We are excited to share the release of the latest volume of TROPOS, an interdisciplinary graduate student journal housed in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies is proud to celebrate Vanessa Weller, a third-year PhD student in French and Francophone Studies, for her recent publication. Vanessa’s paper, originally presented ...
Enthusiasm is high this semester for RCS’ long-running Spanish conversation group, Pláticas. The group meets four times a week in Wells Hall for informal chats or “pláticas” in Spanish. The ...
The Italian Language Foundation has awarded an Enrico Fermi fellowship to RCS second-year premedical student Joeeanna Berdeski. The scholarship is awarded to outstanding students enrolled both in Italian language and ...
Five College of Arts & Letters students and alumni were awarded 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. They are among the 10 Michigan State University students and alumni who were offered Fulbright ...
A dedicated group of RCS students are busily laying the foundations for La Casa, a new inclusive, on-campus Living, Learning Community (LLC) for MSU students. The initiative is aimed at ...
As a recipient of the $25,000 Jeanne Marandon Fellowship, Hannah Olsen, a Ph.D. student in French and Francophone Studies in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State ...
Since graduating from Michigan State University in 2006 with a B.A. in Spanish, Lauyren Haight has earned a Juris Doctor degree and has led federal and global corporate investigations at ...
Three College of Arts & Letters students are spending their summer studying a foreign language at an intensive study abroad institute as recipients of Critical Language Scholarships, a national scholarship ...
Congratulations to these five impressive scholars on their well-deserved graduation from our RCS graduate programs. Carlos Chacón Preciado completed his M.A. in Hispanic Literature and will begin his PhD at ...
Fluent in both Russian and English, Zhanna Yakubova, who was born and raised in Moscow, Russia, decided to learn Spanish too and began taking classes in high school when she ...
Hannah Diggs-King is graduating from Michigan State University this month with a double major in Spanish and Marketing. She also is an Honors College student. As Diggs wraps up the ...
Nineteen College of Arts & Letters students who are graduating in Spring 2024 have earned Board of Trustees Awards for having maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during their ...
The MSU Translation Center and the Department of Romance and Classical Studies are proud to announce the launch of the first ever MSU Translation Competition. Open to Spanish and French ...
On Feb. 22, PhD students Hannah Olsen and Vanessa Weller presented at the 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium in Philadelphia, PA. The theme of the ...
Grace Krajewski is a third-year student majoring in Human Biology in Lyman Briggs College and minoring in Dance and Spanish, both in the College of Arts & Letters. The Rochester ...
On Mar. 13th, the RCAH Center for Poetry is partnering with MSU’s Arts Living-Learning Community (ALLC) to present an evening of untranslated poetry for the first time since 2020. The ...
On Tuesday, December 5th, GSA-TROPOS welcomed Dr. Ndiaye to speak about her book, Scripts of Blackness: Early Modern Performance Culture and the Making of Race. Her academic work examines how ...
From Monday November 6 to Friday November 10, 2023, RCS’ second French-Language Film Festival –newly renamed for the late, beloved Prof. Anna Norris– drew over 150 enthusiastic viewers to screenings ...
The mission of the Refugee Development Center is to cultivate a welcoming, thriving community that collaborates with refugees and newcomers through education, engagement, and support. The RDC encourages applications for ...
Laine Lord is passionate about all things involving art, writing, and museums. This passion led to a dream-come-true internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York ...
Last month, former students who now teach Romance languages at various institutions had the opportunity to reconnect with their former professors at the Michigan World Language Association Conference (MIWLA ’23). ...
Since she was a kid, Ana Patricia Ponce Castañeda has loved horror films and fondly remembers watching scary movies with her mom as she was growing up in Mexico. Now, ...
With knowledge gained from her MSU education and experiences, Hannah Diggs-King, a senior who is double majoring in Marketing and Spanish, won an internship competition for which she was flown to New Jersey to meet ...
In March 2023, the French and Francophone Studies Program hosted an open house to launch its new degree requirements. Majors, minors, graduate students, faculty and even deans all got together ...
Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre will present the world premiere of the English translation of Love is the Greater Labyrinth by 17th-century Mexican playwright/poet/philosopher Sor Juana Inés de la ...
It may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Peru, but the Andean country has a fascinating cultural scene centered on speculative fiction or ...
