Colorado State University

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Colorado State University (also referred to as Colorado State , Country, and CSU ) is a public research university located in Fort Collins, in the US state Colorado. The university is the state land grant university, and the flagship university of Colorado State University System.

Current enrollment is approximately 33,058 students, including students of resident and non-resident instruction. The University has about 2,000 faculties in eight colleges and 55 academic departments. Undergraduate degree is offered in 65 subject areas, with a master's degree in 55 fields. Colorado State awarded a doctorate in 40 subject areas, in addition to a professional degree in veterinary medicine.

In fiscal year 2012, CSU spent $ 375.9 million on research and development, ranked 60th in the country as a whole and 34 when excluding medical school expenses. CSU graduates include Pulitzer Prize winners, astronauts, CEOs, and two former Colorado governors.

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History

Initial years

Derived from the Morrill Act, the act of creating the university was signed by the Governor of the Colorado Region Edward M. McCook in 1870. While the council of 12 guardians was formed to "buy and manage property, upright buildings, set ground rules for governing agencies and employing buildings, "the almost complete lack of funds by the territorial legislature for this mission severely hampered progress.

The 30 acre (120,000 m ² ) land package for the campus was changed in 1871 by Robert Dazell. In 1872, the Land Improvement Company of Larimer District donated a package of 80 acres (320,000 m²). The first $ 1,000 built building was finally allocated by the territorial legislature in 1874. However, the funds were not, and the guardians were asked to find the appropriate amount, which they eventually obtained from local residents and businesses.

Among the agencies that donate co-funding are local Grange, which is heavily involved in the early establishment of the university. As part of this effort, in the spring of 1874, Grange no. 6 held a picnic and cultivation event on the corner of College Avenue and West Laurel Street, and then sowed and planted 20 hectares (80,000 mÃ,²) of wheat in a nearby field. Within a few months, the university's first building, a 16-foot red brick building (4.9 m) - about 24 feet dubbed "Claim Shanty" has been completed, providing the first real presence of the institution at Fort Collins.

After Colorado reached state status in 1876, the territorial law establishing the college was asked to be reauthorized. In 1877, the state legislature established a State Council of Farming of eight members to organize the school. At the beginning of the 21st century, the governing council changed its name to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System. The legislature also authorized a railroad across the campus and a factory levy to raise money for the construction of the first main building of the campus, Old Main, completed in December 1878. Despite the crack walls and other structural problems suffered during the first year, the building was opened on time to welcome the first five students on 1 September 1879 by university president Elijah Evan Edwards. Registration increased to 25 in 1880.

During the first semester at Colorado Agricultural College in the autumn of 1879, this school served as a college prep school rather than a college because of the lack of well-trained students. As a result, the first course offerings are arithmetic, English, US history, natural philosophy, horticulture, and agricultural economics. The students also work on college farms and attend the daily chapel service. The spring term gives the first true college level instruction. Despite his achievements, Edwards resigned in the spring of 1882 due to a conflict with the State Agricultural Council, a young faculty member, and with students. The next appointment of the board as president was Charles Ingersoll, a graduate and former faculty member at Michigan State Agricultural College, who started his nine years in CAC with only two full-time faculty members and 67 students, 24 of whom were women.

President Charles Ingersoll

Agricultural research will grow rapidly under Ingersoll. The Hatch Act of 1887 provides federal funds to establish and maintain experimental stations in tertiary land grants. Ainsworth Blount, CAC's first professor of practical agriculture and College Farm manager, has been known as a "one person trial station", and Hatch Law extends its original station to five Colorado locations. The curriculum is also expanded, introducing engineering courses, zoology, and liberal arts. New faculty members bring expertise in botany, horticulture, entomology, and irrigation techniques. CAC made its first attempt at animal science during 1883-84, when it recruited the animal surgeon George Faville. Faville performs a free weekly clinic for student instruction and care for animals that are suffering or injured. Veterinary science in college languished for many years after Faville's departure in 1886.

President Ingersoll believes the school ignores special programs for women. Despite the reluctance of the institutional board, CAC began to open the door for liberal arts in 1885, and by Ingersoll last year at the CAC, colleges have instituted the "Women's Course" offering junior and senior women classes in drawing, stenography and typing, foreign languages, gardening landscapes and psychology. Ingersoll's trust in liberal but practical education contradicted the narrow focus of the State Agricultural Council, and the final clash in April 1891 led to his resignation. In 1884, the CAC will celebrate the commencement of its first three graduates.

Professor Louis G. Carpenter Professor Louis G. Carpenter

One of the famous professors was Louis George Carpenter (28 March 1861 - 12 September 1935) who loved to be called "Professor Carp." He is a college professor and then Dean of Engineering & amp; Physics at Colorado State University was formerly known as Colorado Agricultural College. He is also an Engineer, Mathematician and Irrigation Engineer and Consultant.

Carpenter began teaching mathematics at Michigan State Agricultural College and did so from 1883 to 1888.

Carpenter was recruited by President Charles Ingersoll and received an Engineering & amp; Department of Physics from Colorado Agricultural College. It was there where he started his first organized and systematic college program for irrigation engineering. Those who completed the instruction were awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Irrigation Engineering. In addition, Carpenter is a strong advocate for expanding educational opportunities for minorities and women. She helps promote and organize a new accredited degree program despite being opposed by those who do not want to change.

Carpenter rejected the Presidency of the college (later university) in 1891 and several times during his tenure. Although it is difficult to enforce change, it is significant in being able to help turn colleges that focus on agriculture into universities with higher learning.

In 1889 he became director of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station.

