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Latinx Heritage Month celebration continues

El Centro kicks off Latinx Heritage Month on Mexican Independence Day with a performance by Mariachi Sol de Mi Tierra on the Plaza Sept. 16. Celebration continues through Oct. 15. Photo by Joe Giordano

E-cigarette use prohibited on CSU campus By Makenna Green

In the past few years, vaping — the smoking of e-cigarettes — has had a significant impact on society and youth. According to the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey 2017, almost 27% of Colorado high school students vape, the highest user rate for youth in the nation. In Larimer County, it was even higher at 32%. Here at CSU, 30% of incoming students reported using e-cigarettes, according to the 2018 AlcoholEdu intervention survey. With the recent reports of hospitalizations related to vaping, attention is shining on former Gov. John Hickenlooper’s policy to decrease all forms of tobacco use. Christina Berg, director of health education and prevention services, and Monica Keele, manager of substance use prevention and assessment at the CSU Health Network, are helping to implement this policy, which has been in place since January. The CSU policy is in compliance with the governor’s order, which prohibits the use of tobacco – smoking, chewing, e-cigarettes, vaping – and non-nicotine vaping on any state property. This includes all university-owned and -controlled buildings, all campuses and offices as well as satellite sites, such as the Mountain Campus. The hope is that this will reduce the use of e-cigarettes and the effects of secondhand smoke, which many do not consider a problem because it creates vapor, not smoke. In fact, the chemical released still pose health risks to anyone who is being exposed. “Hopefully this will move the needle on this issue,” Berg said, noting that it’s been shown that enforcing policies like this is one of the most effective ways to help these issues.

Recent vaping hospitalizations

Berg and Keele said there have been 530 confirmed cases of vaping-related illness in 38 states and one U.S. territory — with two cases in Colorado, both on the Front Range. Many of the users appear to be youth, as companies have realized how to market to this age group. Many others have turned to vaping as an aid to quitting smoking altogether. “Most who use vaping to help quit usually just end up using both products,” Keele said. Others also claim to use the substance to manage stress, but instead, it fuels the stress as the body reacts to withdrawal when not smoking. Both Berg and Keele said that policies like this must not be treated any differently than other policies and that enforcement will help to reduce users. For more information, forms to file for violations of the policy, or for help quitting, visit tobaccofree.colostate.edu.

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Colorado State University is the only university to earn the distinction of a National Banner School as part of the inaugural Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools National Recognition Program. The program promotes meaningful social inclusion by bringing together students with and without intellectual disabilities to create an accepting school environment. CSU, as well as high schools in Florida, Kentucky, Texas and Washington state were the first five schools to have met the 10 national standards of inclusion.

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The CSU Employee Appreciation Board recognizes employees for their hard work and promotes community spirit among CSU faculty and staff through events such as breakfasts and luncheons. The board meets monthly during the academic year to discuss and plan employee recognition events, as well as to help promote university events. One of the main objectives of the board is the monthly recognition of a group, entity or college. To nominate a department or office, please visit the EAB website at csueab.colostate.edu.

The CSU Employee Appreciation Board honored the Campus Services unit in Business and Financial Services on Sept. 12. The unit was nominated by their manager, Kris King, who referred to the team of three as absolutely outstanding. “They work together as a team very well, and they don’t hesitate to support one another while continuing to educate their new manager,” King remarked. The group was surprised with lunch from Canino’s restaurant, some CSU swag, and one giant “thank you!”

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Backbone of CSU: Outdoor Services keeps campus looking remarkably great

By Makenna Green During this time of year with the changing colors of the leaves, Colorado State University’s campus shines. The fall foliage really shows our stunning campus at its finest. I had the pleasure of talking with Rodney Gillespie, who manages Outdoor Services on campus. With his team, they work behind the scenes to oversee what happens on campus. Outdoor Services currently has 35 State Classified (full-time) employees and nearly 50 student and non-student hourly employees. In the summer months, they have nearly 80 student and non-student hourly employees. “I also really love working with, coaching and guiding our student employees, after all, they are the future,” said Gillespie, adding, “They all have incredible goals, vision and dreams, and I believe it is our responsibility to help them accomplish these in all we do.” There are a lot of jobs to do on campus and a variety of things to maintain in order to keep our campus looking as remarkable as it does. Besides doing seasonal work and overall maintenance, they are also involved in helping with campus events such as Ram Welcome, homecoming, commencements, and assorted athletic events. Just this fall, they will have six home football games that involves much of the staff. Besides the regular tasks, there are many odd and sometimes unwelcome jobs, including dead critter removal, wasp nest removal/mitigation, graffiti clean-up, transient camp clean-ups, and storm and flood clean-up, just to name a few. While most seasons are busy and involve a lot of work, you won’t hear any complaints from Gillespie. Instead he focuses on how much he enjoys the job and working with the people there. “I love everything about the services we provide the campus,” he said. “I love working with other groups in Facilities Management and the campus community to provide an inviting and aesthetically pleasing environment for all who step foot on our beautiful campus.”

Colorado State University’s Outdoor Services plays an integral role in keeping the campus looking beautiful year-round.

With such a large campus, there are many simple things people can do to help outdoor services. Among those are respecting our campus, throwing away trash in the bins, and being careful of the trees when hammocking and slacklining.

Gillespie also asked that if there is a safety concern around campus, that you call Facilities Management at (970) 491-0077 so that they can handle it right away.

Interim deans named for College of Agriculture, Libraries The transition to new leadership at Colorado State University continues. As of Oct. 1, James Pritchett has been named interim dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, and Dawn Paschal is the interim dean of CSU Libraries. In addition, Brandon Bernier, who became director of ACNS about a year ago, is now serving as assistant vice president for Information Technology. Former College of Ag dean Ajay Menon stepped down in August to become president and CEO of the CSU Research Foundation. Pat Burns, who had been serving as both dean of Libraries and vice president of IT, has moved to the CSU System with responsibilities for information technology across all three campuses: Fort Collins, CSU-Pueblo, and CSU Global. Paschal will be in her interim role until Dec. 1, when Karen Estlund from Penn State becomes dean of Libraries. The search for a permanent VP of IT will be restarted shortly, according to Provost Rick Miranda.

