Fourth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival celebrates human resilience
On Friday, April 5, the fourth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival returns to Fort Collins for a nine-day run, closing the evening of Saturday, April 13.
College of Liberal Arts Latest News
CSU Theatre cracks up over One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean
A fairly new play, One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean, opens on Friday, Feb. 15, at the UCA.
2019 Gravlee Lecture explores blogging, motherhood and autism
Daena J. Goldsmith, professor of rhetoric and media studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, will be this year's Gravlee Lecturer.
Liberal Arts students can spend a semester at CSU’s Todos Santos Center in Mexico
A new semester-long education abroad program, Liberal Arts and Community Engagement, will give students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a new culture, lifestyle, and community at the CSU Todos Santos Center in Baja California Sur.
Three minutes to win it: Vice President for Research hosts 'Three Minute Challenge'
Inspired by an international competition called the Three Minute Thesis, CSU's Three Minute Challenge will take place Feb. 11.
U.S. News: CSU online programs rank among the best in the nation
Colorado State University’s online programs earned top rankings in an annual report released Jan. 15 by U.S. News & World Report. CSU ranked among the best in the country for its online bachelor’s degree programs as well as online graduate programs.
College of Liberal Arts Community
CSU alumna uses economics to differentiate her in the world of reporting
CSU graduate, Erin Douglas ('18), double-majors in economics and journalism and media communications, finding the pair differentiated her from the competition in reporting.
Fourth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival celebrates human resilience
On Friday, April 5, the fourth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival returns to Fort Collins for a nine-day run, closing the evening of Saturday, April 13.
Best of the best: Six outstanding teachers to be honored
Six of CSU's top teachers will be honored March 27 at the annual Best Teacher Awards banquet.
2019 Gravlee Lecture explores blogging, motherhood and autism
Daena J. Goldsmith, professor of rhetoric and media studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, will be this year's Gravlee Lecturer.
CSU ceramics students learn how to make their own clays, glazes
In the CSU pottery and ceramics program, students learn how to make all of their own clay and glazes from scratch to develop a particular color palette for their pieces, employing the periodic table of elements and an unexpected dose of science for an art class.
Legendary CSU coach John Mattos elected to hall of fame
Legendary CSU swimming coach John Mattos has been elected to the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Faculty Friday
Faculty Friday: María del Carmen López Ramírez
María del Carmen López Ramírez was born and raised in Spain but moved to Fort Collins in 2005 to start her career in teaching at Colorado State University.
Faculty Friday: Michelle Stanley
Michelle Stanley recently started her role as Director of the LEAP Institute for the Arts, but arts advocacy and music have always been a passion of hers.
Faculty Friday: Ryan Scott
Ryan Scott has been interested in the environment from an early age, and is now an expert in environmental policy in the Department of Political Science.
Faculty Friday: Madeline Harvey
Madeline Harvey, assistant professor of ballet, considers dance her first language. Since she was little, she's always wanted to be a dancer and choreographer. She's living that dream as a faculty member in the CSU dance program.
Research & Creative Scholarship
2019 Gravlee Lecture explores blogging, motherhood and autism
Daena J. Goldsmith, professor of rhetoric and media studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, will be this year's Gravlee Lecturer.
Dunn’s Queerly Remembered Receives Outstanding Book Award
The National Communication Association has honored Colorado State University Associate Professor of Communication Studies Thomas R. Dunn with its 2018 Outstanding Book Award for Queerly Remembered: Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past. Dunn will receive the award at the104th NCA conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday, November 9.
Words for the Earth Award: Applications Being Accepted
Creative work proposals addressing the issues of protecting and restoration of the natural world are now being accepted for the inaugural Words for the Earth Award through the Department of English.
RBG scholarship earns Gibson outstanding book award
The Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender has awarded Associate Professor Katie Gibson its 2018 Outstanding Book Award for "Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Dissent: Feminist Rhetoric and the Law."
New York Times Magazine selects CSU professor’s ‘Still Life’ as poem of the week
Each week, Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove selects a single poem to feature in the Sunday issue of the New York Times Magazine. For the Aug. 12 edition, the magazine’s poetry editor chose “Still Life” by Colorado State University English Professor Camille Dungy.
