At the May 6 meeting of the Colorado State University System Board of Governors, President Joyce McConnell shared plans for mostly in-person learning, events and university operations on campus this fall, largely made possible by the recently announced vaccine requirement. McConnell also advocated for a 3% merit pool to provide pay increases for faculty and administrative professional staff, along with a 3% increase in teaching and research assistant stipends for graduate students. That degree of additional salary support would match what is planned for classified personnel across the state.
Stadium gift exposes rift between boosters and CSU Pueblo president
The nonprofit Friends of Football raised to build a stadium and create a college football program at CSU Pueblo. They will dissolve and donate the stadium to the university foundation this summer.
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PUEBLO, Colorado â It s the largest gift in the university s history. The nonprofit group Friends of Football voted this month to donate the Thunderbowl football stadium and other assets on the CSU Pueblo campus to the university s foundation.
The charity raised more than $13 million to build the facilities and help create football, wrestling, and women s track and field programs at the university beginning in the 2008-2009 season.
Several major colleges in Colorado release joint statement requiring COVID-19 vaccines
COLORADO (KRDO) Several of the major public universities in Colorado announced Wednesday they are requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for staff and students for the upcoming 2021 fall semester.
The following universities are now requiring COVID-19 vaccinations:
All University of Colorado campuses
All Colorado State University campuses
University of Northern Colorado
Fort Lewis College
The colleges released the following statement:
Our public institutions of higher education will require that all of our students, faculty and staff receive COVID-19 vaccinations before the beginning of 2021 fall semester classes. We consulted with state and local health departments to inform this determination, as well as with the Governor’s Office and Colorado Department of Higher Education. The Department of Higher Education had encouraged this direction. The science around COVID-19 and vaccines is clear an
CSU Spur campus hits another major construction milestone; set to open in 2022
An artists rendering of the stockyards on the Colorado State University Spur campus in Denver. Photo courtesy CSU
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DENVER, Colo. The final steel beam was scheduled to be placed on the second building at the CSU Spur campus on April 20, signaling a major construction milestone for the Colorado State University System project. The moment called a “topping out” was captured via livestream.
The Terra building will open several of its spaces in January and is one of three buildings at the CSU Spur campus at the future National Western Center in Denver. The other two will also be completed in 2022: the Vida building in January, and the Hydro building in September 2022. Vida “topped out” in February.
DENVER and FORT COLLINS The Colorado State University System has the right to develop the Hughes Stadium land using a provision in state law, a position that may complicate negotiations with the city over the property’s future.
In a letter submitted to Fort Collins’ staff and City Council last week, the Colorado Attorney General’s office said the CSU System is in the process of ending its contract to sell the 161-acre property to Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) and develop the property according to previously-described plans.
The Attorney General’s office is required to represent state entities, including the CSU System, in legal matters.