James Pritchett Interim Dean College of Ag Sciences

Dawn Paschal Interim Dean CSU Libraries

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Avenir launches CSU apparel exhibitions to commemorate sesquicentennial By Jeff Dodge

In honor of Colorado State University’s 150th birthday, the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising has opened two exhibits that have decidedly Ram-centric themes. The first, “Proud to Wear,” features a collection of CSU apparel over the decades, from T-shirts to football helmets. The second, “Women Wear at CSU,” is a collection of items from CSU employees who identify as female, including a jacket on loan from President Joyce McConnell. It’s a nod to not only the sesquicentennial, but the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which secured women’s right to vote nationally. For both exhibits, Avenir Curator Katie Knowles put out a call for contributions from the CSU community. And boy did people deliver. Dozens of CSU T-shirts of all stripes, from the final “College Days” shirt in 1987 to a “Fort Flood” shirt printed 10 years later, poured in. A sampling of the T-shirts that were received is on display in the Richard Blackwell Gallery at the Avenir, along with a host of other treasures. There’s a 1950s football jersey and letter jacket worn by Frank Faucett

and Lyle Stucker, respectively, who played with Jack Christiansen at CSU before Christiansen went on to a successful NFL career as a player and coach. Next to the apparel is a photo of the three during their playing days at CSU. “Women Wear at CSU,” which runs through Dec. 28, includes a Western shirt worn by renowned animal sciences Professor Temple Grandin; a formal gown from Kim Tobin, vice president 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. “There are some really fun connections in this exhibition,” Knowles said. “There are a lot of stories to tell.” The CSU community is encouraged to share photos and stories about their own favorite apparel worn by women of CSU’s past and present on Instagram using @AvenirMuseum and #WomenWearCSU. The Avenir Museum is in the Department of Design and Merchandising, which is part of CSU’s College of Health and Human Sciences.

Salazar Center for North American Conservation announces $100,000 incentive prize for ideas By Tony Phifer Colorado State University’s Salazar Center for North American Conservation is serious about conservation – and is putting up big money to prove just how serious. A $100,000 incentive prize is being offered to nonprofits and other conservation-centric groups throughout North America to come up with the best ideas for creating meaningful change. The cash incentive was announced Sept. 24 during the first Salazar Center International Symposium on Conservation Impact in Denver by CSU President Joyce McConnell. “The basic idea behind the prize is to encourage small entities with big ideas to affect change,” said Beth Conover, director of the Salazar Center, named for former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. “We figured that creating an incentive prize would bring the world to us instead of us trying to find them.” A panel of judges will review entries and determine which ones have the best potential to succeed. Judges will be drawn from conservation leadership in academia, in the nonprofit world and philanthropy. Conover added that the prize hopes to

realize entries from a demographically diverse group of applicants, including Native Americans. The incentive prize will be offered annually, and recipients will have two years to implement their plans before reporting back to the symposium. “This is not a reward prize (recognizing work done in the past) – it’s risk capital to create momentum in the conservation movement,” Conover said. Funding for the prize came from the Trinchera Blanca Foundation, the Bohemian Foundation and donations from Jim Kelley, Patrick Phillips and other supporters. Conover said she hopes to eventually endow the prize fund via fundraising. In addition to the international incentive prize, the Center also announced a CSUspecific prize to mark the university’s 150th anniversary year. The CSU faculty prize will recognize faculty whose research has led to tangible conservation impacts over time. Both prizes will be launched in December 2019, accept nominations/submittals until the spring of 2020 and be awarded later in 2020. To sign up for updates, visit connectivitychallenge.org.

Beth Conover and Ken Salazar of the Salazar Center have announced a major conservation prize.

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Our Colleges Through the Years

The First College: Agricultural Sciences By Kate Jeracki

Editor’s note: Throughout the coming academic year, Colorado State will be

celebrating its sesquicentennial. SOURCE will be publishing monthly stories, with historic photos, videos and fun features about each college through June 2020. To see more, go to source.colostate.edu/csu-150.

If it weren’t for wheat, there wouldn’t be a Colorado State University. The Colorado Agricultural College had been authorized by the Territorial Legislature in 1870 – without any funding. Four years later, the legislature finally allocated matching seed money of $1,000 to get the project off the ground, but as the deadline approached, college organizers were a few hundred dollars short of raising their share. The Collins Grange – the association of local farmers – rode to the rescue, throwing a picnic and planting party to sow 20 acres of wheat on donated land that now includes the Oval. At harvest time, the plot yielded nearly 400 bushels, which was stored in the first structure on the fledgling campus – the Claim Shanty – before it was sold. With cash in hand, Fort Collins was ready when Colorado became a state in 1876 and could accept its 90,000 acres of land from the federal government to fund the college. And so began the long, mutually beneficial relationship between Colorado’s land-grant college and the state’s agricultural industry that continues today. “CSU and the College of Agricultural Sciences is where agriculture’s entire value chain, from farm to fork, can come to answer its most pressing questions,” said James Pritchett, interim dean of the college. “The best progress is made when we work together to co-create knowledge. We enter into joint agreements with industry that allow us to work on their products and learn more, answer their questions, and then we can set all that information loose in the world, for the benefit of all.”

Research cornerstone

The challenge of finding new ways to help agriculture prosper in Colorado’s arid climate attracted a number of talented faculty to the fledgling college. They worked on creating more efficient techniques of irrigation, developing plant varieties that would thrive at high altitude, and combatting diseases that could decimate herds. Research became a cornerstone of what is now the College of Agricultural Sciences at CSU; the experimental farm near Wellington originally covered most of today’s main campus. Such agricultural innovation will continue – must continue, according to Pritchett – to meet the looming challenges of feeding a global population projected to reach 10 billion by midcentury. “Our biggest challenge is to create and maintain safe, secure, and sustainable food systems to the benefit of humans, animals and our environment,” he said. “And as the overall population grows, so will the number of people with the resources to be considered middle class, to about 2 to 3 billion. With that change in demographics, there is a change in food preferences, and the food industry asks more of agricultural producers to meet the new demands.” The college is preparing to help meet those demands as a significant partner in the National Western Center project in Denver and renovation of the Shepardson Building on campus, which will double its size and contain 21st century learning technology. To Pritchett, the college is all about people – not just feeding the world, but educating students. “We want them to develop a set of experiences that they can draw on, so when they encounter new challenges in 15 or 20 years, they have the tools to meet them and make the best decisions.”

