Guest column: Phased plan to provide coverage for mandatory fees for graduate assistants
“The announcement of this plan marks a significate step forward amid several years of calling attention to the issue of graduate assistant compensation.”
CSU fundraising effort to develop school for orphans in Uganda sees progress, but more donations still needed
A project to construct school buildings for orphans in a Uganda village – started by a Colorado State University custodian and student more than seven years ago – has not only survived the pandemic but expanded, and fundraising continues for additional improvements.
Master of Public Policy and Administration Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Alexis Kennedy
Assistant Professor Alexis Kennedy speaks about engaged scholarship, the strong student community, and the value of a public policy and administration degree in today’s society.
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.
BBB Ethics Scholars bring philosophical analysis to the corporate world
Recent alumni Walker Urban and Molly Moxness applied philosophy to business when they were Ethics Scholars interns for the Better Business Bureau in northern Colorado, helping local businesses with their application for the Torch Awards, and proving that philosophy has very tangible real-world applications.
Searching the Archive: Engaging History through a Social Justice Lens
Senior Peter Wilson prepares for graduate school by spending six months on an internship with Professor Zach Hutchins doing archival research and looking at original sources for Hutchins’ book project about Harriet Beecher Stowe’s A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Fostering a Culture of Care: Restorative Justice Education Creates Space In the Classroom
Lula Tewolde and Olivia Lynch join Dr. Tom Cavanaugh at Restorative Justice Education to create a “culture of care” that trains educators how to foster culturally appropriate relationships and interactions built on equity with students in the classroom.
Making sense of messy data sets to help Routt County economics
Joanna Mosley participates in the Economics undergraduate research internship program with faculty mentor Stephan Weiler to add information about small business in Steamboat Springs to an economic dashboard for rural Colorado counties.
Collections Management – Learning the skills to package and conserve works of art
Michelle Malenfant learns skills in collections management through her summer internship with the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art that she can apply to her future career at an art gallery.
GradShow 2022 celebrates presenters with over $20K in awards
CSU graduate students presented their research, entrepreneurship and creative arts while competing for over $20,000 in scholarships during the 2022 GradShow on Nov. 16.