Student Experience in English
As an English major at CSU, your education unfolds across classrooms, communities, and experiences both on and off campus.
Put your interests into practice through student publications and organizations, internships, education abroad, events, and collaborative research. These experiences give you space to build community, gain confidence, and grow into a clearer sense of who you are and what matters to you—both during college and beyond.
Internships & Student Employment
Test out possible career paths while doing impactful, real-world work. From publishing and education to nonprofit advocacy and student media, hands-on internships and engaged work experiences provide space to explore your interests and imagine your next chapter.
Greyrock Review
During this yearlong internship, students gain hands-on experience in every stage of literary publishing, from evaluating submissions to promoting and producing a literary journal. As a member of the Greyrock Review staff, interns attend weekly meetings where they read and discuss poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions, contribute to copyediting and proofreading, help manage author correspondence, and support the marketing and publication of the forthcoming issue.
More Editorial Experiences
JUR Press
Headquartered at CSU’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Artistry in the Institute for Learning and Teaching, JUR Press is an undergraduate-run publishing house. Their mission is to print outstanding undergraduate research, scholarly articles, and creative works to make them available to the public and connect the worldwide community of college undergraduates.
Rocky Mountain Student Media
Interested in writing for the Collegian or hosting a weekly show on KCSU? Rocky Mountain Student Media offers students practical experience producing media for the campus community.
Teaching Opportunities
Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships
Gain valuable teaching experience while working alongside an English faculty member. As a teaching assistant, you’ll build skills in lesson planning, research, classroom support, grading best practices, and student engagement while gaining insight into college-level teaching.
Interested in becoming a TA? Students typically need to earn a strong grade in the course they wish to assist. TAs for 3-credit courses can earn up to 3 undergraduate teaching internship credits. If there’s a course you’d enjoy supporting, let the instructor know of your interest, or connect with our internship coordinator to learn about current opportunities.
University Writing Center
Love writing and have a passion for helping others? Come tutor with the Writing Center and join a dynamic, campus-wide hub for writing where your work truly matters. As a tutor, you’ll build practical communication, collaboration, and feedback skills while working with a diverse community of writers and professionals.
Questions?
Questions? Contact Internship Coordinator Michael Lamb at m.lamb@colostate.edu to explore opportunities.
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Education Abroad
The English department offers several opportunities to study abroad while earning your degree, including four summer programs led by department faculty.
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Summer in Oxford, England
This five-week program allows University Honors students and high-achieving English majors/minors to earn eight credits while studying closely with Oxford-affiliated faculty through one-on-one tutorials in their chosen field. Alongside coursework, students experience England’s literary and cultural history firsthand through visits to Windsor Castle, the reconstructed Globe Theatre, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon, and various sites around Oxford.
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Sustainable Energy Futures in Denmark
This two-week program immerses students in Denmark’s innovative approach to sustainability and renewable energy. Based in Copenhagen, students learn from local experts while exploring offshore wind energy, citizen energy cooperatives, carbon-neutral neighborhoods, and other leading sustainability initiatives. Program highlights include an overnight visit to Samsø’s award-winning Energy Academy, a sustainability-focused bike tour, and opportunities to experience Danish culture and cuisine firsthand.
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Paris in Symbols
This two-week program invites students to explore Paris as a global center of culture, history, and social change. Through visits to iconic landmarks, museums, neighborhoods, and cultural institutions, students examine how Paris has shaped the world—and been shaped by international movements, immigration, revolution, art, and identity.
Student Organizations & Community
Connect with your classmates through student-led organizations that center community building, creative expression, and academic success.
Inklings
Inklings brings students together through conversation, creativity, and time spent simply hanging out. Weekly gatherings offer space to share work, meet new people, and celebrate curiosity and creativity. Open to all majors, this club offers a welcoming environment for anyone who wants to drop in and be part of the community. Keep up with Inklings on Instagram for event themes and meeting details.
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society gives you a low-pressure space to share poetry, listen to others, and talk about writing together. With weekly themes, open readings, and creative activities, the group helps students grow more confident sharing their work and what they love about poetry. Follow DPS on Instagram for frequent updates and meeting schedules.
Sigma Tau Delta
Join CSU’s Pi Theta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. Members connect with fellow English studies enthusiasts while gaining access to scholarships, publishing opportunities, professional networking, and academic events. Applications open each spring, and new members are recognized at a department ceremony in May. For updates and news, follow Sigma Tau Delta on Instagram.
Undergraduate Research
Through undergraduate research, students move from studying ideas to actively shaping them. Working closely with a faculty mentor, you’ll learn how to ask big-picture questions, sit with complexity, and develop as a thinker, writer, and collaborator.
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Celebrate Undergraduate Research
The Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity Showcase (CURC) is an annual event held in April that showcases the creativity and scholarship of undergraduate students across various disciplines.
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MURALS
MURALS is an undergraduate research, leadership, and artistry symposium that provides a platform for undergraduate students to showcase their scholarly work.
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Undergraduate Research Academies
Undergraduate Research Academies provide interdisciplinary research and engaged learning opportunities for undergraduate students across a range of disciplines. Led by faculty and staff, these academies allow students to work collaboratively on a common problem or theme throughout the academic year.
Scholarships & Awards
The Department of English awards a wide range of scholarships that support students’ academic work, creative practice, and engagement beyond the classroom. These opportunities span all areas of study and reflect our commitment to scholarly excellence, cross-cultural understanding, and community‑engaged learning.
Additionally, the department hosts a variety of undergraduate awards in areas such as creative writing, literary analysis, and rhetoric and composition. Each spring, award winners and scholarship recipients are recognized at an annual reception, where faculty highlight their accomplishments.
Events & Opportunities
Throughout the year, English students can attend readings, faculty talks and lectures, alumni panels, informational sessions, and special events that enrich learning beyond the classroom. From the Creative Writing Reading Series and Rekindle the Classics to the English Studies Possibilities Fair each fall, these opportunities help students connect with the wider English community, discover academic and career pathways, and engage with new ideas and perspectives.
VIDA: Learning Community
VIDA is a first‑year Residential Learning Community that helps students build community, explore interests, and connect those interests to academics and careers. Open to Liberal Arts majors and Exploratory Studies students in select tracks, VIDA offers peer support, faculty engagement, and interactive events in Parmelee Hall’s suite-style environment.
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