Congratulations to English faculty Ramona Ausubel, Camille Dungy, and Vauhini Vara and the College of Liberal Art’s Ann Claycomb for being named finalists for this year’s Colorado Book Awards!
The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of the outstanding faculty, staff, and volunteers for 2024.
After 34 years as a rhetorician, university professor and administrator, Dr. Mike Palmquist is retiring from Colorado State University.
Students in an interdisciplinary CSU course engage with literature, philosophy, creative writing, printmaking, letterpress, book arts, and the community when they create cyanotypes with women from Larimer County Community Corrections.
“My ability to communicate in writing, and in person, and find ways to resonate with a variety of audiences has been pivotal to my work,” said Clark. “From working with a member of the public to working with attorneys and judges who have advanced degrees, my ability to navigate into all of those spaces was critical to getting where I am today.”
Robin Walter, an alum of CSU’s Creative Writing MFA Program, has been selected by poet Victoria Chang as the winner of the 2024 Academy of American Poets First Book Award for her debut collection of poetry, Little Mercy.
In Dr. Naitnaphit Limlamai’s course “The Politics of Literacy” students developed complex understandings of literacy while exploring how to apply their learning to their own teaching practices.
CSU’s Creative Writing Reading Series is back this spring with a literary lineup that features brilliant visiting writers, alumni authors, the winner of the 2023 Colorado Prize for Poetry and current MFA students.
Nina McConigley, assistant professor in the Department of English, has been named a finalist for a 2024 National Magazine Award for three of her columns published in High Country News.
Ali Niaz, a junior in the College of Liberal Arts, was recently featured on an episode of Colorado Public Radio’s Colorado Matters for his award-winning documentary, “The Rocket Scientist Versus The Journalist: A Battle Within Culture.”
