During this year’s National Western Stock Show running Jan. 5-21, more than 12,000 people visited the three-building campus at the National Western Center. That includes close to 1,500 people who stopped by during Colorado State University Day at the Rodeo on Jan. 13 in spite of a stubborn arctic air mass that kept temperatures from climbing above zero.
The Colorado State University System has been awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant for nearly $8 million to coordinate and enhance student success efforts across the System and its three campuses.
CSU Spur is at the heart of the National Western Center, with a focus on agriculture that includes innovation in research and entrepreneurship.
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.
The informal and sometimes serendipitous learning 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.
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.
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.
CSU Spur, fully open since January, is being held up as a national model of sustainability and innovation in higher education.
CSU Spur recently celebrated the opening of The Backyard and Denver Water’s new state-of-the-art water quality laboratory at the Hydro building. Check out all photos from the event.
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.