College of Arts & Letters Students Earn First-Place Awards at UURAF

Nine MSU students whose primary majors are in the College of Art & Letters received first-place awards for their research and creative scholarship presented at Michigan State University’s 27th Annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). The 2025 UURAF, held both in person at the Breslin Student Events Center and online on April 11, consisted of more than 900…

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Michael Ristich Appointed Director of the Citizen Scholars Program

Michael Ristich, Academic Specialist in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures, was appointed Director of the Citizen Scholars Program, effective Jan. 1, 2024. The Citizen Scholars Program, which is open to first- and second-year students with a major in the College of Arts & Letters, is designed to prepare the next generation of diverse, high-achieving, and engaged citizen leaders.…

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First-Year Writing Program Receives National Certificate of Excellence

Michigan State University’s First-Year Writing (FYW) Program has been recognized as a national model of excellence by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), the largest and most influential national organization in the field of composition and rhetoric. The FYW Program at MSU is one of only eight writing programs across the country to receive a 2022-2023 CCCC Writing…

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