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Book Report: Collaboration leads to collection of essays on Rocky Mountain National Park By Makenna Green In Long Exposures: Repeat Photography & Parks as Portals to Learning, Stephanie G’Schwind of the English Department’s Center for Literary Publishing collaborated with Jared Orsi and Ariel Schnee of the History Department’s Public Lands History Center to publish a book of essays on something important to Coloradoans — Rocky Mountain National Park and its visitors.

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The collaboration began when the two centers moved into the Tiley House on the southeast edge of campus. It was an ideal match — the Center for Literary Publishing produces books and the Public Lands History Center produces historical narratives. “It was a lightbulb moment to expand our interns’ experience into a tangible artifact,” G’Schwind said. The book’s content came from student participants and faculty observers at the Public Lands History Center’s annual field workshop, Parks as Portals to Learning. At the weeklong workshop, students work alongside members of the National

Park Service to explore and address some of the problems facing Rocky Mountain National Park. During the summer of 2018, they investigated issues surrounding visitation with repeat photography: selecting a historic photograph, reshooting the image in the present day, and comparing the two images to understand change and continuity over time. The writing and publication process began in June 2018 and wrapped in May 2019. Graduate student interns from the English Department edited and produced the book at The Center for Literary Publishing, which G’Schwind oversees.

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Most of her interns do not get the opportunity to edit this kind of scholarly writing, as most have more experience with creative writing. For the History Department’s students, the experience aligned with the process of real academic publishing. As Orsi explained, “They learned how to interact with production. It was hypothetical to real-world training.” When asked what their favorite essays from the book were, G’Schwind commented that she thought all were excellent as was the experience. Orsi said the essays that he enjoyed the most were by Joseph Sarr, which explores the benefits and challenges of repeat photography in depth, and the essay by Kurt R. Knierim, a high school teacher, whose essay reveals what he took back to his classroom at Rocky Mountain High School from the workshop. Both added that the collaboration was a good experience for themselves and their interns. If the opportunity arises, they said they would to do it again. They also expressed their gratitude to the Department of History, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Provost’s Office for their generous funding that made this project possible. Long Exposures is available online as an open-source e-book through Mountain Scholar: Digital Collections of Colorado and Wyoming at hdl.handle.net/10217/194985.

Campus Trivia with Russ Schumacher Aspen Grille begins Kathy Gargan, who works in the BI Data Warehouse of the Operational Data Store in Information Systems, knew two of the locations on the CSU campus where weather data has been collected over the years. The first station, not surprisingly, was near the first permanent building – Old Main – installed in 1879, the year the first students were admitted to Colorado Agricultural College. At the beginning of the 20th century, it moved to the Civil Engineering building, southwest of the Oval, and then in 1940 to The Lagoon. It stayed there until 1961, when it took up its current location near the Lory Student Center Transit Center. CSU has all those historical observations available for researchers, too. Kathy is a CSU grad who returned to the University 12 years ago, after a stint at HP. Her unit manages data from a number of campus-wide systems, everything from HR to Kuali. She said she has played Campus Trivia before, and plays trivia at home because “it’s fun to learn. It’s fun to win, too.” This month’s question is a visual one, in honor of the important role irrigation engineering has played in the development of Colorado State University:

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Aspen Grille, the student-run restaurant located next to the North Ballroom in the Lory Student Center, opened Sept. 17 with a seasonal menu, featuring new items developed by students and committed to supporting local and sustainable producers. The green eatery welcomes students, faculty, staff, family and friends for lunch, Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.1 p.m. It also features a full bar with beer, wine and spirits. Students from the Hospitality Management program in the Food Science and Nutrition Department of the College of Health and Human Sciences work in all aspects of the Aspen Grille operation. Reservations are suggested, especially when the Grille is serving specials, such as on Oct. 3-4 for Latinx Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Month, Oct. 31-Nov. 1. Call (970) 491-7006 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, or make a reservation online at lsc.colostate.edu/diningat-the-lory-student-center/aspen-grille/ aspen-grille-reservations. And anyone who makes a reservation during fall semester will automatically be entered in the Aspen Grille’s new sweepstakes for a free meal for four to be used in the spring semester. The winner will be notified in January.

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Are you ready to start exercising today? Three questions you need to ask yourself

By Kimberly Burke

Many of us may have a goal to start getting physically active or to become more active, but sometimes we are unsure of when or how to find a safe place to start. Not wanting to discount a previous history of injuries with exercises could also make us nervous to start again. If you’re thinking of starting an exercise program, here are three questions you can ask yourself to determine if you’re ready to go.

What is your current level of physical activity? Use the “Rule of 3” to answer a yes or no question. Do you currently exercise for three or more days a week, for 30 minutes or more each time, and for longer than three months? If the answer is yes — congratulations! You’re currently physically active, and you have a little more room to engage in a higher volume of exercise. If the answer is no — then you don’t participate in regular exercise or do so to a lesser amount than outlined. There might be a few more precautions to take. Consult your doctor before you lace up your sneakers.

Do you have cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, or renal disease? Do you have any signs or symptoms suggestive of heart disease?

If you do have any disease mentioned above, you’ll want to make sure it’s well managed and under control before engaging in a new routine. Also, be sure to note when there is a change to side effects and symptoms. If you’re experiencing chest pain, racing heart rate, ankle swelling or shortness of breath with

usual activities, they are the warning signs to get things checked out before a major cardiovascular event happens. These symptoms could be made worse by exercise.

What’s your desired exercise intensity?