Carpenter is one of the leading experts in the field of irrigation systems. During his lifetime he investigated irrigation systems not only in North America but also in Canada and Europe. This leads to its engineering and water law consultations. He became a Colorado state engineer who he held for several years while still teaching.

In 1911, Carpenter left academics and founded an engineering consulting firm in Denver, Colorado. This includes not only including Irrigation Techniques but consulting on hydraulic construction projects and problems associated with such projects. He did this around Canada, the United States and Western Europe with his brother running the office until his retirement in 1922. He left many papers to the University and was awarded an honorary doctorate before his death in 1935.

The turn of the 20th century

Alston Ellis was short of funds and decided quickly in 1895 to reduce the number of Experimental Stations. Female students grew in numbers from 44 in 1892 to 112 in 1896, and in the fall of 1895, a new domestic economic program at the college existed. Football had a one-year job at the CAC in 1893, but Ellis is not a supporter of extracurricular activities and is especially hostile towards football.

Barton Aylesworth became the fourth president of the school in 1899, and his combination of non-confrontational style with the presence of the Colorado Cattle and Horse Association on government councils allowed farms and farming to take college farming programs to new heights, profoundly affecting the entire school. Initially, the influence of livestock interests brought tremendous progress to CAC's agricultural program. Enrollment increased fourfold, studies in the veterinary field were rebuilt, and the CAC Experimental Station benefited from lobbying that eventually gained state allocations. Finally, conflicts with agricultural interests may have prompted Aylesworth to begin promoting a more balanced curriculum in the CAC, which he then fought hard to defend. The conflict also made him tired and negotiated his resignation.

Aylesworth is a great supporter of extracurricular activities. Football returned to college in the fall of 1899, but baseball was the most popular sport in school. In 1903, the women's basketball team won the first unofficial CAC athletic championship, culminating with victory over the University of Colorado. New clubs, fraternities, and associations also emerged. In 1905, the school had a new music department, which two years later became the Conservatory of Music.

President Charles Lory

Taking office in 1909, CAC President Charles Lory oversaw the maturation of schools and reconciled long-standing conflicts between proponents of a broad or specialized curriculum. He started the schedule demanding personal appearances to make Colorado Agricultural College known as an institution that caters to the needs of the country. One of Lory's other important achievements is to put the school in a solid fiscal land, meet the rising construction costs and free the debt institutions.

The beginnings of World War I affected all aspects of the CAC, but no impact was more evident than in institutional programs for farmers. World War I created demands for American agricultural products, and CAC formed new food production committees, information services and cultivation projects to help increase the production and conservation of food in Colorado. World War I also attracted people from campus to the European battlefield. In June 1916, the National Defense Act created the Reserve Officers Training Corps. A few months later the CAC signed up to set up a ROTC unit at Fort Collins and raise up the dead National Guard unit on campus.

During the early 1930s, the activity of the CAC community was strongly influenced by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The Counseling Service organizes aid programs for the inhabitants of East Colorado, among which the survey found 20,000 to be in dire need of food, and helped defend farmland threatened by pests and drought. President Lory is trying to help Colorado farmers by encouraging major tax reforms to free them from the high tax burden, and to play an important role in the 1930s project that supplies irrigation water for agricultural development in East Colorado.

Lory and the State Council have their own challenges on campus. In response to claims that the university was falling behind national standards, the board of retirees or demoted some senior professors and administrators who considered passing the peak of their proficiency, and hired newly held doctoral personnel while temporarily consolidating part of the lecture program. The student petition led to the governing council to change the name of the college to more accurately reflect the diversity of its academic programs, and in 1935 the school became Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts , or Colorado A & M for short. After 31 years of leadership, President Lory announced his resignation in 1938.

From World War II to the modern era

Soon after Pearl Harbor, Colorado A & amp; M began to look like a military post, with a campus serving as many as 1,500 soldiers. New President Roy Green tries to prepare for the sudden departure of students and the arrival of soldiers by upgrading ROTC facilities, and introducing military training programs. Although the soldiers apply to the campus, enrollment of students at Colorado A & amp; M, 1.637 in the fall of 1942, dropped to 701 in the fall of 1943, and female students outnumbered their male counterparts for the first time. When the war ceased in 1945, troops returning from Europe and the Pacific filled US higher education institutions. Nearly 1,040 students attended college in the fall of 1946, and about 1,600 students enrolled in the spring of 1946. Nearly 80 former "Aggies" died in World War II including the soccer talent of Lewis "Dude" Dent.

Colorado A & amp; M became a university under Bill Morgan

Colorado A & amp; M released his image as a narrow engineering college and became a university in appearance and degree during the 1950s under president Bill Morgan. Provide adequate student housing for an increasing number of youth approaching college age and improve the narrow learning facilities between Morgan's first leadership tests. He replied, and five new boarding houses were finished between 1953-1957.

Academic offerings grew to include a higher degree. The State Agricultural Council approved a doctorate in civil engineering in 1951, and three years later allowed other departments eligible to offer a doctorate. Morgan believes that students who get this advanced degree must hold it from the university, and start a campaign to change the Colorado A & amp; M. In 1957, the Colorado General Assembly approved the new name Colorado State University.

1960: Student activism

Colorado State became an intense student activism scene during the 1960s and early 1970s. A strict campus rule reduction for women was one of the early targets of student activists, who came to the forefront in 1964 when a 21-year-old student moved into off-campus housing that was not approved to accommodate her working hours as a student newspaper editor.

