by Lauryn Bolz – October 28, 2019 – This story originally appeared in The Collegian The ACT Human Rights Film Festival brought global social justice to Colorado State University’s front door through education and art at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art on Oct. 24. As part of their Year-Round series, ACT (which stands for […]
It’s not every day you unexpectedly see one of your favorite musicians casually walk past you on campus. Especially when the musician is from your home state. And, especially, when the musician is a reason you pursued graduate studies. In fact, it was the first day of the 2019-20 academic year – Monday, August 26, […]
On August 22, ACT Human Rights Film Festival kicks off the school year by screening an inspiring film about a group of tween girls who have learned that bystanders don’t catalyze change. Meet the “Radical Monarchs,” a group of 8 to 13-year-old girls of color from Oakland, CA, who are at the front lines of social justice. The film, We Are the […]
This story originally appeared in CSU SOURCE and is written by Tony Phifer. Eighteen hours after etching her name in broadcasting history books, Jenny Cavnar was still trying to get her bearings. A whirlwind of activity – including a doctor’s appointment with 7-month-old son Vin, a phone call from the CEO of AT&T, and fielding […]
This story originally appeared in the July 2019 edition of the CSU Alumni Association’s Alumline For more than 20 years Carol (B.A. Speech Arts, ’67) and Jim Nussbaumer (B.S. Electrical Engineering, ’67; M.S. Electrical Engineering, ’78; M.S. Computer Science, ’92) have traveled from their Estes Park, Colo., home to Embangweni, Malawi, for weeks at a […]
Mahalia Henschel, communication studies major and leadership minor, received the Outstanding Junior in the College of Liberal Arts award from Phi Kappa Phi on April 3, 2019. Phi Kappa Phi is an all-discipline National Honor Society promoting academic excellence and service to others. In order to be eligible for the award, students must be in […]
Happy Friday. Happy first Friday of May and a gorgeous morning it is. A wonderful way to begin to wind down our semester. I am seeing emails announcing that MA students are defending their theses. That is great news and another sure sign that spring is here. Hey lots of different bits of news this […]
Less than 90 minutes before the documentary film “Fog of Srbrenica” was set to play at the 2017 ACT Human Rights Film Festival, Serbian filmmaker Samir Mehanovic’s cell phone rang. Mehanovic, who has the physique of a former Olympic weightlifter, was casually walking the few blocks from The Armstrong Hotel to the afternoon screening at […]
Happy Friday. The last Friday of April and it has dawned a beautiful morning. I hope all is well for you as you close out this week. I have little to report this week (how often have I started Friday emails that way and they end up several pages long?). Lin Kidder will be in […]
Folks: Happy Friday! I hope all is well with all of you. Some of you already know this first bit of news. Nancy has accepted a position at UNC. Her last day will be next Friday. While Nancy has been her under a year, she is already deeply embedded in our community. She has brought […]
