Celebrating Bruce Ronda on His Retirement
Tomorrow we are honoring Bruce Ronda at a celebration (he’s retiring!), and in preparation, we have these two special posts, an interview with the man himself and a collection of memories and good wishes.
Interview with Bruce Ronda
In Spring 2016, English major Alexander (Alec) Pearson did an internship where he researched department history. He graduated at the end of that same semester, earning his Bachelor of Arts in English with a writing concentration. Alec collected and wrote […]
Bruce Ronda: Memories and Good Wishes
~from Jill Salahub Tomorrow the English department will be holding a very special celebration. Bruce Ronda is retiring this year, and as sad as we are to see him go, we are sending him off with our best wishes at this upcoming event. To […]
News of Note Week of April 24
Matthew Cooperman has a new poem up at The Awl. You can read it at https://theawl.com/a-poem-by-matthew-cooperman-7676e273da85 Camille Dungy’s poem, “Trophic Cascade,” was featured on Poetry Daily on April 25. http://poems.com/poem_print.php?date=17282 Camille Dungy received an advance copy of Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into […]
National Poetry Month: Camille Dungy
We’re coming to the end of National Poetry Month. It has been a challenge to limit ourselves to just a month’s worth of influential poets and poetic forms, while including space for CSU’s own poets. We’ve barely brushed the surface. […]
Faculty Profile: Nancy Wright
What brought you to CSU? When my kids were little, I worked online through Johns Hopkins University, but then at a certain point, I wanted to get back into the face-to-face classroom, so I worked at Front Range Community College […]
National Poetry Month: Sasha Steensen
As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we’ll spend the final days focusing close to home, on our very own English department poets — Matthew Cooperman, Sasha Steensen, Dan Beachy-Quick, and Camille Dungy. Professor Sasha Steensen has published numerous […]
Communications Internship: Application Deadline May 8
English Department Communications Internship Number of positions: TBD Internship term: Fall 2017 Semester, 15 weeks, August 21 – December 8, 2017 Total credits: 2 (optional) Hours: 80 hours (40 per credit hour), approximately 5 per week Stipend: $500 Application Deadline: […]
National Poetry Month: Dan Beachy-Quick
As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we’ll spend the final days focusing close to home, on our very own English department poets — Matthew Cooperman, Sasha Steensen, Dan Beachy-Quick, and Camille Dungy. Poet, professor and essayist Dan Beachy-Quick […]
26th Annual English Department Awards Reception
The 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 […]