MSU Education Helping Drive Work on All-Electric Lincoln Star Concept Car

As an Experience Designer for Ford Motor Co., Michigan State University graduate Calandra Berry is helping create the next generation of vehicles and is part of a core team of experience designers and engineers who are charged with making the fully electric Lincoln Star Concept Car a reality.“We try to figure out how we’ll implement the features into the vehicle, as well…

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WIDE Receives Award for Contributions to Communication Design

The Writing, Information, and Digital Experience (WIDE) Center at Michigan State University has been selected as the 2020 Diana Award recipient presented by the Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC).  Named after Diana Patterson, past President of the SIGDOC for three terms, the Diana Award recognizes an organization, institution, or business for its long-term contribution to the field…

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A Leading Sherlock Holmes Website Finds a Home at MSU

When an important online resource about the Great Detective Sherlock Holmes was looking for a new home or faced the possibility of being taken down, Liza Potts, Associate Professor of Digital Humanities, jumped at the opportunity such a project would provide for her students. Sherlockian.net, one of the leading sites for information on Sherlock Holmes, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,…

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Awards Announced for XA Outstanding Major

Every spring, WRAC gives the Experience Architecture Outstanding Major Award to an XA student who will be graduating. The award is granted to students who submit a resume and cover letter, compose a digital portfolio, and engage with and commit to community/communities outside the classroom. This year’s winner of the XA Outstanding Major Award is Ashton Keys!

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The Dark Secrets of Social Media Dark Patterns

Tweeting praise or criticism gives you more power – and can pose a greater potential threat – than you may know, according to a Michigan State University research study led by Associate Professor of Digital Humanities Liza Potts. That’s because it’s not just a tweet. Your post on any platform, such as Facebook or YouTube, can become part of a…

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New Experience Architecture (XA) Major Delivers on Creating Innovative Digital Solutions

Experience Architecture, or XA, is one “hot” and expanding MSU College of Arts & Letters major, and founding faculty members Liza Potts, Rebecca Tegtmeyer and William Hart-Davidson, couldn’t be more pleased with the strong student interest.  Tylor Hoekstra, a junior in the XA major, creates a wireframe for a website. Potts, who is XA program director and associate professor in…

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