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
Sundance Film Festival is bringing a film from its 2026 festival lineup to Fort Collins for a special advance screening of The Weight, with director Padraic McKinley and actor Julia Jones appearing in person for the Aug. 31 event at The Lyric’s outdoor screen.
With National Friendship Day approaching on Sunday, Aug. 2, you might think it would be a melancholy one, given the loneliness epidemic gripping the nation.
Usama Alshaibi, a teaching professor in CSU’s Department of Communication Studies, produced a documentary short film, Trip Ziggurat, that reveals his discovery of a religious pyramid in an unlikely mountainous setting in Colorado.
During the month-long fellowship, Marx will dig into the recently acquired collection of ‘Saturday Night Live’ creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels to look at how SNL became a nexus for political discourse, debate and appearances, especially since 9/11.
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.
Kayla Garcia, a nonprofit leader who was educated at Colorado State University, grew up in Pueblo, and holds deep ties to the state of Colorado, was named to the Colorado State University System Board of Governors, following confirmation by the Colorado General Assembly on April 27. Garcia, an alumna of CSU, is president and CEO of Girls Inc. of Metro Denver, where she leads a youth-serving organization serving more than 3,000 girls annually.
The fellowship supports the Graduate School’s goal of fostering excellence in scholarship, research, creative activity, community service and outreach, while advancing CSU’s land-grant mission of access and excellence across the graduate student population.
