Celebrating A Year of Impact, Powered by You
Donors like you create opportunities, spark discoveries, and empower students to soar. This 2024 Impact Report is a reflection of your giving in action. We hope you enjoy hearing from those you inspire and encourage. Thank you for making Colorado State University a community where ambition thrives and generosity fuels possibility.
Opportunity and Student Success
Together, we rise.
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Phoenix Espinoza sought opportunities to build a better future for herself and break her family’s cycle of addiction. With scholarship support, opportunity is exactly what she found at CSU.
Your generosity empowers students from all walks of life to thrive.A First-Gen Student’s Rise at CSU
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Mia White is a trailblazing athlete, coach, and World Cup medalist determined to give young deaf athletes access to resources she never had. She believes her Master of Sport Management from CSU will make her dream a reality.
Your support of programs like the Sport Management Institute attracts talented and capable students to CSU.From CSU to the World Stage
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After benefiting from the prestigious Monfort Scholarship, Abbie Watnik was determined to create the same experience for students through her own CSU scholarship.
Your scholarship support allows students to achieve their academic dreams.Receiving Inspires Giving
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A Transformed Clark
Thanks to CSU and donor support, the $136 million Clark Building project will be a place where student success begins.
Research and Innovation
Together, we made new discoveries.
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A $6.6 million gift led by Kiewit Corp. builds on CSU’s strengths in construction management and civil engineering to establish the nation’s premier Construction Engineering program.
Your support helps CSU respond to changing industry needs to produce workforce-ready graduates.Visionary Investment Creates New Degree Program
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A dream team of engineers, medical scientists, and veterinarians from CSU, CU Boulder, and CU Anschutz Medical Campus are bringing us closer to a future where damaged joints don’t just heal – they regenerate themselves.
Your support for veterinary medicine at CSU will help move this science to the next step.Self-Healing Joints: Not Just a Dream
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Soon to house one of the most powerful lasers in the world, CSU – who’s been at the forefront of laser research for many years – will lead breakthrough research on laser-driven fusion energy.
Your endorsement of CSU’s commitment to sustainability fuels projects like this, designed to safely generate practically unlimited, sustainable, carbon-free energy.Fusion Energy Ignites the Future
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The Future of Veterinary Medicine Begins Here
CSU’s new Veterinary Health and Education Complex is designed to meet the needs of today’s veterinary medicine industry while training a new generation of highly skilled veterinarians. Your support helps CSU’s new Veterinary Health and Education Complex prepare our future leaders and serve the community.
“This project gives us the opportunity to better educate and support our students and meet societal needs into the foreseeable future.” – Dr. Sue VandeWoude, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Connection and Community
Together, we spread our wings.
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CSU’s College Pathways program helps rural Colorado high school students explore campus life and see themselves in higher education.
Your support for Extension programs helps students navigate their transition to CSU and thrive.Finding Belonging and Success at CSU
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CSU dance Professor Grace Gallager believes that dance, and other art forms, brings people and communities together, central to CSU’s land-grant mission.
Your support helps build strong communities.Building Community through Dance
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For more than a century, CSU has led the way in water research in fields including water technology, hydrology research, and hydraulics.
Your support allows CSU experts to continue creating solutions around all things water.
Solving the Water Crisis
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Historic Student and Donor Generosity Makes Transformative Impact at CSU
The ambitious vision for the new Don and Susie Law Engineering Future Technologies Building was spurred by historic investments from students, the Scott Family Foundation, and by alumni dedicated to strengthening the student experience and accelerating new levels of excellence for engineering research and education at CSU. Because of your support, CSU is able to shape and transform engineering and related fields.
“Education can take a person anywhere they want to go. Any way that we can make learning easier or more fun is money well spent.” – Susie Law (‘76)
Rams’ Collective Impact
Together, we build our future.
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By leveraging our strengths and commitment to drive change on a global scale, CSU is making strategic investments to be the leading educational institution for climate education, research, and engagement in the United States and globally.
Your support ensures that CSU stays on the leading edge of environmental solutions around the world.CSU’s Climate Initiative Makes Global Impact
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Whether it was for scholarships, emergency support, or experiential learning opportunities for graduate students, more than $250,000 was raised in one day to support student success at CSU.
Your support helps students achieve their academic dreams.Day of Giving Demonstrates Power of Collective Giving
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When it comes to CSU traditions, every Ram has their favorite. The Painting of the A is one of CSU’s oldest, predated only by the firing of a cannon before football games. For 100 years, its white paint has kept us firmly connected to our Aggie and agricultural roots.
Your support keeps our green and gold traditions strong!The Traditions that Bind Us.
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Rams Support Rams Against Hunger
The Future is Brighter Because of You
CSU thrives thanks to our collective belief in the power of education, opportunity, and each other. Know that your generosity is more than a gift – it’s an investment with a ripple effect that extends far beyond today, shaping the future for generations of Rams who will continue to explore boldly, learn fearlessly, and chase bright futures. Thank you for being a part of this journey and for making a difference.