Student Success Initiatives @ CSU: Closing Opportunity Gaps
Colorado State University promotes a definition of student success that embraces all dimensions of a student’s personal development as they progress through and complete their college experience. To achieve this holistic developmental approach, CSU has several student success initiatives within colleges and units across campus. In this four-part series entitled, “Student Success Initiatives @ CSU“,...
Read More → about Student Success Initiatives @ CSU: Closing Opportunity GapsA CSU Forestry Researcher Provides College and Career Readiness to Area Highschoolers
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related fields have historically been and continue to be visibly homogenous (NCSES 2019). Academic and professional communities within natural resources, in particular, have primarily been the realm of socially dominant groups (Balcarczyk et al. 2015, Kern et al., 2015). The Warner College of Natural Resources (WCNR) at Colorado State...
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Coloradoans across the state are being encouraged to participate in Colorado State University Extension’s gardening initiative Grow & Give, a modern victory garden project designed for people to grow vegetable gardens and plant extra to share with local food banks and community members in need. Victory gardens were planted on public and private land during...
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Congratulations to Dr. Ruoh-Nan (Terry) Yan, Associate Professor in the department of Design and Merchandising, and her team for receiving a $466,052 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for the Higher Education Challenge (HEC) Grants Program. The grant impacts student awareness of and appreciation for the ways that small business can maintain fiber,...
Read More → about Ruoh-Nan Yan Awarded USDA GrantCreate or Join a Citizen Science Project With CitSci.org
Do you have a burning scientific question that you want to help answer? Does your community have an issue that they want to explore? Are you a teacher and/or parent hoping to engage students in the world of scientific discovery? CitSci.org, a free online platform that provides tools and resources for anyone interested in creating...
Read More → about Create or Join a Citizen Science Project With CitSci.orgFFA Blue 365: Free Agricultural Educational Resource For Home and School
The youth organization, Future Farmers of America (FFA), prepares school-age children with leadership skills, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. The National FFA Organization in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education has developed numerous middle and high-school level educational materials for teachers and parents. The FFA Blue 365 lesson series is intended...
Read More → about FFA Blue 365: Free Agricultural Educational Resource For Home and SchoolSpur Links to Free Online Education Resources
In response to the increased need to stay and learn at home, the CSU System has compiled some of their favorite fun and free educational resources from CSU and partners. With over 75 resources, organized around the topics of food, water, and health as well as other CSU partners and organizations, there are opportunities for...
Read More → about Spur Links to Free Online Education ResourcesCoCoRaHS: A Hands-On Educational Resource For Home and School
The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow (CoCoRaHS) is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow). Developed in 1998 by the then Colorado State Climatologist Nolan Doesken and the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University, the network now...
Read More → about CoCoRaHS: A Hands-On Educational Resource For Home and SchoolSTEM Center is proud to continue their work with the Alliance Partnership
The STEM Center at Colorado State University is again serving as the independent evaluator for the education and outreach activities of the Alliance Partnership Summer Institutes‘ STEM programs. Our evaluation serves two purposes: (1) provide feedback for interactive development and refinement of the educational activities, and (2) provide results to gauge the success of the...
Read More → about STEM Center is proud to continue their work with the Alliance PartnershipCaring Community Construction
Within the Department of Construction Management at Colorado State University lies not cold concrete, calculations, and kinematics, but rather a group of dedicated students passionate about helping better the lives of those less fortunate. Started in 2011, the Construction Management Cares program aims to aid the local community while simultaneously teaching CM students vital skills...
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