On July 7th, Isaac Veyey-White successfully defended his dissertation His dissertation, Mapping Precarity & Resistance to Neoliberalism in Post-2008 Spanish Comics is a wide-ranging study of comics, graphic novels and political cartoons ...
Six College of Arts & Letters students have received summer fellowship from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Michigan State University to pursue education abroad, language ...
During her time as an undergraduate student at Michigan State University, Payton Miller worked remotely as a Translation Intern for Both People & Comms, a public relations and communications services ...
Several College of Arts & Letters students earned first-place awards for their presentations at the 2023 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). The 25th UURAF at Michigan State University, ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) honored its 2022-2023 Departmental Awards recipients during its annual awards ceremony on April 21 in Wells Hall. Several awards and scholarships were ...
Eleven College of Arts & Letters students who are graduating in Spring 2023 not only completed their academic programs successfully but have maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average — the highest ...
Michigan State University’s 25th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) will take place Friday, April 14, both online and in person. This hybrid event will feature research projects ...
This story refers to recent acts of violence at Michigan State University that may be difficult to read. Resources and assistance are available through multiple campus programs. From more than 5,000 ...
In the wake of last week’s tragic shooting at Michigan State University and due to this week’s inclement weather, the MSU Albertine Cinémathèque French Film Festival is being rescheduled for ...
FS22 MW 12:40 – 2:00 p.m., 3 cr In this course, Dr. Valentina Denzel. offered her students a look at the history of French and Francophone comics in their historical ...
Marta Tienda grew up poor in the inner ring suburbs of Detroit. Her mother died when she was 6, but her father assured her life would be better if she ...
This academic year, six recent Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters graduates are studying and working abroad as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. These six Fulbright ...
Today Michigan State University kicks off Homecoming Week, which runs Oct. 10-15, and one of the highlights of this week is the Homecoming Court. This year’s MSU Homecoming Court includes ...
Hannah Diggs, a junior double majoring in Spanish and Marketing, recently worked as a Marketing Intern for Stryker, a multinational medical technology corporation located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After a vigorous ...
Natalie Harmon (she/her) is a junior majoring in Comparative Cultures and Politics in James Madison College and Spanish with a minor in Portuguese in the College of Arts & Letters. She is a ...
The Department of Religious Studies recently presented its 2022 Religious Studies Awards to three outstanding students – Anneli Schlacht, Whitnie Clark, and Madelyn Webb. The awards presented include the Robert ...
The Dean’s Arts Advisory Council in the College of Arts & Letters invites proposals for its CREATE! Micro-Grant Program where students receive funding to create artworks that respond critically and ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) held its annual awards ceremony on Friday, April 29, in Wells Hall where students of the department were recognized for their hard ...
This spring and summer, 13 more MSU College of Arts & Letters students will graduate from the Citizen Scholars program while earning their undergraduate degrees. These 13 Citizen Scholar graduates ...
Andrea Hernando, a second-year graduate student in Spanish as a Second or Bilingual Language at Michigan State University, recently won the 2022 Best Abstract in Linguistics Award at the Graduate ...
Four students from the French Program share with us how they plan to use their language skills to further their impact in their communities and in the world at large
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 ...
Matthew Fazekas, an MSU junior studying International Relations with minors in French and Philosophy and Law, was selected as one of the winners of the 2021 American Journal of French ...
Meg Finerty, a senior Communications and Spanish double major, gained professional work experience that challenged her in unexpected ways while interning with the Spanish-based company, Celpax, which offers a device, ...
Giovanni Salazar Calvo, PhD Candidate in Hispanic and Cultural Studies in our department, has been accepted to the Research Methods Workshop for Early-Career Graduate Students, organized by the Newberry Library ...
Waking up to text messages from a supervisor in Spain with a six-hour time difference became part of Kaitlyn Wehner’s daily routine this past summer as an intern for Youlosophy, ...
Tips and tricks for incoming graduate students in languages and linguistics September 22, 2pm EST Free Zoom event (registration required) Registration: https://msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsf–sqjMtGdc1_iyecPWL70bEArd9TPSt PhD student Leonardo Guédez (Michigan State University, Second Language Studies) will be ...
The College of Arts & Letters is hosting the 2021 Homecoming event, Sweet & Greet 2021, on Friday, October 1, between 2-4 p.m. There will be an event tent located between Kresge Art Center ...