The civil rights movement on campus also takes momentum and visibility. In the spring of 1969, shortly before Morgan retired, the Mexican-American and African-American student organizations presented a list of demands to university officials especially urging increased recruitment of students and minority employees. The protesters' occupation of the Administration Building continued into Morgan's front yard. Students and university representatives put their concerns on state officials, but Colorado lawmakers rejected subsequent university requests for funds to support minority recruitment.

Anti-military protests took place in dramatic form in Colorado State from 1968-70. On March 5, 1968, several hundred students and lecturers with anti-war sentiments marched to Fort Collins' downtown War Memorial and wiped blood on the plaque attached to the memorial. Hecklers and blockaders create such disturbances so the police have to disperse the non-demonstrators. In May, 1970, when campus peace activists held a second day of student strikes at the gymnasium in response to the US invasion of Cambodia and the deaths of students at Kent State University, one or more burnings burned the Old Main, destroying 92-year old Colorado State runway.

2000s: CSU under President Penley

In a welcome speech for the fall semester of 2007, former CSU President Larry Edward Penley called for CSU to set standards for a 21st century public land research university grant. He has identified as the heart of this ideal contribution to the welfare and quality of life of local and international communities, in part through the development of relationships and collaboration with federal research partners, business communities and key industries. Part of this approach is the new Supercluster research model in the State of Colorado, designed to take advantage of interdisciplinary issues-based research on urgent global issues in which universities have specialized expertise and link research results to the market. Early superclusters in infectious diseases and in cancer research have been launched, and Supercluster's upcoming clean energy corresponds to the overall emphasis on campus sustainability. A wind farm is being built to drive the main campus, and new dormitory buildings have been built according to national green building standards. A sustainability advisory committee has been charged to coordinate green activities at Colorado State.

While maintaining a historic relationship with local farming, government officials also emphasized the desire to be more connected with the local community. Currently, CSU is a UniverCity, multi-organizational initiative that connects schools with municipalities, communities, and business associations to expand and synchronize working relationships. Another goal set by the university is to improve undergraduate education. Important tasks, according to Penley, are access and graduation rates, especially for low-income students and quality minorities, and international education within the scope that is relevant to the global economy.

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Campus

Colorado State University is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, a middle town of about 142,000 inhabitants at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains south. The university campus is 583 acres (2.4 km) in downtown Fort Collins, and includes a 101 acre medical veterinary hospital (0.41 km). The CSU is also home to the 1,448 acre Foster Campus (5.8 km), an 1.575 acre (1.4-acre) agricultural campus, and 1.177-acre (4.8 km ² ) park mountain Pingree Park. CSU uses 4,043 acres (16.4 km ² ) for Colorado State Forest Service research centers and stations outside Larimer County.

Main campus

At the heart of the CSU campus is located Oval, a vast green area of ​​2,065 feet (629 m) around, lined with 65 American Elm trees. Designed in 1909, the Oval remains a major activity center and landmark in CSU. The Administration Building, built in 1924, faces the Oval from the south end, while some academic and administrative buildings occupy its perimeter. The Music Building, after the university library, is now home to the Institute for Learning and Teaching, which provides academic and career counseling and other student-focused programs. The music department moved to the University Center for the Arts at its opening in 2008.

In the northwest corner of the Oval is Ammons Hall, formerly a women's leisure center and now home to the University's Welcome Center. Just east of Ammons stands the Guggenheim Hall, which currently houses the Department of Manufacturing Technology and Construction Management. The building was built in 1910 as a gift from US Senator Simon F. Guggenheim to promote home economic studies, and was recently renovated in accordance with green building standards. Complementing Ovals is the Weber Building, Statistics House, Occupational Therapy Building, and Laurel Hall.

Another campus focal point is the main plaza, where there is the Lory Student Center and the Morgan Library, as well as several academic buildings. The Lory Student Center, named for former CSU president Charles Lory, houses Student Media, many offices of the organization, Student Government, and dining, drinking and learning spaces. The Morgan Library was originally built in 1965 and named for former CSU president William E. Morgan. Following the flood of '97, the facility passed a vast improvement project that included the addition of main building and renovation of existing structures, with work completed in 1998. Current ownership includes more than 2 million books, bound journals, and government documents. The Morgan library also contains an additional 13,000 square feet called Study Cube that accommodates an additional 80 visitors. With an ID card issued by the university, students and staff can access the Cube 24 hours a day, including during the last week. To accommodate, the Loans and Backup tables check laptop and other accessories at night if checked less than six hours before closing.

The oldest building belonging to Colorado State University is Spruce Hall, which was built in 1881. Originally a dorm that played an important role in the early growth of school student enrollment, Spruce now houses the Division of Continuing Education and the Office of Reception. The newest academic building on campus is the Behavioral Science building, completed in summer 2010. Other recent projects include the addition of the 2006 Transit Center to the north end of the Lory Student Center (LEED Gold certified), the expansion of the Student Recreation Center, and the new Computer Science Building, finished in 2008.

In 2008 CSU also opened the University Art Center, located at the old Fort Collins College. CSU bought this historic building in 1995 and has since turned it into a new home for its programs in music, dance, theater and visual arts. The three-phase development project includes 318-seat University Theater, 100-seat Studio Theater, and 24,000 square-foot Runyan Music Hall, customized exercise room and performances created from the old high school gymnasium. The center also houses the University Art Museum, the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, the 285-seat organ recital room, and the 200-seat University Dance Theater.

The campus is served by the Transfort bus service, including the MAX Bus Rapid Transit route which opened in 2014.

