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Incredible feat by CSU Facilities Management CSU Facilities Management crews take on the monumental task of readying Canvas Stadium for the football game on Nov. 29 as well as clearing the roads of ice and snow after record snow fall. Photo courtesy of CSU Athletics See more photos from November at source.colostate.edu.
McConnell speaks from the heart at inauguration By Tony Phifer As Joyce McConnell spoke Thursday, Nov. 14, during her investiture ceremony and saw her 93-year-old mother, Bessie, and 90-year-old father, Harvey, sitting in the audience, she couldn’t help but think about her journey to become CSU’s 15th president. The granddaughter of immigrants, McConnell’s passion for education – and commitment to access to it – was formed early and reinforced by family throughout her life. “My grandparents emigrated to the United States from Greece speaking only Greek and with little schooling,” she said. “But they valued education above all else because they understood its transformative power. They had 10 children who were forbidden to drop out of school, even when the family needed money. “(My aunts) tell me I am the fulfillment of my grandfather’s dream, because I am now in a position to see that transformative power of education is available to a whole new generation of students.”
CSU President Joyce McConnell accepts the ceremonial mace from Faculty Council chair Tim Gallagher. Photo by William A. Cotton
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McConnell’s investiture in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center for the Arts was the showcase event of a three-day celebration of the inauguration of CSU’s first female president. The 90-minute ceremony included diverse music and a solemn ceremony, and was attended by McConnell’s executive leadership team, deans, faculty, staff, students and friends and family from across the country. A contingent of 20-plus people from West Virginia University, where McConnell had served as provost prior to being named last spring to replace Tony Frank as CSU’s president, made the cross-country trek to see their colleague officially assume the leadership of one of the nation’s premier land-grant institutions. Included in the entourage was WVU President Gordon Gee, who proudly proclaimed that McConnell is the 23rd person he has mentored who has served as a college president. Frank, who became full-time chancellor of the CSU System after stepping down as president, said he knew shortly after the search to find his replacement began that McConnell was the right person for the job. He told the Board of Governors “to find someone with a love for the land-grant mission, and they found it in Joyce,” he said.
While McConnell was officially passed CSU’s mace of leadership during the ceremony, she’s been hard at work as president since July 1. She’s faced several challenges in her early tenure but already is building and enhancing important relationships. “We can choose to transform Colorado State University, and to do so with the urgency that we know is warranted,” she said. “We can be bold, we can be curious and we can be courageous. I believe this what we must do, and it is what we will do, to continue to fulfill our promises to our students, faculty, staff and the state of Colorado for another 150 years.” To see photos and video from the three-day celebration of McConnell’s inauguration, go to source.colostate.edu
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APPLAUSE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES John McKay, a professor in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He joins 442 other members awarded this year for his “distinguished contributions using ecophysiology, genetics and genomics to understand the fundamental mechanisms, which have driven the evolution of phenotypes in natural populations and cultivated species.” Blake Angelo with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics has been named by Gov. Jared Polis to staff and coordinate the new Colorado Food Systems Advisory Council beginning Dec. 1. The mission of COFSAC is to advance recommendations that strengthen healthy food access for all Coloradans through Colorado agriculture and local food systems and economies.
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IN THIS ISSUE COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES
University Distinguished Professor Diana Wall has been awarded the 2019 President’s Medal by the British Ecological Society. The society’s president awards this prestigious honor every two years as a personal gift. Wall’s research explores how microscopic life contributes to healthy, fertile and productive soils and to society, and the consequences of human activities on soil globally. Darrell Whitley, professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the computing field’s most distinguished professional society. He is the first researcher in the field of evolutionary computation to be named an ACM Fellow, and is being honored for “both technical and professional leadership in the field of genetic and evolutionary computation.” Send your APPLAUSE to csulife@
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AWARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
The Provost’s Office is now taking nominations for a number of University-wide annual awards for faculty and staff. The deadline for all nominations is Jan. 31, 2020; complete information and nomination forms are available at provost.colostate.edu/awards. Both APC and CPC have also opened their nominations for annual awards; those deadlines are both Feb. 14, 2020, with full information available on their websites.
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Residential Dining Services is proud to recognize CSU Central Storeroom employees Tom Dorssom, Austin Bradfield, Jordan Roberts, Josh Beck, and Evelyn Turk with the outstanding team award for 2019! The primary purpose of the storeroom is to accurately and safely deliver food and supplies from the warehouse to our six dining centers as well as the CSU Mountain Campus. Along with ensuring timely deliveries, the team receives and verifies food orders, handles customer inquiries, conducts inventory cycle counts, and ensures each dining center receives the correct items in a timely manner. They do what it takes to get the job done to ensure our student and guest diners receive the best experience possible! Storeroom Manager, Joe Hostetler, adds, “They are the backbone of all major CSU dining events including Ram Welcome and the President’s Fall Address. Throughout the year, they work tirelessly to take care of our students and campus partners. I’m proud to work with such a great team!” Congratulations to Jordan, Tom, Josh, Austin, and Evelyn! We’re glad you’re part of the CSU Residential Dining Services’ team!
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By Makenna Green
There is one aspect that sets the years you spend at college apart from other years and that would be dorm living. Dorm living also includes using the dining hall. In my freshman year, I was fortunate enough to live near a dining hall, which made it easy to wander over and grab a hot meal. At the time, it was just a part of everyday life, but now after living two years off campus and having to fend for myself, I realize what a wonderful gift the dining hall and its staff provide. I had the pleasure of talking with Liz Poore, director of Dining Services about what happens behind the scenes. There are around 900 employees, plus 150 full time state classified, and 40 management and admin professionals that work in Dining Services. There is a large variety of job opportunities, with a variety of student positions and state classified positions. Clearly it takes a massive team to get everything done. The staff’s day begins at 2 a.m. making pastries and ends the next night at 1 a.m. There is always something to be done and the staff works extremely hard. “It’s 24/7 days a week operation and the staff do a super job keeping up with all the demands of the students,” explained Poore. And when the students are not there they continue to work hard, doing in-depth cleanings on the equipment, including things like cleaning the walls and scrubbing everything down are done at this time. Over breaks they handle catering for orientation and other groups that use our facilities. They work with campus groups for catering. Much of the food in the dining halls, such as produce and fruit, is cut by hand in the facilities and a majority of the food served is made from scratch. What isn’t eaten, if possible, is donated to the local food bank. CSU is known as being very sustainable, and the dining hall does their best to mirror those values. They pulp most of the food that comes back uneaten on the tray accumulator, use a bio digester in The Foundry, and use compostable disposables when it is a to-go meal. All this helps control the amount of waste. They also purchase energy efficient equipment when a piece needs replaced or renovated. Poore explained that despite the hard work, one of her favorite
Staff at The Foundry help feed campus.
parts of the job is seeing students be successful. “When students complete their education and graduate it definitely fulfills our mission,” Poore stated. Staff and faculty are also welcome in the dining halls. They can purchase meals and use their Ram Cards just like students. The dining facilities also have a program where students with meal plans can take faculty members to lunch every Wednesday. This provides a way for students to connect with professors over a meal. Catering to staff and students at the university is hard work and time consuming, but everyone on the team does it with a smile and it shows. Through something as simple as food, they create comfort and a sense of normality for our community.
