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Read more about the article Critical Race Studies Artist-in-Residence Program Enters Its Fifth Year
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Critical Race Studies Artist-in-Residence Program Enters Its Fifth Year

September 29, 2021

MSU’s College of Arts & Letters’ Critical Race Studies Artist-in-Residence program is bringing two dynamic artists to campus for the 2021-2022 academic year to enrich the life of the greater Lansing community by cultivating diversity and facilitating practices of inclusion through art and design.  This year’s Critical Race Studies Artists-in-Residence are:  Dan Paz, visual artist  Elka Stevens, textile and mixed media artist  2021-2022 Critical Race Studies Artists-in-Residence Dan…

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Read more about the article MSU Department of Theatre presents The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
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MSU Department of Theatre presents The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

September 28, 2021

The Department of Theatre at Michigan State University will present The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood as part of its new Storefront Theatre Initiative. Performances run October 5-9 in the Studio 60 Theatre in the MSU Auditorium Building.  Oscar Rodriguez Quiroz (left), who plays the role of "Male Character," and Mona Eldahshoury (right), who plays the role of Penelope. “The Storefront Theatre Initiative shows focus on dynamic…

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Read more about the article MSU Joins Coalition to Support Diverse Career Pathways for Humanities Ph.D. Students
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MSU Joins Coalition to Support Diverse Career Pathways for Humanities Ph.D. Students

September 28, 2021

Michigan State University has received funding from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to support the development of a pilot program for Ph.D. students in the humanities that will offer customized, cohort-based learning experiences to explore career pathways beyond academia. Stemming from the Ph.D. Career Pathways project that seeks to develop, expand, and improve humanities doctoral programs, MSU will join…

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HuMetricsHSS Initiative Receives $650,000 Mellon Grant

September 16, 2021

Michigan State University has received a $650,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work being done by the Humane Metrics for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HuMetricsHSS) initiative, an international partnership committed to establishing more humane indicators of excellence in academia with a particular focus on the humanities and social sciences.   The goal of the HuMetricsHSS initiative is to empower people at all levels…

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Read more about the article 2021 Homecoming Event: Join us for Sweet & Greet
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2021 Homecoming Event: Join us for Sweet & Greet

September 15, 2021

The College of Arts & Letters invites you to join us for our 2021 Homecoming event, Sweet & Greet 2021, on Friday, October 1, between 2-4 p.m. Visit our tent located at the Summer Circle Courtyard between Kresge Art Center and the MSU Auditorium. Enjoy Michigan-made treats and drinks and win items from the College with our raffle prize wheel while reconnecting…

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Read more about the article MSU to Collaborate with Comic Studies Society on Conferences and Scholarship 
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MSU to Collaborate with Comic Studies Society on Conferences and Scholarship 

September 14, 2021

Michigan State University and the Comics Studies Society (CSS) are pleased to announce the formation of an ongoing, multiyear collaboration that will begin with the 2022 CSS conference taking place on MSU’s campus. Future CSS conferences will return to MSU in 2025, 2028, and beyond.   Supported by MSU’s Department of English, the MSU College of Arts & Letters Office of the Dean, and MSU Libraries,…

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Read more about the article Alumnus Wins Hearst National Championship First-Place Award
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Alumnus Wins Hearst National Championship First-Place Award

September 14, 2021

Joe Freihofer, an MSU alumnus with dual degrees in Journalism and Spanish, recently received first place in the National Television Broadcast News Category of the Hearst National Championship for his video, Sandy Sings On, which tells the story of a Nashville business owner whose store was destroyed during the 2nd Avenue Christmas day bombing in 2020. 

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Read more about the article CREATE! Micro-Grant 2021 Winners Announced
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CREATE! Micro-Grant 2021 Winners Announced

September 9, 2021

Twelve student projects were selected to each receive $500 CREATE! Micro-Grants to respond critically and imaginatively to events occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the funding, micro-grant winners will craft a variety of works using creative mediums such as film, dance, poetry, song, and oil painting to tackle issues involving race, isolation, body image, language, and more.

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