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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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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…
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Eric Newcombe (Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, 2019)
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Read More: Eric Newcombe (Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, 2019)This summer I was a summer staff intern with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office in Salem, OR. Through this incredible opportunity I was able to gain experience with multiple different aspects of historic preservation including the preserving the built environment, archaeology, technical preservation, community outreach, grant programs and the…
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Kylee Cole (City of Fort Collins’ Historic Preservation Division, 2018)
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Read More: Kylee Cole (City of Fort Collins’ Historic Preservation Division, 2018)During the summer of 2018 I had the privilege to work at the City of Fort Collins’ Historic Preservation Division. My advisor Dr. Sarah Payne introduced me to Maren Bzdek who served as my supervisor during my internship and quickly became a valuable friend and mentor. From June to August,…
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Leslie Moore (Greater Portland Landmarks, 2019)
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Read More: Leslie Moore (Greater Portland Landmarks, 2019)I spent my summer interning at Greater Portland Landmarks in Portland, Maine. The local nonprofit hired four graduate-student interns to survey two neighborhoods in the city that will be impacted by rising sea levels. This climate change survey was the first of its kind in the state! For each building…
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Dustin Clark (Yellowstone National Park, 2017)
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Read More: Dustin Clark (Yellowstone National Park, 2017)What is Public History? I am always asked this question when I tell people I am a graduate student studying Public History. The National Council on Public History (NCPH) defines it as “history put to work,” which is what I did this summer at Yellowstone National Park (YNP). As a…
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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.