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#MSUCAL at @michiganstateu educates actors, artists, designers, filmmakers, linguists, philosophers, poets, teachers, translators, and writers. #SpartansWill

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Students, faculty, and alumni at @michiganstateu are leaving their mark on downtown East Lansing. From vibrant murals and unique microgalleries to vinyl installations that play with light and color, Spartans are transforming public spaces throughout the city—and more projects are on the way.

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.@michiganstateu's Department of Theatre is preparing for the 2026 Summer Circle Theatre season, which runs June 4-21. This year’s theme is “Resilience,” with three productions featuring characters who are challenged to grow, adapt, and rediscover their sense of self and will. There will be pre- and post-show performances, including lively cabarets and improv. All performances are free to the public.

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Bill Mechanic is one of the people who helped launch Hollywood blockbusters like Titanic, Braveheart and X-Men.

He's also an @MSUCAL alum, and returned to MSU's campus this spring to serve as the College of Arts and Letters' commencement speaker.

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.@michiganstateu along with Candace Keller, Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, partnered with @Mmofra_Ghana to preserve the Willis Bell Photographic Archive. This archive is one of the most complete visual records of post-independence Ghana. More than 40,000 photographs documenting Ghana's first decades after independence have been restored, digitized, and returned to public view.

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@michiganstateu faculty members and leaders headed to the Flint, Saginaw, and Bay City area as part of the Spartan Bus Tour featuring people and places (including Spartans) that help shape this part of Michigan.

College of Arts & Letters and Residential College in the Arts and Humanities faculty participants included Marsha MacDowell, Alejandra Márquez, M. Billye Sankofa Waters, and Scot Yoder.

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As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, @michiganstateu Professor David W. Stowe explores Revolutionary figure and composer William Billings and how his “liberty songs” inspired the fight for independence, via @ConversationUS.
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Two new microgalleries designed and created by students in the @michiganstateu Department of Art, Art History, and Design will be featured at the 2026 East Lansing Art Festival on May 16 and 17. The microgalleries, Vivid Visions and Fragmented Reflections, will join the Honeycomb Gallery outside (SCENE) Metrospace, completing a three-part public art project that ran during the 2025-2026 academic year.

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Proud of this: The @michiganstateu Graphic Design program ranks #1 in Michigan and in the Top 10 in the Midwest, according to Animation Career Review.

The Graphic Design BFA degree is also celebrating 10 years at MSU! Go Green!

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Students, faculty and alumni celebrated 10 years of the @michiganstateu Graphic Design program that continues to mentor and prepare the next generation of design professionals.

Along with growing student enrollment, MSU’s Graphic Design program is ranked #1 in Michigan, #10 in the Midwest, and #23 nationally among public schools and universities.

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From “Titanic” to “Coraline,” acclaimed producer Bill Mechanic, @MSUEnglish Class of '73, has helped shape some of Hollywood’s biggest films. On May 3, he returns to MSU to deliver the alumni address at the College of Arts & Letters Commencement.

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Sloane Barlow, a dual English and Journalism major, will deliver the undergraduate student speech at the College of Arts & Letters Commencement May 3. Her message will reflect the collective journey of the Class of 2026 and the lasting value of an arts and humanities education. A second-generation Spartan, Barlow will follow in the footsteps of her mother, who delivered the commencement speech at her own MSU graduation.