Category: Events
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26th Annual English Department Awards Reception
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Read More: 26th Annual English Department Awards ReceptionThe English department and friends recently gathered to celebrate and honor our amazing students. These students hold a total of 169 University and departmental scholarships and 6 literary awards for the 2016-2017 academic year. In addition, the English Department selected 13 winners of the Creative and Performing Arts Awards. English graduate…
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National Poetry Month: Alumna Poets
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Alumna PoetsMaybe we are biased, but we have some of the best alumni. They are a diverse group of amazing humans doing interesting and important work in the world. We miss them after they are gone, and love nothing more than to brag about them, to share with you all the good…
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National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry Around FoCo
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry Around FoCo“Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry. I tell people it involves creating poetry that doesn’t just want to sit on the paper, that something about it demands to be heard out loud or witnessed in person.” -Sarah Kay We’ve spent this week celebrating the form of slam…
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National Poetry Month: Our Favorite Spoken Word Poems
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Our Favorite Spoken Word PoemsToday we are continuing our focus on spoken word poetry and poets. These are some of our favorite spoken word poems. What are some of yours? Video: “What Teachers Make” by Taylor Mali Video: Rachel Rostad – “Names” Video: Neil Hilborn – “OCD” Video: Sabrina Benaim – “Explaining My Depression to My Mother” Video: Beautiful…
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National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry Projects
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Spoken Word Poetry ProjectsFor this week of National Poetry Month, we are featuring spoken word poetry and poets. Today, we wanted to share some spoken word projects you might be interested in. Button Poetry was founded in 2011, launching the first Button website and blog soon after. They have being promoting and producing spoken…
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National Poetry Month: Andrea Gibson
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Andrea GibsonFor this week of National Poetry Month, we are featuring spoken word poetry and poets. Andrea Gibson is an award-winning poet and activist born in Calais, Maine. Gibson has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 1999. Gibson also goes by Andrew and uses gender-neutral pronouns. Their website bio says, Andrea Gibson is…
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National Poetry Month: Shane Koyczan
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Shane KoyczanFor this week of National Poetry Month, we are featuring spoken word poetry and poets. Hearing a poem read by its author adds an additional dimension to any work.The inflection, the empty spaces, the tone. All of these pieces work together to create the art of spoken word. Shane Koyzcan…
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National Poetry Month: Billy Collins
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Billy CollinsJohn Updike described Billy Collins’s poems as “more serious than they seem.” And indeed, while Collins’ poems are often laugh-out-loud funny, many end on a touching, sometimes somber note. Billy Collins is one of the most well-known and financially successful poets in the United States. He was the United States…
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The TEFL/TESL Student Association presents: Advocacy Week
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Read More: The TEFL/TESL Student Association presents: Advocacy Week~from the TEFL/TESL Student Association We are excited to announce that Advocacy Week is almost upon us! As a registered GSA, the TEFL/TESL Student Association (TTSA) strives to promote linguistic and cultural diversity, both here on campus and in the larger Fort Collins community. We do this through Advocacy Week,…
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National Poetry Month: Rupi Kaur
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Read More: National Poetry Month: Rupi KaurArtist and poet Rupi Kaur was born in Punjab, India, in 1992. When she was only 4, her parents emigrated to Toronto, Canada. Her artistic and creative ability was something that emerged when she was a young age. Kaur began to draw and paint, inspired by her mom and would…