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English Student Completes Internship with Michigan Student Power Network/Alliance

July 26, 2022

Samirah Pulos-Copeland, a junior English major with a concentration in Literary Studies, recently completed a year-long internship with the Michigan Student Power Network/Alliance (MSP) where she worked as an organizing fellow building a base of student activists across MSU’s campus to unite students on shared issues. “We did this through a variety of tactics,” Pulos-Copeland said, “including, but not limited…

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Humanities-Prelaw Student Gains Experience Through Unique Internship

July 26, 2022

Kennedy Parker, a junior majoring in Humanities-Prelaw, began interning with Judge Rosemarie Aquilina in the 30th Circuit Court over a year ago after meeting Aquilina when she spoke to her college law group, Empowering Women in Law MSU. After that meeting, Parker emailed Aquilina and expressed an interest in an internship. “I jumped at the idea of obtaining an internship…

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Studio Art Senior Reflects on Internship with MSU Museum

July 18, 2022

Madison Imperio, a senior majoring in Studio Art, currently interns with the MSU Museum as an Exhibitions Student Assistant. In this role, she supports the Director of Exhibitions with developing and creating exhibit components. She also helps maintain the museum’s exhibits. Thus far, one of the proudest moments of the internship has been helping build “The Observation Experiment” exhibit, which…

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2022 AAHD Award and Scholarship Winners Announced

July 14, 2022

Michigan State University's Department of Art, Art History, and Design (AAHD) recently announced its student award and scholarship recipients for 2022. Comprised of a range of honors, the awards recognize a number of AAHD students for their outstanding course work and creative skills. Kresge Hall, home for the Department of Art, Art History, and Design at Michigan State University 2022 Department Awards…

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MSU Professor Creates Body of Work to be Exhibited Throughout South Africa

July 13, 2022

For seven months in 2019, Peter Glendinning, Professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design, traveled throughout South Africa to each of its nine provinces where he created a body of work inspired by the words of Nelson Mandela in collaboration with 48 South African university students and portrait subjects. That body of work, titled Attached to the Soil,…

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MFA Candidate Receives National Kennedy Center Award for Theatre Design

June 23, 2022

After winning first place in Scenic Theatrical Design in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region III Competition, Kasee Arnett, an MFA Design Candidate from Michigan State University, earned a spot to compete in the national competition in which she received the Distinguished Achievement Award along with a $500 cash prize. Arnett attended the KCACTF virtual ceremony on May…

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Graphic Design Student Designs Logo for National Organization

June 22, 2022

On June 6, the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art (Foundation) officially changed its name to the Monuments Men and Women Foundation to honor all the women who fought to rescue cultural treasures from theft and destruction during World War II. Along with this name change, a new logo was unveiled, which was…

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College Mourns Loss of Linguistics Professor Emeritus

June 16, 2022

The College of Arts & Letters is saddened by the passing of Dr. Grover M. Hudson, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, who passed away on June 12, 2022, he was 82 years old. A member of the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures faculty at Michigan State University, Dr. Hudson taught for 30 years, retiring in 2008.Dr. Hudson received his PhD…

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Theatre Professor Serves as Assistant Fight Director for Broadway Production

June 15, 2022

Alexis Black is always up for a good fight. And since February 2022, the Assistant Professor of Acting and Movement at Michigan State University has been choreographing stage combat for the Tony Award-nominated production of Macbeth, currently on Broadway, starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga. Working alongside her long-time mentor David Leong, Black is the Assistant Fight Director for the production, which runs…

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MSU Professor Talks About How Musical Theatre Unites Us and Amplifies Our Stories

June 14, 2022

In this Faculty Voice, Brad Willcuts, Associate Professor of Musical Theatre and Choreography in the MSU Department of Theatre, shares how theatre pushes the limits of human emotion and why Pride Month in June is important to him and the greater theatre community. In the role of choreographer, Willcuts also discusses being a part of a new interpretation of one of the…