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CSU, Coach Bobo agree to go separate ways
By Tony Phifer
Colorado State University could have a new football coach in place by the time you read this issue of CSU Life. Director of Athletics Joe Parker said Wednesday, Dec. 4, that a search already has begun to replace Mike Bobo, the Rams’ coach the past five years. Bobo’s tenure at CSU officially came to an end as he and Parker mutually agreed to part ways. Bobo, who led the Rams to bowl games in his first three seasons, had been under increasing pressure the past two seasons as the Rams struggled to 3-9 and 4-8 records, leaving him with an overall mark of 29-35. As part of the separation agreement, CSU will pay Bobo $1.825 million – far less than the $5.5 million called for in his contract. Bobo’s decision to accept less than a third of the money owed him is all but unprecedented in today’s world of massive contracts and buyouts. But Parker reminded a group of reporters at an evening media briefing at Canvas Stadium that just one year ago Bobo had declined a scheduled $100,000 raise – an indication of his high character.
Do the right thing
Parker said they began talking about Bobo’s future following a team banquet Saturday night, which led to Wednesday’s announcement. “Mike wanted to do the right thing for all parties concerned – for the university, his staff, his players and his family,” Parker said of the highly unusual separation agreement. “Mike’s got a good opportunity to be repositioned quickly, and we wanted to start moving forward here.” Parker said declining attendance and fan apathy had become a concern, forcing him to take a hard look at whether Bobo was the right coach for the program. The Rams had won three consecutive games in midseason to improve their record to 4-5 but lost to rivals Air Force and Wyoming, then league-leading Boise State, to close the season on Nov. 29. “Unfortunately, the results of the last couple of seasons have not been what we wanted, but I can assure you this was not a reflection of the
Coach Mike Bobo on the sidelines at the 2019 season finale against Boise State on Nov. 29. Photo by John Eisele, CSU Photography. commitment and hard work that we put into the program the past five years,” Bobo said. “Our players and coaches never quit and fought through the final whistle against Boise State. I’m so proud of this entire team and staff for their incredible resolve.”
Search to begin
The search for Bobo’s replacement is expected to progress quickly. With recruiting season heating up, and the “early” signing period beginning Dec. 18, Parker hopes to have CSU’s 23rd coach hired in time to sign new players while convincing the talented crop of returning players to stick around. Eighty percent of the players on CSU’s first and second teams this season were underclassmen. “This is a really attractive job, and based on early interest I know there are a lot of people out there who want to be part of this program,” Parker said. “We’ll have a strong candidate pool, and I’m confident we’ll emerge with a really strong coach.”
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FROM RURAL ROOTS TO MODERN MEDICINE:
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences By Jessica Cox When the Morrill Act establishing landgrant colleges became the law of the land in 1862, teaching the “agricultural arts” included instruction in the professional care and feeding of farm animals. The primary focus of veterinarians was the health of livestock raised for meat and dairy products, as well as the horses and mules that provided the nation’s primary mode of transportation. Ready to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, the Colorado Agricultural College launched veterinary education courses in 1879, the same year classes began at the new land-grant college. After some early leadership challenges, the three-year Doctor of Veterinary Science program became official in 1907. George Glover, one of CAC’s first graduates and first head of the new Department of Veterinary Science, was optimistic about the program’s future, which was
also expanding its focus to include care for the dogs and cats that Americans were increasingly bringing into their homes as pets. “We now have a clinic, in number and variety of cases equal to any veterinary college in the land,” Glover said in 1909. “We have treated over a thousand cases a year.” In 2018, the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University treated 47,000 cases. From helping ranchers and farmers maintain food safety to providing compassionate care for animals large and small, veterinary medicine at Colorado State University continues to represent the land-grant values of service, education and research while still meeting the needs of a changing world. The Division of Veterinary Medicine, officially established in 1933, became a college within what was then known as Colorado A&M in the
1940s. The first veterinary hospital on campus, named for Glover, opened in 1949. In 1967, the “vet college” added “Biomedical Sciences” to its name, recognizing the stature of the many Ph.D. researchers within the program. Faculty continue to explore health challenges for humans and animals, with world-renowned research in infectious disease, orthopedics, neuroscience, cancer biology, animal reproduction, and translational medicine.
Enduring mission, novel approach
While the college’s mission and land-grant heritage haven’t changed over its 150-year history, the tools used to fulfill that mission have evolved. “Who would have imagined we could travel through the human body using virtual reality, or that we would have a multi-milliondollar Translational Medicine Institute that’s discovering new therapies for animals and College of Vet Med cont. on page 10
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CELEBRATING 150 YEARS Part of an ongoing series celebrating Colorado State University’s 150th anniversary.
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IN HONOR OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S 150TH BIRTHDAY, the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising has two exhibits that have decidedly Ramcentric themes. The first, “Proud to Wear,” features a collection of CSU apparel through the years. The second, “Women Wear at CSU,” are items from women-identifying CSU employees, including a jacket on loan from President Joyce McConnell. It’s a nod to both the sesquicentennial and the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (women’s right to vote nationally). For both exhibits, Avenir Curator Katie Knowles put out a call for contributions from the CSU community. Dozens of CSU T-shirts from the final “College Days” shirt in 1987 to a “Fort Flood” shirt printed 10 years later, came in. A sampling of the T-shirts received is on display in the Richard Blackwell Gallery at the Avenir, along with other treasures.
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Temple Grandin won a Golden Globe for a documentary on her life.
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Olympic gold medal-winner and CSU alumnus Glenn Morris starred in the 1938 feature film “Tarzan’s Revenge.”
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There are a 1950s football jersey and a letter jacket worn by Frank Faucett and Lyle Stucker, respectively, both of whom played with Jack Christiansen at CSU before Christiansen went on to a successful NFL career as a player and coach. From more recent years are a 2003 Bradlee Van Pelt jersey and an open mesh jersey used by Steve Anderson in 1977. There’s also a cringe-worthy pair of polyester green-and-white checked pants worn by members of the football coaching staff in the 1970s. And there is an old orange and green striped leather helmet from the 1930s worn by John Mosley, the first AfricanAmerican football player who lettered at CSU. That helmet is accompanied by three others from previous decades to show the evolution of safety advances.
“Women Wear at CSU” runs through Dec. 21. Items on display from the women of CSU include a Western shirt worn by Professor Temple Grandin; a formal gown from Kim Tobin, VP for University Advancement; a Little Shop of Physics shirt from LSOP Assistant Director Heather Michalak; and a CSU dress provided by Corporate Learning Management System Coordinator Dianne Fromme. Some employees loaned their signature accessories, from a Mason jar to a red leather backpack, while others provided an Ann Taylor “camp shirt” and a “Green Warrior” T-shirt from the first year of the sustainability campaign. The CSU community is encouraged to share photos and stories about their own favorite CSU apparel from past and present on Instagram using @AvenirMuseum #ProudToWear and #WomenWearCSU.
● 4. FALSE. Claire Danes won Best Performance for her portrayal of Grandin in the 2010 HBO biopic. The movie also won seven Emmy Awards. CSU’S renowned animal behaviorist and advocate for people with autism is a member of both the Colorado and the National Women’s Hall of Fame, one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2010, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. Now who’s the superstar? ● 5. TRUE. Morris, “The World’s Greatest Athlete,” was the fourth Olympian to play Tarzan. Morris also played with the Detroit Lions in the NFL and served in the Navy during World War II. Morris remains one of CSU’s most decorated athletes and was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame. ● 6. TRUE. While the behemoth of a gymnasium was being built in the mid 1960s, editors at the Collegian wrote that it looked like a whale rising out of the ground. They began calling it the “great white whale” from the novel “Moby-Dick,” and it caught on with students. With some reluctance, the name “Moby Arena” was officially adopted by administration.