Joe Freihofer, an MSU alumnus with dual degrees in Journalism and Spanish, recently received first place in the National Television Broadcast News Category of the Hearst National Championship for his video, Sandy ...
The Department of Romance and Classical studies is very pleased to celebrate Martiniano Etchart, Lauren Stahl, and María Laura Zalazar, this year’s M.A. graduates in Spanish as a Second or ...
French major Tricia Carreon has received a scholarship from the Université de Tours in France to study abroad there in the Spring 2022 semester. She recently completed her first year ...
Five students from the College of Arts & Letters received first place awards for their presentations at the 2021 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). The grand prize recipients will be announced in ...
Four College of Arts & Letters students graduated with perfect 4.0 GPAs and received Board of Trustees Awards for having achieved the highest scholastic average at the end of their ...
The Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters celebrates the Class of 2021 through a dedicated website, classof2021.cal.msu.edu, with congratulatory messages, commencement videos, and celebratory images as well as ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies is very pleased to celebrate Spanish major Maddie Hannon, who won a first place award at the 2021 University Undergraduate Research and Arts ...
Richard Swinson, who is graduating this spring with a B.A. in Spanish and a minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), is this year’s recipient of the ...
This spring, 16 more MSU College of Arts & Letters students will graduate from the Citizen Scholars program while earning their undergraduate degrees. “Graduation is a moment in time – ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) recently announced the recipients of its Departmental Awards for the 2020-2021 academic year. RCS annually recognizes outstanding students for their academic achievements ...
Elena Bulthuis is a Citizen Scholar who is graduating this spring with two degrees in French and Experience Architecture. As she looks forward to graduation, she reflects on her time ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies is very pleased to celebrate its graduating majors in French and Spanish for the Spring Semester 2021. Especially in light of the uncertain ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies is very pleased to celebrate Grace Koepele, recent MSU graduate and student of the Italian Program in RCS, for their acceptance of a ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies is very pleased to celebrate Maria Silva, Italian Minor in RCS, for her fully-funded acceptance to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Ph.D. Program in ...
The 23rd annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) will be an asynchronous virtual event taking place April 15-19 and consisting of pre-recorded poster, oral, and performance/showcase presentations. The ...
Citizen Scholar Carla Simone is preparing to graduate this spring with a B.A. in Spanish and a minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). One of the ...
Are you looking for an immersive experience to improve your Spanish language and multi-cultural proficiency? The Department of Romance and Classical Studies is developing the Summer Immersive Language Institute (SILI) ...
Each year, the College of Arts & Letters presents two Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Awards to graduate students for their outstanding achievement in the arts or letters. This year’s winners are ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies is pleased to celebrate Ph.D. Candidate Giovanni Salazar Calvo, who has received the 2021 Varg Sullivan Graduate Award for Best Article Published by ...
The MSU Latinx Film Festival (LxFF), founded in 2017 by Scott Boehm, Assistant Professor of Spanish, along with four graduate students in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies, has ...
GSA-TROPOS Presents: Sips & Tips A social writing session and “coffee hour” for those with ongoing projects. Friday, March 12th, 4:00 PM EST Zoom Link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/94561758943Meeting ID: 945 6175 8943Passcode: ...
RCS DEI Committee Presents: Inclusive Language in the Classroom March 11th, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST Via Zoom: Register in advance. The RCS DEI Committee is pleased to host ...
Please see the following announcement from the Graduate School and the Graduate Student Life & Wellness Leadership Institute. Applications open for 21-22 Leadership Development Fellowship Attention graduate and professional students: ...
Introduction to DEI Roundtable Friday, February 5th, 3:00 pm. Zoom link: https://msu.zoom.us/j/91542566192 Passcode: 132097 The RCS DEI Committee is pleased to host its first event of the semester. Join us as ...
The College of Arts and Letters Excel Network has launched the Virtual Career Readiness Awards. This opportunity allows students to enter to win rewards for accomplishing various goals as they ...
The Career Services Network is hosting a spring Career Education Virtual Workshop Series for students and recent graduates. For full information, see the flyer below or download it here. All those who are ...
Come and practice your Spanish skills with Pláticas! Pláticas will meet via Zoom on Tuesdays from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Wednesdays from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, and on ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies would like to recognize its graduating students this Fall Semester: Stephanie Golphin – Spanish Matt Adomshick – Spanish Thomas Mowen – Spanish Andrew ...
