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Read more about the article Professional Writing Major Pursues Her Dream with New York City Internship
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Professional Writing Major Pursues Her Dream with New York City Internship

August 3, 2017

Professional Writing senior Hannah Bullion is spending the summer in New York City gaining valuable experience as a social media intern for Refinery29 (R29), a digital media publication and creative agency for…

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Professional Writing Seniors Receive Awards

April 25, 2017

The Professional Writing (PW) program announced the winners of this year’s Outstanding PW Senior Award, which recognizes three graduating PW students who demonstrate excellence in the classroom, success in experiential…

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Two Arts & Letters Students to Graduate with Perfect 4.0

April 20, 2017

To receive a 4.0 in any undergraduate class at Michigan State University is a notable accomplishment, but to earn a perfect 4.0 throughout your entire undergraduate career, is all the…

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Award Helps Make New York City Internship Possible

April 12, 2017

An Arts & Letters scholarship received through MSU’s College of Arts & Letters helped make a New York City internship possible for junior Professional Writing major Emily Claus. Emily Claus…

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Read more about the article WRAC Department Highlighted at National Conferences
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WRAC Department Highlighted at National Conferences

March 21, 2017

More than 3,500 writing instructors and researchers gather every spring to attend the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and the Association for Teachers of Technical Writing Conference (ATTW),…

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A Leader in Serious Games and Indigenous Game Design

March 17, 2017

Elizabeth La Pensee, Assistant Professor in Department of Writing, Rhetoric, American Cultures and Department of Media and Information Elizabeth LaPensee, Assistant Professor with a dual appointment in the Department of…

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Addressing Issues of Teaching in the Wake of Racial Violence

January 31, 2017

Three College of Arts & Letters faculty members recently worked together on editing a special issue of English Education journal that focuses on teaching in the wake of racial violence. Published earlier…

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A Voice for Accessibility in Standardized Testing

January 23, 2017

As a student double majoring in Professional Writing and Journalism, senior Emily Cervone has always enjoyed writing and doing research. She is using those skills, as well as her position…

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From Ph.D. to Successful Comic Book Writer

January 17, 2017

A life-long lover of films and graphic novels, College of Arts & Letters alumnus Greg Wright is using his Ph.D. in Contemporary American Literature and Film from Michigan State University…

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Juggling Two Internships in New York City

November 3, 2016

Alexandria Drzazgowski, a junior majoring in Professional Writing with a minor in Spanish, spent her summer interning with two companies in New York City. Aspiring to work in the publishing…

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