THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & LETTERS
ENGAGING OUR WORLD
The humanities and arts programs of the College of Arts & Letters foster oral and written communication skills, imagination, reasoning ability, flexibility, cross-cultural awareness, and civic responsibility. Students learn to think independently and engage in active inquiry; to ask questions and pursue new ways of integrating multiple kinds of knowledge.
DEAN'S MESSAGE
“The ability to define complex problems in all their dimensions—a skill that the arts and humanities cultivate so well—is becoming increasingly crucial,” says College of Arts & Letters Dean Karin A. Wurst. “Teaching students how to think creatively and communicate with clarity is a primary mission of the college.”
FEATURED NEWS
Crystal Methamphetamine in the Short Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 4:00-6:00pm, East Lansing Hannah Center on Abbot Rd.
Campbell’s recent collection, American Salvage, describes life in rural southwestern Michigan and was finalist for the National Book Award. Many of its stories address how Meth addiction ravages an already economically challenged population. Speakers: Bonnie Jo Campbell, Steve Rachman (MSU/English), Jim Galligan (MSU Neuroscience), Joyce Pines (Addiction Counselor), and Lt. Tony Saucedo (Head of MSP Task Force of Meth). A short film, The Solutions to Brian’s Problem, by Bill Vincent’s Screenwriting students will also be shown.
Mimetic Desire, Violence, and the Origins of Human Culture - Seminar on the work of René Girard
January 27, 2012
2:15 - 4:30 pm
Gold Room, MSU Student Union
For suggested readings before the seminar, please go to http://rcs.msu.edu
This Seminar is hosted by the Romance and Classical Studies Graduate Student Association.
CAL's 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMING IN 2012-13
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