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CSU professors Sarah Perry and Robert Gudmestad named Colorado Book Awards finalists
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CSU faculty authors Sarah Perry and Robert Gudmestad have been named finalists for the 2026 Colorado Book Awards for acclaimed books in nonfiction and history.
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Dr Jared Orsi and graduate students study the history of Rocky Mountain National Park through repeat photography
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Read More: Dr Jared Orsi and graduate students study the history of Rocky Mountain National Park through repeat photographyOne center at Colorado State University teaches graduate students in English the literary publishing process, from manuscript to final printing, while another challenges history students to apply the tools of the historian to public lands management. When the two centers began sharing space on campus, they realized they had a ready-made…
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Dr. Sarah Payne organizes research and essays studying Japanese internment camps in New Mexico.
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Read More: Dr. Sarah Payne organizes research and essays studying Japanese internment camps in New Mexico.A team of historians from Colorado State University, working under the direction of Assistant Professor Sarah Payne at the Public Lands History Center, has completed a project to preserve and spread the stories of Japanese Americans who were detained in New Mexico confinement camps during World War II. The project,…
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New COVID-19 health protocols piloted in three CSU summer classes
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Read More: New COVID-19 health protocols piloted in three CSU summer classesThree summer courses are providing a glimpse of the new normal at Colorado State University, at least for the fall, as faculty and students return to campus with new health protocols prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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, retired professor of history, is using his good fortune to help students in the College of Liberal Arts make ends meet during the pandemic.
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John Hirn (B.A. ’93) Alumni Award Winner in 2014 and Historian of CSU Football
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Read More: John Hirn (B.A. ’93) Alumni Award Winner in 2014 and Historian of CSU FootballJohn Hirn (’93) is listed on Colorado State University’s official athletics site – CSURams.com – as a volunteer historian. It would be more accurate, however, to describe him as an accidental historian. That’s because he never dreamed he would be doing what his three children call “the job I don’t…
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Daniel Tyler (M.A. ’67) CLA Distinguished Alumnus, 2019
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Read More: Daniel Tyler (M.A. ’67) CLA Distinguished Alumnus, 2019It was 1946 when Dan Tyler was 12 and his family left their suburban Philadelphia roots to head out West. Tyler’s father had been stationed in North Africa with Field Marshal Montgomery during WWII, and when he returned home, he considered his career options. Already a successful businessperson and banker,…
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Adam Thomas (M.A. ’01) and Michael Childers (M.A. ’97) return to CSU as professors
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Read More: Adam Thomas (M.A. ’01) and Michael Childers (M.A. ’97) return to CSU as professorsWhat do you do with a passion for history? There is no one clear cut answer to this question because the possibilities are endless. While some people become historians, others go to law school, some work in museums, and some take a more circuitous route. Michael Childers and Adam Thomas,…
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Jordan Kearshner (M.A. ’17), who works for the Library of Congress as a Digital Conversion Technician, shares her thoughts on Public History
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Read More: Jordan Kearshner (M.A. ’17), who works for the Library of Congress as a Digital Conversion Technician, shares her thoughts on Public HistoryThey asked, “why are you studying history?” throughout my entire undergraduate education; they questioned, “what are you going to do with that degree? You must want to teach.” My response was always one of opposition. “Not at all,” was the common refrain, “I want to work in a museum.” However,…
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Maren Bzdek (M.A. ’07), Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Fort Collins, helped restore the Apollo 11 Mission Control Center
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Read More: Maren Bzdek (M.A. ’07), Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Fort Collins, helped restore the Apollo 11 Mission Control CenterThe Public Lands History Center at Colorado State University played an integral role in restoring the Johnson Space Center’s Apollo Mission Control Center that was used during the Apollo 11 moon landing 50 years ago. The CSU center created the historic furnishings plan that was used to restore the mission…
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Dillon Maxwell (M.A. ’19) describes recounting the history of high elevation rangeland in Northern Colorado for the National Forest Service
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Read More: Dillon Maxwell (M.A. ’19) describes recounting the history of high elevation rangeland in Northern Colorado for the National Forest ServiceIn A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold wrote, “There is an allegory for historians in the diverse functions of saw, wedge, and axe.” The saw works across years to pull out “little chips of facts”; the wedge splits wood into collective views; the axe lops limbs for the “peripheral rings of the…