CLA Alumni Spotlight: Andrea Day (’21)
Learn how Andrea Day (’21) has used their undergraduate degree in English to grow in their communications role at Old Firehouse Books and craft an emerging literary career.
CSU English faculty, MFA alumna win 2023 Colorado Book Awards
Please join the Department of English in congratulating incoming Visiting Assistant Professor Vauhini Vara and MFA alumna Katherine Indermaur on winning 2023 Colorado Book Awards! Presented by Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book, the awards ceremony was held at the Penrose House Garden Pavilion in Colorado Springs this past Saturday, June 10.
MFA Alums Launch A Viewing Space and Celebrate First Book
Creative Writing MFA alums Brad Vogler and Sarah Green discuss their new project A Viewing Space and first book of poetry and photography, Quietly Between, with CSU’s Department of English.
In Conversation: MFA Alumna Katherine Indermaur publishes first book “I|I”
MFA alumna Katherine Indermaur’s first book, I|I, will be published by Seneca Review Books in November 2022.
In Conversation with MFA Alum Kelly Weber
Kelly Weber (she/they) is the author of We Are Changed to Deer at the Broken Place (forthcoming Tupelo Press, December 2022) and You Bury the Birds in My Pelvis, winner of the 2022 Omnidawn First/Second Book Prize (forthcoming October 2023).
English alumna’s book finds favor on NPR’s Fresh Air
When CSU English alumna Nancy McKinley wrote St. Christopher on Pluto, she didn’t expect the book to receive national attention. But it came nonetheless as a glowing review on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air in late May.
Weathering outbreak abroad: CSU English alum teaches in China during COVID-19 pandemic
As the novel coronavirus sweeps across the globe CSU English alumna Kristen Mullen teaches in China — the site of her 2015 summer teaching program.
Film project brings Emmy-winning English alum back to Fort Collins
CSU English major John Barnhardt (B.A., ’96) used to spend hours talking about movies, shooting film and film careers. Several decades and Emmys later, he returns to use his skills in the Fort Collins community.
Former student Frank says ‘hi’ from New York
Hi guys! My name is Frank. I am from China and studied English with a language concentration at CSU. I graduated in 2019 and I am a graduate student in Applied Linguistics at Columbia University right now. Greetings from NYC! Go Rams!
Connie Johnson Shoemaker (BA English 1956, MA in English 1961) – Willard O. Eddy was my mentor
I graduated with a B.A. in English in 1956 and an M.A. in English in 1961. My philosophy mentor and life coach was Dr. Willard O. Eddy…