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MSU Students, Faculty, and Alumni Complete Latest Installment of East Lansing Mural

May 26, 2022

Underneath East Lansing’s Division Street Parking Garage, students, faculty, and alumni of MSU’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design (AAHD) worked together to paint the third installment of the “Life is a Groovy Opportunity” mural with a goal of finishing in time for the 2022 East Lansing Art Festival. Completed on May 21, the first day of the festival, the latest installment of the mural is…

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MSU Assistant Professor Shares How Learning a Language Can Help Students Experience Diverse Perspectives

May 24, 2022

In this Faculty Voice, Rajiv Ranjan, an Assistant Professor of Hindi-Urdu in the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures at Michigan State University, talks about some of the misperceptions and nuances related to South Asian languages and culture. Ranjan also reflects on why Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month in May is important to recognize and celebrate. At MSU ,…

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Stage Management Student Works with Broadway Stars in NYC Before Graduating from MSU

May 23, 2022

Behind the scenes of every theatre production there is a stage manager who ensures all the moving parts of the production run smoothly. From running rehearsals to communicating technical needs, stage managers, like Katie McArthur, work out the kinks of a production before and during its big debut. Graduating this spring with a BFA in Stage Management, McArthur never imagined…

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New Artist-in-Residence Program Aims to Create Intersection Between Art and Research

May 20, 2022

This spring, Michigan State University launches the Farmscapes to Forests: Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Artist-in-Residence Program, which will welcome artists from across all mediums to spend a week at the Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, Michigan, followed by a culminating visit in the fall or winter to share their work. Supported by the National Science Foundation, Gretel Van…

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Working to Reconnect Lansing to the Arts and Humanities

May 19, 2022

A new collaboration between MSU’s Red Cedar Writing Project and the Capital Area District Libraries (CADL) will reconnect communities to the arts and humanities through a new set of library programs. Pioneering this project is Trixie Smith, Director of the Red Cedar Writing Project, who won the National Writing Project’s (NWP) Building a More Perfect Union National Endowment for the…

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Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures Honors Student Excellence at Award Ceremony

May 13, 2022

After a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures (LiLaC) gathered in person on April 29, 2022, in Wells Hall to honor several of its outstanding students at the LiLaC Awards Ceremony. This was the first time the department held an awards ceremony in a hybrid format, which allowed students to join from…

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Philosophy Student Gives New Perspective on the Nature of Marx and Nietzsche

May 13, 2022

As a Philosophy major, Izzy Taylor studied how the philosophies of Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche share traits in some areas and how they differ in others. For Taylor, this research began as a final paper for her 19th Century Philosophy class, titled "Where Marx Underlies Nietzsche, Where Nietzsche Turns on Marx,” and grew into a personal interest in the intersection…

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IAH Faculty Teaching Award Winners Announced

May 13, 2022

The Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH) recently announced the winners of this year’s Faculty Teaching Awards, which include the Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, Somers Award for Excellence in Teaching, IAH Award for Excellence in the Mentorship of Graduate Assistants, and the Service to IAH Award. The Fintz Award for…

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Exhibit Celebrates 50 Years of MSU’s Summer Art Program in Leland

May 12, 2022

The Michigan State University Summer Art Program, which ran for 50 years from 1939 to 1989 in Leland, Michigan, is being celebrated with an exhibit, titled A Summer Romance: MSU Finds Leland, that includes the artwork of 45 former students and faculty members who participated in the program as well as more recent works from program alumni who continued their…

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Conversations with CAL featuring Gordon Henry and Contemporary American Indian Poetry

May 12, 2022

In this episode of Conversations with CAL, the College of Arts & Letters hosted a conversation with Department of English Professor Gordon Henry, titled "Living Nations, Living Words: Contemporary American Indian Poetry in the United States."