Childers, who specializes in the modern American West and the environment, will be at the Center for the Fall 2024 semester working on his book, ‘The Mountains are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park.’
The U.S. Department of State recently selected two Colorado State University undergraduates as Critical Language Scholars, a prestigious program that provides intensive overseas language and cultural immersion for college students.
Thirty-two years ago, CSU alumni Paulo and Peggy Neves and their two teenage sons moved to the United States from Bahia, Brazil, and started roasting coffee beans in a small backyard shed at their home in Fort Collins.
Ruth Alexander’s research into the history of climbing at Rocky Mountain National Park revealed important stories to tell about access to our public lands.
In the southwestern corner of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on the border between Arizona and Mexico, one finds Quitobaquito, the second-largest oasis in the Sonoran Desert. There, with some effort, one might also find remnants of once-thriving O’odham communities and their predecessors with roots reaching back at least 12,000 years—along with evidence of their […]
The U.S. citizenship test – which immigrants must pass before becoming citizens of the United States – has this question: “Name one problem that led to the Civil War.”