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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…

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Grant Provides Critical Support for International Student Transitions

February 15, 2016

Now in its third year, the International Student Mentorship Program, created and run by English Language Center (ELC) Instructor Alissa Cohen, was recently awarded a 2015-16 Continuing Inclusive Excellence Grant (CIEG) by MSU. CIEG support includes non-recurring funding of projects, programs, and proposals to create and support an inclusive university. This is the first year the Mentorship Program has received…

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Women of Color Initiatives Lecture: Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs

February 12, 2016

Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs will be visiting MSU on Friday, February 12, 2015, and will be giving a talk at 3:00 in B342 Wells titled "Visionary Daughtering: An Intimate Intellectual and Activist Archive." "This interactive lecture will activate the concept of Visionary Daughtering as a description of the ongoing co-construction of freedom between/as black women and girls. Drawing on her…

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MSUFCU Dean’s Grant Challenge Program Over $5,000 in Prizes

February 12, 2016

MSU Federal Credit Union has a core value of Giving Back to the Community, which providing financial education and improving financial literacy in the communities we serve plays a major role. We offer financial seminars, offer financial education programs for various groups in the community, provide resources online and in the branches, and recently have created a financial education app…

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Shenika Hankerson Wins 2015 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award

February 10, 2016

Shenika Hankerson, PhD student in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, has won a 2015 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award.The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) is a constituent organization within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Hankerson is one of 10 recipients of this award. CCCC sponsors the Scholars for the Dream Awards…

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MSU Receives $160,000 in HWW Global Midwest Grants

February 10, 2016

Three project teams that include MSU College of Arts & Letters faculty and students were among the 10 teams receiving funding in the 2016 Humanities Without Walls (HWW) Global Midwest Grants. In total, the teams received over $160,000 in grants. The grants are supported by the Humanities Without Walls consortium, based at the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities…

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$300K Faculty Summer Fellowship Program Launched by College of Arts & Letters

February 9, 2016

The College of Arts & Letters (CAL) at Michigan State University has announced the creation of its Faculty Summer Fellowship Program with a commitment of $300,000 over summer 2016 to pilot the research incentive program. Individual tenure-system faculty can apply for up to $10,000. As stated by Dean Christopher P. Long in the College’s 2015 Fall Planning Letter, the new…

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Producer of Oscar-Winning Film to Advise Theatre 2 Film Students

February 5, 2016

Producer Kathleen Glynn This year’s MSU Theatre 2 Film project will benefit from the advice and expertise of Kathleen Glynn, producer of the Academy Award-winning film, “Bowling for Columbine.” Theatre 2 Film is a large-scale, collaborative project between the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, College of Arts & Letters and College of Music where students take an original student…

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2016 Linguistics and Languages Department Alumni Reunion

February 4, 2016

The MSU Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages in the College of Arts & Letters will host its 2016 Alumni Reunion, Saturday April 9. MSU Linguistics and Languages alumni are invited come back and remember your time as a student, reconnect with classmates, and renew your connection with Spartan friends and family! Grab a front-row seat…