This is an important question to ask because we don’t want to do too much too soon. This could lead to soreness, an injury, or a cardiac event. It’s important to start low and go slow in length, intensity and progression of exercises. This question also relates to the previous two. If active, with no disease or signs of cardiovascular disease, then the individual may be able to start a more moderate intensity of exercise. If not

currently active, or dealing with disease states or signs/symptoms, it would be best to confirm with a doctor first or start at a low intensity. Exercise can be a great way to deal with stress and positively influence health. But it’s always good to make sure you’re ready to exercise and minimize the risk of injury. So if you’re unsure, ask yourself the above questions, or always follow up with medical professionals to maximize safety. To learn more visit hes.chhs.colostate. edu/outreach/adultfitness. Kimberly Burke is director of the Adult Fitness Program at Colorado State University

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How one unit implemented teleworking By Kate Jeracki

If the entire staff of the Oﬃce of Sponsored Programs are in one place, it must be Wednesday. Other days of the week, individual team members work seamlessly from home. Photo by John Eisele, CSU Photography

When an organization like Colorado State University needs people with highly specialized skills, finding and keeping them becomes critically important. And it can take some flexibility and creative thinking to overcome issues that could cause good performers to leave. The Office of Sponsored Programs, within the Office of the Vice President for Research, was facing just such a challenge last year. Assistant Director Ashley Stahle said the office was about to lose one of their valued employees over housing issues in late 2018. “She lives in Millikin, and got tired of the daily commute,” Stahle recalled. “We really didn’t want to lose her – she was one of our top performers – so we offered her the option of working from home. She accepted, but then we realized we needed procedures that would set guidelines for the whole department.” While the State of Colorado and CSU support telecommuting and other flexible work arrangements, there is no university-wide policy. According to the Human Resources Manual, “Flexible work arrangements are encouraged whenever, in the discretion of the department or unit head, they will promote the productivity and efficiency of the work unit and enhance employees’ work-life integration.”

Stahle said that about five of the three dozen staff members have opted to work from home on a regular basis, either two or three days a week, and schedules can be adjusted based on the needs of the office. Teleworking is also available on a temporary or ad hoc basis, for example, in bad weather or after a medical leave. Wednesday is the designated “all-hands-on-deck” day, when everyone is in the office for staff meetings and available for other in-person discussions with researcher and administrators in the colleges. It also coincides with the monthly RAM Around meetings. So far, according to Stahle, the program has worked out well. The one question she gets most often about supervising teleworkers is: “How do you know if they are really working?” Her answer: “The same way you can tell if people in the office are working – they get their work done.” Read more at source.colostate.edu/adopt-and-adapt-how-oneunit-implemented-teleworking.

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Stahle said the key to making teleworking even possible in the 36-person office was the adoption two years ago of an electronic file-sharing system that replaced the mountains of paper documentation previously stored in central filing cabinets. “The Office of Sponsored Programs manages grants, contracts and cooperative agreements that support research on campus, cradle to grave, from developing proposals to submitting to sponsors, then tracking the expenses once the funding is received,” she explained. Almost all communication between department staff and researchers, administrators and funders takes place over the phone or email, and there is very little unexpected walk-in traffic to the office that would limit the office’s ability to allow teleworking, according to Stahle. “So, when we thought about it, no one should be able to tell if you were working on campus or somewhere else, as long as we maintain our professional level of service,” she said. With encouragement from the director of OSP, Stahle researched how peers at other universities, in particular the University of Maryland and University of Colorado Boulder, had dealt with the issue. Then she convened a committee of people in the department who were interested in teleworking, and after about two months of discussion, with input from representatives from HR and OVPR, the guidelines were ready to roll out in February.

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Important information for State Classified employees on parental leave policies By Dustin Pothour Becoming a parent is a beautiful, transformative event that brings much joy to many people’s lives every day. For professionals, time away from the workplace to bond with family is essential in the process of welcoming a new child or children. Luckily, Colorado State University recognizes the support parents and children need during this time and as a State Classified Employee, you likely qualify for Parental Leave. As of July 1, 2019, State Classified monthly salaried employees, with an appointment of half-time or greater, are eligible to apply for parental leave pending they are in regular, paid employment status. Human Resources defines a parent as the child’s mother/father, or the spouse, domestic partner or civil union partner of either at the time the leave period begins. For the purposes of this policy, HR explains an employee becomes a parent of a child at the time of the child’s birth or adoption.

Parental leave for State Classified staff

The parental leave for State Classified staff includes three work weeks of paid time off for the purpose of caring for and bonding with the child. These three weeks are in addition to the employee’s accrued sick and annual leave as well as any short-term disability benefits to which the birth parent may be entitled. This leave must be taken within the first 12 months following the adoption or date of birth; additionally, the leave must be used in one continuous three-week block. One limitation, however, is parental leave may not be used to meet the 30-day waiting period for short-term disability benefits. Human Resources recommends meeting with your supervisor and department HR liaison to discuss options for taking parental leave,

including the timing and duration of the leave. The department HR liaison will then complete the parental leave application and submit it to HR for approval. For more information on this policy, you can visit hrs.colostate.edu/benefits/parental-leave-sc.html.

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Administrative Professional Council’s goals for 2020 fiscal year outlined By Amy Quinn-Sparks As we transition from summer to fall and from President Frank to President McConnell, change is in the air for Colorado State University. The Administrative Professional Council is following suit and making some changes as well. The APC is committed to serving administrative professional staff employed by CSU and participates in shared governance with Faculty Council, Classified Personnel Council and CSU administration to bring a voice to all employees. In the fall of 2019, the APC welcomed a new executive committee as well as newly elected area members and alternates. Every year, the council spends the first few months forming goals for the current year. The discussion started at the APC retreat in August, where they brainstormed the relevance of current goals and how these goals were being addressed by the standing committees of the council. From this discussion, it was clear that for the 2019-2020 academic year we were ready to take a look at our goals with a new perspective. Following this retreat, the APC has had larger discussions on what changes need to occur.

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The APC members are split into six standing committees. Their new task is to map action-oriented goals, which are then aligned under the new APC pillars. The expectation for the change to using three overarching pillars is that the approach will lend itself to better dissemination across campus and the creation of continued action among the APC members for the good of all APs. As a 48-member council, this also allows us to be nimble in making changes throughout the year to smaller action items without having to change the core focus of our council. Learn how you can get involved with the APC online at ap.colostate.edu.

