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Working to Reconnect Lansing to the Arts and Humanities
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Working to Reconnect Lansing to the Arts and Humanities

May 19, 2022

A new collaboration between MSU’s Red Cedar Writing Project and the Capital Area District Libraries (CADL) will reconnect communities to the arts and humanities through a new set of library…

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Undergrads to Present Research Online and In-Person at 24th Annual UURAF
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Undergrads to Present Research Online and In-Person at 24th Annual UURAF

April 7, 2022

Michigan State University’s 24th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) will take place Friday, April 8, at the Breslin Student Events Center as well as online. The forum…

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MSU Writing Center Expands Upon Partnerships with African Nations
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MSU Writing Center Expands Upon Partnerships with African Nations

March 24, 2022

While marking its 30th anniversary in 2021, the Writing Center at Michigan State University continued to meet the changing needs of a diverse constituency by expanding ongoing collaborations worldwide. In…

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Doctoral Student Named King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellow
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Doctoral Student Named King-Chavez-Parks Future Faculty Fellow

March 3, 2022

Jerrice Donelson, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), has been selected for the 2022 King-Chavez-Parks (KCP) Future Faculty Fellowship.  Created in 1986 by the Michigan…

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McArdle Wins National Distinguished Book Award
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McArdle Wins National Distinguished Book Award

August 19, 2021

Casey McArdle is the co-winner of the 2020 Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award for the book he co-wrote with Jessie Borgman, titled Personal, Accessible, Responsive, Strategic: Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors.

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Professional and Public Writing Outstanding Senior Award Goes to Three Graduates
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Professional and Public Writing Outstanding Senior Award Goes to Three Graduates

May 11, 2021

Annie Dubois, Naomi Johnson, and Sydney Wilson are the 2021 recipients of the Professional and Public Writing (P2W) Outstanding Senior Award. Presented by the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC),…

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Spotlight on the Writing Center Accessibility Committee
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Spotlight on the Writing Center Accessibility Committee

March 29, 2021

Our spotlight this week is the Writing Center @ MSU Accessibility Committee! The Accessibility Committee has been active in writing and designing for change over the past two semesters, and…

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Faculty Spotlight: Nancy DeJoy
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Faculty Spotlight: Nancy DeJoy

March 22, 2021

Nancy DeJoy came to MSU in 2006 as the Director of First-Year Writing; her main contribution at that time was curriculum revision and teacher training. Her goal is always to shift education…

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Day in the Life of an Intern:  Sierra Jezuit, P2W Outreach and Recruitment Intern
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Day in the Life of an Intern: Sierra Jezuit, P2W Outreach and Recruitment Intern

March 18, 2021

Guest article by P2W major Sierra Jezuit. Growing up, I always thought being an ‘intern’ would be frustrating. Interns in movies and television shows were always portrayed as overworked, underpaid…

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