National Poetry Month
Thank You by Ross Gay If you find yourself half naked and barefoot in the frosty grass, hearing, again, the earth’s great, sonorous moan that says you are the air of the now and gone, that says all you love […]
Women’s History Month: President Joyce McConnell
Today is our last day celebrating Women’s History Month on the blog, and next year is CSU’s 150th anniversary. How are those two things related? Today it was officially announced that our next president will be Joyce McConnell — the 15th […]
Women’s History Month: Kate Kiefer
Kate Kiefer joined the English department in 1979, coming from Ohio State and specializing in Composition and Rhetoric. She was hired to supervise the teaching of the newly implemented CO101 — to develop curriculum, provide professional development for GTAs who […]
WHM: 10 Women Writers Who Changed History
~from Caitlyn BucknerBackstrom 1. Agatha Christie “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all, I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” Agatha Christie lived […]
TEFL/TESL Student Association Advocacy Week 2019
~by Frank Xia The purpose of the TESL/TEFL Student Association (TTSA) is “to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and raise awareness about the field of TESL/TEFL in the Colorado State University community and the greater Fort Collins community.” Members are […]
Women’s History Month: Pattie Cowell
Pattie Cowell is actively enjoying retirement these days, but she is still remembered as an exemplary leader. She spent much of her career in the CSU English Department, joining the department as an adjunct faculty member in 1977. When she […]
Women’s History Month: Elizabeth G. Bell
Elizabeth G. Bell was the first female professor at Colorado State University, hired by President Ingersoll in August of 1885 to teach English, history, and modern languages at the annual salary of $1200. She also lived in Spruce Hall and acted […]
Women’s History Month: Amazing Trans Women You Probably Didn’t Learn About in History Class
The 2019 Women’s History Month theme is “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & Nonviolence.” The theme honors “women who have led efforts to end war, violence, and injustice and pioneered the use of nonviolence to change society.” When I think of […]
Linda Ben-Zvi Celebrates Susan Glaspell at Bas Bleu Theater, March 9 and 10
Linda Ben-Zvi, professor emerita of CSU and Tel Aviv University, has authored four books on early twentieth-century American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress, Susan Glaspell. As part of Women’s History Month, Professor Ben-Zvi will be at Bas Bleu Theater in Fort […]
Women’s History Month: March 2019
Celebrated in March to coincide with International Women’s Day on the 6th, Women’s History Month highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. The 2019 Women’s History Month theme is “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace & Nonviolence.” […]