CSU professor named Colorado State Historian

DENVER — History Colorado, a division of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, has named Colorado State University history professor Jared Orsi to the role of Colorado State Historian and the leader of the State Historian’s Council.

Orsi succeeds Regis University professor Nicki Gonzales in those leadership roles.

“It is humbling to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Nicki Gonzales and the many distinguished state historians who preceded her,” Orsi said in a news release. “I look forward to working with the amazing History Colorado staff and State Historian’s Council members to tell the rich stories of our state. Colorado is a…