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2nd Saturdays at CSU Spur offer fun, fascination, and a chance at discovery
Mark your calendars for 2nd Saturdays at CSU Spur each month, when fascinating, fun, and free entertainment awaits you and your family, whether that involves playing musical instruments, tasting and rating varieties of green chile, or even grooming stuffed animals while the real thing is undergoing surgery a few yards away.
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Water in the West panel will explore outdoor industry’s future
Three panelists will address water and the state’s outdoor industry at this year’s CSU Spur Water in the West Symposium. The theme of the day-long event is “Next Gen Water: From AI to Gen Z.” Keynotes and other panels will focus on agriculture, AI and machine learning, indigenous and tribal water, the next gen workforce, and other topics.
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Tony Frank: On standing on the eve of war
Human words, no matter how well constructed, fail us in trying to capture the complexity of emotion released by the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7.
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Tony Frank and Shirley Collado: On a new model for supporting and inspiring first-generation students
Across America’s college and universities, first-generation students make up more than 40% of each entering class, and yet they face a range of obstacles that make them less likely to graduate.
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Water in the West Symposium examines ‘next gen’ solutions to region’s water challenges
The 6th Annual CSU Spur Water in the West Symposium, occurring Nov. 9 in Denver, will bring participants together to explore artificial intelligence, demographic trends, and other factors that will be critical in addressing the region’s water challenges and crafting responses within agriculture, the outdoor industry, and other sectors.
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Salazar Center welcomes new executive director, Leslie Harroun
Leslie Harroun, a philanthropic leader with more than three decades of domestic and international experience, is the new executive director of the Salazar Center for North American Conservation.
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A gateway to life-changing education
The informal and sometimes serendipitous leaning that occurs at CSU Spur on 2nd Saturdays or during week-day visits falls on an educational spectrum that extends from school programs and adult learning to professional development and degree options.
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CSU campuses report increased total enrollment for 2023
Colorado State University in Fort Collins welcomed one of its largest classes ever this fall and also saw record enrollment of diverse students. At CSU Pueblo, increases in new freshmen and a big jump in graduate students drove an overall enrollment increase over Fall 2022. CSU President Amy Parsons and CSU Pueblo President Timothy Mottet presented their preliminary enrollment updates for Fall 2023 at the CSU System Board of Governors meeting on Thursday. Both campuses saw increases in diverse and first generation students this fall, reflecting CSU’s long-standing commitment to making education affordable and accessible. “Our System has a unique ...
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Denver Startup Week welcomes CSU to the stage
Colorado bills itself as the epicenter of entrepreneurship and innovation, and the three CSU Spur buildings in the heart of the National Western Center in Denver illustrate how one university is looking to retain its original mission while preparing for the future.
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Boettcher Foundation: Tony Frank: Everyone deserves your best [PODCAST]
Hear Tony’s insights on his childhood, career, and the pivotal lessons he learned from his dad and Abraham Lincoln. Tony discusses the challenges and triumphs of higher education, the value it brings, and his vision for the next 10 years.
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Tony Frank: On rivalry
This month marked the return of what is arguably Colorado’s greatest college rivalry: the Rocky Mountain Showdown between our state’s largest public research universities, Colorado State and the University of Colorado. While football is clearly in the spotlight around the Showdown, it gives us a chance to celebrate all CU and CSU have to offer our great state year-round. It’s also an opportunity to showcase Colorado’s rich higher education ecosystem overall, which offers affordable, accessible opportunities for anyone who wants to improve their lives through learning. And even though our students compete on the field, CSU and CU are united ...
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Partners in advancing Colorado
For more than a century and a half, the state’s flagship universities have been educating Coloradans, preparing a highly skilled workforce, fostering the discovery and innovation that improves quality of life, and serving as catalysts that drive the economy and keep Colorado competitive.
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CSU System first in the state to waive undergraduate application fees for all Coloradans
Application fees are a thing of the past for Colorado residents seeking admission to undergraduate programs at the CSU System’s three campuses: CSU in Fort Collins, CSU Pueblo, and CSU Global.
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The Greeley Tribune: Tony Frank & Kathay Rennels: 4-H, community shine at Colorado State Fair (Opinion)
In biblical times, cities were located far apart without the transportation systems we enjoy today. So, when people gathered for large religious events, there were also frequently large commercial gatherings focused on trading goods. This is where the tradition of community fairs began.
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Almost half of Colorado households have incomes of less than $75,000. Housing policy must not forget them.