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Faith and Belief Calendar resource for campus By Rachel McKinney When we talk about diversity, what’s often left out of the conversation is faith and religion – which is, in many cases, a core piece of a person’s identity. Our Colorado State University Community is made up of nearly 40,000 faculty, staff and students that easily represent 20 or more faith and belief traditions. Most of these traditions set aside multiple dates throughout the year for various types of observance, celebration, memorial, or remembrance. In the fall of 2018, a subcommittee functioning under the President’s Commission on Diversity and Inclusion debuted the “Faith, Belief, and Religious Observances Calendar,” created to educate about the wide diversity of holiday, belief and faith traditions being celebrated by CSU students, faculty and staff and in our community. This calendar empowers students, staff, and faculty to be inclusive of the hundreds of faith, belief, and religious observances that take place throughout the year.
How might you use the Faith, Belief, and Religious Calendar?
• As an employee: Check the calendar when scheduling large events or mandatory trainings that involve staff members or members of the community. If you know that a coworker practices a faith and belief system that you are unfamiliar with, check the calendar to better understand what they are observing or to offer them well wishes while they observe a certain celebratory date. • As a faculty member: When scheduling major class events, exams or trips, check the calendar to avoid dates that may involve students taking time off because of an observance. While it may be impossible to avoid all observances when scheduling, a quick check of the calendar still provides educational opportunities for faculty members and more familiarity with observances to avoid. • As a student: Check the calendar after receiving your syllabus to identify whether an academic requirement might fall on a date of observance for you. If you locate a conflict, communicate with your instructor and/or make an accommodations request with
the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. Take a minute to look at the calendar or even add dates from it to your Outlook calendar – small steps like these are important in becoming a more thoughtful and inclusive member of the CSU community. If you are an employee seeking accommodations for a religious observance, take a look at the Religious Holidays & Observances Policy at http://policylibrary.colostate.edu/policy.aspx?id=701, contact CSU Human Resources, and/or discuss accommodations with your supervisor. Suggestions for observances that could be added to the Faith, Belief, and Religious Observances Calendar can be emailed to Alicia Sprague (Alicia.sprague@colostate.edu), a member of the Subcommittee of Faith, Belief and Religious Observances. Please include date(s), community and a description of the observance.
Happy holidays from the Classified Personnel Council! CSU Spiritual Care available
CSU Spiritual Care Services is available to support the exploration of life’s questions, experiences, and transitions in a safe, nonjudgmental space. Spiritual Care is available to those from all beliefs, faiths, cultures and identities (including those who do not identify as religious or spiritual). Support is FREE for all CSU students, faculty and staff. For more information, visit their website at https://health.colostate.edu/spiritual-care/.
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By Kate Jeracki This year’s Graduate Student Showcase was able to add a new element to its annual activities: a keynote speaker, made possible with funding from the Provost’s Office as part of the University’s 150th anniversary celebration. “The GradShow is a professional development opportunity, a way for students to present their work as scientists and scholars, and elevate their communication skills,” explained Mary Stromberger, dean of the CSU Graduate School. “They network, build connections with faculty and other grad students outside their discipline, and practice how they communicate their science and scholarship to broad audiences.” That’s why the featured speaker was Melissa Marshall, a communications faculty member at Penn State and consultant perhaps best known for her popular TED Talk, “Talk Nerdy to Me,” who discussed how to engage an audience in your research; a recording is available at the GradShow website. “We are so grateful to Provost Rick Miranda for providing the grant that allowed us to bring Melissa Marshall to campus,” Stromberger said. “It’s a great way to celebrate the 150th year of CSU’s land-grant mission, to help young scientists communicate effectively why their science is relevant and the impact it has on the region and the world.”
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The idea for the Sesquicentennial Colloquium Series grew out of the process of planning the celebration of the University’s founding in 1870. While colleges, departments and units were gearing up for festive events and commemorations, Miranda said he wanted to use the opportunity to highlight CSU’s academics in a way that involved as many parts of campus as possible throughout the entire year. “We set aside some money and then asked organizers of events that already take place to send in proposals for what they would do with an extra $10,000 for the event,” he explained. “We didn’t want to do just one event, but to help ‘supersize’ existing events and encourage people to attend what could be once-in-a-decade type of programs.” The result: Events scheduled through the academic year are bringing in more prominent speakers and promoting them to a wider audience. In
The Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research hosted the 2019 GradShow at CSU. Photo by William A. Cotton
October, the Diversity Symposium featured Kimberlé Crenshaw, who filled the LSC Ballroom; last month, both the GradShow and the Water in the West Symposium, which is sponsored by the CSU System and will eventually be an annual offering at the CSU Campus at the National Western Center in Denver, used their grants to support speakers coming from out of state as well as enhanced audience engagement. Other recipients of Sesquicentennial Colloquium grants include the Ag Innovation Summit, Dec. 5-6; and in the spring, the Women in Science Symposium; CURC, the Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity showcase; the new Engagement Summit; and a special guest speaker for Founders Day in February. “The organizers of the events that have already taken place have come to me and said, ‘that was really helpful,’” Miranda said. “And that’s exactly what we hoped for, to make important discussions like these a meaningful part of our celebration.”
EVENTS IN THE SERIES • GradShow
• Water in the West
• CURC
• Diversity Symposium
• Ag Innovation Summit
• Women in Science
Food for Fines reduces parking fees and provides meals for hungry CSU students By Maggie Walsh There’s nothing worse than reading “pay CSU parking ticket” on your holiday to-do list, but until Dec. 20 paying your fine will sting a bit less than normal; and you might even feel good doing it. This month, give $10 or more to CSU’s Rams Against Hunger program and reduce each university parking ticket by $20. Although you may contribute as much as you want to the fund that provides meal cards to students with food insecurity, only one $20 deduction is allowed per citation. Dave Bradford, director of Parking and Transportation Services, said Foods for Funds has many benefits. “This program allows Parking and Transportation Services to give back to our university community by helping feed hungry students,” he said. “And if you have a parking ticket that needs to be paid, supporting such a great cause can soften the blow a little bit.” Here is how to reduce and pay your parking citations, and better prepare a hungry CSU student for success at the end of the school semester: • • •
Cash contributions are NOT accepted at CSU Parking Services; contributions must be made online at advancing.colostate.edu/ FOODFORFINES A contribution of $10 or more will reduce a citation by $20. Only one deduction is allowed per citation. You can contribute as much as you want, but you’ll only receive one discount per parking citation.
Qualifying for an online contribution
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First, make a contribution online. Please be sure to include your CSU ID, license plate number, and/or citation number in the “Questions” tab of the page. Second, email your contribution receipt to parking@colostate. edu. Third, verify your contribution has been processed, usually within one business day. You should see your citation reduced by $20. You can contact Parking and Transportation Services during business hours if you don’t see the reduction. Fourth, pay your citation online or over the phone — (970) 491-7041 — with a credit card. Making an online contribution does not prevent further action on the citation (such as an escalated fine if a citation is not paid within the due date). Please pay your citation as quickly as possible after verifying we have processed your contribution to prevent escalation or transfer to your university account.
Citations that have already been transferred to University Accounts Receivable are not eligible for a Food for Fines reduction.
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Make way for Meridian Village on former Aylesworth Hall site By Marianne Wieghaus At the site of what once was Aylesworth Hall now sits a perfectly leveled plot being primed and readied for construction of the next housing complex on Colorado State University’s campus, Meridian Village. In October, the Board of Governors approved $130 million for Phase 1 of the project. Scheduled from April 2020 through May 2022, the first phase of construction includes 1,100 beds split across three buildings as well as a temporary dining and mail facility, the realignment of Meridian Avenue and renovations of the Braiden Hall parking lot and Ram’s Horn Express and Sports Grill. The Meridian Village project was awarded to Saunders Construction and 4240 Architecture, who are currently working alongside CSU Facilities Management and Housing & Dining Services to finalize the design of Phase 1.
