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Driven to Succeed: Graphic Design Student Graduates Early with Perfect 4.0 GPA

December 11, 2025

Lexi Sesock, a Graphic Design major, will graduate this semester with a 4.0 GPA, completing her degree a semester early while balancing a rigorous academic schedule, creative exploration, and professional experiences across the College of Arts & Letters and Michigan State University. Graduating with a 4.0 was a goal Sesock set for herself when she started at MSU, and one she worked towards with intention.

A person in a winter jacket and hat works beside the installed sculpture, reaching into one of the colorful hexagonal modules. The structure’s translucent panels reflect the surrounding area as it rises vertically along the wall and into a cluster of evergreen branches.

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First of Three Student-Designed Microgalleries Opens to Public, Showcasing Student-Made Public Art

December 10, 2025

A microgallery created and built by Michigan State University students in the Introduction to Sculpture (STA 352) class taught this semester by Department of Art, Art History, and Design Assistant Professors Barbara Pearsall and Rafael Villares is opening to the public on Dec. 10 in the alleyway beside (SCENE) Metrospace in downtown East Lansing. The installation, known as the Honeycomb…

Selfie photo of a woman with dark brown shoulder length hair and glasses, who is smiling and standing outside in front of a stone-colored eight-story buidling.

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Experience Architecture Professor’s Research Supported by Yale University Fellowship

December 8, 2025

As a Beinecke Library Fellow, Sara Doan, Assistant Professor of Experience Architecture at Michigan State University, spent two weeks immersed in the archives of Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, uncovering materials to inform her forthcoming book, Visualizing Pandemics: A History of Data in Action, that focuses on public health communication and the history of persuasion during disease…

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Trixie Smith Awarded Outstanding Service Award by International Writing Centers Association

December 5, 2025

Trixie Smith, Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures and Director of The Writing Center at Michigan State University, was awarded the 2025 International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award, which recognizes outstanding service that has benefited the writing center community in significant and broad-based ways.

Three people stand in a hallway beside a door with a green ribbon tied across it. Two individuals hold large green ceremonial scissors together while a third person stands beside them, watching the cut.

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MSU Theatre Launches Food Pantry to Support Student Wellness

November 21, 2025

The Michigan State University Department of Theatre celebrated the opening of its new food pantry on Nov. 20 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Friends of Theatre Food Pantry will support Theatre students whose demanding schedules often limit their access to consistent meals, providing them with a private and reliable source of food during busy academic and production periods.

Three people stand side by side in front of a bright red wall featuring the word “Canada” in large white letters. A Canadian flag is between the person on the left and the person in the center. The person on the left wears a dark pullover and patterned pants, the person in the middle wears a short-sleeve button-down shirt and trousers, and the person on the right wears a dark suit with a light dress shirt. All three are smiling.

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Student View: Interning with the Canadian Consulate

November 20, 2025

Grace Fitzgerald is a fourth-year student at Michigan State University who is triple majoring in International Studies, Economics, and French. During Spring 2025, she interned with the Canadian Consulate as a Junior Trade Commissioner through a partnership program coordinated by the MSU Canadian Studies Center, James Madison College, and the Canadian Consulate.

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Cross-Border Art Project Between MSU and Canadian Students on Display at (SCENE) Metrospace

November 4, 2025

Michigan State University’s Department of Art, Art History, and Design presents “Faces and Traces: A Cross-Border Portrait Project” exhibition, showcasing the collaboration between students from MSU and Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U). The exhibition runs Nov. 7-Dec. 7 at (SCENE) Metrospace, with an opening reception planned for Nov. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m.

A smiling child wearing a red shirt and denim vest with large red star stands between two adults dressed in black. All three point and smile toward the audience on a brightly lit runway.

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Innovation Meets Inclusion: MSU Students Design Adaptive Fashions for New York City Runway

October 30, 2025

Four Michigan State University students stepped into the spotlight in New York City as featured designers at the 2025 "iCAN Do Anything" Fashion Show hosted by the International Institute for the Brain (iBRAIN) to celebrate and promote adaptive and inclusive fashion. The MSU students — Jillian Kelly, Tristian Laney, Rico Seatts, and Reagan Wiley — all majoring in Apparel and Textile Design (ATD), were among a select group of designers who created custom adaptive garments for students with brain-based disabilities.

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First Cohort of Students Graduate from M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise Program

May 8, 2025

The first cohort of M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise students graduated this month from Michigan State University. Launched in Fall 2023, the M.A. in Nonprofit Leadership, Global Cultures, and Social Enterprise is a result of several years of discussions among faculty in the Department of Religious Studies who recognized the growing need to provide graduate students with…