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21st international poster exhibition features Soviet collection from the 1980s By Jeff Dodge

In the field of graphic design, Colorado State University is best known around the world as the home of the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition. Held every two years, the CIIPE has returned to various venues through Nov. 1 for its 21st edition. The show of work from the world’s most distinguished poster artists and designers was created in the late 1970s by three CSU faculty members in the Department of Art and Art History who had begun attending poster exhibitions in other countries. A companion satellite show, “RED (AGAIN),” opens Oct. 17 in the Nancy Richardson Design Center and is a powerful visual representation of the Soviet Union’s final years. This exhibition was compiled in the 1980s by graphic designer and CSU alumnus Ron Miriello and CIIPE co-founder Phil Risbeck, now a professor emeritus.

Schedule

CIIPE kicked off Sept. 19 with a lecture at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art by honor laureate and exhibition judge Pekka Loiri. The eminent designer and professor at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, who is considered a pioneer in Finnish poster art, also spend a week on campus with graphic design classes. The next evening, posters from the artists selected for the exhibition were unveiled simultaneously in the Curfman Gallery at the Lory Student Center and the Hatton Gallery in the Visual Arts Building. CSU faculty organizers Jason Frazier and John Gravdahl say they have more than 70 artists represented in this year’s show. The two strive to attract a group that is diverse in terms of geography, ethnicity and gender, among other measures. They note that the medium of the poster has historically been used as an inexpensive way to communicate with the public in certain countries, often in a guerrilla/punk fashion. “But there are also amazing technical achievements that speak to the fine art aspect of this field,” Frazier said, adding that the rise of social media doesn’t portend the death of the poster. “In a lot of ways, Instagram is a poster-friendly medium.” “The kind of posters we’re talking about are designed to be part of our common daily experiences centered around political, cultural or commercial commentary,” Gravdahl said. “They originally brought art to the street quickly and efficiently. New media always finds a way to integrate the values of great poster art, and the work in the CIIPE shows off those values in abundance. From a distance or close up, the physicality of the experience surprises many viewers.”

Read more about the history of CIIPE, see images of posters like the one above and video interviews with the organizers at libarts.source.colostate.edu/21stinternational-poster-exhibition-at-csu-features-sovietcollection-from-the-1980s.

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Tune in to 90.5 KCSU FM For live play-by-play coverage of all CSU home Volleyball games and select away games! October 10

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CSU CALENDAR family day

SATURDAY, OCT. 12 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Gregory Allicar Museum of Art Designed for ages 5-12, this free drop-in program includes gallery activities, an art project led by CSU Art Education faculty and students, and science activities led by the Little Shop of Physics.

diversity symposium OCT. 14-18 Lory Student Center The Diversity Symposium is hosting a multitude of speakers including a leading civil rights activist and a top executive from Target along with an appearance and talk from President Joyce McConnell. Full schedule available at: diversity.colostate.edu.

fall choral showcase THURSDAY, OCT. 17 7:30-9:15 p.m. Edna Rizley Griffin Concert Hall Join the Chamber Choir, the Concert Choir, and the University Chorus for the annual showcase featuring a wide variety of music.

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tsa pre-check OCT. 21-25 Research Boulevard Lot

The IdentoGo TSA Pre-check Mobile RV Center will be parked in the Research Blvd. lot, providing travel security prescreening for $85/person for five years. CSU employee family members welcome! For reservation information and complete details, sign up for the C2C listserv at: c2c.colostate.edu.

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state classified organ cabaret flu shot clinic extravaganza NOV. 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 THURSDAY, OCT. 24 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

THURSDAY, OCT. 31 5-11 p.m.

7:30-9:30 p.m.; NOV. 10, 17 for matinee

Lory Student Center 382

UCA, Organ Recital Hall

UCA, University Theatre

Free flu shots for state classified employees covered under Colorado medical plans and their dependents; $35 for noncovered member, the cost for a flu shot will be $35. Bring your UnitedHealthcare or Kaiser medical ID card to receive a free flu shot. hrs.colostate.edu

The organ studio and faculty artist, Joel Bacon, presents the 14th annual Halloween Organ Extravaganza, with both traditional and non-traditional works, including the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. Come celebrate Halloween with a spooky performance!

Set in 1931 Berlin, this classic musical is set in the Kit Kat Klub as the Nazis rise to power. The play revolves around American writer Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles.

an evening with jon waterman TUESDAY, OCT. 29 7-8 p.m.

Lory Student Center Theatre Freelance author and filmmaker Jon Waterman speaks about his newest book Chasing Denali, a book about solving the mountaineering mystery of four gold miners and their quest to climb North America’s highest peak, Denali. This event is part of the Morgan Library’s An Evening with an Author Series and is free and open to the public.

faculty/ap health fair

THURSDAY, OCT. 31 No charge for CSU students with 8a.m.-12p.m.; ID; $4 for youth under 18, $12 for TUESDAY, NOV. 5 seniors 62 and over, and $14 for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. adults. Book tickets online at: csuartstickets.universitytickets. com

Lory Student Center 382 Faculty, Administrative Professionals and non-classified staff enrolled in a CSU Anthem plan can get a free flu shot along with a free health screening that includes a lipid glucose blood draw and biometrics. For nonAnthem members, there is a cost for the health screening and/or flu shot. Optional add-on testing for a number of factors, including thyroid hormones blood levels, A1c, and vitamin B-12, are also available for an additional fee regardless of insurance coverage. Registration is required for this event. hrs.colostate.edu/benefits/HealthFair-AFAP.html

There is no charge for CSU students; $4 for youth under 18, $12 for seniors 62 and over, and $14 for adults. csuartstickets.universitytickets. com

No charge for CSU students; $9 for youth under 18, $14 for seniors 62 and older, and $18 for adults. Book tickets online at: csuartstickets.universitytickets. com

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37th annual aises pow wow

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Coors Life Ram Walk Tailgate north of Canvas Stadium Enjoy a free show by some of Colorado’s favorite bands before every home football game. Stadium Sessions will continue through Nov. 29.