Preparing for growth
As part of Phase 1, Ram’s Horn Express and the Sports Grill at Academic Village will undergo a renovation in the summer of 2021 to become an expanded grab-and-go-style dining space with an open seating area. This permanent expansion will help meet the growing dining needs of the south side of campus and accommodate for future growth at Meridian Village. “The intent is to create a larger, convenience store-style concept that will be able to serve more people faster than the existing sports grill,” said Laura Bently, project manager for Housing & Dining Facilities. Another proactive step to accommodate the future growth on the south side of campus is widening Hughes Way this summer. The road is to become a two-way street with separated east- and west-bound bike lanes and additional diagonal parking spaces on both sides. The east-bound lane from Shields Street to the Morgan Library lot will close this March (traffic still permitted to travel west), with the entire street closing soon after in May through completion of the project in August 2020. This May through mid-Fall 2020, drilling for campus’ first GeoExchange system will begin on the Rec Center Intramural Fields. As an on-site renewable energy system, the geothermal system will tap into the heat sources deep in the Earth’s core to generate electricity and heat buildings without the use of any fossil fuels. The GeoExchange system will serve the heating and cooling needs of Meridian Village and the Moby complex, which is currently on main campus’s steam distribution plant. Fields will not be back to full use until spring 2021.
people?” said Dr. Mark Stetter, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. “Our core mission hasn’t changed, but technology has changed dramatically.” One challenge faced by Glover and other early veterinarians at CAC was establishing a dedicated course of study and research in veterinary medicine, distinct from livestock management. But the two fields remained inextricably linked. Ruth J. Wattles, in The Mile High College, her unpublished history of Colorado A&M on its 75th anniversary in 1949, noted: “Much of the work of the Veterinary Section … has been pure science, a contribution to the world’s knowledge. On the other hand, the veterinarians have not been cloistered in … the laboratories. They have been in touch with men on the ranch and the range…. When these men saw their livestock, the source of part of their livelihood, dying, they asked the help of the veterinarians, and the scientists gave the results of their training in research to the livestock men.” Some of this early research concentrated on eliminating tuberculosis in Colorado herds; identifying poisonous plants on the range; the effects of high altitude on cattle; and addressing feed diseases in sheep and poultry. Those researchers collaborated with botanists and entomologists on campus to attack pressing problems, and efforts across campus today embody this collaborative approach to human and animal health, when like-minded scientists work together to solve urgent problems. A prime example is the annual CVMBS Research Day, when students of all levels and from various programs come together to present and learn about health. “Research Day is not just a ‘veterinarian day’ or a ‘Ph.D. day’ – it’s an opportunity for people in animal health, human health, and ecosystem health to realize we can improve how we deliver on our mission by working together,” said Stetter. Events like Research Day and programs like the Center for Healthy Aging and the One Health Institute continue the land-grant mission into the 21st century, while some new efforts harken back to the college’s agricultural roots.
Returning to rural roots
In the 21st century, a growing need for veterinarians in rural areas has prompted efforts to enhance livestock and food animal veterinary medicine education, bringing the program full circle to its land-grant origins. A collaborative program with the University of Alaska Fairbanks graduated its first class of D.V.M. students, equipped with knowledge about public health, rural medicine, and food security issues, in May. Colorado’s Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program helps address the shortage of veterinary medicine expertise in rural areas, too, providing veterinarians who work in remote communities financial assistance with their student loans. In human health, the college is also creating new educational opportunities for Colorado medical students. In partnership with the University of Colorado School of Medicine, CSU will enroll the first students in its medical program in 2021. Students will earn medical degrees from the CU School of Medicine and benefit from the expertise of faculty from both universities. Reflecting an industry need for health and medical professionals, the college’s biomedical sciences undergraduate program will be restructured for Fall 2020. Incoming students will be able to choose one of three concentrations within the biomedical sciences major: anatomy and physiology, environmental public health, and microbiology and infectious disease. All concentrations provide the prerequisites necessary for applying to graduate school and professional programs, like medical, veterinary, or pharmacy school. What started with improving health for primarily cows and horses has developed into improving health for humans, cats and dogs, lizards, ferrets, birds, rabbits, snakes, and other animals, companion or otherwise (and still plenty of cows and horses). To read more stories about the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences as part of CSU’s sesquicentennial celebration, go to source.colostate.edu.
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Blanche Hughes, vice president for Student Affairs and lead administrator for Colorado State University’s Race, Bias and Equinity Initiative, has identified a core team to join her in implementing the initiative. “To improve the culture here at Colorado State, we must be thoughtful and intentional about the steps we take,” Hughes said. “As we move forward, it is essential that we evaluate each idea from a wide range of viewpoints. This group represents decades of experience at CSU and in higher education more broadly, and each person brings unique skills and experiences that will help guide our process.” The core team members are now listed, with brief bios and photos, on the RBEI webpage at president.colostate.edu/race-bias-and-equityinitiative. • Ryan Barone, assistant vice president for student success; • Albert Bimper, assistant vice president for student affairs; • Ann Claycomb, President’s Office chief of staff; • Pam Jackson, interim vice president for external relations; • Laura Jensen, vice provost for research and institutional planning; • Rick Miranda, provost and executive vice president; • Mary Ontiveros, vice president for diversity; • Diana Prieto, associate vice president for human capital • Jessica Salazar, associate legal counsel, Office of General Counsel • Kathy Sisneros, assistant vice president for student affairs; • D-L Stewart, professor, School of Education, and co-coordinator of Student Affairs in Higher Education; • Leslie Taylor, vice president for enrollment and access. The team is developing guidelines for reviewing the more than 100 proposals and ideas that the RBEI has received from CSU students, faculty and staff. Hughes said she is excited by both the number and caliber of the proposals already submitted, but noted that members of the campus community can continue to submit proposals for review here.
Blanche Hughes is leading the Race, Bias and Equinity Initiative. Photo by William A. Cotton “There’s no deadline for great ideas that can bring about lasting change and the courageous transformation of CSU,” said Hughes. All proposals will be reviewed by working groups, each led by a core team member, before being sent on to the core team with recommendations. Hughes and the core team will keep the campus community informed about the proposal review process via regular updates on the website, in SOURCE and via other platforms. The Race, Bias and Equity Initiative was created by CSU President Joyce McConnell and announced at the President’s 2019 Fall Address. The initiative aims to implement actionable plans to address issues of race and racism, bias and equity at CSU, and to empower all members of the campus community to learn, work, live and recreate in a safe and welcoming environment.
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JOYCE MCCONNELL BECOMES 15TH PRESIDENT
The Nancy Richardson Design Center opens to students on the first day of spring semester, heralded as a place where interdisciplinary creative works are not only made, but also shown off.
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The Board of Governors makes her selection official at a special meeting at the end of March, and McConnell prepares to begin her duties on July 1. She takes the reins as longtime president Tony Frank becomes full-time chancellor of the CSU System, with the goal of better integrating the Fort Collins flagship with the CSU-Pueblo and CSU Global campuses.
EMPLOYEE CLIMATE SURVEY RESULTS
Scholar Irving Roth discusses his experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps during World War II as part of CSU’s annual Holocaust Awareness Week. The week of commemoration will be rescheduled this year to bring Eva Schloss, stepsister and childhood friend of Anne Frank, to campus in November.