German Studies graduate student Amelia Stieren received first place at the annual Graduate Academic Conference for her presentation, titled “To Translate a Life: Understanding the Holocaust Through Autobiographical Storytelling,” which ...
This year, the Department of Romance and Classical Studies has new graduate assistantship roles, one of which is the GA role with the Center for Language Teaching Advancement’s Spanish Writing ...
Spanish and Religious Studies double major Andrew Keller is this semester’s only graduate of the College of Arts & Letters’ Citizen Scholars program. And while he was unable to study ...
RCS has become aware of a scholarship and fellowship opportunity for both undergraduate and graduate students. The Boren International Scholarships and Fellowships program provides various award amounts for students who ...
MSU Education Abroad has scheduled webinars for students who are considering studying abroad in upcoming semesters and are looking to learn about international health and safety. Topics to be covered ...
The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) has sent out information on a series of upcoming events and resources available to graduate students. Please find the complete list and associated information ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies has become aware of an internship opportunity with the Linguistic Society of America. Please see the information below from the LSA about the ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies has become aware of an internship opportunity for MA-level students, which can be completed remotely if needed. Please see below for the posting ...
The MSU College of Arts and Letters Excel Network’s Careers in Language Week kicks off on November 9th at 1:00pm with the Alumni Panel on Careers in International Education. Careers ...
COVID-19 Admissions Alert In response to the disruptions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic and out of special concern for our currently enrolled graduate students, the Spanish faculty has decided ...
In cooperation with Romance and Classical Studies professors Alejandra Márquez and Silvina Bongiovanni, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at MSU is hosting the Inclusive Spanish Series ...
Michigan State University has launched its new Circles of Success Mentoring Program, seeking to support our students in these especially challenging times. The purpose of Circles of Success is to ...
Responsible Conduct of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (RCRSCA): Workshop Series This workshop series is intended to support the efforts of departments and graduate programs in fostering responsible research/scholarly practices. ...
As Michigan State University pivoted to remote learning last spring, many College of Arts & Letters students also turned to remote internships over the summer and into the fall. Some ...
We are now accepting student and alumni proposals to the MSU Learning Abroad Conference Webinar Series, which will take place during spring semester 2021! For those students that studied abroad please consider ...
This year, the Department of Romance and Classical Studies has a few new roles in which its graduate students are serving, one of which is the Advising Graduate Assistantship. José ...
Halloween Trivia Night with COGS and Graduate Student Life & Wellness October 28th @ 7:00 PM Join up with other graduate & professional students for an evening of spooky trivia, ...
The College of Arts and Letters Excel Network will be hosting a Careers in Language Week form November 9th through November 13th. For more information, see the information below or ...
Shifting classroom goals and expectations Thursday, October 29, 4:00pm EDT Zoom Educators from all levels, backgrounds, and content areas are welcome to join a discussion on how they have had ...
Michigan State University’s College of Arts and Letters Excel Network has released information about multiple internship opportunities. For more information, refer to the flyer below and to Handshake, where the ...
Education Abroad is offering an information session for CLS. See info and full flyer below. View/Download the full flyer here. What: Critical Languages Scholarship Information Meeting Date: Friday, October 16, ...
Spanish alumna Eileen Thompson began her journey at MSU with the goal of being a veterinarian while studying a second language to expand her possibilities. She now works as the ...
Latinx Listening Space We invite you to join this confidential, inclusive, nonjudgmental virtual space for sharing, listening, connecting, processing, and hopefully, healing. Issues within the Latinx community and Latinx experience ...
“Latinx at the Crossroads: Cultural Maps of a New American World” Featuring David Carrasco (Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America), a Mexican American historian of religions ...
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 to recognize the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States of America. Here ...
Life Skills, Stress Management: What Happened to Normal? The October AGEP Learning Community Meeting on Thursday Oct 1, 2020 at 6 PM ET will feature Dr. Angele McGrady, MSU alum and Professor ...
The department has become aware of a job opportunity in Okemos, MI that seeks language skills as one of its preferred qualifications. This is a great opportunity for students in ...
While the pandemic has been a trial by fire for most, Social Studies and Science teacher and MSU Spanish alumna Hannah Kahn smoothly adapted to the new norm of remote ...
