News – Page 172 – College of Arts & Letters

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Student Awarded Nationally Competitive Research Assistant Fellowship

January 14, 2015

A Michigan State University student interested in international affairs has been awarded a nationally competitive research assistant fellowship through the Carnegie Junior Fellows Program within the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Varsha Koduvayur is an Honors College senior majoring in international relations and comparative cultures and politics in James Madison College and Arabic in the College of…

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Summer Circle Theatre

June 19, 2014

The Michigan State University College of Arts and Letters and Department of Theatre have announced the creation of a new home for Summer Circle Theatre (SCT) which produces free plays, musicals and children’s shows for the community each June. The new performance space, which will be located in the courtyard between MSU Auditorium and Kresge Art Center, is expected to…

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Opening Doors to Cultures in Detroit

June 4, 2014

MSU’s CeLTA Language School and John R. King Academic & Performing Arts Academy’s long-standing relationship brings global and cultural awareness to Detroit’s children. MSU’s seven 2013-14 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) ventured recently with CeLTA Language School (CLS) Director Angelika Kraemer and other faculty members on a language- and culture-sharing journey to Detroit. The FLTAs visited John R. King…

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Leading Voices Series: Anna Deavere Smith

May 14, 2014

Anna Deavere Smith created a new theater form through her interview-based solo shows. Fires in the Mirror, on the 1992 riots, earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and her piece Let Me Down Easy was broadcast on Great Performances after a national tour. She has appeared in Nurse Jackie, The West Wing, and other TV shows. This 2012 National Humanities Medal winner and Founding…