Lory Student Center This annual Native American social gathering and celebration is free and open to the public, and kicks off Native American Heritage Month. This year also marks the 40th anniversary of the Native American Cultural Center on campus.

mobile food pantry

beyond partisan politics

THURSDAY, NOV. 7 4-6 p.m.

FRIDAY, NOV. 8 4:30-6:30 p.m.

West University Avenue (across Lory Student Center Theater from Hartshorn Building and Join speakers Pedro Silva; Joan near Intramural Fields). Blades, co-founder of MoveOn. *In the event of bad weather, the org; and John Gable, founder pantry will be held at the LSC of AllSides.com, on Friday Theatre. November 8th as they present an evening of lively discussion Receive 20 pounds of food with CSU ID and bags for transport on how the embrace of clashing — this includes fruits, vegetables, opinions can make the big ideas dairy and baked goods. better ideas. The Pantry, a program of Rams Against Hunger and the Food Bank for Larimer County, will be available monthly. Upcoming dates: Dec. 2, 2019: 4-6p.m. Feb. 6, 2020: 4-6 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public. Presented by the Provost’s Ethics Colloquium, TILT and the Center for Public Deliberation. More information available at: TILT.colostate.edu

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fat tire friday farmers at new belgium market Every Friday, OCT 11-DEC 20 OCT. 19-26 5:30-7:30- p.m. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 500 Linden St., Fort Collins

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Join New Belguim every Friday Oct. 11 through Dec. 20 for live bands and $1 off Fat Tire Belgian Ale and Fat Tire Belgian White.

Experience an outdoor market of vendors from the Northern Colorado area. Come every Saturday to browse and enjoy local products!

Even if beer isn’t for you, the live music is still free!

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nat. geo’s fifty yoga for greatest veterans OCT. 11-JAN. 3, 2020 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Fort Collins Museum of Art See National Geographic magazine’s 50 most-remembered and celebrated photographs and learn the stories behind them. $5 for adults, $4 students and seniors, $1 youth, children 6 and under free. moafc.org/upcoming-exhibitions

THURSDAY, OCT. 24 8-9 p.m.

Raintree Athletic Club, 2555 S. Shields St., Fort Collins This class is trauma sensitive, designed to help foster resiliency and self-awareness. Free to veterans and active duty members on the fourth Thursday of each month. raintreeathleticclub.com/yoga

bar louie trivia Every Monday 9-11 p.m.

321 E. Foothills Parkway, Fort Collins Trivia Night provides a free evening out with specials starting at 10 p.m. until close.

beer & bingo Every Monday 6:30-8 p.m.

fort collins foodie walk

Maxline Brewing, 2724 McClelland Dr #190, Fort Collins Enjoy sevn rounds of bingo with the chance to win prizes.

Every third Friday, monthly 5-8 p.m.

live music at odell’s brewing

Old Town, Fort Collins Self-guided tour featuring new experiences at businesses in Old Town on the third Friday of each month.

Every Wednesday 5-7 p.m. Odell Brewing Co., 800 E. Lincoln Ave., Fort Collins See upcoming performances at: odellbrewing.com/events

Free and open to the public. downtownfortcollins.com/ experience/itineraries/fortcollins-foodie-walk

Day OCTOBER 14 – 18

SPEAKERS Kimberlé Crenshaw Mon. Oct. 14 | 6:00 p.m. | LSC Ballrooms B/C/D Arthur L. Valdez, Jr.| Tues. Oct. 15 | 11:30 a.m. | LSC Ballroom A Fireside Chat with CSU President Joyce McConnell and Vice President for Diversity Mary Ontiveros Wed. Oct. 16 | 4:00 p.m. | LSC Theatre RISE: Race and Intersectional Studies in Educational Equity Thurs. Oct. 17 | 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | LSC Theatre SESSIONS Feminist Fight Club at CSU | School of Education Strand CSU Inspire | More than 60 breakout sessions including Preventing Anti-Semitism on the CSU Campus: Introduction to the Action Plan | Fri. Oct. 18 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | LSC 382

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Director Rose Kreston, right front, with Student Disability Center staff Kathleen Ivy and service dog Duncan; Gina Burd; Terry Schlicting; Amanda Wimmer; Dede Kliewer; Alisha Zmuda; Brooke Simmons, and Nico Gowdy in front of the TILT Building on the Oval. Photo by William A. Cotton, CSU Photography

Viewing disability through a different lens By Rosemary Kreston

Colorado State University’s Student Disability Center (formerly Resources for Disabled Students) celebrated its 40th anniversary last year. Created in 1978 in response to new federal mandates, the center has had as its mission to provide support to students as they navigate the university that often seems at odds with their human characteristics. These human characteristics affect or limit their mobility, their sight, their hearing, their learning, and/or their day-to-day living in ways that might not be discernible on the surface. These characteristics are often referred to as disabilities. The traditional perspective of disability sees it as a stigmatized personal defect, deviance or abnormality. This “medical model” approach often results in responses that focus on the person as having a “problem” and to “help” them. Granted, some of the ‘help’ is beneficial if it minimizes the effects of the limitation. For example, a wheelchair is essential for someone who cannot walk and a sign language interpreter is essential for someone who is deaf. These responsive efforts are meant to help the person function in, or “fit into,” the environment but may not give much regard as to how well the person is able to function or “fit in.” The limitation may be mitigated but that is only part of the picture. The Student Disability Center views disability through a different lens. The federal mandates do not call for us to “help” a person “fit in.” Rather, they call us and the university to prohibit discrimination based on the human characteristic of having a disability/limitation. This perspective has been described as a “social model” of disability, which encompasses social justice as its core.

