After 26 years as a faculty member in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University, Rocío Quispe Agnoli, Professor of Latin American Literatures and Cultures, will begin a new chapter as an Emeritum Professor at the end of this academic year. Before that, she will deliver the 2026 College of Arts & Letters Legacy Lecture, an…
MSU’s Department of Theatre invites you to step into the excitement of a live sitcom recording where lights blaze, cameras roll, and the laughter is real. This spring, audiences have an opportunity to experience that electric atmosphere firsthand as a WKAR studio becomes the stage for a one-of-a-kind theatrical event. Recorded in Front of a Live Studio Audience: THIS RA…
Through both her art and her voice, Michigan State University faculty member Lorelei d’Andriole is taking center stage at MSU’s Transgender Day of Visibility, delivering the event’s keynote and showcasing her work in a new solo exhibition that opened on campus this week. An artist, educator, and writer, d’Andriole is an Assistant Professor of Electronic Art and Intermedia in MSU’s…
The College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University welcomes fundraising leader Shelly Deavy as its new Senior Director of Development. Deavy, an accomplished philanthropic professional with more than 20 years of experience in educational fundraising and strategic leadership, joins the college at the outset of MSU’s $4 billion Uncommon Will, Far Better World campaign. Deavy began her new…
During Michigan State University’s 2026 spring break, two MSU faculty members traveled more than 7,800 miles to collaborate with colleagues at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) in Tanzania, leading a workshop focused on strengthening connections between universities and the communities they serve. Jonathan Choti, Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures in MSU’s College of…
The Michigan State University community had the opportunity this week to hear from and engage with Pulitzer Prize-winning Mexican author Cristina Rivera Garza during a campus visit centered on her acclaimed book, Liliana’s Invincible Summer. Organized by Alejandra Márquez Guajardo, Assistant Professor of Spanish in MSU’s Department of Romance and Classical Studies, and Laurie Medina, Director of MSU’s Center for…
Four College of Arts & Letters faculty members are part of the third cohort of the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Faculty Fellows Program-Africa, pairing them with faculty from an African country with the goal of engaging students in meaningful global learning experiences. An online cross-cultural teaching and learning method, the COIL program links university courses, faculty, and students in different countries,…
After nearly a decade of transformative language revitalization work, Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) in the College of Arts & Letters has completed a landmark initiative strengthening and expanding access to less commonly taught and Indigenous language education at dozens of universities and in communities across the United States and Canada. From 2016 to 2025, the…
Four students in Michigan State University’s Graphic Design program received American Advertising (ADDY) Awards at this year’s American Advertising Federation (AAF) Lansing Chapter ceremony, with two of those students earning a Gold ADDY, the highest award an entry can receive within a category, and one taking home the prestigious Judge’s Choice Award.
The annual Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Exhibition returns to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University March 14-May 17, 2026, and will feature the work of five MFA candidates — Yeroham Ashagre, Hailey Becker, Niloufar Fallahfar, Vadu Rodrigues, and Alex Vlasov — all of whom are graduating this spring. This thesis exhibition is the culmination…