The Colorado Futures Center recently released Housing Affordability Update: Focusing on Where the Need is Greatest. This update, funded by the Colorado Health Foundation, refreshes the Center’s pre-pandemic work exploring factors affecting affordability in Colorado. With an expanded focus on the housing economy, this research finds that even as the housing markets statewide are normalizing after COVID, the almost half of Colorado households earning $75,000 or less remain significantly, and increasingly, housing cost burdened. Most housing analysts consider a housing market healthy when vacancy rates hover around 5%, allowing for the necessary inventory and churn to accommodate movers and entrants into ...
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Tony Frank: On county fairs
If two years of lockdown from the COVID pandemic taught us anything, it’s that we love to be together, to gather in community, to celebrate our history and our traditions. And that’s about to happen across Colorado as we head into county fair season.
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Greater than the sum of its parts
The CSU System has released its 2023 Impact Report highlighting achievements across the System’s three degree-granting campuses and exploring systemwide initiatives and activities that benefit the state, the region, and the world.
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National award highlights CSU’s leadership in sustainability, innovations at CSU Spur
CSU Spur, fully open since January, is being held up as a national model of sustainability and innovation in higher education. CSU President Amy Parsons accepted a 2023 Excellence in Sustainability Award at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers.
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MOVEit software cyberattack notification
I am writing to inform you of a cyberattack against third-party organizations that have a relationship with many corporations and institutions of higher education across the country, including the Colorado State University System, which potentially has resulted in unauthorized access of personal information of some members of our community. No systems operated or maintained by the CSU System or the CSU campuses were breached.
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CSU Spur becomes home to startup business in agriculture
Agricultural start-up AEMS Corp is now operating out of CSU Spur – becoming the first industry partner to lease wet lab space through the CSU Spur Agricultural Innovation Center.
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Higher Education Today: Reimagining higher education: a new campus in Colorado, open to everyone
The fact that Colorado is among the top states in the country in the percentage of adults who have completed at least a bachelor’s degree is a great bragging point for educators and boosters of our communities. But it’s also misleading.
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CSU System statement on Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision
The United States Supreme Court has issued a decision regarding the use of race in the college admission process. The Colorado State University System, including CSU Fort Collins, CSU Pueblo, and CSU Global, is reviewing our various admission processes with the assistance of legal counsel to ensure we are in compliance with the Supreme Court’s decision. The CSU System remains steadfastly committed to serving the state of Colorado and the needs of the world through educating a diverse student body. We believe – and research demonstrates – that enrolling students with a broad range of experiences, skills, perspectives and identities ...
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Drumroll please: 14 new CSU programs to join CSU Spur
As the first-of-its-kind educational campus marks 18 months since opening the doors to the first building, Colorado State University announces 14 programs that will launch at the CSU Spur campus in the coming year.
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Anthony Garcia’s ‘Whirlpool’ is the newest art installation at CSU Spur
Denver artist Anthony Garcia Sr. recently completed an enormous mural, titled “Whirlpool,” at CSU Spur. The mural, which took months to complete, fills a breezeway at the Hydro building.
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CSU System Board of Governors approves campus budgets for 2023-24
The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System approved budgets for its campuses this week that keep tuition increases below the rate of inflation and legislative allowances, while focusing on compensation for faculty and staff.
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Rivers run through it
Along a stretch of the South Platte River once blocked by above-ground sewer pipes, visitors to the National Western Center in north Denver will soon find meandering trails, playground equipment, and an open-air amphitheater.
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Tony Frank: On First-Generation student success
Of all the people I’ve worked with at Colorado State University, few embody the spirit of the land grant university as much as Paul Thayer.
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A message from CSU Pueblo President Timothy Mottet
It is with an enormous sense of gratitude that I am announcing my departure from Colorado State University Pueblo, effective December 31, 2023. Though we have made many positive strides since 2017, I know I have accomplished all that I am able to do as your president. It’s time for CSU Pueblo to take the next steps in the journey to become the people’s university.
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The Denver Post: Colorado economy starting to wobble as momentum slows
Colorado’s economy is still growing, but it is losing momentum, leaving it vulnerable to outside shocks and a recession later this year, according to the latest ColoradoCast from Colorado State University.
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Introductory biology courses for nontraditional students launching at CSU Spur
This fall, the Department of Biology will roll out its first offerings of LIFE 102 and LIFE 103 biology courses, which will be based both online and in-person at CSU’s new Spur campus in Denver. The first courses available to students will launch in fall 2023.
