In the open letter we wrote to the College of Arts & Letters community in January 2018, we promised to look critically at ourselves, recognize our failures, and rebuild the trust that is requied of us. This commitment has led to an intense period of critical self-reflection in the Dean’s Office and across the College in which we have considered the core values we aspire to embody in our work and interactions with one another.
For generations, the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University have demonstrated the capacity to be resilient in the face of adversity. This resilience is the theme of our 2018 Dean’s Report.
MSU’s College of Arts & Letters Critical Race Studies Residency program has brought two dynamic artists to campus for the 2018-2019 academic year to enrich the life of the greater Lansing community by creating opportunities for shared experiences that cultivate diversity and facilitate practices of inclusion through art and design. Part of the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, the…
As you embark on your educational journey here at MSU, I invite you to consider the doors that are opening for you all across campus. Each door offers an opportunity, as daunting as it is exciting, to establish meaningful connections, discover new ideas, and develop relationships that will shape the course of your life.
The Public Philosophy Journal (PPJ), led by Christopher P. Long, Dean of the College of Arts & Letters, and Dean Rehberger, Director of Matrix, has just released its first issue, which includes articles on “Practicing Public Scholarship” by Dean Long and on “Mentoring Lessons from Plants” by Beronda Montgomery, MSU Foundation Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in…
A new endowed position has been created at MSU to focus on the holistic well-being of students through spiritual development. The Foglio Chair of Spirituality is one of 82 new endowed faculty positions established during MSU’s Empower Extraordinary campaign toward the goal of creating 100 new endowed faculty positions to provide critical resources for recruiting and retaining leading faculty members.
By now many of you have heard that the university has agreed in principle to a $500 million global settlement with the survivors of the sexual abuse committed by former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar. This important moment of accountability comes at the end of a difficult semester in which we have embarked upon a process of critical self-reflection that will enable us to live up to our commitments to one another as members of the MSU community.
On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by the Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters, hosts Dean Christopher P. Long and Communications and Social Media intern Hannah Bullion reflect on the past year on the podcast with future hosts, Communications and Social Media interns Emma Moller and Caroline Johnson. From left to right: Dean…
On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by the Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters, host Dean Christopher P. Long discusses the culture of care for faculty mentorship at Michigan State University.
An endowed position has been created at Michigan State University to focus on the holistic well-being of students through spirituality.The Foglio Chair of Spirituality in the College of Arts & Letters will honor Father Jake Foglio, an alumnus, former faculty member, longtime priest, and mentor to countless MSU student-athletes and coaches. Father Jake Foglio The endowment was made possible through $600,000 in donor contributions…