Fortunately, rabies is preventable with vaccination and well-controlled in most areas of the United States, says Ragan Adams, DVM, a coordinator with the Colorado State University Veterinary Extension.
A host of tools created at Colorado State University to help people lead a healthy lifestyle are now just a smartphone tap away.
CSU is partnering with the University of Hawaii to offer support to grandparents through the GRANDcares Project-- a six-week class launching next month.
People who live in Colorado will soon have even greater access to the resources of Colorado State University, and better opportunity to interact with the state’s land grant university, because of CSU’s investment in two satellite campuses that serve research, extension and engagement for local communities.
The goal is to create animal evacuation teams that are prepared to rescue animals safely, and to have trained volunteers and procedures in place for setting up temporary animal rescue shelters.
The goal is to create animal evacuation teams that are prepared to rescue animals safely, and to have trained volunteers and procedures in place for setting up temporary animal rescue shelters.
The CSU Ram Faculty Engagement Tour is a two-day traveling seminar designed for recently hired and newly tenured faculty, new administrators, and new student leaders.
Three scholars and policymakers from a leading Chinese university visited the Colorado State University campus, Extension locations in the Denver metropolitan area and in the Western slope, and Morgan County's Quail Ridge Dairy. They are learning about CSU Extension programs--their visit to the dairy was to learn how Extension works with the dairy industry to support and advance production there.
“CSU is honored to be a partner in this initiative to advance a pragmatic and nationally scalable model for university-based Extension in China, which includes more effective and efficient transfer of agriculture and food system technologies,” said Lou Swanson, CSU Vice President for Engagement and CSU Extension director.
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cademy of Social Sciences is looking into starting its own Extension program in China, where university-based Extension programs are uncommon.The scholars and policymakers were touring the dairy as part of trip to Colorado that is intended to help them learn about the functioning and practices of the CSU Extension program in the state. The representatives came to Colorado through a partnership between Chinese and American universities that includes CSU and is intended to promote such educational visits and other collaborations.
The Fort Morgan Times covered the visit to the Eastern Plains. Read their feature story.
The Colorado 4-H Foundation has announced the recipients of 51 college scholarships for the 2017 academic year.