at Film Festival

February 6, 2015

“The Evolution of Bert,” a film by Jeff Wray, associate professor of film studies, is being screened in The Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles this month. The PAFF’s goal is to present and showcase the broad spectrum of black creative works, particularly those that reinforce positive images and help destroy negative stereotypes. The 75-minute independent feature film tells…

Alumni / News

Creativity Exploratory Alumni – Where Are They Now?

February 5, 2015

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Faculty / Grant / News / Research

Amy DeRogatis Awarded Grant for Studying “Soundscapes” of Religion

February 4, 2015

The Midwest is becoming more religiously diverse, and with that comes new sounds that can shape communities, says a Michigan State University researcher who will use a grant to create a digital sound map of religion in Midwestern cities. Amy DeRogatis, associate professor of religious studies at MSU, and Isaac Weiner, assistant professor of comparative studies at The Ohio State University, have…

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Alumni / Donor / News

Summer Circle Theatre Dedication

February 3, 2015

In honor of the 60th Anniversary of Summer Circle Theatre, MSU Alumni Larry and Linda Stone created a fellowship in honor of the Department of Theatre Chairperson, Kirk A. Domer. “Give to what you love, and you will see that return tenfold over your lifetime.”Larry & Linda Stone, Michigan State University Alumni Long-time supporters of Summer Circle Theatre, the Stones…