Social model perspective

We know that discrimination produces unjust treatment and outcomes as reflected in behavior that emanates from an environment that was not designed to include those with disabilities. A social model perspective understands that a disabled experience is created when the human characteristics affecting a person’s ability to walk, see, hear, learn and/or simply live day to day interact with an environment that did not consider they would be there. In addition to the built environment, policies and practices that reflect a bias toward those without disabilities create an unjust environment that

expects the person with the limitation to function as if they did not have the limitation. We have students on this campus with disabilities that encompass a wide variety of limitations. The majority of the limitations of the students may not be apparent and can often be more disabling than more recognizable limitations (e.g., not able to walk, see, or hear). For example, a student with a mental health condition may experience unexpected effects of the condition and therefore may not be able to attend class or get an assignment done by a specific deadline. A student with a learning disability may not be able to process what they read on an exam or formulate their answer in a set time frame. The accommodation we ask of the environment (i.e., faculty) is flexibility and/or extra time to give students the equitable opportunity to demonstrate their learning. The extra time or flexibility is not an advantage; it is an accommodation for the student to meet the learning objectives of the class without the disabling effect of the barrier that tests their limitation rather than their knowledge. Higher education is a system that was once designed for a select group of individuals who “fit” a certain mold. While the mold may have been broken, we still have a system that too often creates barriers based on that original mold. We’ve made some changes to the built environment with more accessible buildings, but there is more to an environment than buildings. We still expect students to hear lectures, read books, meet attendance expectations, and adhere to specific time limits. On behalf of students with disabilities, we ask the environment to consider and reconsider the way we do the business of educating students with all sorts of human characteristics. Acquiring a limitation of ability happens to someone every day. While living with a disability is part of the human experience, the SDC is dedicated to ensuring students are not further limited by an environment designed without consideration to their abilities as well as disabilities. Rosemary Kreston has been the director of the Student Disability Center since 1980.

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President McConnell calls for ‘courageous transformation’ at first Fall Address Sept. 19

Applauds achievements

McConnell also took a few minutes to laud the achievements of faculty and researchers over the past year while challenging those same people to do even more to fulfill CSU’s land-grant mission to make the world a better place. She encouraged the entire campus to engage in what she calls Courageous Strategic Transformation – not simply talking about change but making it happen. “We must up our research game,” she said. “We must move faster to solve the great challenges we are facing today. We must think more creatively and more boldly about how to apply our discoveries and how to share them with the world. Otherwise, we fail to make good on the promise of the Research 1 university.” McConnell then concluded by expanding on a favorite charge – Own Your Brilliance – that she often shares with those she meets on campus. She encouraged everyone – students, staff, faculty and campus leadership – to share their brilliance both academically and in living the CSU mantra of accepting and overcoming challenges. “Let’s own that brilliance and shine together today, tomorrow and far into the future,” she concluded.

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By Tony Phifer

Joyce McConnell’s first Fall Address as president of Colorado State University was unlike any delivered by previous leaders of the state’s land-grant institution. The first difference was that McConnell is CSU’s first female president, and she spoke with a perspective her predecessors simply did not possess. But this Fall Address, delivered on a glorious September day on the historic Oval, was unique in another, much more powerful way: For the first time since the inaugural speech and picnic were held in 1997, a significant number of students peacefully demonstrated against recent incidents of racial bias on campus. McConnell did not shy away from the criticism; in fact, she embraced it, thanking the students for their passionate commitment to make sure their voices are heard. Several hundred of them – many carrying signs of protest – marched in front of the stage early in McConnell’s speech. “I’m very, very proud of our students who are marching right now and exercising their First Amendment rights,” she said as the crowd applauded the students for the duration of their slow, silent march. “Whether individual or institutional, racism and bias is antithetical to the core mission of excellent higher education,” she said. “Our universities and colleges must be places of equality and achievement driven by discovery and difficult conversations. Robust debate on a public campus is protected by the First Amendment, but this does not mean we are powerless to fight for change through positive, engaged discourse, action and accountability.” McConnell then announced a new initiative, based on a successful model used by the University of Washington since 2015 to improve campus climate, called the Race, Bias and Equity Initiative. It will include students, faculty and staff encompassing both short- and long-term actions. “We start today, and we start immediately,” she said of the plan launch, adding that her office will invite every student who spoke before ASCSU to participate. “I want to make clear, the burden should not be on our students,” she said, addressing the entire campus community. “The burden is on us. We owe it to all our students to create an environment in which they can flourish and succeed.”

OCTOBER 18 and 19, 2019 fort collins, colorado

40+ Authors and Sessions CSU AUTHORS Ramona Ausubel Awayland Michael Carolan The Food Sharing Revolution Mark Easter The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Change Susan Harness Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption Joshua Sbicca Food Justice Now! Bailey Cates Magical Bakery Mystery Series Christina Marie Cooking with Beer in Colorado Kayann Short A Bushel's Worth: An Ecobiography Bill Tremblay, Professor Emeritus, College of Liberal Arts George Wallace, Professor Emeritus, Warner College of Natural Resources

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25 OCT.

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FEAR OF THE DARK PRISON BREAK

Take fear to the next level with Chipper Lane’s 2 story, 3000sqft, haunted house. We would love to tell you all that haunts this center, but that wouldn’t be fair! Your task: Survive. Ticket price $20 per person. Reservations available at: (970) 226-6327

HOPPY HALLOWEEN PARTY

Join The Hop Grenade Taproom from 6-8pm for their 3rd Annual Hoppy Halloween Party! A festive evening for the entire family with a pumpkin carving contest, discounts for those in costume and lots of fall beers on tap! Free pumpkins will be provided for those who RSVP, so let them know if you're coming! Reservations available at: (833) 473-6233

FLY HIGH FAMILY FLIGHT NIGHT

Go to Fly High Trampoline Park for some off the ground fun on family flight night. Parents can jump for only $5 an hour with purchase of an $8 kids ticket.

CHOCTOBER-FEST

Devour a delicious 4-course meal with endless chocolate at The Melting pot for only $44.95 per person. Call (970) 207-0100 to make a reservation and mention CHOCTOBER-FEST!

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26 OCT.

HALLOWEEN BMX RACE

Encounter a Halloween themed BMX race at 1:30pm at the corner of Lady Moon and Saber Cat Dr. There will be games chili cook-off, and a costume contest!

GINGER AND BAKER KIDS AND FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY

Join Ginger and Baker in the Teaching Kitchen for a ghoulish afternoon of Halloween themed tricks and treats and cook up some mischief and memories. Costumes encouraged but not required.

HAUNTED HALLOWEEN FARM

Join Rescued Friends Animal Sanctuary from 3-6pm and visit their rescued friends while enjoying games and prizes, kid-friendly scares, food, pumpkin smashing, and more! Suggested donation $10/adult, $5/kids.

