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Read more about the article XA Major Helping to Prepare Student for Journalism Career
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XA Major Helping to Prepare Student for Journalism Career

January 6, 2020

When Madison O’Connor first came to Michigan State University, she declared herself a Journalism major, and when she took an Experience Architecture (XA) class, she discovered a whole new area…

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Faculty Produced Album Spreads Awareness About Homelessness

December 30, 2019

In an effort to reduce the social stigma surrounding homelessness and to raise awareness about housing instability, a collection of spoken-word stories about homelessness set to original music recently was released by Michigan…

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Ph.D. Candidate Receives Scholars for the Dream Travel Award

December 17, 2019

Eric Manuel Rodriguez, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), has won a 2020 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Scholars for the…

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Alumna a Leader for Accessibility at Wells Fargo

December 13, 2019

As the Inclusive Design Lead and the Mobile Design Lead for Accessibility at Wells Fargo DS4B, College of Arts & Letters alumna Shell Little is responsible for the company's commercial…

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Read more about the article Researching and Teaching How Language Shapes Our World
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Researching and Teaching How Language Shapes Our World

December 5, 2019

Using language purposefully is the framework of rhetoric, a notion that Jacqueline Rhodes, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), wants to instill in…

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MSU Awarded Grant to Study Renewable Energy Adoption in Michigan

November 19, 2019

Michigan State University was awarded close to $1 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year study of renewable energy options using a cross-disciplinary research approach in eight Michigan communities,…

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Alumna is a Pioneer of Co-Working Spaces in Detroit

October 30, 2019

Alumna Amanda Lewan, who graduated from Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing, is the co-founder and CEO of Bamboo Detroit,…

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Writing the Next Chapter for Spartans

October 3, 2019

The College of Arts & Letters has a new endowed faculty position thanks to the generosity of MSU alumna and former Ohio State Senator Karen Gillmor, who has been giving…

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Citizen Scholar Sisters Draw Inspiration from the Program

September 25, 2019

As one experience begins another is about to end – Grace Beltowski, a senior Professional Writing major, and Rachel Beltowski, a freshman Film Studies major, are two sisters in the…

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Read more about the article PW Alum Earns Award at Minds Wide Open Competition
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PW Alum Earns Award at Minds Wide Open Competition

June 14, 2019

In spring of 2017, Professional Writing (PW) student Eric Flewelling expected a normal semester. He was a few classes away from wrapping up his double major in Professional Writing and…

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