CSU faculty member’s new book examines how food is used in social justice efforts
A Colorado State University faculty member argues in a new book that the term "food justice" should be viewed much more broadly, and he outlines several examples of how food is used as a key element in social justice efforts.
Events
CSU Theatre cracks up over One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean
A fairly new play, One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean, opens on Friday, Feb. 15, at the UCA.
2019 Gravlee Lecture explores blogging, motherhood and autism
Daena J. Goldsmith, professor of rhetoric and media studies at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, will be this year's Gravlee Lecturer.
ACT begins year-round screenings with TransMilitary
The ACT Human Rights Film Festival kicks off 2019 with its first “ACT Year Round” screening of TransMilitary at The Lyric, on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m
Testimony: 5 Stories in Motion dance concert Dec. 7-8
Colorado State University Dance will present this semester’s Senior Dance Capstone Concert, Testimony: 5 Stories in Motion, Dec. 7-8.
Freshman Theatre Project #MeToo set for Nov. 30
At Colorado State University, freshman theatre majors in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance are exploring the #MeToo movement for their annual Freshman Theatre Project.
Giving
Economics Professor Aims to Strengthen Struggling Communities and Support Future Generations of Researchers
Weiler’s career has been devoted to developing strategies to spark economic vitality in struggling rural and urban areas through the communities’ own innovative and entrepreneurial capacities.
Celebrating Excellence in Teaching: Economics Professor Honors Talented Faculty through New Gift
Economics professor, Robert Keller, certainly believed this after working with stellar colleagues for more than 45 years at Colorado State University before retiring from Colorado State University in May 2018. He dedicated his CSU career to excellence in teaching, in and out of the classroom, elevating educational programming across the campus and inspiring curiosity in his students.
Name a Seat after your Valentine
You love watching the performing arts in the University Center for the Arts. You also love your Valentine. Surprise your sweetheart with an extra-special Valentines Day gift: Name a Seat after them!
Great Conversations: CSU faculty explore rigor and imagination, value of liberal arts
During the Great Conversations 2018 Season Kickoff, three College of Liberal Arts faculty had a conversation with community members about how rigor and imagination can be used as robust tools for uniting a polarized society and shaping the future of our world.
The Conversation
Don’t frack so close to me: Colorado voters will weigh in on drilling distances from homes and schools
As sociologists who have researched oil and gas drilling, we think this measure would enhance the rights of those who live near these sites.
Trump scorns US media, but just try being a journalist in North Korea or Mexico
As I tell my students, the U.S. press system has its faults, but they probably won’t have to worry about being threatened, jailed or killed for doing their jobs.
How weakened U.S. fossil fuel regulations threaten environmental justice in Colorado
From the start, President Donald Trump’s administration has made dismantling regulations, especially for the oil, gas and coal industries, a top priority.
Recent stock market sell-off foreshadows a new Great Recession
In early February, concerns about inflation and rising interest rates sent global financial markets into a frenzy, prompting the biggest single-day drop ever in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
College of Liberal Arts Magazine
Water as Science and Art
Water plays many roles in our lives: from nourishment to relaxation to destruction. Its captivating qualities provide fodder for painters and photographers.
Irrigation, Recreation, and Conservation: Water’s importance in life
Zak Danielson has always loved water: growing up on a farm, fishing in the Laramie River, or working with water at a brewery and in gardening. As a student at CSU, he has used an interdisciplinary approach to study sustainability so that he can continue his work with water conservation efforts.
Water lessons from the Syrian Civil War
For millenia, water scarcity and security has caused both wars and international cooperation. But with increasing populations, precipitation changes due to climate change, and unbalanced resource allocation, water issues are becoming more and more relevant to global stability. Case in point: the Syrian civil war. CSU alumnus David Bonomo provides a look into the issue.
Walking Up Stream: Sleeping rough on the banks of the South Platte River
Chris Conner (M.A. ’11) has spent the majority of his career working to improve the lives of those experiencing homelessness in Denver. Inspired by the rhetorical traditions of his communication studies degree, Conner recently helped one man share an unlikely story of living and sleeping rough on the banks of the South Platte River.