Animal hospital

The Veterinary Teaching Hospital Complex James L. Voss was built in 1979 and consists of four main buildings, the Main Hospital, the Horse and Food Horse Hospital, the Large Animal Farming Facility, and the Raptor Facility. Located south of the main campus at Fort Collins, Main Hospital is a full-service hospital that is divided into small and large animal clinics that annually serve 19,000 small animals and 2,700 large animals from around the world.

Foothills Campus

The 1,705-acre (6.9Ã, km ² ) Foothills Campus, located on the northwestern edge of Fort Collins, is home to the department of atmospheric sciences, as well as several research and outreach centers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Research Center for Engineering, B.W. Pickett Equine Center, Institute for Atmospheric Research Cooperation (CIRA), Colorado Wildlife Division, and Animal Reproduction Biotechnology Lab can be found on the Foothills Campus.

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Organization

Administration

Colorado State University is a public land grant institution and Carnegie Doctoral/Research University Extensive. The Board of Governors led the Colorado State University System, including the flagship campus at Fort Collins along with Colorado State University-Pueblo and CSU-Global Campus. The board consists of nine voting members appointed by the Colorado Governor and confirmed by the Colorado State Senate, and four non-voting members are elected. Voting members are community leaders from various fields, including agriculture, business, and public services. A student and faculty member from each university acts as a non-voting council member.

Currently, and the 14th president of Colorado State University is Anthony A. Frank. The 13-member Board of Governors oversees the Colorado State University System. Joe Zimlich, President and CEO of the Bohemian Company, serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors today.

At a public meeting in December 2008, the Board of Governors of the CSU System decided that it was in the best interests of all CSU Systems campuses to separate what was previously a joint position of chancellors of the CSU System and CSU president of Fort Collins. On 5 May 2009 Joe Blake was appointed a finalist for the chancellor's position.

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Academic program

Colorado State offers 150 courses in 8 colleges and 55 departments. In addition to leading programs in biomedical sciences, engineering, environmental science, agriculture, and human health and nutrition, CSU offers professional programs in disciplines including business, journalism, and construction management as well as in the liberal arts and performances, humanities, and social sciences. CSU also offers a bachelor's degree, online degree, certificate and badge.

Facts and numbers

Colorado State employs a total of 1,540 faculty members, with 1,000 on pledge of lane mastering. Students: lecturers ratio is 17: 1. CSU awarded 6,090 degrees in 2009-2010, including 4,336 undergraduate degrees, 1,420 master's degrees, 203 doctorates, and 131 Doctoral degrees of Veterinary Medicine. The current CSU president is Tony Frank.

Academy of college

College of Agricultural Sciences

Preparing students in land and natural resource management, the College of Agricultural Sciences offers majors in traditional disciplines such as agronomy, animal sciences, and horticulture and Landscape Architecture, in addition to Organic Farming and an Agribusiness degree that suits contemporary development. University facilities include greenhouses, farms, farms, and horse centers. In conjunction with the School of Education, the College of Agricultural Sciences provides an interdisciplinary program leading to a Bachelor of Science and a teaching license in Agricultural Education. Colleges offer master's degrees in Agricultural Education, Agricultural Counseling, Integrated Resource Management, and Peace Corps International Program. The College-sponsored Crops Specialization Program aims to help locally plant grower parent systems, and explore marketing opportunities for their specialty crops.

Faculty of Health and Sciences

With programs in education, individual and family development, health, housing, or clothing/interior design and merchandising, studies at the Human-centered College of Health and Human Sciences focus on social issues and quality of life issues. CHHS is one of the largest on campus with over 4,000 undergraduate students and more than 850 graduate students. Extension specialists, such as the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, provide valuable health information, nutrition, and food safety to the community. The Clinical Research Laboratory of Human Performance in the Department of Health and Exercise Science provides an evaluation of the prevention of heart attacks to underserved populations, and the Community Partnership Center works with people with disabilities. The college also has a role at the new Colorado Community Health School, which will be operated in conjunction with UC Denver Health Sciences Center and Northern Colorado University.

College of Business

College of Business Colorado State University offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with six concentrations: Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Finance, Marketing, Organizational and Innovation Management, and Real Estate. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at the Colorado State campus offers several different degrees. The Concentration of Computer Information Systems (CIS) in the Master of Science in Business Administration (MSBA) is one of the oldest CIS degrees in the country. The new Global and Sustainable MSBA Company takes environmental preservation, microfinance, public health, alternative energy and agriculture from a business perspective. Each student completes a field work summer, usually in a developing country. The Denver Executive MBA program instructs professionals, emerging business leaders and upper-level managers. For more than 40 years, CSU also provides a renowned Distance Program. The college was accredited by the Association for Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in Fall 2011.

History College of Business

Business courses (accounting, abbreviations, and typing) were first offered at Colorado A & amp; M in 1944. The first formal business program (two-year secretary certificate) was offered in 1950. The undergraduate degree in business was first offered in 1956, and within two years the Business School was established and located in Johnson Hall. In 1966, the College of Business was established and located in the Clark building. The undergraduate program at the College of Business gained AACSB accreditation in 1970, with a graduate program obtaining accreditation in 1976. In 1995, the College of Business moved into the current home at Rockwell Hall and a few years later the new Wing Class and Technology was added. The technological upgrades continued in 2002 when Rockwell Hall was fully networked for wireless computing. The College growth continued in 2005 with the approval of plans to expand Rockwell Hall and the addition of minor Businesses to College offerings. The construction of Rockwell Hall West was completed in 2009, and the following year the College hosted General Colin L. Powell as the keynote speaker to celebrate the extra opening. The College of Business is ranked Top 10 for "Best Administration Program" in 2012 and 2013 by Princeton Review. In 2014, College re-extends its program by adding two new concentrations to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Supply Chain Management and Human Resource Management.