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Tony Frank: On perception vs. reality
When a student is academically prepared for college but has no family history with higher education, they can find lots of reasons to believe that pursuing a college degree isn’t for them.
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Science takes the stage at CSU Spur
For scientists at CSU Spur, the frequent need to communicate with different audiences reflects a decade-long planning and design process that centered on developing a new model for connecting the public with researchers and the steps they take to address societal problems.
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Colorado Water Center working to create pipeline for more diverse water workforce
One-third of the U.S. water workforce will be eligible to retire within the decade, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Expanding and diversifying the U.S. water workforce is one of the Colorado Water Center’s goals.
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Becky Takeda-Tinker to return as CSU Global President
The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System has announced that former Colorado State University Global President Becky Takeda-Tinker will return to leading the campus she helped build into the nation’s first fully online, accredited public university.
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Small Business Development Center opens Feb. 14 in Douglas County, as part of innovative public-private-education partnership
On Feb. 14, the Aurora-South Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Arapahoe Community College (ACC) and the Colorado State University System opened a SBDC office within the ACC Sturm Collaboration Campus in Castle Rock, launching a one-of-a-kind partnership in South Denver that will leverage diverse resources to serve small business owners and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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Expanding dual enrollment options across CSU System: access, affordability, and high aspirations
Options for getting high school and college credit at the same time, known broadly as dual enrollment programs, are proliferating, both across the state and across the CSU System.
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Legislature confirms Baker, Valdez to CSU System Board of Governors
The Colorado General Assembly on Feb. 8 confirmed the appointment of one new member and one returning member to the Colorado State University System Board of Governors. Lakewood businessman Raymond T. Baker and current Board of Governors Vice Chair Armando Valdez were nominated by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis for the governing board seats.
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CSU Spur welcomes visitors for 2nd Saturdays in 2023
A year of “2nd Saturdays at CSU Spur” begins on Saturday, Feb. 11, with a day of free, family-oriented programs, activities, and demonstrations centered on the campus’s core themes of food, water, and health.
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CSU and EDA announce a planning grant for enhancing Broadband in rural Colorado through CSU’s Extension Offices
The Economic Development Administration awarded $301,030 to the Colorado State University System for a planning grant to promote and enhance economic development in rural Colorado.
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Brandon Bernier named CIO of the CSU System
Brandon Bernier, vice president for information technology and chief information officer for Colorado State University in Fort Collins, has taken on the dual role of CIO for the CSU System, effective December 2022.
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Video: Visitors’ reactions at Hydro grand opening
From cat and dog surgeries to equine sports medicine demos, visitors of all ages enjoyed the excitement of the Jan. 6 grand opening of Hydro at the CSU Spur campus.
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New lab at CSU Spur will use 6 types of water to test innovative treatment solutions
The Water Technology Acceleration Platform (Water TAP) lab is housed in the newly opened Hydro building on the CSU Spur campus. Here, a team of researchers led by CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Sybil Sharvelle will test a variety of water treatment technologies on six different sources.
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CSU Day at the Stock Show and CSU Spur
From roping and riding to photos with CAM the Ram, CSU Day returned to the National Western Stock Show on Jan. 14.
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Hydro opening marks realization of vision for innovation at CSU Spur
Cowbells and the escalating rumble of stock show activity punctuated a Friday afternoon celebration marking completion of the CSU Spur campus and the opening of Hydro, a building focused on water research, innovation, and engagement.
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CSU Spur: What a difference a year makes
In one day short of a year, the CSU Spur campus in Denver will open all three of its buildings in a first-of-its-kind campus made for the public and offered by a higher education institution.
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Tony Frank and Jim Lochhead: On a new water future at CSU Spur
Back in 2017, at the Biennial of the Americas, Colorado State University and Denver Water announced plans to work together to support a new future for water research, policy, education and innovation. This week, that vision comes fully to life with the opening of the Hydro building on the CSU Spur campus at the National Western Center.
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With opening of Hydro, CSU Spur fills out a “menu” for creativity, collaboration
The opening of Hydro, the largest of CSU Spur’s three buildings, rounds out an urban campus that was created as a sort of laboratory aimed at finding new ways to engage, inform, and inspire the broader community.
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CSU Spur opens third and final building on Jan. 6; campus offers free, year-round, public education in Denver
The CSU Spur campus will soon be complete with the opening of the third and final building at CSU Spur, the Hydro building. A public ribbon-cutting and grand opening event will be held at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, at CSU Spur, 4817 National Western Dr., Denver, 80216.
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