ACT Human Rights Film Festival brings international filmmakers, stories to Fort Collins
The eighth annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival will include exclusive opportunities to engage with the filmmakers behind the documentaries.
College of Liberal Arts Latest News
ACT Human Rights Film Festival celebrates the power of film to awaken, connect and transform
The annual festival returns with unforgettable, thought-provoking films and appearances by filmmakers.
The Audit: CSU’s Prison Agriculture Lab researches the roots, impact of the prison agriculture industry
There are more than 600 prison agricultural programs currently in the United States, but very little data looking at the how, what, and maybe most importantly, why of these programs. Colorado State University's Prison Agriculture Lab is looking to change that. Co-directors Joshua Sbicca and Carrie Chennault talk about the lab's recently published landmark dataset analyzing the different types of current prison agricultural programs, as well as the underlying drivers behind them.
CSU named top producer of prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholars
For the second year in a row, CSU is one of the nation’s top producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars — professionals, artists and scholars who usually hold faculty appointments — according to a report published in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Students, faculty declare Rockies job fair a home run
The event was hosted by the new Colorado Rockies Sport Management Institute at Colorado State University exclusively for CSU sport management students.
Colorado State University makes it four in a row for sustainability, earns fourth consecutive platinum STARS designation
CSU once again demonstrated it is among the most sustainable higher education institutions in the world by earning its fourth consecutive platinum rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, or STARS.
Extension Internships
The Practical and Applied Side: Liberal Arts students intern with CSU Extension
The CSU Summer Extension Internship program gives students the opportunity to take their research and expertise into the field to help communities across Colorado.
Rain Garden Summer: Anthropology graduate student interns with Colorado Stormwater Center
Riley Lynch, CSU watershed science alumna and anthropology graduate student worked with the Colorado Stormwater Center during her CSU Extension internship where she managed communications with over 300 applicants and the 20 selected program participants of the Rain Garden Pilot Program. She also co-taught the three-hour Certified Rain Garden Installer Course, sourced nearly 600 native plants, and led multiple rain garden installations with groups of youth and adult volunteers.
Archiving 150 Years of Agriculture in the Centennial State
Two history majors get archival research experience during their summer CSU Extension internships: Tobin Gold documents the agricultural history of the Sterling Irrigation Company and Aubree Vecellio helps with geolocation and visualizing historic images of the Colorado River Compact.
Maintaining the Land: How Grad Students are Helping Preserve the History of Routt and Grand County in the Face of Land Development
Riley Lynch, CSU watershed science alumna and anthropology graduate student worked with the Colorado Stormwater Center during her CSU Extension internship where she managed communications with over 300 applicants and the 20 selected program participants of the Rain Garden Pilot Program. She also co-taught the three-hour Certified Rain Garden Installer Course, sourced nearly 600 native plants, and led multiple rain garden installations with groups of youth and adult volunteers.
Closing Language Barriers in Healthcare for Spanish Speakers: Español para Fines Específicos
Abi Tekeste and Giselle Alpizar-Calixto use their summer internship experience with CSU Extension to understand the language barriers to healthcare, and to provide information and resources, in rural Colorado in a project called Spanish in Professional Environments.
College of Liberal Arts Community
Alum, CBS4 anchor Benemann’s retirement party to benefit CSU journalism scholarships
Jim Benemann, one of Colorado State University’s most prominent alumni in Colorado media, is retiring from his position as CBS4 anchor this month, and he has chosen CSU’s Department of Journalism and Media Communication as one of the fundraising recipients featured at his upcoming retirement celebration.
Sickness, suffering and supplication: A conversation about health and medicine during the Middle Ages and early modern era in Europe
John Slater and Nicole Archambeau are both historians who study Europe in the 16th and 14th centuries, respectively, looking at the ways in which people understood illness, pursued wellness and worked to heal themselves.
Two CSU students named Truman Scholar finalists
CSU undergraduates Nizhoni Hatch and Claire Walther are finalists for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a highly competitive graduate fellowship program for students pursuing careers in government and public service.
A road home: Bimper accepts leadership role at University of North Texas
Albert Bimper — who came to Colorado State University at 17 as a student athlete and grew into roles as a respected faculty member and administrator — is returning to the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, where he spent his childhood.
Best Teacher Awards: Celebrating CSU’s best
The six recipients will be celebrated March 28 at the Best Teacher Awards banquet.
Budget, shared governance among topics examined by Faculty Council task forces
Faculty Council had its first meeting of the spring semester via Microsoft Teams on Feb. 7
Research & Creative Scholarship
The Audit: The bumpy history of Colorado's ski industry and its potentially problematic future
From voters rejecting a bid to host the Winter Olympics to the Earth Liberation Front's attack on Vail Ski Resort, CSU Associate Professor Michael Childers says it hasn't been all powder for Colorado's snow business.