Representatives from Institutional Planning, Research and Effectiveness and the Office of the Vice President for Diversity present results of the biennial anonymous survey to departments around campus; nearly 60% of CSU employees responded, the highest rate ever, and generally view the University as a positive place to work. However, data reveal several areas of workplace culture in need of improvement.
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CSU, as well as a good part of the nation, comes to a halt under the power of a rapidly developing blizzard with extremely low pressure and high winds; as a result, the second annual Water in the West Symposium is rescheduled until November.
From math and science and sports camps for kids to annual events including the Black Issues Forum and the 30th Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session, as well as Ram Orientation for incoming students, staff keeps the CSU campus humming even while most students are on summer break.
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The Madison-Macdonald Observatory holds a weekend of events in honor of the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planting the first human footprints on the moon; several CSU alums who have been to space recall what the event meant to them.
The 19th annual event features not only a fireside chat with President McConnell and vice presidents Blanche Hughes and Mary Ontiveros about the RBEI, but also a standing-roomonly keynote by Kimberlé Crenshaw from UCLA law and a panel on how to prevent anti-Semitism on campus.
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SNOW CLOSES CAMPUS OVER FALL BREAK Fort Collins records over a foot of snow in 24 hours, and Facilities Management personnel swing into action to clear roads and sidewalks on campus – as well as the field and seats at Canvas Stadium in time for Friday’s final football game of the season.
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CSU begins the celebration of its founding in 1870 with the start of the fall semester, and events from Homecoming to Founders Day will carry the 150th anniversary theme; the Provost’s Sesquicentennial Colloquium provides additional support to events to “supersize” their speakers and presentations.
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President McConnell delivers her first Fall Address amid tension over incidents of racial bias on campus; about 300 demonstrators march silently past the stage on the Oval in protest, and McConnell announces a new Race, Bias and Equity Initiative. By the end of the year, the initiative has received more than 100 proposals for how to improve the campus climate.
The “twenty-teens” draw to a close with CSU a very different place that it was in 2010, having weathered the Great Recession, completed over a billion dollars’ worth of construction and renovation, recording record enrollment and research expenditures several years in a row, and with the first female president in its 150-year history.
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A Historic Evening with a Holocaust Survivor, Eva Schloss By Makenna Green As part of this year’s 23rd annual Holocaust Awareness Week at Colorado State University – a week dedicated to recognizing the significance of the Nazi atrocities of World War II and remembering the victims – there was a very special speaker, Eva Schloss. Not many people may know of her but definitely have heard of her stepsister and childhood friend, Anne Frank. At the age of 90, Schloss is still spending much of her days traveling and speaking about her experiences and time spent at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. In 1985, she chose to devote her life to awareness of the events of the Holocaust and promoting global peace.
Sold-out event
Her talk on Nov. 18, organized by the club Students for Holocaust Awareness and held in the Lory Student Center Main Ballroom, was sold out as eager individuals began to line up two hours prior to the event start time. Many brought their own copies of Schloss’s books. The line of people who hoped to grab an extra seat winded well down the hall; the talk was broadcast to the overflow crowd in the North Ballroom.
Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank, shares her experiences during the Holocaust in a talk with Romi Bean from CBS Denver. Photos by John Eisele
“I wanted to live and experience life, I was too stubborn to die.”–Eva Schloss Many attendees had heard stories about the Holocaust, but none had the opportunity to experience it firsthand. “I traveled four hours to attend the event,” explained Ramona McConnell, who came with her granddaughter. “I was a nurse in Berlin and have heard the stories but never from a survivor like her.” When Schloss took the stage, the standing ovation and applause was deafening.
‘I wanted to live’
Schloss, who was interviewed by Romi Bean from CBS Denver, spoke of having a beautiful childhood in Austria, until the Nazis began taking over control of European countries. Her Jewish family went into hiding in the Netherlands in 1942, where they met and became friends with the Frank family. They remained there until 1944, when they were betrayed by a double agent and transported to Auschwitz. Schloss and her mother were liberated by Soviet soldiers in 1945, but her brother and father did not survive.
After the war, Schloss moved to London, where she met her husband, and her mother, Elfriede Geiringer, married Otto Frank, Anne’s father. In the years after Otto’s death, Schloss began speaking for the first time about her experience and helped continue promoting Anne Frank’s legacy of awareness of the dangers of fascism.
When asked how she survived the camps and maintained her sanity in hiding, Schloss replied, “I wanted to live and experience life; I was too stubborn to die.” Hers is a story of phenomenal resilience and strength.
Her final message of the night was simple: “Do not let this happen again.” Even after all she has experienced and lost, she still believes “there can be a world free of hate and fighting.”
Register now for 41st Professional Development Institute in January By CSU Life staff Registration is now open for CSU’s 41st annual Professional Development Institute on Jan. 13, 14, and 15, 2020, hosted by The Institute for Learning and Teaching. This year’s theme, “Building a Future Together: Increasing Equity at CSU,” celebrates the work we have done to promote equity in learning, teaching, research, and all CSU endeavors. The program includes over 100 sessions covering a wide range of topics. To register, go to the PDI website or the TILT web page at tilt.colostate. edu and click on the box for Professional Development Program, then click
the PDI box in the center of the page. Enrollment is first come, first served, and seating can be limited, so don’t wait! To see a complete list of session and descriptions, visit the PDI website at tilt.colostate.edu/proDev/pdi/ and look for the link at the right hand side of the page. Questions may be directed to Debora Colbert, director of professional development, at Debora.Colbert@colostate.edu or by calling (970) 491-2645.
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Test drilling on intramural fields first step in state’s largest geothermal energy project
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You may find yourself doing a double take while walking or driving by the intramural fields this month. Yes, that is a drilling rig. No, Colorado State University is not fracking, nor is Hollywood filming a remake of the Beverly Hillbillies. Quite the contrary: Instead of searching for natural gas or oil, the drilling is a major step in CSU’s comprehensive renewable energy initiative. The rig will be drilling deep into the Earth – 500 feet or so – in a test bore that is a precursor to the installation of what will be the largest ground-source heating and cooling system in Colorado, and one of the largest in the western United States. Dubbed GeoX, the project will employ geothermal energy – also called ground source heat pump – for heating and cooling, to reduce energy consumption and costs. GeoX has been in the planning stages at CSU for nearly a decade and will replace the current outdated steam heating system in the 50-year-old Moby Arena, Fum McGraw Center, Anderson Academic Center, Health and Exercise Science, the intramural gym, and the yet-to-be constructed Meridian Village.
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CSU Facilities Management, in partnership with design/build contractors Adolfson &
Peterson Construction, have already started the design and will embark on construction early in 2020 inside Moby. Drilling is set to begin in the intramural fields in May 2020, with temporary impacts to the intramural fields and Hughes Way. “This test bore will give us a good indication of what we’re dealing with in regard to the conductivity of the ground and drilling conditions,” said Carol Dollard, energy engineer with Facilities Management and co-chair of the CSU President’s Sustainability Commission. “Once completed, this system will not only remove a large section of our main campus from the outdated and more carbon-intensive steam heating and chilled-water cooling systems, but this project also aligns well with the University and city of Fort Collins’ commitment to using 100% renewable electricity by 2030.” The extensive $20 million project will entail drilling 500 to 850 boreholes, each approximately six inches in diameter and 500 to 550 feet deep, in several intramural fields. The holes will be bored with large machinery that resemble natural gas and oil drilling equipment. Tony Flores, CSU Facilities Design and Construction project manager, said once the drilling is completed and the intramural fields restored to perfect condition, what lies underneath the feet of recreating students will be nearly invisible.
