Perception is the process by which we perceive, interpret and make sense of the world around us, building on and through our senses and mental faculties. By studying perception in the context of the liberal arts, we can gain new insights into how we experience and interpret the world, and how we make sense of our place within it. Read more in the Spring 2023 issue of the College of Liberal Arts Magazine.
Internships are one way that we teach our students to both think and do. As the 21st century progresses, both forms of knowledge are as important as ever, both to individuals and to society. Read stories about liberal arts internships in the Winter 2022 issue of the College of Liberal Arts Magazine.
Graduate students provide teaching, research, creative artistry, and other support to the College of Liberal Arts and to CSU. Learn more about graduate students in CLA in the Spring 2022 issue of the College of Liberal Arts Magazine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the Spring 2019 issue of the Liberal Arts Magazine, we approach the topic of technology through our disciplines. The specific skills and tools unique to the liberal arts can provide understanding and a way to navigate the ways technology does (or doesn't) advance the human experience.
In the Winter 2018 issue of the Liberal Arts Magazine, we apply the lenses of the liberal arts to water. How we understand water and our relationship to it provides us insight into politics, economics, art, ourselves, and life itself.
We’re aware of the role technology plays in shaping our individual lives, but how does technology affect and influence our society and our future? The specific skills and tools unique to the liberal arts can provide understanding as well as a way to navigate the ways technology does (or doesn’t) advance the human experience.