ACT Human Rights Film Festival celebrates ten years this spring
This spring Colorado State University’s ACT Human Rights Film Festival will celebrate its tenth festival edition April 2-6, 2025.
CLA Alumni Spotlight: Alex Keenan (’18)
Writer, editor and violinist Alex Keenan (’18) loves to tell a good story. Whether through words, music or roleplaying, crafting narratives allows her to connect with others daily at her job and in her personal life.
Fort Collins Book Fest returns Feb. 7-17 with fresh lens, ‘Open Pages Open Minds’
Fort Collins Book Fest is set to make its return Feb. 7-17 and will feature 20 authors—including headliners Deborah Jackson Taffa and Christine Day, as well as CSU Professor and poet Sasha Steensen.
Associate Professor Ramona Ausubel selected as Science + Literature award winner for latest novel
Ramona Ausubel, an associate professor of creative writing in the Department of English, has been named a 2025 Science + Literature award recipient by the National Book Foundation for her novel, The Last Animal.
CSU’s Center for Literary Publishing awarded record fourteenth NEA Grant
This year’s $15,000 in funding will support the publication of the latest title in the Mountain/West Poetry Series—I Woke a Lake, by California poet Susan McCabe—and two issues of Colorado Review.
Announcing the new English Chair: Dr. Julia Schleck to lead department starting July 1, 2025
The Department of English and College of Liberal Arts are thrilled to announce Dr. Julia Schleck has been appointed the next English Chair at CSU. Her five-year term will begin July 1, 2025.
On the Road to Becoming a U.S. Foreign Service Officer
Veteran Justin Frigault (’23) secures a prestigious Rangel Fellowship on his journey to become a U.S. Foreign Service Officer.
Creative & Performing Arts 2024-2025 scholarship winners announced
The Creative Writing Program recently announced the undergraduate winners of the Creative & Performing Arts Scholarship for the 2024-2025 academic year in creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
Community Literacy Center exhibits 20 years of writing and art in Old Town Poudre Library
A new exhibition at the Old Town branch of Poudre Library represents the creative prowess of the hundreds of writers and artists who have participated in SpeakOut! community writing workshops since 2005.
Outstanding education grad overcomes personal hardships to find success
Jesse Venegas is an outstanding graduate from the Educator Preparation Program in the School of Education at Colorado State University. A student-veteran and transfer to CSU, Venegas departs having achieved great things, all while overcoming hardships, and the tough balance between life and academics. He is a candidate to earn Latin Distinction as a cum laude graduate in English education.