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Alumni Newsletter Fall 2026
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Message From Our Chair Hello once again from the History trailer! The Department of History has now spent two years in a construction trailer while the new Ann Gill Hall…
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Colorado Day by Day
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Read More: Colorado Day by DayColorado Day by Day is an engaging, this-day-in-history approach to the key figures and forces that have shaped Colorado from ancient times to the present. Historian Derek R. Everett presents a vignette for each day of the calendar year, exploring Colorado’s many facets through distilled tales of people, places, events,…
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Dixie’s Italians: Sicilians, Race, and Citizenship in the Jim Crow Gulf South
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Read More: Dixie’s Italians: Sicilians, Race, and Citizenship in the Jim Crow Gulf SouthDixie’s Italians is the first book-length study of Sicilians and other Italians in the Jim Crow Gulf South. Through case studies involving lynchings, disenfranchisement efforts, attempts to segregate Sicilian schoolchildren, and turn-of-the-century miscegenation disputes, Jackson explores the racial mobility that Italians and Sicilians experienced. Depending on the location and circumstance,…
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History Colorado announces new State Historian’s Council
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Read More: History Colorado announces new State Historian’s CouncilDENVER, Colo. (July 16, 2018) ━ Today, History Colorado announced the formation of its first State Historian’s Council in its 139-year history in Colorado. The State Historian’s Council will be led by noted historian and author Dr. Tom Noel, who will be joined on the council by respected historians from across the state.…
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Retired professor reaches out to help CLA students
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Read More: Retired professor reaches out to help CLA studentsDan Tyler was happy to help in 2012 when former CSU President Tony Frank asked if he could assist students closing in on graduation who were struggling financially. The result was the Gateway to Graduation Scholarship, which has helped dozens of students in the College of Liberal Arts reach the…
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CSU faculty writing history of the modern U.S. Forest Service
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Read More: CSU faculty writing history of the modern U.S. Forest ServiceTwo Colorado State University faculty members have received a four-year, $200,000 grant to write an updated history of the U.S. Forest Service. Leisl Carr Childers Michael Childers and Leisl Carr Childers are assistant professors in the Department of History who left the University of Northern Iowa in 2018 to join…
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Undergraduate students share Fort Collins’ history in local bathrooms
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Read More: Undergraduate students share Fort Collins’ history in local bathroomsLocal bathroom breaks just got a lot more interesting, thanks to a Colorado State University public history course’s “in-stall project.” The project is connecting Fort Collins’ past and present — all within the stalls of public restrooms. Thomas Cauvin, a CSU assistant professor in the Department of History, assigns an interesting…
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Graduate Students studying museum methods present Brewing History: Fort Collins’ Global Connections
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Read More: Graduate Students studying museum methods present Brewing History: Fort Collins’ Global ConnectionsEditor’s note: Since this story was first posted, the Global Village Museum has decided to close until March 28 due to concerns over COVID-19. See the museum’s website for updates. A new exhibit about the history of beer brewing — both locally and internationally — opens Friday, March 6, at the Global…
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Dr. Sarah Payne and graduate students use ArcGIS mapping to create a digital history of CSU
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Read More: Dr. Sarah Payne and graduate students use ArcGIS mapping to create a digital history of CSUSpace matters. The spaces where we live, work, and play shape how we socialize with one another. Our social interactions, in turn, influence spaces. To understand what we mean, take a look at the image to the right. Now, let’s trace the images displayed around the ram’s horn, starting with…
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Dr. Ruth Alexander and a team of graduate students collect oral histories from professionals responding to the 2013 flood
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Read More: Dr. Ruth Alexander and a team of graduate students collect oral histories from professionals responding to the 2013 floodSeptember 2015 marked the second anniversary of the floods that ravaged Colorado’s Front Range. In an interview about the devastation, Jamestown Mayor Tara Schoedinger recalled a dramatic moment following days of rain: “My husband … ran outside and said, ‘There goes the gulch.’ … He came back in less than…
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PLHC Program Manager, Ariel Schnee, and RMHS teacher, Kurt Knierim, introduce high school students to careers in history
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Read More: PLHC Program Manager, Ariel Schnee, and RMHS teacher, Kurt Knierim, introduce high school students to careers in historyOn March 6, the Public Lands History Center at Colorado State University welcomed 40 high school students from Rocky Mountain High School and Berthoud High School to campus for History Day, a collaborative program that raises awareness of the history major and career options for historians. I PLHC Program Manager…