Dean College of Business

• 1966 - 1986: Donald Dobler
• 1986 - 1996: Richard Pegnetter
• 1996 - 2002: Daniel Costello
• 2002 - 2015: Ajay Menon
• 2015 - now: Beth Walker
Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

The Walter Scott, Jr. The College of Engineering, originally the first engineering program in the state of Colorado, contains departments of Atmospheric Sciences, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Concentration of a new degree in International Engineering is available as a double degree in Liberal Arts and Engineering Science. College of Engineering students are involved in international service projects through groups such as Engineers Without Borders.

In 2005, college faculty earned $ 50 million in research expenses, exceeding the average $ 500,000 per faculty member. In FY12, the fund grew about $ 65.4 million and about 620,000 dollars for each of the 105 faculty members dedicated to research expenditure. The college has four recognized Colorado State University Research and Scholar Programs: the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, the Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology Center, the Energy and Machine Conversion Laboratory, and the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the university is the authority for the Motorsport Engineering Research Center. Research and development facilities are located near the foothills of the campus. The center is home to the university's Formula SAE team, and is home to the SAE competition of open-air cars and now, and the current EcoCAR2 team, developing the hydro-propulsion Chevrolet Mablibu sedan. The Department of Mechanical Engineering also offers a concentration of motorsports engineering at the masters and doctoral levels.

Along with the Motorsport Technique Research Center of Foothills Campus, the Department of Mechanical Engineering also facilitates the Machines and Energy conversion laboratory, now going through an expansion to become the Powerhouse Energy Institute. In this laboratory, large-scale internal combustion generators are investigated and made more efficient. This laboratory is also home to CSU companies developing Biofuel from algae. Laser Ignition Spark Plugs and Clean burning cookstoves are examples of technologies developed from this lab.

The University's Engineering Faculty also has the NSF EUV ERC, or the Technical Research Center. The facility has connections to UC Berkley and CU Boulder, and examines Extreme Ultraviolets. The building is also home to the world's largest ocean wave simulator, and an earthquake shock table for half-scale buildings. Nearby, one can find CIRA, or the Cooperative Institute for Research in Atmosphere, in conjunction with NOAA. Other sophisticated laboratories include the CHILL radar facility and a research laboratory in horse science. The center is also home to Ion Propulsion and a plasma space engineering laboratory, which is developing rocket propulsion ions to advance planetary spacecraft.

In August 2013, Colorado State University opened a new state of art of 122,000 biomedical engineering buildings for academic and research purposes. Examples of research in new facilities include single molecule biophysics nanoscale, biofuel production and environmental pollutants, biomaterials and medical equipment, nano biosensors and drug therapy.

In addition, the college has completed development at the Advanced Beam Laboratory, which provides short-pulse laser systems, high-peak power, and linear particle accelerators to research and advance particle acceleration technology, as well as advanced laser technology.

Technical colleges are highly selective, more than universities as a whole. New student classes entering the College of Engineering in the fall of 2013 have an average GPA of 3.79 and an average ACT of 27.2.

College of Liberal Arts

The college was founded in 1951 and underwent several name changes from time to time. In 1934, it was called the Division of Science and Art. In 1968, art and science colleges were divided, and became the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 1977, the college was renamed the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Finally, in 1992, it was named College of Liberal Arts.

Liberal Arts is the largest campus in Colorado State, with 12 departments and one center, over 4500 undergraduate students and 600 graduate students. Departments include: Anthropology, Art and Art History, Communication Studies, Economics, English, Ethnic Studies, History, Journalism & amp; Communication Media, Language, Literature and Culture, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology.

Warner College of Natural Resources

Warner College of Natural Resources

The origins of the College of Natural Resources Warner can be traced to the first CSU forestry field in 1904. Over the next 100 years the College has developed into a comprehensive natural resource college, and contains the academic department of Human Resources Dimensions of Nature; Geoscience; Fish Biology, Wildlife, and Conservation; Forest Ecology and Rangeland; and Ecosystem Science and Sustainability. Areas of study include forestry, fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology, geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, geomorphology, ecosystem science, rafael ecology, recreation and tourism, watershed management, and environmental science.

Colleges are also traditionally very involved in supporting the natural resources and agriculture community. The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) tracks rare and alienated species and habitats of Colorado, and Colorado Springs provides water information of all kinds. The Environmental Learning Center, located three miles (5 km) east of the campus on the Poudre River, hosts the CSU research project and educational program. The Western Center for Integrated Resource Management works on sustainability and profitability with graduate students and local farmers. The Collaborative Conservation Center fosters an innovative and lasting conservation solution for people and nature through collaboration in the US and internationally. The campus provides extensive technical assistance, training, and research opportunities for protected area managers and students in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the United States.

College of Natural Sciences

The College of Natural Sciences has the third highest enrollment of all colleges on the CSU campus with 3,684 students and the third largest psychology scholar. A quarter of participants in the CSU Honors Program are in Natural Science, and this college gives students the opportunity to participate in the Living Learning Community located in Laurel Village. Graduates and undergraduates complete their studies in departments of Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Statistics, Zoology, and Science Center of Mathematics and Educational Technology. The interdisciplinary degree program includes Cellular and Molecular Biology, Ecology, Neurosciences, and Biomedical Engineering.