“It will be a comprehensive system of renewable energy production using the Earth as the source,” he said. “It will be saving money for the University and saving the planet’s resources.”
About geothermal energy
The temperature in the Earth remains fairly constant at all times of the year – approximately 50 degrees Fahrenheit below six feet – even when air temperatures fluctuate between seasons and times of day. Geothermal energy systems take advantage of the constant temperature by circulating water through a field of pipes in the ground. Once the ground cools or heats the circulating water, it takes little extra electrical energy to bring it to the desired temperature for a comfortable building. The conditioned water can be used in heating and cooling systems in the building’s HVAC climate control systems.
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Doing what she loves put Ellen Audley and her band in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame By Brian Dusek
Ellen Audley: Colorado State University’s summer program coordinator Current journalism student • Musician • Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee “Accomplished” is definitely a word to describe Ellen Audley. While she says she is honored to be recognized for her musical talent, Audley just sees it as doing what she loves with the people she loves. Audley has been a member of the all-female “Mother Folkers” (the “most carefully pronounced name in show business”), for 36 of their 46 years. The band, also known as the “MoFos,” brings together women from many genres of music – classical, jazz, world, blues and American roots. Audley, who plays electric and acoustic mandolin and guitar, has felt a connection to the band since the first time she saw them. “I used to go to the Swallow Hill Concert Hall in Denver as a teenager, which is where I saw my first performance of the Mother Folkers. I realized women could be serious players,” Audley said. The MoFos weren’t where Audley first found her passion for music, however. “I knew when I was in kindergarten I wanted to be a guitar player,” she said. “My dad originally didn’t want me to play, but by the time I was 12, I had worn him down, and he never needed to ask me to practice after that.” As Audley grew older, she continued to expand her musical skills and passions. She initially attended CSU to study music therapy, but left to play mandolin and travel around the country. She was able to meet and play with many of her heroes in roots music. Later, she became a DJ at KCSU, Colorado State’s public radio station, and volunteered for about 30 years. When Audley was 26, the MoFos invited her to join the band, and she’s been thriving with them ever since. “The women in the band really support each other,” Audley said. “Most of us have been friends forever, and we all have a way of really letting each other shine. It’s a non-competitive environment.” The friendship and harmony among the women translates into the success of their band as well.
Hall of Fame induction. The Mother Folkers were inducted into the
Colorado Music Hall of Fame on Nov. 9. The ceremony, in the Central Presbyterian Church in downtown Denver, was not only an exciting night for the group, but Audley said it was her favorite performance ever – calling it “fantastically fun.” “We were so excited to play and so excited for the audience to have a good time,” she said. “There was an amazing vibe in the air, a lot of love in the air. Many in the audience were original fans who have followed us for decades. The sound was good, and the acoustics were amazing because of the beautiful church in downtown.” For Audley, the most important element of the band, and music, is the connection she’s made with others. “If you look at many of the artists in the Hall of Fame, they are accomplished individuals creating music with others,” she said. “The group creates something greater than we can do on our own.” Her belief in teamwork and unity translates into her job as the summer program coordinator at CSU. Things like attention to detail, the desire to never stop learning, creativity, and her love for working on a team intersect with the skills needed for her job and as a musician. And, now that Audley is back at CSU taking classes to earn a degree in journalism and media communication, she’s continuing her love for creatively sharing stories, whether it be through “music, writing, making a video or building websites,” she said. Audley has a few words of advice for young musicians...“It’s cool to see young people carrying the torch forward,” she said. “Play every chance you get, work hard, learn from everybody you meet, and share what you know.” The song Audley leads when the MoFos perform is called “Alma, Corazon y Vida,” which means “soul, heart and life” in Spanish. Whether it be in her journalism courses, job at CSU, or concerts with the Mother Folkers, Audley is putting her soul, heart and life into everything, and enjoying every moment with the people she loves.
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Call for nominations – AP Star and DAPA By Amy Quinn-Sparks
It’s that time of year again - the first snow has fallen, the fall semester is wrapping up, winter break is around the corner and it’s AP Star Award and Distinguished Administrative Professional Award (DAPA) nomination time! The AP Star Award and recognizes hard-working administrative professionals and past award winners hail from across all colleges within Colorado State University. We are looking for you to nominate your administrative professional colleagues and supervisees that “shine” the brightest within our RAMily, no matter how short or long they have worked for CSU. Don’t be shy – we know we have amazing administrative professionals who deserve to be nominated and recognized. Spread the word, approach your supervisor and co-workers, and let them know about this award – you never know you might even be nominated! The Administrative Professional Council Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the AP Star awards until noon, Friday, Feb. 7 and for the DAPA awards until noon on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Points to consider when writing your AP Star or DAPA nomination: • Demonstrates willingness to go above and beyond in their work within their department, in collaboration with other units and/or the campus community. • Exemplifies and honors the importance of work-life integration and supports it in themselves as well as their area, department and the University. • Contributes to CSU administrative professionals on campus through leadership, support and mentoring. • Utilizes resources in a more effective manner (doing more with less)
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Don’t use generalizations. Stating that the nominee is “amazing” and “great” is not enough – give specific examples of how the individual has gone over and above. • Don’t assume everyone knows what you are talking about. Briefly explain acronyms and projects for the awards committee to have a clear picture of the nominee’s work and accomplishments. Remember the WHW of nominations: • WHAT did the nominee do (specific projects, committee work, presentations, publications, etc.)? • HOW did they do it (creation of teams, leader of projects, specific behaviors and attitudes, etc.)? • WHAT was the impact (give specific examples and/or stakeholder testimonials)? Now the only question is - who will you nominate for the 2020 AP Star Award or DAPA? Visit https://ap.colostate.edu/awards/ap-stars-award/ or https://ap.colostate.edu/awards/distinguished-ap/ to nominate someone today!
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Collaborate with others: gather stories of the administrative professional from co-workers, students and faculty that this individual has worked with.
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Emotional intelligence can help you handle holiday stress gracefully throughout season Story by Stephanie Seng, director of CSU’s Center for Family and Couple Therapy
“… It’s clear that struggle doesn’t take off for the holidays. The gremlins don’t go on vacation. Checks bounce, chemotherapy appointments are scheduled, relationships keep unraveling, being alone feels even lonelier, and the “never enoughs” are in full swing.” In a 2015 Facebook post, Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston and a well-known author, describes an unavoidable truth about the holidays. She goes on to share her strategy for navigating that truth. “As I prepare to spend the next few days with my family and friends, I’ve decided to find my holiday magic in the mess; to practice love and gratitude with the special group of folks who keep showing up and loving me, not despite my vulnerabilities, but because of them.”
Stress during the holidays
While the holidays can fill our lives with joy, they can also lead to feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger and other difficult emotions. In a 2015 Healthline survey, over 60% of adults across all age groups reported feeling stressed over the holidays. Time, expectations, relationships can all contribute to the increased stress that, in turn, contributes to mixed emotions during the “happiest time of the year.”
Emotional intelligence
Brené Brown, known for her research and writing about vulnerability, taps into emotional intelligence to manage the challenges of the holidays. Emotional intelligence, brought to attention in 1995 by Daniel Goleman, is the ability to identify and manage emotions. Emotional intelligence is not a personality trait, but a skill we can develop to help manage the holidays.
Be aware of yourself
Emotionally intelligent people practice self-awareness and self-regulation. During the holidays, allow yourself time to feel your emotions, all the good, all the bad. Like Morrie Schwartz, from Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie says, pull them on “like a familiar shirt.” Notice the butterflies in your stomach or the tension in your neck. Experience it without judgment or a need to fix it. Use relaxation and calming strategies such as deep breathing and grounding as you try to identify the emotion and understand its meaning.
