Drought, floods, and climate triggers to recent natural disasters will be among the key topics when global water experts convene in Denver in April to explore solutions to the world's most pressing water challenges.
Members of the Colorado State University Triathlon Team ran alongside the Denver community to support Clínica Tepeyac, a health care non-profit for the medically underserved.
Meeting three days a week, for eight hours at a time, eleven college and high school students took on learning about water and putting their new knowledge to the test in planning a youth water summit, which will be in Denver on September 23.
Two national leaders - former Iowa Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and former senior advisor for international education at the US Agency for International Development Christie Vilsack - will join the Colorado State University team, in part to advise efforts surrounding the planned National Western Center.
On March 17, more than 20 students with cognitive disabilities and affective needs from Denver Public School’s Bruce Randolph, joined an orientation at the Temple Grandin Equine Center in North Denver to prepare them for equine activities every Friday through the end of their school year.
A Temple Grandin Equine Center is planned as part of the National Western Center, but equine assisted therapies and activities (EAAT) – which are utilized for a wide range of health conditions and special challenges – will begin in Denver in early 2017.
Avelyn Munoz sat excitedly in her fringe cowboy boots on Tuesday morning at the National Western Stock Show. She didn’t know what to expect when she went into the arena, but she knew it was the day she would become a cowgirl.
Wilson Ogg looks forward to this time of year. This is when he gets to be front and center at the National Western Stock Show – a nationally recognized Western heritage and entertainment event that attracts more than 650,000 visitors each year
Colorado State University has a history with the National Western Stock Show that dates back to the first stock show.
The planned National Western Center will change the face of Denver and establish Colorado as a nexus for food innovation and Western heritage.