2026 College Awards Announcement
The 2026 College of Liberal Arts awards are announced.
Medieval lessons on bees and reshaping Colorado classrooms
Get the buzz on medieval bee-keeping and discover how telling untold stories can reshape classrooms, with insights from History’s faculty.
History Associate Professor Doug Yarrington publishes historical study of Venezuela in the first half of the 20th century
Doug Yarrington, an associate professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts recently published a sweeping history of Venezuela that explores the ways corruption and efforts to combat it shaped the national state during the years of its formation.
Alumni Survey Results: Liberal Arts provides versatility, confidence, and careers with impact
More than 1,600 College of Liberal Arts alumni responded to our career survey last year. The results were clear: A liberal arts degree from CSU leads to meaningful work, adaptable careers, and lasting confidence.
On the wagon for Dry January? Learn about its history and our relationship with alcohol
CSU History Instructor David Korostyshevsky discusses the origins of Dry January and humanity’s complex relationship with alcohol.
Duffy’s book explores impact of modern imperialism on environment
Andrea Duffy wrote The Nature of Empire: Modern Imperialism and the Roots of the Anthropocene, which traces the complex and conflicting ways that the environment transformed and was transformed by imperial ventures in five modern states: Britain, France, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan. It is a resource for anyone seeking to better understand the roots of today’s global environmental challenges.
The Devil’s Own Purgatory The United States Mississippi River Squadron in the Civil War
The Devil’s Own Purgatory is the first complete history of the Union navy’s Mississippi Squadron, a fleet that prowled the Mississippi River and its tributaries during the American Civil War. The squadron battered Confederate forts, participated in combined operations with the army, obliterated the Confederate fleet, protected Union supply lines, fought a river-based counterinsurgency war, raided […]
Professor of History Robert Gudmestad publishes first full account of the Civil War-era Mississippi River Squadron
Robert Gudmestad, a professor of history and current chair of the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts, recently published the first comprehensive story of the Mississippi River Squadron a Union naval fleet that patrolled the Mississippi river and its tributaries during the United States Civil War and played a significant role in securing both freedom for many enslaved people and a victory for the Union.
Three CLA employees receive City of Fort Collins Human Relations Award for 2025
Beth Seymour, Jessica Jackson, and Alexander Pittman are receiving a Human Relations Award from the City of Fort Collins in Dec 2025.
History Matters: faculty create hyperlocal history curriculum for Northern Colorado
Colorado State University’s History Matters project is transforming how local history is taught in Colorado classrooms by using a hyperlocal, place-based focus, the project builds equity-driven curricula that center the under told histories of Fort Collins, Northern Colorado and the state of Colorado.