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Four MSU Faculty Honored with Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence

April 20, 2026

Four College of Arts & Letters faculty have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities in recognition of their exemplary Integrative Arts and Humanities (IAH) instruction. Presented each spring by the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH), the Fintz Award, which is student nominated, recognizes outstanding faculty who engage students in arts and humanities ways of knowing while helping them develop critical thinking and effective communication skills.

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Two Rising Philosophers Win MSU’s 2026 Benjamin-Miller Award

April 10, 2026

The Department of Philosophy at MSU is pleased to announce the co-winners of the 2026 Benjamin-Miller Award: Renée Crachiola and Isabella Foster. This award is given to the most promising…

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Philosophy Graduate Student Awarded Prestigious CIRCLE Fellowship

April 1, 2026

Cristobal Arellano Borges, a doctorial candidate in the Department of Philosophy and American Indian & Indigenous Studies at Michigan State University, has been awarded the 2026–2027 graduate fellowship from the…

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Spring 2025 College Graduates Receive Board of Trustees Awards for Perfect 4.0 GPAs

April 11, 2025

Twelve College of Arts & Letters students who are graduating in Spring 2025 have earned Board of Trustees Awards for having maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during their…

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Ph.D. Student Honored for Work to Inform Legal Practitioners About Tribal Laws

April 16, 2024

While most Michigan-based legal practitioners lack adequate training in Tribal laws, Taylor Elyse Mills, a sixth-year doctoral candidate in Philosophy at Michigan State University and graduate of MSU’s College of…

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Engaged Philosophy and Justice: Taylor Mills’ Contributions to Law, Advocacy, and Community Engagement

February 27, 2024

Taylor Mills, a graduate student for Philosophy, was the recipient of the MSU Outreach and Engagement Award for Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning 2024.

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Eleven College of Arts & Letters Graduates Receive Board of Trustees Awards for Perfect 4.0 GPAs

April 21, 2023

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…

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Ph.D. Candidate Recognized for Research on Health Disparities Among Immigrants

October 11, 2022

A first-generation Latino scholar, Greg Rogel’s research on the health disparities faced by immigrant/Latino communities hits close to home. For this research, the fifth-year doctoral candidate in Philosophy at Michigan…

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IAH Faculty Teaching Award Winners Announced

May 13, 2022

The Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH) recently announced the winners of this year’s Faculty Teaching Awards, which include the Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in…

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College of Arts & Letters Graduates Earn 4.0 GPA Board of Trustees Awards

April 25, 2022

Ten College of Arts & Letters students are graduating this May with perfect 4.0 GPAs and received Board of Trustees’ Awards for having achieved the highest scholastic average one can…