Spring 2017
Pioneering Programs
Whether it's how our students and faculty engage with the community, the research they conduct, or how alumni are impacting their communities, the people in the College of Liberal Arts are at the forefront of a 21st century education.
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New Initiatives and Accolades for the College of Liberal Arts
The College of Liberal Arts launches new initiatives REDI and Digital Liberal Arts Hub, and congratulates faculty and staff award winners.
Advising leads the way in student success
Professional advisors have been an important part of the Student Success Initiatives launched in 2007. The College of Liberal Arts has 16 advisors to help nearly 4,000 students navigate their academic experience.
Sociology, Perspective-Taking, and Law Enforcement
For Assistant Chief Kevin Cronin, sociology changed his worldview and helped him consider a variety of perspectives that he uses in his work as a police officer.
Cultural Awareness through Coffee and Conversation
The International Studies Club, GAIA (Global Awareness and International Affairs), brings cultural awareness to CSU by welcoming and engaging with the international community on campus and in Fort Collins.
Lights, Camera, Action: Students get real-world video experience
Journalism and Media Communication
Students in Ram Productions, part of the music, stage and sports production minor, get hands-on experience with the skills and equipment they’ll use in the world of professional video production and broadcasting.
Retirements
Congratulations – and thank you – to the faculty and staff retiring from the College of Liberal Arts.
Outstanding Graduates of 2017
Read about the 2017 Outstanding Graduates from the College of Liberal Arts
Message from the Dean
The College of Liberal Arts is the heart of the University, pioneering new ways of learning and new approaches to issues and challenges that Colorado and our nation face.
Conversation key to film festival’s power
The ACT Human Rights Film Festival curates the best of the most recently made human rights cinema not available in wide release, while honoring the most relevant and compelling stories from around the world.
Ethnographic research in virtual worlds
For CSU’s Ethnographic Research and Teaching Laboratory (ERTL), online gaming has become a new field in which to conduct anthropological fieldwork by using an Internet-based reality.
Ethnic Studies expands its impact across campus
The Department of Ethnic Studies is continuing is collaborative legacy by launching a host of new initiatives to further emphasize diversity, multiculturalism, and women’s studies across the university.
The Straayer Center for Public Service Leadership
Whether in the classrooms of the political science department or the halls of the State Capitol, Dr. John Straayer’s passion for public service and shared governance has shaped multiple-generations of civic leaders.
The Scott Artist Series at CSU
Shaesby (’97) and Catherine (’98) Scott make a lasting impact with a scholarship endowment and the Scott Artist Series through the Department of Art and Art History.
The bright future of radio
Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts
The radio is alive and well, with the very active student-run radio station of KCSU.
A boy king returns to the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
The Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
In 2016 the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art took possession of the Pourbous painting of French King Louis XIII as a young boy. The 17th century portrait was removed, conserved, and returned to the gallery where it is now on display.
Middle School Outreach Ensemble inspires the next generation
School of Music, Theatre, and Dance
The Middle School Outreach Ensembles (MSOE) program is an internationally recognized, community-based music outreach program sponsored by CSU that provides music instruction to local middle school students.
CSU student fulfills longtime dream of studying abroad
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
A foreign language matches any major. Junior Raeann Magill, soil and crop sciences major with a minor in Spanish, traveled to Uruguay for study abroad.
Poppie Gullett Explores Public History in Antarctica
Poppie Gullet, master’s student in the public history program, writes about her experience doing field work in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Applying Ethics: How Philosophy Brings Clarity to Emerging Challenges
In applied ethics we teach our students how to think creatively and rigorously about our world—how it is, how it might be, and how it ought to be. Because the absence of clear, careful thinking so often leads to confusion, error, and calamity.
Teaching in Vietnam: Lesson on the markets of Hanoi
Dr. Alexandra Bernasek traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam in November of 2016 to teach Econ 202 at Foreign Trade University.
Preparing Students for Life Using Soft Skills
Soft Skills for Professionals provided students practice in soft skills such as critical observation, problem solving, adaptability, and tolerance to diversity through exercises designed to challenge students’ abilities.
English Majors Don’t Wait Until They Graduate
English majors are a diverse group doing interesting work in the world, but they don’t wait until they graduate to start being amazing.