The Medieval Studies Student Association at the University of New Mexico is hosting a virtual graduate student conference, titled “Redefining the Middle Ages.” Proposals are due to redefiningconference2021@gmail.com by November ...
View the full flyer here. The College of Arts and Letters Excel Network is hosting a virtual Careers in Health Panel which will explore various topics including how to gain ...
Christopher Long, Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, sent a collection of resources for National Voter Registration Day by email this morning (September 22nd, 2020). You can find ...
COGS is hosting an upcoming social event for graduate students. Need to relax from a busy week, but still want to be social? Join COGS for a fun night of ...
After this session, participants will be able to draw upon current terminology to refer to disabled learners/learners with disabilities, explain the premise of Universal Design for Learning, consult various general ...
The College of Arts & Letters Excel Network is excited to announce its Fall 2020 Career Community Panel Series, which offers students an opportunity to dive deeper into a specific career ...
MSU Career Services Network will be hosting Virtual Drop-In events near our Career Fairs to help students through the basics of preparing for a Career Fair, and provide Resume Reviews. ...
MSU has organized a series of three workshops in FS20 and a MSU Faculty Roundtable in SS21 on the translation & interpreting field. Each workshop includes a language neutral section ...
“My name is Sydney Bertinetti and I am from Pennsylvania. My major is Humanities/Pre-Law with a Spanish minor. I am a sophomore and a transfer student here at Michigan State. ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies has become aware of a new scholarship for study abroad for Portuguese students (as well as other language students). Please see the flyer ...
Beginning today (September 9th, 2020) Latina/o Studies Program at UNC is presenting the “Health, Environment, and LatinX Experiences” Graduate Symposium. This is an excellent opportunity for faculty and students to ...
Although all education in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies is online this semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you can still come and practice your Spanish skills with ...
The Department of Romance and Classical Studies (RCS) rewards outstanding students for their academic achievements annually with a series of scholarships and awards. The recipients were asked to submit biographies ...
Alumna Julia Domínguez, who earned her M.A. in Hispanic Studies from MSU in 2000, received this year’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award College/University Level from the American Association of ...
When Keelyn O’Brien first came to MSU, she was a microbiology student, intent on pursuing a career in virology and vaccine development, but later found a new career path in ...
Brandon Lawler is a Class of 2020 Spanish major in the College of Arts and Letters. They served as the undergraduate representative for the College of Arts and Letters’ College Curriculum Committee and ...
My motivation to learn a new language was rooted in my desire to escape my everyday reality of my Mid-Michigan trailer-park poverty. Learning French allowed me to dream. Dreaming allowed ...
See the full report at: http://deansreport.cal.msu.edu/2018 At ages 10 and 15, José Adrián Badillo Carlos and Osvaldo Sandoval moved with their families from Mexico to the United States where they ...
Citizen Scholar Carla Simone experienced a different culture while teaching English to students in first through seventh grade at Colegio Norbridge in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as part of a two-month ...
When Jonathan Montalvo moved to Indiana from Lares, Puerto Rico, at the age of 15, he knew very little English. After many years practicing, he became fluent and went on ...
In my 7th Grade Honors Literature class and 8th Grade Standard Plus English class, I design new curriculum, apply my skills for teaching aspects of language (grammar, vocabulary, etc.), and ...
I am originally from East Lansing and my parents were both Spartans, so I had a lot of exposure to MSU growing up. I also had the opportunity to walk ...
As an English instructor at Francois Rabelais University (Université François-Rabelais), I prepare lessons for several English courses that I am assigned to teach, including Oral Language (a listening class), Oral ...
Teaching in a juvenile detention facility was not the career path English alumna Elizabeth Niemerowicz originally planned for herself, but her MSU education opened her eyes to a whole new ...
A College of Arts & Letters alumnus is Michigan’s 2016 Educator of the Year. Dan Carr, who has a B.A. in Spanish ’96 and an M.A. in Education ‘02, both ...
At age 29, Alejandro (Alex) Osorio-Hernandez is already an accomplished international graduate student and traveler. But then, with a B.A., two M.A.s—one each from universities on two different continents—and scholarly research interests covering ...
Creating a Solid Foundation Coming to MSU with a background in French, English, and Italian, recent graduate Paige Hook was drawn to the College of Arts & Letters by its ...
