The 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award program has honored four liberal arts alumni at the college and university level. Here are this year’s recipients.
William E. Morgan Alumni Achievement Award: Kathleen Pitre
Jim & Nadine Henry Award: Gary and Joni Ozzello
College of Liberal Arts Honor Alumnus Award: Joe Conrad
Join us in celebrating our College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Grads for Spring 2026.
Four Colorado State University students have earned recognition for their filmmaking, winning a Heartland Student Production Award in the college non-fiction long form category from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of our outstanding faculty and staff for 2026.
Tara Opsal, a professor and current chair of the Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts, has been named the William E. Morgan Endowed Chair in the College. A nationally respected public sociologist, Opsal advances community-engaged reform in the criminal legal system, examining how it produces harm and inequality and developing pathways for change. She is also the director of the Criminal Justice and Victimization Institute at Colorado State University. As Morgan Chair, Opsal will use dedicated time and resources to expand CJVI as a hub for community-engaged, interdisciplinary justice research across Colorado.
Beth Seymour, Jessica Jackson, and Alexander Pittman are receiving a Human Relations Award from the City of Fort Collins in Dec 2025.
Published by Penn State University Press, “The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights” reveals that U.S. activists used Hitler’s anti-homosexual campaign to fuel arguments for LGBTQ+ rights as early as the 1930s.
Dr. Thomas R. Dunn published his second book The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights (Penn State University Press). The book launches the press’ new Troubling Democracy series, co-edited by Lisa Flores and Christa Olson. In support of the book, Dr. Dunn has been done extensive promotion, including: An interview […]
The new academic year brings new and returning leaders to the CSU College of Liberal Arts to help direct program launches, department milestones and college goals.
The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of the outstanding faculty and staff for 2025.
