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We are nurturing creativity, building community and cultivating engagement through the arts and humanities to affect meaningful change in the world.

The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) at Michigan State University is a unique undergraduate degree program for students interested in literature, history, ethics, the visual and performing arts, and the study of languages and cultures. RCAH students chart their own paths within a flexible program that encourages individual expression, exploration, and achievement. They meet an

d learn from some of the world’s leading writers, artists, and performers. They live and learn together in Snyder-Phillips Hall, a historic building at the heart of the MSU campus. And they dance, sing, play music, act, create art, and write in their own classrooms, theatre, art studio, gallery, media center, and music practice rooms.

04/22/2026

RCAH 2026 Spring Showcase!🌞💚 RCAH students from various RCAH classes presented their research projects with posters, zines, records, and other forms of media!

The RCAH 112 topics were Bioethics, the Production of Culture, and Cultures of American Modernism (1919-1930).

RCAH 316 and 326 students created music and records that worked with the fundamentals of sound art and creative community engagement in art to address social issues.

An RCAH language fellow working with RCAH professors and Asian diasporic MSU undergraduate students also presented a poster and an informative booklet that can be found online in pdf form.

Congrats to these hard working students, fellows, and professors who worked in collaboration for amazing additions they made to the arts and humanities! 🎨📚

02/11/2026

We had a fun and relaxing time at Build A Bear Night hosted by RCAH Council! Wishing our students luck with second semester! We hope it is filled with lots of learning, creation, and inspiration! 💚🧸

02/04/2026

Memory engineer and photographer Elonte Davis’s exhibition, HOMEROOM: Detroit Taught Me First, is featured in the RCAH LookOut Gallery’s “Perspectives in African-American Experience: Emerging Visions” show. His art is in the LookOut now through February 24! Link for article in Bio!📸

01/30/2026

RCAH’s new record label—Bogue Street Records—was featured in The State News! A project by RCAH students, faculty, and staff. The record label is the inspiration of new RCAH Assistant Professor Austin Oting Har. 🎶 Link in Bio!

10/27/2025

RCAH & CAL Fall Preview Day for prospective students is coming up on Friday, November 21st! Details for the event are in the QR Code Link!💚🤍🍁📚

09/25/2025

The “4 GEORGE: an Idlewild aenon” by George Thomas and lydia marie hicks is up until October 7th in the LookOut Gallery at RCAH! Check out this beautifully crafted installation and learn more about how the works of Thomas and hicks are in conversation with, inspired by, and were created within the African American historic resort town of Idlewild, Michigan established in 1912. This multi-media show features individual and collaborative works by Thomas and hicks, including paintings, box sculptures, and experimental film. (Open 12-4:30p.m. Mon-Fri) 🎨🖼️

09/15/2025

RCAH in Costa Rica is back with Info Sessions and Dates!💚🇨🇷

08/24/2025

The 2025 RCAH Colloquium! Our community had a fun time doing the resource fair, scavenger hunt, and tie-dying in the courtyard! We can’t wait to see what this year brings! 💚🤍🎨

06/28/2025

Turlock Irrigation District (TID) is a public utility in California that manages water and power for local communities. I visited as part of my SULI internship to learn how they use forecasting tools and real-time data to manage water in a changing climate.

I spent two days at TID touring canals, meeting with operators, and learning about how they use tools like snowpack flights and forecast models to make real-time irrigation management decisions.

Behind every drop of delivered water is a complex system, and behind that system, science, technology, and local knowledge are all working together. These are the kind of stories STEM communicators like myself write about because it shapes the way people of their community live!

05/21/2025

https://www.michiganpublic.org/show/stateside/2025-05-19/stateside-monday-may-19-2025

Michigan Public’s “Stateside” program observed Malcolm X’s 100th birthday Monday with an interview with Dr. John Aerni-Flessner of RCAH and MSU, discussing Malcolm X’s formative years in Lansing and his impact on Michigan communities. The interview begins around the 12:50 mark.

05/15/2025

A huge Thank You to our alumni who took time off and traveled back to campus to reunite with the “RCAHmmunity”! More than 100 alumni—from the very first RCAH graduate to our recent grads—returned to Snyder-Phillips on April 22 for the amazing RCAH Spring Celebration. The halls, classrooms, and creative spaces of Sny-Phi were echoing with conversations and laughter as alumni shared their wisdom with our students, faculty, and staff. Among the many presentations that served as tangible affirmations of RCAH and our mission, we learned about Pursuing Life as a Performing Artist, Hands-on Art Therapy, and Comic Making. Alumni also served on panels covering Interviewing Tips, Transitioning to a New City, and Attending Grad School, and were available during well attended roundtables covering a broad range of career fields. We can’t wait to see you at next year’s event! 💚 Sprint Celebration Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCdruv

Address

C210 Snyder Hall, Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
48825

Telephone

+15173550210

Website

http://rcah.msu.edu/

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