The pattern of comments by Interim President Engler, including his most recent statement suggesting that some of the survivors of sexual abuse are “enjoying” the spotlight, further harms the very people it is our responsibility to support.
Music can be much more than just a catchy lyric or a smooth melody, something to distract and entertain while you’re in the car. It can evoke emotion, spread a message, and sometimes like fine art, it can reveal a story about the American soul. Peabody award-winning filmmaker and Michigan State University Professor of Practice John Valadez, who has a…
Transforming Student Experiences A newly energized commitment to robust collaboration is taking place between MSU’s College of Arts & Letters, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, and College of Music. It’s called the Media Arts Collaborative (MAC). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk18yxht5sE&feature=emb_title Dedicated to creative endeavors in integrated media arts, the MAC is a coordinated effort to promote collaborative projects that cut across disciplines to enrich the…
As the main educational sponsor for the Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF), Michigan State University is contributing to the international film fest in more ways than one. This year’s TCFF will feature MSU student-produced films, an MSU interactive multimedia gallery, MSU film school presentation, and even a Spartan Headquarters! New to the festival, the Spartan Headquarters, located at 333 E. State…
Lists seem increasingly to be the current vernacular of the internet. So, as I considered how I might share a few things I have learned during my first year as Dean of College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University that facilitate academic collaboration, I thought I’d try the idiom of the list:
Producer Kathleen Glynn This year’s MSU Theatre 2 Film project will benefit from the advice and expertise of Kathleen Glynn, producer of the Academy Award-winning film, “Bowling for Columbine.” Theatre 2 Film is a large-scale, collaborative project between the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, College of Arts & Letters and College of Music where students take an original student…