Simmering tension in American politics came to a head two years ago, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Samantha May, political science major with minors in legal studies and criminology, is the December 2022 commencement student speaker for the College of Liberal Arts.
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.
As part of a continuing effort to bring community members and city leaders on campus to engage with students, the Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership and the Department of Political Science hosted a series of events to support and educate members of the campus community prior to the 2022 election.
Abi Tekeste and Giselle Alpizar-Calixto use their summer internship experience with CSU Extension to understand the language barriers to healthcare, and to provide information and resources, in rural Colorado in a project called Spanish in Professional Environments.
This summer, political science major Aidan Lyde worked on the Community Networks in Fire-Environment Resilience (CoNIFER) Project to improve the understanding of wildfire risk mitigation planning based on wildfire protection plans in Colorado with CSU Extension.
Commitment is the word that comes to mind when thinking about Donn and Linda Hopkins. Whether it’s a commitment to the community through police work and economic development, or a commitment to help others through local non-profit boards, this longtime CSU couple have been rightly named community ambassadors.
Many people in the U.K. don’t remember what life was like before Queen Elizabeth II took the throne. Peter Harris, an associate professor of political science at CSU, discussed what her death will mean for international relations and what’s next for the British monarchy.