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A Conversation with the MSU German Program

October 19, 2020

On October 14, 2020 MSU College of Arts & Letters alumni heard from Senta Goertler, Associate Professor of German and Second Language Studies, regarding the newest developments in education abroad. Audiences also received a sneak peek at Prof. Goertler’s books, heard about the impact of participating in education abroad programs, talked about 60 years of the Academic Year in Freiburg program, and discussed nearly 50 years of the Summer in Mayen program.

Alumni / COVID-19 / News

MSU Education Prepares Spanish Alumna for Online Teaching

October 5, 2020

Haley Rooney’s MSU education helped her a great deal in preparing for her teaching career and now for the changes in how education is being delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

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Putting Tests to the Test: Assessing High-Stakes Exams for Second Language Learners

September 11, 2020

While earning undergraduate degrees in French and Philosophy, Paula Winke was inspired to blend her interests in language learning, research, and social justice. Today, she’s an applied linguist, researching the ethics and…

German

Schuster-Craig publishes article on historical analogies in social media

September 9, 2020

With Professor Johannes von Moltke from the University of Michigan, German Professor Johanna Schuster-Craig has published "Like: Memetic Analogies in Social Media" in the online journal Geschichte der Gegenwart. Memes…

Faculty / News

Pandemic Is Affecting Language Change

August 5, 2020

COVID-19 has had a major impact on people around the world, but how is the pandemic changing our language and the way we communicate? That is the question being studied by a team of researchers at Michigan State University, led by Associate Professor Suzanne Wagner and Assistant Professor Betsy Sneller.

Featured Alumni / German / News

MSU Alumnus Founds Retail Company With Aim to Help the Homeless

July 14, 2020

MSU alumnus Josh York first became interested in creating his own clothing when he was in middle school. He started by making T-shirts with his mom and sold them to…

Faculty / News

Faculty Receive Funding to Develop Open Educational Resources

July 9, 2020

In an effort to promote equal access to information and spaces for all, MSU Libraries have awarded nine MSU faculty members funding assistance for the creation and adaption of open…

Faculty

Paula Winke Named Director of Second Language Studies

July 7, 2020

Paula Winke, Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, has been appointed Director of the Second Language Studies Program in the College of Arts &…

Faculty / German

Professor Evaluates Graduate Curriculum and Pedagogy as Lilly Fellow

June 10, 2020

Lynn Wolff’s desire to teach and to do it well threads throughout her quest to work and participate in a lifetime of learning. Just recently, she devoted a full academic year to refining her teaching and leadership abilities as a participant in the Lilly Teaching Fellowship program. As a 2019-20 fellow, Wolff joined a cohort of 16 MSU faculty and academic specialists to engage in collaborative, cross-disciplinary work as Lilly or Adams Academy Fellows.

Study Abroad

Study Abroad Wins Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship

June 8, 2020

Jonathan Choti and two doctoral students, Pauline Wambua and Ja’La Wourman, collectively received the 2020 Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship (EAIS) for their 2019 study abroad project, Sustainable Community Development in Tanzania. Choti was the faculty leader of the program whose curriculum included teaching, research, and service.