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are home to the No. 2 veterinary program ranking. 3 in the country, according to US News & amp; World Report. This program is an integral part of four departments which, together with the James L. Voss Veterinary Medical Center and Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, comprise the college. Two faculty members are members of the National Academy of Sciences, five faculty members are Distinguished University Professors, and one faculty member is a Distinguished University's Faculty of Teachers. Undergraduate programs are offered in Biomedical Science, Environmental Health and Microbiology. Colleges have various graduate programs in both M.S. and Ph.D. level, many of which also require a veterinary doctor's degree. The interdisciplinary program explores biotechnology, neuroscience, resource and livestock management.

The College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University has the largest research program of any veterinary college in the world. Research facilities and programs include Robert H. and Mary G. Flint Animal Cancer Center, and Equine Orthopedic Research Center. The Environmental Health Systems Advanced Laboratory examines the use of computer-based technologies in environmental health studies. Over the past 10 years, EHASL has worked with the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control. In 1977, dean of college, William Tietz, was appointed President of Montana State University. In July 2012, the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences gained a new dean, Dr. Mark Stetter, who took over the position of Dr. Lance Perryman retired after 11 years.

Institutions and centers

• The Institute for Atmospheric Research Cooperation (CIRA)
• Information Science & amp; Technology Center at Colorado State University (ISTeC)
• The Energy Institute
• Public Landscape History Center - In 2007, a group of CSU History and Anthropology lecturers and researchers created the Center for Public History and Archeology with the dual goal of providing practical and meaningful work experience for graduate students and collaborative projects that help for public institutions such as the National Park Service. In 2010, his name was changed to the Center for Public Land History to better illustrate his collaborative focus and mission. The mission of the Center is to "encourage the production of historical knowledge through collaborative engagement with the institutions responsible for the management of protected areas, water, and other sustainable essential resources." Director of the Center is one of its founders, CSU History Professor and noted environmental historian Mark Fiege.

Ratings

US News & amp; World Report : The Professional Veterinary Program is currently ranked second in the country by the U.S. News & amp; The World's first and the country's report is in federal research dollars. In 2015 edition, AS. News & amp; World Report ' s "Higher Education" ranked CSU as # 121 among public and private universities nationwide and 58 among state universities.

US News & amp; World Report America's Best Graduate School Rank :
Top Graduate Program (2010 Ranking):

• Biological Sciences - the 82nd
• Chemistry - 45th
• Earth Science - 69th
• Math - 76th
• Physics - 70th

Top - to - 63 Engineering School (2010 rank)

• Civil Engineering - 39th
• Electrical Engineering - 66th
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering - 42th
• Mechanical Engineering - 67th

Top Graduate Program (2009 rank):

• Psychology - 91th
• Social Work - the 60th

Top Graduate Program (2008 levels):

• Master Occupation Therapy - 8

Princeton Review : Consider CSU as one of "373 Best Colleges," and named the university the "Best Western College", which refers to a prominent school in their area. The Princeton Review also includes the CSU College of Business as one of the 301 "Best Business Schools" in the country. The review cites the CSU MBA program as one of the top 10 nationally managed programs in 2007 and 2012-2015.

Business Week : Includes CSU undergraduate business program among the best in the country in 2011, ranked at # 89 In 2014, the College of Business rises to 73rd (an increase of 16th place from the year previously) in the ratings of Bloomberg Business Week.

Digest Consumer : One of the best 50 best grades for a state university

National Science Foundation : CSU is one of the top 5% national universities in terms of federal research dollars accepted for engineering and science.

The Productivity Index of Faculty Bachelors , based on faculty publications, federal grants are awarded, as well as awards and awards. Announced by Academic analysis in 2007, a high ranking department at Colorado State:

• Department of Agricultural Economics and Resources: 1
• Department of Biology: 2
• Department of Atmospheric Sciences: 3
• Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology: 5
• Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition: 8
• Department of Soil Science and Plants/Soil science: 9
• Department of Soil and Plant Science/agronomy: 10
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: 10

Famous research fields

In 2009, the total research expenditure was $ 312 million, of which $ 217 million came from federal research funds. The figures represent a 3% increase over 2008, and a 38% increase over the last five years. Historically, CSU faculty are at the forefront of radiation treatment for cancer, environmental and animal ethics, and weather forecasts. A 1961 eligibility study at CSU is essential for the establishment of the Peace Corps.

CSU teaching staff are noted for their research on major global challenges including the re-emergence of tuberculosis, clouds of air pollution in Asian cities, poor weather forecasting, nutrition and health, and bio-terrorism. CSU researchers in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences process and manage incoming data from a new satellite called CloudSat, which allows scientists to view cloud properties and vertical structures. Since its launch, CloudSat has made 5,307 orbits around Earth. Abound Solar (formerly known as AVA Solar), a start-up formed by a CSU engineering professor, is the commercialization of methods for producing solar panels at low cost and high efficiency. Other research projects have taken CSU faculty to Mexico to study dengue fever. Research in the Engine and Energy Conversion Laboratory has created a technology solution to limit pollutants from single-stroke engines, and is now widely used in the Philippines.

The Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis is dedicated to reducing the hazards and losses caused by natural, technological, and human-caused disasters. The projects have seen American Muslims after September 11, Hurricane Katrina, the BP Oil Spill 2010, and parenting planning.

The outer campus serves a variety of research activities including plant research, animal reproduction, community health and watershed management. Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) was established in 1888 in accordance with the Hatching Act of 1887, which calls for a test station at the land grant university. State and federal funds support the CAES research program. In 2007, research activities included pest management, food safety and nutrition, environmental quality, crop and animal production systems, and community and rural development. The NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra Ultra Violet Science and Technology, funded by the National Science Foundation, partnered with Colorado State University, CU-Boulder, and the University of California-Berkeley. The Center has three research thrusts in EUV Engineered Source, Imagery, Pattern, and Metrology, and the Colorado Center for Linear and Non-Linear Spectroscopies Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2) is the first research center created under the newly updated Colorado umbrella. Energy Collaboration, involving CSU, CU, Colorado Mining School, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The center develops biofuel technology and bio-refining.

