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Apr 30, 2025

MALS Winter Social 2025: A Night of Insight and Connection

Student Panel Highlights Five students from the MALS program shared their insights about their experiences, including their areas of concentration and details about their theses: Alumna Speaker Lani St. Hill, a May 2024 MALS graduate in Climate Justice, presented her project, Everyday Environmentalism: Fostering Climate Justice in Higher Education, emphasizing sustainability efforts in academia.

Apr 30, 2025

Athletics Meets Interdisciplinary: MALS Student-Athletes at NC State

Balancing athletics and academics is a challenge that many student-athletes face, but at NC State, those enrolled in the MALS (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies) program are rising to the occasion. The MALS program provides the flexibility to explore a wide range of academic interests, allowing student-athletes to build an interdisciplinary curriculum that complements…

Apr 15, 2025

Explore Big Questions in the upcoming MALS Fall 2025 Seminars

MALS seminars are small, interdisciplinary courses designed to challenge assumptions and deepen understanding across a wide range of topics. Open to students in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program, each seminar brings together diverse perspectives in an intimate, discussion-based setting. Here’s what’s coming up this fall: MLS 501-001:🧠 Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications…

Apr 15, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Lani St. Hill – Championing Climate Justice Through Communication

Lani St. Hill has dedicated over a decade to sustainability and communications at NC State University. As the Communications and Engagement Coordinator for NC State’s Sustainability Office, she has played a pivotal role in shaping the university’s climate action narrative. In 2024, she added another achievement to her resume: earning a Master of Arts in…

Jan 23, 2023

MALS Students and Alumni Present Research at National Conferences

Over the past few months, MALS students and alumni have presented their research at several national conferences. 

Apr 10, 2018

MALS Student Mike Macchiavello Savors National Wrestling Title

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies candidate Mike Macchiavello recently scored a surprise victory in the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland.

Apr 27, 2017

MALS Student Curates Pop-up Exhibit on Letters from African-American Leaders

Master of Arts in Liberal Studies candidate Carl Wilkins brought key moments in African-American history to life during a pop-up exhibit he recently presented on campus. His curated show, “In the Writing: Personal Letters of African-American Leaders from the Mark E. Mitchell Collection," featured letters from the renowned Mark E. Mitchell Collection of African American History, including correspondence from Malcolm X to Alex Haley, Frederick Douglass to Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce and George Washington Carver to Henry Ford.