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Celebrate CLA! Faculty and staff recognized for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service in 2026
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The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of our outstanding faculty and staff for 2026.
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Heidi Fuhrman
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Read More: Heidi FuhrmanNational Museum of American History, 2017 Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave in the hands of this CSU Ram? Heidi Fuhrman, a history major entering her senior year this fall, is spending her summer interning at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. As a Public…
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Ann Gebo
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Read More: Ann GeboU.S. National Archives, 2019 At the National Archives I worked in the reference department, meaning I was helping researchers. In particular, I was an intern for the Navy team, working primarily with Naval records. I helped researchers who came into the archives pull deck logs (day to day records logging…
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Michael Garside
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Read More: Michael GarsideFort Collins Museum of Discovery, 2019 During my spring semester at Colorado State University, I had the privilege of working as an intern for the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery(FCMOD). I was tasked to work for the archive team and assist on projects that would prove crucial for the organization.…
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Nick Unsell
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Read More: Nick UnsellAmerican Battle and Monuments Commission, 2019 During the summer I was granted the opportunity to work as an intern at the American Battle and Monuments Commission (ABMC) located in Paris, France. The ABMC is a federal agency whose mission is to operate and maintain American military cemeteries and monuments overseas…
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Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
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Read More: Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, tooDuring the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River.
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Why are there seven days in a week?
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Read More: Why are there seven days in a week?The Babylonians were astute observers and interpreters of the heavens, and it is largely thanks to them that our weeks are seven days long.
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Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse history
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Read More: Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse historyWhile the waters of Quitobaquito have attracted a wide array of peoples for more than 10,000 years, each wave of newcomers tends to erase the evidence of those who came before them.
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Dr. James Hansen, Author of Democracy’s College in the Centennial State, Reflects on CSU’s 150th Anniversary
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Read More: Dr. James Hansen, Author of Democracy’s College in the Centennial State, Reflects on CSU’s 150th AnniversaryMost of my professional life has encompassed researching, preserving, and writing about CSU’s past. I came Fort Collins in 1966 with a background in the history of higher education, and six years later, initiated a project that resulted in an institutional archive and a comprehensive study, Democracy’s College in the…
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Dr. Michael Mansfield and CSU student, Landon Schmidt, invite a WWII nurse and a German survivor to share their experiences
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Read More: Dr. Michael Mansfield and CSU student, Landon Schmidt, invite a WWII nurse and a German survivor to share their experiencesMorrison and Schendel experienced the war in very different ways. Morrison was an American nurse who tended to soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge while Schendel was forced into the Hitler Youth and endured Allied bombings. But they both endured the suffering of World War II.
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Sharing the Lessons Learned during the 2013 Colorado Flood
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Read More: Sharing the Lessons Learned during the 2013 Colorado FloodWhat can a historian do in response to life-threatening flooding? Quite a lot it turns out. By documenting the communication, cooperation, and activity of natural disaster responders, historians capture the knowledge and information-sharing process that is so crucial to future response and recovery.