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MSU College of Arts & Letters Dean Chris Long: Offering a Holistic Understanding of the Human Condition

October 28, 2015

“The arts and humanities really saturate everything we do here on campus,” MSU College of Arts & Letters dean Chris Long tells Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon and Spartans Athletic Director Mark Hollis on MSU Today. Long feels “a 21st century land grant mission is informed by the liberal arts.” One of Long’s key goals for the college is to attract the best faculty members he…

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Dr. Kyle Whyte Receives 2015 Bunyan Bryant Award

October 21, 2015

Pictured left to right: DWEJ Chair Ric Geyer, Buyan Bryant Award Winner Dr. Kyle Whyte, and DWEJ President & CEO Guy O. William. Kyle Powys Whyte, the Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at MSU's College of Arts & Letters, was awarded the 2015 Bunyan Bryant award for academic excellence. Dr. Whyte received the award in Detroit, MI as…

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Long View Blog

Preparing (and Caring for) Transformative Scholars in the Arts & Humanities

October 19, 2015

A theme of Dean Chris Long’s first message here at The Long View is one that resonates deeply with me: In order to succeed, institutions and their people need others to care for and about them. At MSU, we are fortunate to build upon the work of generations of others—students, faculty, administrators, and alumni—who have cared for and about our programs in the College of Arts & Letters.

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Award / Event / News

Emmy Award Winner Visiting Artist Jenn Wen Ma to speak at MSU

October 5, 2015

Jennifer Wen Ma’s interdisciplinary practice bridges varied media such as installation, video, drawing, performance, public art, and fashion design; often combining unlikely elements in a single piece, creating sensitive, poetic, and poignant works. In 2008, Ma was one of seven on the core creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, and chief designer for visual…

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Award / News / Scholarship / Student

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…