Democracy Summit 2025
The College of Liberal Arts is hosting the second Democracy Summit at CSU, March 5-7, 2025.
https://www.libarts.colostate.edu/research-creative/cla-democracy-summit/
Events are free and open to the public.
College of Liberal Arts Winter 2024/Spring 2025 News
An update on the latest research, faculty achievements, alumni spotlights, and other recent news from the College of Liberal Arts.
Letter from the Dean: Winter 2024/Spring 2025
Meet our new dean Kjerstin Thorson, read her reflections from her first semester at CSU, and get an update on the Clark project.
A Lifetime of Empowering Communicators: Celebrating Carl Burgchardt’s Legacy
For 42 years, Carl Burgchardt has dedicated himself to inspiring students through his teaching expertise in rhetoric, public speaking, and film studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. His dedication stemmed from a profound passion for empowering students to reach their potential. The ability to witness their growth brought him immense […]
Alumni Give Voice to Students Who Might Not Have One
Liberal Arts alumni provide voice to students from rural or underrepresented communities by creating scholarships.
Letter from the Dean: Voice
This issue’s theme of voice elevates the voices we may not hear so that collectively we gain broader awareness of the world around us.
Alumna creates scholarship for student facilitators in public deliberation
When Linda Cates – a two-time alumna and long-time donor – learned about the Center for Public Deliberation in 2014 she immediately wanted to support students who were learning deliberative dialogue skills – much-needed skills in today’s society.
Encouraging Creative Writers: Former faculty support graduate students in the English department
Several former faculty in the creative writing program at CSU are investing in the next generation of creative writers by funding fellowships that support those students who do not have a GTA position.
An International Perspective: Faculty Donors Support Students Becoming Global Citizens
Emeriti faculty Jim Boyd and Sue Ellen Markey embody the term “global citizen.” Having lived, worked, and studied in countries around the world, these two embrace and advocate for students to enter another worldview through the establishment of a new scholarship.
Fascinating and full of enthusiasm: Alumna and husband give $1M in honor of emeritus English professor
Linda Randall (’68) and her husband, Gerald Hazelbauer, both professors emeriti of biochemistry at the University of Missouri, have given a $1M bequest and annual cash support to the English department via the Marty Bucco Award for Creative Teaching & Scholarship fund.