News – Page 93 – College of Arts & Letters

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Ph.D. Graduate Recognized for Excellence in Teaching

December 9, 2019

During her time at Michigan State University, Youjin Kong, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Philosophy, has taught a variety of philosophy and interdisciplinary humanities courses. She recently received the 2019 Somers Teaching Excellence Award, which recognizes graduate student instructors who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence, innovation, and creativity in undergraduate teaching. “The primary goal of my teaching…

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Faculty / News / Research

Researching and Teaching How Language Shapes Our World

December 5, 2019

Using language purposefully is the framework of rhetoric, a notion that Jacqueline Rhodes, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), wants to instill in her students while also inspiring them to make meaning through the use of language. “Starting from a foundation of goodwill lets you disagree about things and still engage in productive…

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News / Performance / Student

MSU Theatre Freshmen Class Serves Up End-Of-Semester Laughs

December 3, 2019

The freshmen class of Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre will celebrate the end of their first semester of college with five performances of hilarious “improvisational” comedy. “Freshman Showcase: The Power of Spontaneous Invention” runs Dec. 5 through 8 in the MSU Auditorium building’s Studio 60 Theater. While this is the 13th year for the Freshman Showcase, this year marks the second year that the…

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Alumni / Featured Alumni / News

Enhancing the Lansing Community While Teaching Math Through Art

November 26, 2019

Alumnus Dustin Hunt is breathing artistic life into the Lansing community by filling blank walls with vibrant murals while teaching and inspiring a whole new generation of artists in the process.

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Internship / News / Programs / Study Abroad

Citizen Scholar Interns in Australia for 3M

November 22, 2019

For many, Post-It notes, Scotch tape, and Command strips are necessary tools to collaborate, create, and share their work, but how many people stop to think about how those products make it into the market? Alia Jones, junior Humanities Prelaw major and member of the Citizen Scholars program, was immersed in the development and strategy behind these products through a summer internship with 3M in Sydney, Australia.

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Exhibition / Faculty / News

Professor’s Work Appears in World’s Largest Electronic Art Exhibition

November 22, 2019

A recent research project by Adam Brown, Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, received an honorable mention in the 2019 Prix Ars Electronica and this award-winning work, [Ir]reverent: Miracles on Demand, was featured in the largest exhibition of electronic art in the world, the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. This is the third award Brown has received at Ars…

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Faculty / News

Four Faculty Members Promoted to Full Professor

November 20, 2019

The College of Arts & Letters is pleased to honor Kristie Dotson, Christopher Frilingos, Mohammad Khalil, and Kyle Whyte who each have been promoted to full professor. They were recognized November 19 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center during a special ceremony honoring all faculty across the university promoted to full professor this year. Kristie Dotson Dr. Kristie Dotson…

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Grant / News / Research

MSU Awarded Grant to Study Renewable Energy Adoption in Michigan

November 19, 2019

Michigan State University was awarded close to $1 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year study of renewable energy options using a cross-disciplinary research approach in eight Michigan communities, including two Native American communities. The project, “Socio-Technological System Transitions: Michigan Community and Anishinaabe Renewable Energy Sovereignty,” will use community-engaged research to collect and analyze local renewable energy risks, barriers,…

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Faculty / News

College Mourns the Loss of Chinese Professor

November 15, 2019

The College of Arts & Letters is saddened by the loss of Chunhong Teng, Assistant Professor of Chinese, who passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. She was 64 years old. Teng worked at Michigan State University in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asain, and African Languages for 18 years and taught many Chinese classes. She also was the faculty…

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Award / News / Student

NCTE Student Affiliate Earns National Excellence Award

November 12, 2019

For the third year in a row, Michigan State University will receive the NCTE Student Affiliate Excellence Award in recognition of its high standards of performance. MSU’s student organization for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is one of three student affiliates from across the nation to be honored with this award. “Receiving this award for the third year in…