Communication Studies Students Excel in Undergraduate Research
In February, communication scholars from all over the western US gathered in Phoenix, Arizona for the annual Western States Communication Association (WSCA) conference. Among them were two CSU communication studies majors, Olivia Birg and Izzy Henry.
The Audit: CSU’s Prison Agriculture Lab researches the roots, impact of the prison agriculture industry
There are more than 600 prison agricultural programs currently in the United States, but very little data looking at the how, what, and maybe most importantly, why of these programs. Colorado State University's Prison Agriculture Lab is looking to change that. Co-directors Joshua Sbicca and Carrie Chennault talk about the lab's recently published landmark dataset analyzing the different types of current prison agricultural programs, as well as the underlying drivers behind them.
Fighting on with all its might, CSU anthem turns 90
The CSU Fight Song turns 90 years old this Saturday, Nov. 19! While the lyrics have changed over time – such as modifying "stalwart Aggies" to "stalwart Ram Team" as the university's mascot and name changed in 1950s – the beloved rallying tune has been sung thousands of times across nine decades.
The Audit: Can healing our divided nation start at the dinner table?
CSU Sociology Professor and Food Systems Institute Co-director Michael Carolan spoke to The Audit podcast about his research into food, food systems and building empathy on common ground.
Spooky movies you need to see
Spooky season is the perfect time to get scared with friends, and what better way than to watch a few horror films, heart-pumping thrillers, and scary TV shows together? Luckily the Department of Communication Studies is home to CSU’s film studies minor, so Communication Studies faculty and graduate students know a thing or two about spooky films.
Events
Celebrate Earth Month with special events on campus throughout April
In celebration of Earth Month, CSU is hosting a variety of events throughout April, including talks on important sustainability issues as well as workshops and even live music.
Ram Stories Symposium to feature student reflections on how COVID-19 impacted their CSU experience
The Ram Stories Symposium is slated for April 7 and will feature CSU students and employees discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic changed how they lived, learned and worked.
Students, faculty declare Rockies job fair a home run
The event was hosted by the new Colorado Rockies Sport Management Institute at Colorado State University exclusively for CSU sport management students.
Q&A: Abigail Chabitnoy and Emily Wortman-Wunder return to CSU for Mary Crow Alumni Reading on Feb. 2
MFA alums Abigail Chabitnoy (’16) and Emily Wortman-Wunder (’03) will step back on campus Thursday, Feb. 2 to read from their own works during the Mary Crow Alumni Reading event.
Fort Collins Book Fest 2023 features CSU alumni and faculty
More than 20 free workshops, talks, readings, book clubs and social events are scheduled throughout the month of February for Fort Collins Book Fest.
The Conversation
Rural Americans aren’t included in inflation figures – and for them, the cost of living may be rising faster
When the Federal Reserve convenes at the end of January 2023 to set interest rates, it will be guided by one key bit of data: the U.S. inflation rate.
Talking across the political aisle isn’t a cure-all - but it does help reduce hostility
Simmering tension in American politics came to a head two years ago, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Why Britain should immediately withdraw from Mauritius’ Chagos Islands
Britain is on the cusp of decolonising Mauritius – again.
Giorgia Meloni – the political provocateur set to become Italy’s first far-right leader since Mussolini
In the autumn of 1922, Benito Mussolini, the ambitious and charismatic founder of the Fascist Party, became Italy’s youngest prime minister – seizing power in a march on Rome that ushered in a dark period of totalitarian rule.
College of Liberal Arts Magazine
Navigating Borders
A border can be so many different things and have so many different implications once it is drawn. Borders define culture, opportunity, and identity. Some borders are visible and tangible while others are conceptual and symbolic. Learn more about how the liberal arts helps us navigate the borders in our lives in the Winter 2021 issue of the College of Liberal Arts Magazine.
Together, We
Learn more about our curiosity, ability to adapt, engagement with the community, and research and creative expertise in the Spring 2021 issue of the College of Liberal Arts Magazine.
Lenses of the Liberal Arts: Health
The focus of our majors in liberal arts - culture, politics, communications, economics, and the like - intertwine with health challenges worldwide that range from pandemics to affordable housing, air quality to spiritual health. Learn more about how the liberal arts approach the topic of health in the Winter 2020/Spring 2021 issue of the College of Liberal Arts Magazine.
Lenses of the Liberal Arts: Space and Place
In the Winter 2019/Spring 2020 issue of the Liberal Arts Magazine, we apply the lenses of the liberal arts to place and space. Colorado State University and the Clark Building are both spaces located in Fort Collins, along the Front Range, in the Mountain West. But they are also places -- made meaningful by the people attached to them and the memories created within, through, and because of them.