CSU English Professor Camille Dungy wins Guggenheim Fellowship
Camille Dungy, a professor in CSU’s Department of English, has won another major honor: a Guggenheim Fellowship.
College of Liberal Arts Latest News
2019 Spring Dance Concert shows off growth and diversity April 26-27
Innovative, diverse, and relevant new works by CSU dance faculty and student choreographers are featured throughout the 2019 Spring Dance Concert April 26-27
Closing night of ACT celebrates N. Scott Momaday April 13
ACT Human Rights Film Festival comes to a close Saturday, April 13, at Lory Student Center Theatre with the Colorado premiere of Words from a Bear at 7:30 p.m.
A leap of faith: McConnell eager to lead CSU
Joyce McConnell was so impressed with CSU that she agreed to become its 15th president without having visited campus.
British one-act operas bring varied emotions to the University Center for the Arts in April
Performances of The Wandering Scholar by Gustav Holst and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams will be held at the UCA this month.
College of Liberal Arts celebrates two Best Teacher Award recipients
Colorado State University’s Best Teacher Awards recognize educators that are dedicated to their students’ success and provide impactful experiences in an out of the classroom. This year, two College of Liberal Arts professors were recipients of the award.
College of Liberal Arts Community
Classified Personnel Council announces more Everyday Heroes
The Everyday Hero Award, a special program sponsored by the Classified Personnel Council that recognizes outstanding employees at Colorado State University, has been presented to Dean Helzer, Sandra Sanchez, Karen Guy and Megan Hauser.
Arvada Center features artwork of six CSU alumni
This year, six Colorado State University alumni from the Department of Art and Art History had their artwork featured in the Arvada Center's Art of the State 2019 juried exhibition.
NEH awards CSU $350,000 grant for Colorado Encyclopedia
The National Endowment for the Humanities recently awarded Colorado State University a $350,000 grant to enhance the Colorado Encyclopedia, an online compendium of information on life in Colorado.
Political science student interns in Washington D.C. through new Straayer Center program
Morgan Scheinin, a political science and international studies double major, was one of the first students to participate in the new CSU in D.C. program through the Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership.
For social science research, CSU faculty can now pick IRISS
Faculty who need to conduct focus groups, design a survey for a research project, or carry out other types of social science research now have a place on campus to turn for help.
Apply by March 12: Sustainability Leadership Fellows program at CSU
The Sustainability Leadership Fellows program prepares future innovators and thought leaders with state-of-the-art science communication and career development training.
Faculty Friday
Faculty Friday: Ray Miller
Ray Miller is an assistant professor within the Department of Economics, finding that his study of health disparities and inequality overlaps with CSU's interests in the economics department.
Faculty Friday: Zach Hutchins
Zach Hutchins, an assistant professor in the Department of English, studies early American literature. His fascination with all things early American stemmed from growing up in Massachusetts and visiting colonial sites with his mother.
Faculty Friday – Heidi Hausermann
Heidi Hausermann is an assistant professor of geography within the Department of Anthropology, finding that her experiences and interests in anthropology, geography, and environmental science are right at home at CSU.
Faculty Friday: Michael Humphrey
Michael Humphrey, an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Communication, first came to CSU as the advisor to student media. Years later, he earned his Ph.D. here and continues to teach and mentor students interested in online storytelling.
Research & Creative Scholarship
Center for Literary Publishing Receives NEA Grant for the Ninth Time
The National Endowment for the Arts has granted the Center for Literary Publishing a $10,000 Art Works grant for 2019.
Night, weekend births have higher risk of delivery complications, CSU researchers find
A new study by Colorado State University researchers has found that the quantity of delivery complications in hospitals are substantially higher during nights, weekends and holidays, and in teaching hospitals.
Communication studies prof discusses Trump’s Twitter rhetoric in new ‘White Rage’ book
A Colorado State University professor has co-authored a book that examines how President Donald Trump has used Twitter and public speeches to provoke emotions with perceived threats to the white population.
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.
Events
Trump’s relationship with the news media focus of April 24 presentation
A talk titled “The Fabulist in the White House: How the Media Handle Trump's Tortured Relationship with the Truth," will be held at Colorado State University next week.
2019 Spring Dance Concert shows off growth and diversity April 26-27
Innovative, diverse, and relevant new works by CSU dance faculty and student choreographers are featured throughout the 2019 Spring Dance Concert April 26-27
Closing night of ACT celebrates N. Scott Momaday April 13
ACT Human Rights Film Festival comes to a close Saturday, April 13, at Lory Student Center Theatre with the Colorado premiere of Words from a Bear at 7:30 p.m.
British one-act operas bring varied emotions to the University Center for the Arts in April
Performances of The Wandering Scholar by Gustav Holst and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams will be held at the UCA this month.
Environmental Justice Working Group hosting open house event April 2
The Environmental Justice Working Group, a committee of researchers within the School of Global Environmental Sustainability, is hosting an open house on April 2 to share their vision of becoming the CSU Center for Environmental Justice.
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
America can afford a Green New Deal – here’s how
Democrats such as Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey are proposing an ambitious decarbonization plan that critics are calling unaffordable. A green economist explains how the US could pay for it.
When newspapers close, voters become more partisan
American politics has gotten more partisan in the last 50 years. One of the reasons: the closing of local newspapers.
Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
What 4 economists say about the state of the union
As Trump prepares to deliver his delayed State of the Union address, here's what four economists had to say about the state of the union.
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.