Be aware of others
The ability to extend awareness and regulation to others is another skill of emotional intelligence. Pay attention to the emotional experience of those around you. Use empathy to try to understand how they are feeling and consider multiple perspectives. Offer grace and forgiveness. Co-regulate. Co-regulation simply means to manage your emotions together with another. Often when a loved one is upset, our emotions escalate as well, leading to tension, arguments, stress, and misunderstanding. Remaining calm in the midst of another’s emotional distress, allows us to create a supportive environment that can help de-escalate the difficult emotion.
Focused on goals, flexible on means
Through it all, keep your goals in mind. An important part of emotional intelligence is knowing your motivation and remaining hopeful in its pursuit. If something is causing you stress, ask yourself ‘Why that thing is important. Is there another way to accomplish the same goal with less stress? Would scheduling the large family to get together on a day other than the actual holiday allow the whole family to be together and relieve the tension of having to split time? Could sending a Valentine’s letter rather than a Christmas letter still enable you to share family updates but relieve the holiday time pressure? How could you rethink gift-giving in a way that would allow the joy of giving without financial stress or having to fight holiday crowds?
Develop your emotional intelligence
Finally, emotional intelligence is a skill we can build, and the best time to do that is when you are under less stress. After the holidays, take time to revisit your emotional experience. When did you feel the happiest, and what brought you joy? When you experienced difficult emotions, what were they? Explore their origin and meaning. What do you think you might do differently next time? Think about times you were able to regulate and coregulate well. What helped you do that, and how could you use those skills to manage difficult situations in the future. The struggle doesn’t take off for the holidays, but like Brené Brown, we can find magic in the mess by tapping into our emotional intelligence. As Morrie Schwartz would say, “the most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and let it come in.”
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Start 2020 off right by taking control of your health and wellness with Healthy You By Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center
The Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center is putting on an eightweek weight management and mindful eating program just in time for those New Year’s resolutions. If you are looking for a jump start on new goals, struggling to gain momentum with old ones, or simply wanting to learn more about healthy eating, sign up for Healthy You. This comprehensive wellness program will cover mindful eating, portion control, meal planning, fitness, and more. No two bodies are the same, and our experienced Registered Dietitian and Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management will work beside you to help you achieve your personal goals in a supportive group environment throughout the program. Starting on Jan. 16, 2020, sessions will be held every week on Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center in CSU’s Health and Medical Center, 151 W. Lake St., Suite 1400. Thanks to Commitment to Campus, CSU faculty and staff receive 50% off this program, making it a total of $75.
Campus Trivia with Russ Schumacher
Jay Oaks may have had a bit of an advantage in answering the November trivia question. He works as the learning system manager for the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, after all, and the Glover Building was the first veterinary hospital on the CSU campus. It was named for Dr. George Glover, first head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado Agricultural College in 1907. Jay has been with CSU in various capacities for 22 years. Originally from Alabama, he came to Fort Collins to finish his degree at CSU and has been here ever since. When he’s not working on the South Campus, Jay builds detailed Lego models and is an avid snowboarder. For having his answer selected at random from all the correct answers submitted, Jay received a special swag bag full of sesquicentennial items, including a bandana autographed by State
Registration is now open at fshn-colostate.nbsstore.net/healthy-you-program. Call (970) 495-5916 or email nutritioncenter@colostate.edu to receive your discount code.
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Climatologist Russ Schumacher, the winningest Ram to ever appear on Jeopardy!, and a $20 gift certificate from the CSU Bookstore. This month’s question is about another important sesquicentennial.
Q. Collegiate football is also celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. What year was football first played in Fort Collins, at what was then the Colorado Agricultural College? Submit your answer to csulife@ colostate.edu with December Trivia in the subject line by Jan. 17, 2020 (CSU Life will not publish over winter break).
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CSU COOKS: Gingerbread Cornbread Appreciate the spicy flavors of gingerbread as a savory holiday side dish, in this recipe from the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center Serving Size: 1 square Yield: 12 squares
Ingredients • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
1 cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup whole wheat flour ¾ cup tightly packed dark brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 large egg, beaten ¼ cup molasses 1 cup buttermilk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/3 cup vegetable or olive oil
Nutrition Information / Amount per serving: • • • • • • • • • •
Calories 219 Protein 3 g Total fat 7.5 g Total Carbohydrates 36 g Saturated fat 1.5 g Dietary Fiber 2 g Cholesterol 18 mg Sodium 363 mg Sugar 20 g Added Sugars 18 g
To learn more about nutrition, recipes, and what we do at the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center, visit nutritioncenter.colostate.edu
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit 2. Butter and flour an 8” x 8” baking pan 3. In a large bowl, mix cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. 4. Add egg, molasses, buttermilk, vanilla, and oil. Mix until smooth. 5. Pour into the baking pan and bake for 20-25 minutes until a test toothpick or knife comes out clean. 6. Let cool 10 minutes in the pan and enjoy!
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There is a new restaurant in Old Town Fort Collins that is definitely worth a visit. Uno Mas Taqueria y Cantina recently opened its doors at 120 West Olive Street to rave reviews bringing elevated street tacos, along with specialty tequilas and drinks, traditional tortas, appetizers, and classic Mexican desserts. Uno Mas Taqueria y Cantina is one of those cool little hole-in-the-wall gems that once discovered, you do not want to tell your friends about in case it gets too busy. With two other popular locations in Denver on Pearl Street and 6th Avenue, they pride themselves on serving fresh locally sourced food, an incredibly extensive tequila menu (70+ of the best artisanal small-batch tequilas and mescals using the finest blue agave, rather than overly marketed large production brands) and all meats are smoked in-house. Their menu also features delicious appetizers, tortas served on fresh telera rolls, sides, and yummy deserts. However, their tacos served on raquelitas organic white corn tortillas are what makes them famous. Inspiration for Uno Mas came when owner and restaurateur, Patrick MangoldWhite was down in Baja, Mexico and saw a young guy on the beach with a metal trashcan and a cooler. “He opened the trashcan, lit a fire, and turned the trash can lid upside down over the fire. Then he took fresh Mahi Mahi from the cooler, seasoned it with chili powder and salt, set it on the hot lid, and started cooking it with oil,” says Mangold-White. “It was so basic but a genius cooking method that everyone on the beach loved. I created Uno Mas to reflect that genius — simple and bold archival cooking at its best.” Uno Mas Taqueria y Cantina is open daily 11:00 am to 9:00 pm (10:00 pm on Fridays/Saturdays) and happy hour is from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Monday to Friday and 11:30 am to 5:00 pm on weekends. Check out their Taco Tuesday special every Tuesday from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm when all tacos are only $3.00 each. Learn more at unomastaqueria.com.
PATRICK’S PAIRING PICKS:
SEA OF CORTEZ TACO – chili rubbed sea scallops & shrimp, fresh avocado, cilantro, ranchero salsa, cotija cheese. We get our seafood delivered fresh from the market and handprepped to ensure the finest quality. We always cook especially for your order. JOVEN MEZCAL - Joven mezcal is generally peppery, has a fresh agave flavor and, of course, is smokey (apply the “smokey” descriptor to all mezcal). This makes it a perfect pairing with our Sea of Cortez fish taco.
