Valeta Wensloff

Valeta Wensloff

Undergraduate Director, Senior Academic Specialist & Internship Coordinator

Department
  • Media & Information
wensloff@msu.edu
(517) 432-5669

Bio

As MediaInfo Undergraduate Director

Valeta collaborates with faculty to build out the undergraduate curriculum and courses. She also evangelizes for the department by designing public-facing graphical assets such as brochures, posters and websites for department programs, grants, publications, events and community outreach. These include the Meaningful Play conference, Information Technology Minor, and other events/projects. In addition, she is the Internship Coordinator and facilitates for-credit internships.

She received her M.A. from the Department of Media and Information (formerly Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media) at MSU, with an emphasis on Digital Media Art & Technology, and received her B.S. from Ferris State University in Television Production.

As Producer for the Strategic Communication MA Program

She oversees production of courses for the College-wide fully-online Master of Arts program in Strategic Communication, and teaches faculty how to transition to online teaching (best practices, accessibility, etc.).

Current Teaching

Extra

Valeta is the Faulty Advisor for Students Interested in Costuming and Cosplay and co-advisor to the MSU Accafellas.

Roles

  • Undergraduate Director, Media and Information
  • Chairperson, University Committee on Curriculum (UCC)
  • Information Technology Minor committee
  • Media and Information Scholarship committee
     

Research and Teaching

Research Centers and Labs

Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab
Quello Center

Related Work

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Don't Be Afraid of Online Learning
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Kaitlin Nye
How One Facebook Post Changed My Life
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Valeta Wensloff has received the 2024 Distinguished Academic Staff Award for her contributions surrounding curriculum development, outreach and teaching.
Valeta Wensloff Earns Distinguished Academic Staff Award
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Awards, Honors and Recognitions
  • 2024: 2023-2024 Distinguished Academic Staff Award
  • 2019: Bronze ADDY for Meaningful Play Conference Grimoire cover: Valeta Wensloff (Designer/Illustrator), Ricardo Guimaraes (Illustrator)
  • 2019: Bronze ADDY for Meaningful Play Conference Materials in the Integrated Branded Content, Local or Regional/National category: Valeta Wensloff (Designer/Illustrator), Ricardo Guimaraes (Illustrator)
  • 2017: Silver ADDY for Invisible Wounds in the Integrated Advertising Campaigns, Consumer Campaign, Local category: Amol Pavangadkar (Producer/Director), Archit Batra (Associate Producer), Ian Courtney (Associate Producer), Valeta Wensloff (Designer)
  • 2017: Bronze ADDY for Meaningful Play Conference Materials in the Integrated Branded Content, Local or Regional/National category: Valeta Wensloff (Designer), Andrew Dennis (Illustrator), Ricardo Guimaraes (Illustrator)
  • 2017: Bronze ADDY for Beyond Bollywood Poster in the Illustration, Single category: Ricardo Guimaraes (Illustrator), Amol Pavangadkar (Producer), Valeta Wensloff (Producer)
  • 2016 Bronze Addy for Beyond Bollywood Study Abroad materials (with Amol Pavangadkar)
  • 2015 Bronze Addy for Meaningful Play Conference Materials (with Andrew Dennis)
  • Walter and Pauline Adams Academy for Instructional Excellence and Innovation Fellow
  • 2014 Silver Addy for MSU Media Summer Camps materials
  • 2013 Silver Addy for Meaningful Play Conference Materials
  • 2012 Silver Addy for Media Sandbox Website (with Henry Brimmer)


 

Contact Information

404 Wilson Rd. Room 411
Communication Arts and Sciences Building
Michigan State University