A message from the chancellor
All of you know how difficult it has been to keep pace with the numerous federal changes (and subsequent court actions and administration responses) that are impacting higher education. CSU System leadership remains actively engaged with our Congressional delegation, professional organizations, and governmental affairs teams in ongoing discussions around student aid, as well as research funding, and indirect cost recoveries associated with our research mission. We’re following closely the State of Tennessee’s challenge to the law that underpins Hispanic Serving Institutions such as CSU Pueblo.
Need a pick-me-up? Find your energy thanks to the latest episode of Wiz Kid
Wiz Kid is the perpetually curious host of CSU’s educational YouTube series, which shares the science happening at the university with a global audience. The newest episode, released July 10, focuses on energy. In addition to exploring different types of energy, the episode features quick lessons from CSU experts on topics ranging from how muscles work to the science behind a special toilet that turns human waste into power.
Tony Frank: On times of uncertainty
With no shortage of economic challenges, state budgets are under increasing pressure, providing a gloomy forecast for funding of public higher education. At the same time, a narrative of the “failure” of the higher education system that has been around for some time seems to be surging. Ideologically based clashes roil campus communities, creating issues of public safety. External political pressures for greater control/accountability threaten the independence of America’s colleges and universities. Turns out the 1930s were a tough time for universities.
Warrior mentality: First-generation CSU student excels as ROTC leader
Ashley Magee is the subject of the newest video in a CSU System documentary film series called “First Degree,” which traces the personal and academic journeys of first-generation university students and young alumni as they realize the benefits of higher education. She is a junior studying health and exercise science on a full-ride ROTC scholarship.
CSU System Board approves budget and tuition
The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System approved budgets for its campuses this week that keep tuition levels low and preserve fiscal strength in the face of budget challenges and uncertainty related to the changing federal landscape. Facing a more than $1.2 billion state budget deficit, state general fund appropriations to higher education in Colorado increased by only 2.5% this year. By comparison, state legislators approved a 9% increase in funding for public higher education last fiscal year.
The latest buzz: CSU Spur’s Wiz Kid has the scoop on all things pollinators
Colorado State University Spur’s Wiz Kid is back for a second season! Join CSU’s perpetually curious educational host as she showcases the wonders of science alongside researchers from Spur, the main campus in Fort Collins, and partners from across the state. The first episode focuses on the importance of pollinators.
CSU Spur Start will allow students to complete first year in Denver
Starting in fall 2025, there will be another pathway for students to start their CSU education thanks to CSU Spur Start, a program that will bring a cohort of first-year students to the University’s innovative campus just north of downtown Denver at the National Western Center and allow them to complete the first year of their CSU degree at the satellite campus before completing the rest of their bachelor’s at the flagship Fort Collins campus.
Photos: Colorado GROW Youth Institute empowers local students to solve world’s greatest problems
Dozens of high school students came to CSU Spur for the Colorado GROW Youth Institute on April 8. Now in its second year, the event empowers Colorado students to propose solutions to problems involving food insecurity in the countries of their choice. Their ensuing research papers are eligible for scholarships from the CSU College of Agricultural Sciences, and the top students have the opportunity to represent Colorado in Des Moines, Iowa, at the World Food Prize’s Global Youth Institute.
CSU System Board of Governors welcomes Wirth, reconfirms Fischer
Accomplished business executive and leader with a strong sense of civic service and responsibility to serve community, Andrew (Andy) Wirth, has been named the newest member of the Colorado State University System Board of Governors, following a Colorado General Assembly appointment on April 7.
A message regarding the executive order to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education
Colleagues — President Trump issued an Executive Order this afternoon directing his Secretary of Education to take all necessary steps permitted by law to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education. In announcing this move, President Trump noted specifically that Pell Grants, Title I funding, and resources for special education will be preserved, with responsibility for those transferred to other departments.