New research in the Colorado State Model Supercluster brings together interdisciplinary researchers to work on topics of global concern where CSUs have demonstrated expertise. Research results are linked to the market through transfer, patent, and licensing activities by experts with a focus on each area of ​​research. CSU has established Superclusters in Infectious Disease and Cancer Research and Treatment. A third, in clean energy, is being developed.

CSU has an established research program in infectious diseases. The new Regional Biocontinainment Laboratory, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is home to scientists who develop vaccines and drugs for some of the most devastating diseases in the world. The Biocontainment Laboratory is also one of 10 US Regional Excellence Centers for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, funded by a $ 40 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Most Cancer Supercluster, which involves the collaboration of five colleges, is based around the work of the University's Animal Cancer Center, the largest center of its kind in the world.

International program

Approximately 950 students per year participate in overseas education programs, and nearly 1,300 foreign students and scholars from over 85 countries engage in academic and research work on campus. The initial pilot study for the Peace Corps was conducted by the Colorado State faculty, and the university is consistently one of the top-ranking institutions in the country for recruitment of Peace Corps volunteers. Since 1988, CSU and Peace Corps have participated in four cooperative master degree programs in English, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Natural Resources, and Agriculture. The program involves at least 2 semesters of course working at CSU combined with time abroad as Peace Corps volunteers. Colorado State offers a variety of on-campus programs for students interested in international affairs. Regional specializations with core courses and electives are available in Asian Studies, Middle Eastern/North African Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, or Russian Studies, Eastern and Central Europe. The Global Village Living Learning Community is a housing choice for students with an international interest.

The Office of CSU's Education Abroad is a resource for students who wish to participate in overseas education programs. The Office strives to meet the diverse interests and needs of their stakeholders by offering a wide range of Foreign Education programs. The Office offers resources and services for how to start planning overseas travel education, resources to use while you are abroad, and the resources to return from traveling abroad. The office also offers scholarship opportunities and financial information. Through their website educationabroad.colostate.edu, students can directly apply to an overseas education program, learn about non-credit international opportunities, and contact the office for more information.

Global Ambassadors Program

The Global Ambassadors Program is an international speaker bureau through which CSU students and international scholars share their country's cultural, heritage, language, geography and history with local school classrooms and with other community groups. At the same time, they have the opportunity to learn more about American culture and practice their English skills and presentations. Recently, the Global Ambassadors Program became a student organization, but they are still affiliated with Fort Collins International Center (FCIC).

The program offers an opportunity for students to develop an appreciation for different cultures and promote greater understanding. They can learn a lot by asking direct questions to international students from different countries. Some local schools may request special topics for volunteers to present about their country, especially if students are studying in class. Otherwise, a simple PowerPoint with basic background information including geography, language, food, music, dance, sports, vacations, weather, and celebrations is enough. The content and depth of the presentation depends on whether the volunteers will be presenting to elementary, middle or high school students or adults. Usually the presentation will also include activities for the children to engage like learning dance, song, game or some words and phrases in the language.

Honors Program

The Honors program provides a challenging and enriching program for outstanding students in all majors through two academic tracks. One track is designed for students who aim to complete their general education requirements in the Honors Program, and the second consists of top division programs, usually appropriate for currently registered students or transfers. The Academic Village, which opened in the fall of 2007, offers 180 Honor students the opportunity to live in the Community Learning Live Honors. 1,126 students participated in the Honors Program in the fall of 2007.

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Athletics

Colorado State University competes in 17 sponsored interpollegiate sports, including 11 for women (cross country, indoor track, outdoor track, volleyball, basketball, golf, tennis, swimming, softball, soccer and water polo) and six for men (soccer, cross country, indoor tracks, outdoor tracks, basketball, and golf). The Colorado State athletics team competes with 8 other institutions at the Western Mountain Conference (MW), which is the NCAA Division I conference and the FBS Division I football sponsor. The conference was formed in 1999, split from the 16-nation Western Athletic Conference. CSU has won 9 championship tournaments and won or shared 11 regular season titles. Rams football team won or shared Mountain West titles in 1999, 2000 and 2002.

On December 13, 2011 Jim McElwain was introduced as head coach of football at Colorado State. McElwain has worked as an Alabama offensive coordinator from 2008 to 2011. On December 4, 2014, Jim McElwain received a head coaching position at the University of Florida. This is the first time a Colorado State Rams head coach has left the team for another program.

On December 5, 2014, the Board of Governors of the State System of Colorado State granted approval to build the Colorado State Stadium, a multipurpose stadium on campus to replace Hughes Stadium, built several miles from campus in the 1960s.

Mascots

Over the years Colorado State University has several different mascots. In the early 1900s there was a black bear that served as a mascot until he was replaced by Peanuts the Bulldog in 1912. After Peanut's death, Glenn Morris, a Colorado State University alumist donated a different Bulldog named Gallant Defender to the University. The first Ram to become Colorado State University's mascot was Buck, introduced in 1946. During a basketball game, half the time, CAM Ram became the name of the beloved mascot.

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Student life

Fort Collins is 65 miles (105 km) north of Denver, about 2 hours from the main ski resort and 45 minutes from Rocky Mountain National Park. There are opportunities for students to be active, with bike paths and hiking nearby. In 2006, Money placed Fort Collins as "The Best Place to Live" in the United States.