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Celebrate with Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale The holiday season is here and everyone’s shopping for gifts but all I want for Christmas is a tasty beer. And I don’t want allspice, clover, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, sage, or any of those seasonal spices in anything but a pie. No. I just want a delicious, drinkable beer that will keep me warm in the cold months and make me pine for it in the warm months. For me, that beer has always been Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale. An American-style Fresh Hop IPA, meaning the hops are freshly dried from the field within seven days of picking, Celebration is one of the few hop-forward Christmas beers out there. Full of citrusy pine aromas, Celebration Ale is an incredible blend of Chinook, Centennial and Cascade hops, balanced with a sweetness imparted
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by two-row and caramel malts. The mouthfeel is silky smooth, and the hop kick isn’t brutal, just bitter, giving the perfect amount of crispness to a beer that could have been just another winter warmer in a past life. Amber, earthy, sweet and clean, this is one of my favorite IPAs. At 6.8 percent ABV and 65 IBUs, Celebration hits all the right notes for long nights by the fire or holiday movie marathons. I recommend pairing Celebration with my favorite Christmas movie, “Die Hard,” and a sharp cheddar. Cheers! Jeff Matson is the beer buyer at Wilbur’s Total Beverage in Fort Collins.
Holiday Pinot Noirs Mirassou
$9.99
Black Oak
$10.99
Pleasure’s
$14.99
Kendall Jackson
$14.99
Baus Family
$17.99
Angel’s Landing
$24.99
Try Before You Buy In-Store Tastings! Beer Tastings Friday Afternoon from 3-6:30 in-store!
Saturday Afternoon Wine Tasting from noon to 3:45 in-store!
With valid I.D. Select brands featured.
Wilburs will be open Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve until 8 p.m. 2201 South College • Open Mon-Sat 9-10 • Sun 9-7 • (970) 226-8662
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CSU CALENDAR How to have a happy sustainable holiday season By Mary Liang The holiday season is upon us, which means gift-giving and holiday parties are in full swing. Throughout this joyous season of gifting and spending time with family, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, Americans also generate large amounts of waste – more specifically, an additional 1 million tons of waste per week. This increased waste during the holidays comes from items such as wrapping paper, ribbon, tape, broken lights, decorations, cards and even food. If every American household reused just two feet of ribbon when wrapping gifts, 38,000 miles of ribbon would be saved. That amount of ribbon could tie a bow around the entire planet! Additionally, if every family wrapped just three presents in reusable materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
Here are some ways in which you, your families and friends can cut down on your holiday season waste: 1. Take only what you need • At holiday dinners and family gatherings, only take what you know you can eat to minimize food waste • If you’re hosting a holiday party with food involved, send leftovers home with your guests
2. Minimize the use of wasteful packaging • Minimize the use of wrapping paper and tape • Wrap multiple presents in the same box 3. Reuse your wrapping materials • Save your bags, ribbons and bows for next year • Open gifts carefully so you can save the wrapping paper
Honor Band CSU Day at Festival Concert the National WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 Western Stock 2 p.m. Show Griffin Concert Hall, University Center for the Arts
SATURDAY, JAN 18 rodeo 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
High school musicians from the Rocky Mountain region, selected from hundreds of applicants from throughout the western United States will come together to perform under the direction of guest conductor James Spinazzola and alongside CSU musicians for the honor bands final concert. Free admission; doors open 30 minutes before curtain.
CSU Alumni Association is providing an opportunity for alumni and friends to celebrate their love for CSU while attending the National Western Stock Show. Packed with activities, you won’t want to miss this special event.
Free for CSU students $14 for adults $12 for seniors (62+) 4 for youth (under 18)
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Moby Arena and Lory Student Center Grand Ballroom
4. Try reusable wrapping materials • Fabric, old newspapers, and blankets work just as well as wrapping paper • Instead of ribbons, try using twine or fabric strips to tie up your gifts • Things like glass mason jars and reusable shopping bags can work as gift wrap or even part of the gift itself
CSU’s newest soon-tobe-alums celebrate their accomplishments.
5. Look for wrapping items made with recycled material • This includes boxes for shipping, cards, and wrapping paper
DEC. 23-JAN. 20, 2020
6. Give gifts with an environmental message • Look for products that are made from recycled materials • Invest in gifts that will last a long time like a reusable thermos or waterbottle • Buy from fair-trade companies that promote sustainable practices 7. Don’t forget the value of a homemade gift • Homemade cookies, breads, jams are lovely gifts that can be made and enjoyed with minimal waste • Giving experiences such as dinner reservations, movie tickets, or IOU’s to help with chores have no waste and are equally (if not more) appreciated • Try giving gifts that are going to be “used up,” like soap, candles, or even plant seeds
National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St.
Alumni.colostate.edu
MLK Day March and Commemoration MONDAY, JAN. 20 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, CSU events include a community service project, MLK March from Old Town to the LSC, and a keynote and entertainment.
Winter Break
University Holiday
No classes
No classes, offices closed
University Holidays
First Day of Classes
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DEC. 23-27, JAN. 1
MONDAY, JAN. 20
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
No classes; offices closed
PDI
JAN. 13, 14 and 15
Lory Student Center Open to all members of the CSU community looking to come together, explore issues, share ideas and gain new insights. Full schedule at:
tilt.colostate.edu/proDev/pdi/ program.cfm
Founders Day TUESDAY, FEB. 11
CSU’s actual 150th birthday will be celebrated with events at the state Capitol, a giant card to sign and cookies on the plaza at 1:50 p.m., and a special guest speaker at 6 p.m. in the LSC Ballroom
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Brewery Lights at Anheuser-Busch THROUGH DEC. 29; 24-25 5-9 p.m.
closed Dec.
Anheuser-Busch Tour Center, 3823 Mountain Vista Drive Come visit for a fun family-friendly night out filled with a million twinkling lights. budweisertours.com
Nat. Geographic’s 50 greatest photos THROUGH JAN. 3, 2020 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fort Collins Museum of Art, 201 S. College Ave.
Going on its 13th year, the Winter Farmer’s Market is promoting and providing access to locally grown goods. Find fresh produce, meats, honey, eggs, cheese, libations, baked goods, value added foods, arts & crafts, and more all from local producers. focomarket.org/
Community Menorah Lighting SATURDAY, DEC. 28 5 p.m. Old Town Square Join Guest of Honor Mayor Wade Troxell, dignitaries and community for the annual lighting of the giant Menorah and Chanukah Celebration, featuring Jewish holiday music and traditional Chanukah foods.
See National Geographic magazine’s 50 mostremembered and celebrated photographs and learn the stories behind them.
Game Day at the Old Town Library
$5 for adults $4 students and seniors $1 youth, children 6 and under free.
Old Town Library, 201 Peterson St.
moafc.org
Fat Tire Friday Live Music Every Friday 5:30-7:30 p.m.
New Belgium Brewing, 500 Linden St. Start Friday off right and enjoy live bands and a $1 off Fat Tire Belgian Ale and Fat Tire Belgian White. Even if beer isn’t for you, the live music is still free! newbelgium.com
Winter Farmer’s Market SATURDAY, DEC. 14 and 21 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Masonic Temple, 225 W. Oak St.
SATURDAY, JAN. 11 and 25 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Opera Galleria, 123 N. College Ave.
Every third Sunday 12-5 p.m.
Participants can bring various board games to the Old Town Library and find others who want to join in on the fun. Games from the Library’s collection are also available. All ages welcome. poudrelibraries.org
Live Music at Odell Brewing Co. Every Wednesday 5-7 p.m.
Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave. Enjoy beer and live music at Odell Brewing Co. every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. odellbrewing.com/events
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Holiday y gifts for the whole family. Get your holiday gifts at the CSU Bookstore before Winter Break!
Shop in store or order online at bookstore.colostate.edu and pick up at your convenience.
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