News – Page 49 – College of Arts & Letters

Apparel and Textile Design Major Interns Remotely for Indian Fashion Label

December 3, 2021

Haydn Ramey, a senior from South Lyon, Michigan, utilized her experience as an Apparel and Textile Design major towards her first internship working remotely as a Fashion Design Intern for the Indian fashion label Rohit Kamra. Rohit Kamra specializes in luxury menswear. However, when Ramey worked for the company this past summer, she helped produce women’s textile prints for its collaboration with…

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AAAS Department to Offer Several New Classes in Spring 2022

December 1, 2021

The Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) is offering several new or revised undergraduate courses during the Spring 2022 semester that each, in their own way, highlight and emphasize the department’s focus on Black Feminisms, Black Genders Studies, and Black Sexualities Studies. “Excellence in undergraduate education requires an ethic of care for students’ ideas and a demonstrated actionable…

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Theatre Freshmen Perform Annual Improv Comedy Showcase

November 23, 2021

First-year students from the Michigan State University Department Theatre take on improv comedy in the 15th annual Freshman Showcase: Together We Will Improvise. Performance dates are December 2-5 in Studio 60 of the Auditorium Building. Attendees must be masked for the health and safety of our students.

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Conversations with CAL: Dr. Jon Frey, Director of MSU Excavations at Isthmia

November 23, 2021

What happens when the modern digital age meets the ancient? How can we use the tools of tomorrow to explore the worlds of yesterday? In this presentation, we will examine the unique work of Dr. Jon Frey, professor of Classical Studies at MSU and field archeologist specializing in Greek and Roman architecture.

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Ph.D. Student Awarded Duolingo Research Grant

November 19, 2021

Yingzhao Chen, a Ph.D. candidate in MSU’s Second Language Studies (SLS) and Cognitive Science programs, is one of only six doctoral students from across the country to receive a $5,000 Duolingo Research Grant.

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Conversations with CAL on the Timnick Chair, Humanities, Filmmaking, and Black Art

November 19, 2021

As a filmmaker, screenwriter, and educator, Wray has served as a core faculty member in MSU’s Film Studies program since 2002, developing and teaching courses in film directing, screenwriting, and narrative film fiction, as well as in African American cinema and cinema of the African Diaspora. In addition, he is an accomplished filmmaker whose features and short films have been screened in the United States and abroad, including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Dakar, Zurich, Berlin, and Athens. 

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Faculty Voice: Making Ethics a Priority at MSU

November 18, 2021

Three college deans share their thoughts about the need for higher education institutions to put ethics at the forefront.

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English Major Interns with the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland

November 11, 2021

Despite being thousands of miles away, Mary Claire Zauel’s remote internship this past summer with the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland gave her priceless educational experiences while cultivating communication and time management skills. As a Project Management Intern, Zauel, an English major currently in her junior year at MSU, organized live Q&A events with Irish film directors, managed the Screen…

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Study Explores Gender Bias in Linguistics, Expands to Multiple Universities

November 10, 2021

In 2017, Karthik Durvasula, Assistant Professor in MSU’s Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures, saw an argument on social media about a linguistics conference where there were only male plenary speakers.

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MSU Alumnus, U.S. Army Veteran Channels Artistry as Mental Health Intern

November 8, 2021

Greg Fricker wanted to go to art school but joined the U.S. Army when his father insisted. His dad was career military and said that no one ever made a living as an artist. With his aspirations redirected, Fricker enlisted straight out of high school and served for 20 years until multiple traumas thrust him back into civilian life.