The moment that hundreds of students have dreamed of is finally here and in just a matter of hours, dozens of San Diego State University students will walk.
MSU Theatre Department Launches First-Ever Actor Warm-Up Podcast
In conjunction with Digital Learning Day on February 25, the Michigan State University Department of Theatre MFA Acting cohort will launch a six-season podcast, entitled “The Moment Before: An Actor’s Warm-Up Podcast,” which is the only known podcast focusing on quick and convenient ways for actors to warm-up and prepare for auditions, rehearsals, and performances with each season consisting of a series of 10-minute exercises.
Beginning in fall 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic caused MSU to pivot to remote learning, Assistant Professor of Acting and Movement Alexis Black already was thinking of novel ways to engage student actors in movement exercises online.
Ann Hamilton to Present Signature Lecture on April 16
The College of Arts & Letters is pleased to host National Medal of the Arts recipient, MacArthur Genius, and internationally acclaimed artist Ann Hamilton as part of the College’s Signature Lecture Series. The event, to be held virtually Friday, April 16, at 5 p.m., is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please complete the registration form.
Ann Hamilton
Recognized for her large-scale multimedia installations, public projects, and performance collaborations, Hamilton is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University.
Her large-scale installations often require expansive effort from many volunteers due to the sheer volume of material. The 1989 project,
Lead Transformative Change
The transformative change the College hopes to lead is, in many ways, embodied by the creation and development of our new Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS), which was established on July 1, 2019. This year we welcomed Ruth Nicole Brown as inaugural Chair of the Department and Tamura Lomax as our first foundational professor. Together with other members of the AAAS transitional faculty, the Department has undertaken a complete revision of the PhD, MA, and undergraduate minor; they have also created an innovative new undergraduate major and had curriculum reforms approved through the College of Arts & Letters process and is currently moving its way through the relevant processes as the University. AAAS is also undertaking an aggressive hiring plan this semester, having received over 100 applications for the positions we have posted. We have also advanced conversations with Barb Kranz and Eric Boatman to identify new space for the new
Philosophy Department Earns High Marks for Addressing Issues of Underrepresented Groups
A leading advisory board of recognized philosophers has identified Michigan State University’s Department of Philosophy as a premier place for graduate students from underrepresented populations to earn a doctorate degree.
In fall 2020, The Pluralist’s Guide to Philosophy commended the department’s approach, which fosters the use of traditional elements of philosophy while addressing practical issues of concern to society. Many of those issues, said Associate Professor and Department Chair Matthew McKeon, speak to the interest of underrepresented groups and promote the study of fields historically outside the realm of established philosophy programs.