Scenes from Fall Commencement 2018
Newest CSU alums celebrated at weekend ceremonies.
College of Liberal Arts Latest News
Community award-winners B Sharp and Center for Community Partnerships transform lives
At last spring’s Celebrate! Colorado State awards ceremony, two unique CSU community-based programs were honored with the inaugural Community Engagement Scholarship Awards. There’s no doubt that both of this year’s groundbreaking recipients have had a profound impact on the community, but their life-changing influence goes much deeper than that.
From Colorado to Kenya: CSU alumna tells stories on stage, on camera, and across the world
Over the past three decades, theatre alumna Dana Hughes’ career has included actress in New York City, broadcast journalist for ABC, and now, senior communications officer for the UN Refugee Agency in Africa.
Outstanding Grads of Fall 2018
Here are a few stories of personal challenges overcome, family responsibilities shouldered, educational changes in direction that finally led to a true passion, as well as learning, growth and success along the way to graduation.
ACT Human Rights Film Festival joins international Human Rights Film Network
The ACT Human Rights Film Festival is the latest festival to be accepted into the Human Rights Film Network (HRFN), an international partnership of 41 independent human rights film festivals.
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.
College of Liberal Arts Community
CSU alumna’s photo one of TIME’s ‘Top 100 Photos of 2018’
Rising sports photographer and Colorado State University alumna Abbie Parr (’17, communication studies) hit the equivalent of a home run in photography by earning a spot in TIME’s “Top 100 Photos of 2018.”
Student with autism overcomes obstacles to graduate from CSU
When Caspian Banki was a kid, many doubted his prospects because he had autism.
From Colorado to Kenya: CSU alumna tells stories on stage, on camera, and across the world
Over the past three decades, theatre alumna Dana Hughes’ career has included actress in New York City, broadcast journalist for ABC, and now, senior communications officer for the UN Refugee Agency in Africa.
ACT Human Rights Film Festival joins international Human Rights Film Network
The ACT Human Rights Film Festival is the latest festival to be accepted into the Human Rights Film Network (HRFN), an international partnership of 41 independent human rights film festivals.
Rocky Mountain Student Media collects national honors
The Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation (RMSMC) was awarded five Pinnacle Awards and two honorable mentions during the College Media Association Conference held in Louisville, Kentucky, Oct. 25-28.
GradShow winners represent colleges, schools, programs throughout CSU
The GradShow awards recognize excellence in research, creativity and entrepreneurship in a variety of categories.
Faculty Friday
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.
Faculty Friday: Frédérique Grim
Frédérique Grim teaches French in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures because she loves how learning a new language and culture offers students a path to worldly adventures and career opportunities.
Research & Creative Scholarship
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.
Anthropology Field School Scholarship brings anthropology to life
For these five students, the Anthropology Field School Scholarship offered an opportunity to participate in a summer course providing hands-on experiences.
Events
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.
Start the holiday season at the University Center for the Arts
Kick off the holiday season at the University Center for the Arts with the annual Holiday Spectacular and Parade of Lights Preview.
2018 Fall Dance Concert showcases new and timeless choreography
This fall, the choreography of CSU’s new director of dance is gracing the University Dance Theatre stage for the first time.
24 hours of fame: Sábado Warhol coming to UCA Nov. 10
The Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University is hosting Sábado Warhol on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Giving
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.
Thanks a Billion: Scholarships change lives during the State Your Purpose campaign
College of Liberal Arts scholarship recipients have 8.4 million reasons to be thankful.
Join the College of Liberal Arts at the Great Conversations Season Kick-off Event
The College of Liberal Arts is hosting a community discussion tackling why the liberal arts matter and the role they play in creating a civil society in increasingly polarized and partisan times.
Name a Seat Campaign celebrates 10 years of the University Center for the Arts
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the University Center for the Arts, the new Name a Seat campaign gives donors a chance to leave their legacy by naming a seat while helping support scholarships for School of Music, Theatre, and Dance students.
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
Lost in Translation: CSU launches certificate in Spanish for Animal Health and Care
Sometimes a Spanish speaker who knows a little bit of English — or an English speaker who knows some Spanish — will get designated as a farm’s translator, but if they’re not fluent in both languages, misunderstandings can happen.
Speak. Disrupt. Empower.
Political science professor Courtenay Daum researches how the right to free speech enables the modern protest movements of marginalized groups.
Pulitzer-winning alumnus at New York Times got his start at the Collegian
From the arts and entertainment desk at The Rocky Mountain Collegian to the highrise of the New York Times, Gabriel Dance credits his time at CSU to equipping him with the multimedia skills that launched his career.
Outside the Ivory Tower: Engaging with the community through engaged scholarship
Engaged scholarship is one way that faculty and students in the College of Liberal Arts are collaborating with communities to co-create knowledge and to have significant impact. We believe that our disciplines will be key in addressing crucial issues and enhancing the quality of life of the diverse people of Colorado, the nation, and the world.