Blythe LaGasse, a professor of Music Therapy and the coordinator of the Music Therapy program in the College of Liberal Arts, has been awarded $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Colorado State University dance education faculty and students brought their research, teaching and community engagement work to a national audience this fall at the National Dance Education Organization Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Held Sept. 25–27, the conference brought together dance educators, artists, researchers and students to exchange ideas and explore developments in dance education. This year, all sessions submitted by CSU dance education faculty and students were accepted for presentation.
A tale of two Draculas as CSU Theatre and OpenStage Theatre Co. both produce adaptations of the story this fall.
The 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award program has honored four liberal arts alumni at the college and university level. Here are this year’s recipients.
William E. Morgan Alumni Achievement Award: Kathleen Pitre
Jim & Nadine Henry Award: Gary and Joni Ozzello
College of Liberal Arts Honor Alumnus Award: Joe Conrad
Moving Through Parkinson’s, a Colorado State University Dance-affiliated community program, presents ‘My Brain Has a Mind of Its Own.’ The new documentary shines a light on the transformative role of movement, dance, creativity and community for people living with Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative challenges.
Bringing together programs in languages, cultures and international studies, the newly combined Department of Languages and Global Studies, along with its faculty and students, seeks to understand how people around the world communicate, create meaning and navigate shared challenges.
CSU instructor Meagan Todd of the Department of Languages and Global Studies has been named a 2026-27 Council on Foreign Relations Education Ambassador, joining a national cohort of educators focused on global affairs education.
What used to be the C Wing is now called Social Sciences Hall, and it reopened Aug. 10 after being closed most of the summer for improvements that included a new fire alarm system, a new accessibility ramp on the southeast corner and a cleaning/paint job for its exterior.
Erin Carignan, an associate professor of theatre in the College of Liberal Arts’ School of Music, Theatre and Dance, has been awarded the 2026 Oscar G. Brockett Golden Pen Award from the United States Institute of Theatre Technology. This award is given annually to “an outstanding publication in the field of design and production for the performing arts.”
The Colorado State University Percussion Ensemble, directed by music professor Eric Hollenbeck, was named a winner of the Percussive Arts Society’s International Percussion Ensemble Contest.
