Growing up near London’s East End, assistant professor Suzanne Evans Wagner wondered why some of her friends had a Cockney accent and she didn’t. Wagner’s fascination with speech and linguistics evolved into education and a career.
Publish Date: Nov. 06, 2009 | Multimedia: 

Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," the stage adaptation of the classic film, has announced casting for its national tour, which will visit Wharton Center's Cobb Great Hall Dec. 9-13.
Publish Date: Nov. 05, 2009
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Michigan State University's Julian Samora Research Institute, MSU's Graduate Brass Quintet will team up with nationally renowned, Grammy-nominated Chicago folk group Sones de México for a free public concert.
Publish Date: Nov. 03, 2009 | Multimedia: 
After summer camp and six weeks of practice during the fall semester, Michigan State University Community Music School students capped off School of Rock with a live performance at the Small Planet on Chandler Road in East Lansing.
Publish Date: Oct. 30, 2009
Ben Williams, a 2007 graduate of the Michigan State University College of Music, has won the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition at the age of 24, marking him as one of the finest young jazz players in the world.
Publish Date: Oct. 30, 2009
More than 2,000 runners and walkers participated in this year's Michigan State University Federal Credit Union Dino Dash, a 24-year-old 5K race that raises funds for the MSU Museum.
Publish Date: Oct. 30, 2009
One of America's most trailblazing bands, WILCO, is coming to the Wharton Center for Performing Arts’ Cobb Great Hall on the campus of Michigan State University for a one-night only performance.
Publish Date: Oct. 30, 2009
Entertainment Events will present the U.S. premiere tour of the U.K. hit “Girls Night: The Musical,” at 8 p.m. Jan. 8, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Jan. 9, 2010, at the Pasant Theatre in the Wharton Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Michigan State University.
Publish Date: Oct. 30, 2009
Regarded as a leader of the global breast cancer movement, Nancy G. Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will be one of three speakers for Michigan State University's December commencement ceremonies.
Publish Date: Oct. 29, 2009 | Multimedia: 
Michigan State University College of Law professors Adam Candeub and Mae Kuykendall have created the Legal E-Marriage Project, a clearinghouse for legislative proposals to institute "e-marriage."
Publish Date: Oct. 28, 2009
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