CLA Alumni Spotlight: Cairn Carr (’24)
Six months into teaching English as a Second Language in South Korea, Cairn Carr (’24) discusses her new job and shares how her undergraduate experience at CSU prepared her for living and working abroad.
Assistant Professor Sarah Perry’s new book ‘Sweet Nothings’ offers depth, joy and connection through candy
In “Sweet Nothings: Confessions of a Candy Lover,” Perry explores the way candy acts as a conduit to greater conversations about art and philosophy, body image, love and desire, class and culinary history.
ACT Human Rights Film Festival celebrates 10 years this spring
This spring Colorado State University’s ACT Human Rights Film Festival will celebrate its tenth festival edition April 2-6, 2025.
CLA Alumni Spotlight: Alex Keenan (’18)
Writer, editor and violinist Alex Keenan (’18) loves to tell a good story. Whether through words, music or roleplaying, crafting narratives allows her to connect with others daily at her job and in her personal life.
Fort Collins Book Fest returns Feb. 7-17 with fresh lens, ‘Open Pages Open Minds’
Fort Collins Book Fest is set to make its return Feb. 7-17 and will feature 20 authors—including headliners Deborah Jackson Taffa and Christine Day, as well as CSU Professor and poet Sasha Steensen.
Associate Professor Ramona Ausubel selected as Science + Literature award winner for latest novel
Ramona Ausubel, an associate professor of creative writing in the Department of English, has been named a 2025 Science + Literature award recipient by the National Book Foundation for her novel, The Last Animal.
CSU’s Center for Literary Publishing awarded record fourteenth NEA Grant
This year’s $15,000 in funding will support the publication of the latest title in the Mountain/West Poetry Series—I Woke a Lake, by California poet Susan McCabe—and two issues of Colorado Review.
Outstanding education grad overcomes personal hardships to find success
Jesse Venegas is an outstanding graduate from the Educator Preparation Program in the School of Education at Colorado State University. A student-veteran and transfer to CSU, Venegas departs having achieved great things, all while overcoming hardships, and the tough balance between life and academics. He is a candidate to earn Latin Distinction as a cum laude graduate in English education.
Outstanding School of Education graduate finds confidence and purpose through teaching
Payton Parker, an outstanding graduate of the School of Education at Colorado State University, edited her story and found her purpose in teaching.
CLA Grad Students Win at the CSU Grad Showcase 2024
Colorado State University graduate students presented their creative work, research and entrepreneurship during the 2024 GradShow on Nov. 20. Out of 241 participants across all eight colleges, five CLA students won top honors.