Together, We Connect
In a 2021 monthly series, we share stories that reflect our curiosity, ability to adapt, engagement with the community, and research and creative expertise. This month, we are focusing on community engagement.
CSU history students to launch online exhibit about Genghis Khan in April
Twelve Colorado State University history students have created an online exhibit called “Genghis Khan and the Empire He Created,” which the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures will debut in April.
Souls under Siege: Stories of War, Plague, and Confession in Fourteenth-Century Provence
Nicole Archambeau explores how the inhabitants of southern France made sense of the ravages of successive waves of plague, the depredations of mercenary warfare, and the violence of royal succession during the fourteenth century.
Adeline Renstrom, Public Lands History Center, 2019
History can be used to determine the worth of a park, a house, or a story told by someone and all that information that is derived from historical research can then in turn change the outcome of the future.
Nora Simón, Fort Collins District Office for Congressman Joe Neguse, 2019
My favorite part of this experience was gaining a new understanding of how history plays a role in the legislative process.
Logan Haas, Public Lands History Center, 2019
During this internship I had the opportunity to see the day to day operation of a research based organization, assist in organizing a Brown Bag lunch, help advertise the American West Program, and write a blog post for the PLHC’s website. When I first started I was nervous that I would be out of place at the PLHC, but ultimately I managed to fit in there.
Charlie Dreyer, Documentary Film Project Internship, 2019
Throughout my time both volunteering and interning with the CSU150 project, I have found myself learning new and interesting History, gaining new skills, and improving my ability to convey information to others in a positive and enjoyable manner.
Suazo Brandt, Public Lands History Center, 2019
At the PLHC we built oral history info documents, reorganized oral histories, and worked as part of a team preserving important historic information.
Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of faith on the $20 bill
Harriet Tubman worked as a slave, spy and eventually an abolitionist. Her belief in God helped her remain fearless.
Collaboration with Poudre School District
By Kurt Knierim “This is some of the best professional development I have ever attended,” said a participant in the third installment of a collaboration between the CSU Department of History and social studies teachers throughout Poudre School District. With the demise of the federal Teaching American History grants in 2011, there was a void […]