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 […]
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 […]
You are Outstanding (and so are your ideas!) Undergraduate & Graduate Student Writing Awards The English Department is pleased to announce the Outstanding Undergraduate & Graduate Writing Awards in Writing, Rhetoric, & Literacy. These awards recognize innovative ideas, critical thinking, […]
Lindsay Brookshier Composition Instructor English Alumna: M.A. Literature What brought you to CSU? I originally came to Colorado State University as a graduate student in the Literature program. I taught CO150 as a Graduate Teaching Assistant during my time […]
~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 […]
~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 […]
~from Ciara Baird and Caitlyn BucknerBackstrom Intern Ciara Baird was lucky enough to be in an advanced poetry workshop that Adam Fagin visited the day of his reading. She had this to share about that experience: Adam Fagin came to my […]
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 […]
Yusnavy Ramos MFA Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction Composition GTA Center for Literary Publishing Intern Yusnavy describes herself this way: I fell in love with language a long time ago but didn’t think it was a “safe” career option. I told myself […]
A poem from Dan Beachy-Quick’s new project, “Canto,” has been accepted by TriQuarterly. He also be participated in a conversation about John Keats and negative capability at the University of Denver. Genesea Carter attended the Spilman Symposium on Issues in Teaching […]