Clubs and events

There are 325 student organizations and 34 honorary societies in CSU. 60% of students participate in intramural sports while 10% join one of 19 fraternities and 14 student associations. There are 30 sports clubs, including cycling, baseball, water polo, triathlon, wrestling, and rugby. 300 musical, theater and dance performances, exhibitions and other art events take place on campus every year. The student government is an Associated Student of Colorado State University. The daily newspaper CSU is Rocky Mountain Collegian. CSU also has student-run campus television stations and student radio stations, KCSU FM.

Sports club

The Sports Club at Colorado State University was founded in 1978. They are run and funded by student fees and team fundraising and compete with other colleges and universities but not at the NCAA level. There are currently 30 Club Club clubs. Each year the club takes 150 combined trips. There are over 1,000 students associated with the program. Last year 23 of these teams competed in regional and national championships. The programs have enjoyed some recent successes with the National Championships at: Men's Ice Hockey (1995) Women's Lacrosse (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013); Baseball (2004-2010); Lacrosse Putra (1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2012).

Sports clubs at Colorado State University include: Alpine Ski Team, Baseball, Bowling (Coed), Crew, Cycling, Field Hockey, Polo Horse (Men and Women), Ice Hockey (Men and Women), In-Line Hockey, Lacrosse (Male and Female), Logging Sports, Rodeo (Men and Women), Rugby (Men and Women), Shotgun Sports (Men and Women), Snowboard, Soccer (Men and Women), Swimming, Ice Skating Sync, Triathlon (Coed) , Ultimate Frisbee Summer League, Ultimate Frisbee (Men and Women), Volleyball, Water Polo (Men and Women), and Wrestling (Men and Women)

Student media

The Rocky Mountain Collegian is a student newspaper run by CSU, where students have full control over editorial decisions. The paper was founded in 1891, and is a weekly publication in the 1930s. During the 1940s and 1950s, the newspaper gained a bad reputation in the local community for its unpopular support for women's rights and anti-racism. In the 1970s, students consistently publish daily. Editorial quality and financial support have varied over the years, sometimes increasing among elite college newspapers and in others struggling to publish. During the 1990s, the newspaper was twice selected as one of the 12 top daily newspaper papers in the country. At the end of 2007, students published staff articles that sparked a national debate over freedom of speech. The article read, overall, "Taser This... Fuck Bush." This event, as well as President Penley's consideration of "partnering" outside Golead by Gannett in January 2008, led to a proposal to create a CSU student media, including Rocky Mountain Collegian, an independent nonprofit organization of the university. This resulted in the entire CSU Student Media separate from the university to operate under an independent company, Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation. The Rocky Mountain Collegian has developed a fully functional website and mobile app.

KCSU is a Colorado State student running place, with formats that focus on alternative rock and college music, including indie rock, punk, hip-hop and electronic music. News, sports and weather updates along with special talk and event programs complete the program schedule. Broadcasting at 10,000 watts, KCSU is one of the larger college stations in the country, reaching about 250,000 listeners. KCSU first began airing in 1964 as a station owned, operated and financed by students. After a long period as a professional station, KCSU again became a student run in 1995, at which time the current format was adopted. Like Collegian and CTV, the KCSU was hit hard by the 1997 flood, and was temporarily forced to broadcast from remote locations. Now back to the original Lory Student Center location, KCSU has benefited from updated production facilities and updated equipment.

CTV is a CSU-managed television station, which allows students to hone their media skills - reporting, writing, producing, shooting, editing - in an educational setting. The station is the winner of fourteen Rocky Mountain Collegiate Media Association and Student Emmy Award awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Heartland Chapter. Content includes news events on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, sports events on Mondays, and Thursday entertainment events. CTV was founded in 1989, and is currently broadcasting at night at the university cable station (Comcast 11 channel) at 8 pm, with reruns of 9 am and 12 noon the next day.

The magazine run by College Avenue students was established in 2005 with the goal, as its founding editors put it, to give students a new forum to address controversial issues affecting the campus community from their own point of view. Since its first edition in the fall of 2005, the magazine is released every three months.

Greek Life

The Greek life at Colorado State began in the fall of 1915. Currently 10% of undergraduate students join one CSU 19 fraternities and 14 student associations. The CSU Inter-Fraternity Council acts as a governing body for 19 fraternities, each with a delegation representative. Similarly, Panhellenic Panels of CSU regulate sororities. The CSU Greek organizations are involved in a number of philanthropic activities around the campus, including CSUnity, Cans around the Oval, Habitat for Humanity and RamRide. The government agency recently raised $ 25,000 to sponsor the Habitat for Humanity home.

From 1932 to 1949, Colorado State University was home to Eta's chapter of Phrateres, a philanthropic social organization for college students. Eta is the 7th chapter installed and Phrateres eventually has more than 20 chapters in Canada and the United States. (The chapter name "Eta" was reused for a chapter installed at Arizona State University in 1958.)

Residence hall

13 residential halls provide live on campus for over 5,000 students. First year students are required to stay in one of the on-campus spaces, and seniors and graduates live offered at the university's Aggie Village, which has space for 973 individuals. The halls also have a number of Living-Learning communities that directly connect the campus environment with a particular academic focus in the areas of Honors, engineering, natural sciences, health and fitness, horse science, leadership development, or pre-veterinary medicine. Key Academic and Main Service Communities create an academically focused residential community for new students who share a desire for academic achievement, active involvement in the classroom, community service, campus activities, and appreciation of diversity. Residents sharing classes and

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