Paul Metz Appointed Interim Chair of the Dept. of Music, Theatre and Dance

For the 2014-2015 academic year, Dr. Paul Metz will serve as interim chair of the Dept. of Music, Theatre and Dance at Colorado State University. This appointment follows the announcement that Dr. Todd Queen, department chair since 2009, was named dean of the Louisiana State University College of Music and Dramatic Arts. Dr. Metz received […]


New Arts Leadership & Administration Summer Course

LEAP 500 – Leadership in the Arts 8-week Term: June 16 – Aug. 8, 2014 Graduate Course Description: An enduring question regarding leadership is whether it comes naturally to only some individuals, is it developed by habit through practice, or is it something that can be learned. In the arena of arts management and policymaking, the […]



2016 UCDA Poster Design Award

CSU Theatre & Dance Posters Win National Design Award

CSU’s 2012-2013 Theatre & Dance season posters, designed by alum Nathan Young, won an Excellence Award in the University & College Designers Association’s 42nd annual Design Competition. Have you seen the similarly designed posters for the upcoming Fall Dance Concert and Little Women around campus and the city?


LEAP Institute Professor Named to Irish Arts Journal Advisory Board

LEAP Institute for the Arts professor Constance DeVereaux has been named to the International Advisory Board of the Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy. The School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College in Dublin launched the publication this fall. According to the journal’s website, the organization “aims to provide an accessible […]


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Friends of the UCA: New Opportunities in Giving

The Department of Music, Theatre & Dance is celebrating its fifth year in the University Center for the Arts during the 2013-2014 season. In the past five years, the walls of the University Center for the Arts at Colorado State have held countless performances, premieres, artists, and exhibitions that have reached thousands of students and […]


University Center for the Arts Spring Exterior

CSU ranked No. 2 among international students

In an April 25, 2013 story, the Northern Colorado Business Report reports that CSU ranked No. 2 among international students FORT COLLINS – CSU has moved up one spot to No. 2 in the United States in international student satisfaction, according to a worldwide survey. The rankings, released Thursday by International Student Barometer, were based […]


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Warhol Campbell’s Tomato Soup Can Restoration

Beloved University Landmark to Travel to Los Angeles This Spring The Colorado State University Art Museum is pleased to announce that the Campbell’s Tomato Soup Can, which is currently installed in front of Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the Arts, is to be restored this spring. The large scale can, signed by […]


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Points of Pride – Theatre and Dance Alumni News

Welcome to the spring edition of Points of Pride, news devoted to alumni of the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance at Colorado State University. Read our current Class Notes submissions, watch videos about the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival hosted by the University Center for the Arts (including scenes from Walt Jones and Company’s […]


Department of Music, Theatre & Dance Professors Receive 2010 Best Teacher Awards

Colorado State University will honor the 2010 Best Teacher Award recipients during a reception at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 8, in the Lory Student Center North Ballroom. The Colorado State University Alumni Association and its affiliate student group, the Student Alumni Connection, recognize outstanding Colorado State University educators each year with Best Teacher Awards. “The […]