29 OCT.

DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

Explore the Global Village Museum of Arts and Cultures and see their Day of the dead exhibit, in homage to Mexico’s national holiday, showcasing altars created and designed by members of the Northern Colorado community. Entrance is $5.

FACE-PAINTING AT DC OAKES

Enjoy tasty beverages and a mouthwatering line-up of delicious food at DC Oakes Brewhouse & Eatery. Tuesday’s are Kids Night! So kids eat for FREE!

HALLOWEEN ORGAN EXTRAVAGANZA

Witness the 14th annual Halloween Organ Extravaganza, with classic (and not-so-classic) works. Spooky sounds, combined with lighting and special effects, are sure to put you in the Halloween spirit! “...If people think organ music—or organists—are boring, this concert is designed to change their minds,” says Dr. Bacon. Shows are at 5pm, 7pm, and 9 pm in the UCA, Organ Recital Hall. It’s Free for CSU students, $4 for kids, $12 seniors (62+), and $14 adults (18+)

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HALLOWEEN ENCHANTED GARDEN

Visit the Gardens on Spring Creek for a Halloween Enchanted Garden. Great for children 8 years and under, there will be reading retrievers, mysterious magic shows, Mad Scientist Zone, Face-painter, CSU Bug Zoo, Pirate and Pumpkin Bowling, and our Talking Pumpkin. This is a candy-free event in support of the Teal Pumpkin Project.

CSU’s ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR SHOW

Experience an afternoon of fun science demos and interactive activities. There will be live creepy crawlers, crafts, delicious snacks, and trick-or-treating!

HALLOWEEN PUG PARADE

Join the annual Fort Collins Pug Play Group Halloween Parade at 2pm. Dress your pug in the spookiest, silliest, cutest costume you can find and come join the fun as we "parade" around Old Town.

HALLOWEEN RUN

CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing will have a run club from 6-9pm, doing a 3-6 mile route with prizes for best costumes!

CARVE YOUR OWN SUGAR SKULL PUMPKIN

Join Who Gives a SCRAP FoCo for a fun twist on pumpkin carving and learn some new skills! Attendees need to bring their own pumpkin (at least 10” tall/wide) and a pumpkin carving tool. Carving costs $10 (age 16+)

TINY TOTS HALLOWEEN It’s time once again for the tiny ghouls and goblins of Fort Collins to invade Old Town for the safe, free, and family-friendly trick-or-treating experience, Tiny Tot Halloween Presented by COUNTRY Financial! All children and their guardians are invited to join from 10am–1pm to trick-or-treat down the beautiful sidewalks of Old Town, collecting candy from downtown businesses and their costumed staff members.

No Halloween is truly complete without a costume contest. Join The Rio in their Agave room from 4-11:55pm for Live Music, Local Bands, DJ & 80’s Dance Party, Costume Contest and More! 4-8pm is Kids Friendly. 8pm-12am is Adults/ 21 and up. Profits from the event will be donated to a local Elementary School for their String Program.

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Weihenstephaner German beers perfect for October fall days By Mat Dinsmore, owner Wilbur’s Total Beverage, CSU Alum, class of ‘05 and 3rd generation Ram

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If you’re burned out on generic summer ales and session IPAs from this summer, you might want to switch to an original thirst quencher. Weihenstephaner Original is a textbook German lager, and Weihenstephaner Brewery wrote the book on beer. Built on the site of the former Weihenstephan Abbey, the “World’s Oldest Brewery” (as it’s advertised) purportedly has been brewing beer since the year 1040. And they’re dang good at it. Known also for their killer Hefeweizen and Oktoberfest beers, Weihenstephaner Orig-

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Save money with discounts for CSU staff Did you know that working at CSU can save you money? An ever-growing number of discounts on everything from airport parking to childcare are available to all employees with a Ram Card. Check out just a few of them here. While you’re there, sign up for the email listserv to find out when new discounts and money-saving offers are added. Contact Tammy Hunt, tammy.hunt@ colostate.edu for more information.

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Safeway: Every Friday, all CSU employees can receive a 10% discount on their total grocery purchase. This discount can be combined with the Just For U coupons as well as all other paper coupons. Offer applicable to Fort Collins stores only and you must show your CSU ID at checkout. www. safeway.com Old Navy: Offers a 10% discount to all CSU employees and students. The discount is applicable every day over your total shopping cart; you just have to show your ID. Some other offers and promotions can be combined with the 10% discount, just ask a sales associate. Fort Collins location only. www.oldnavy.com Kids Eat Free: Restaurants in Northern Colorado offer free or reduced meals for kids 12 and under. See a list at aroundfoco.com/mealdeal/ Spoons, Soups and Salads: Offers all day Saturday free grilled cheese sandwiches to kids 12 and under. espoons.com/kids-menu/ Smokin Fins: Smokin’ Fins serves seafood, sushi and barbecue and offers current CSU students, faculty and staff members a 10% discount on all food and non-alcoholic drinks every day. finsconcepts. com/restaurants/smokin-fins-grill/ Dunkin’: The Dunkin’ store at 2801 S. College Ave. offers CSU faculty and staff with a 20% discount on their products, must show your CSU ID to receive the discount. (970) 223-5701. Poudre River Public Library Card: Your public library card comes with a list of discount offers to several local businesses, from museums and ice cream shops to health and wellness services. And you can link your CSU Ram Card to your PRPL card to download e-books, audiobooks, videos and music for free, too. read.poudrelibraries.org/books/ discounts.cfm Canvas Credit Union: Canvas offers CSU employees discounted rates and fees on mortgages and car loans and pays boosted rates on savings accounts. Stop by the branch in the Lory Student Center or go online at canvas.org Halloweencostumes.com: CSU employees get a 15% discount with one of the largest online retailers in the world for Halloween costumes. Use the link at c2c.colostate.edu for an automatic discount. Go to the Commitment to Campus website to see the complete list. c2c.colostate.edu

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Recipe from Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center

Sheet Pan Roasted Fall Vegetables This tangy blend of roasted vegetables has warming fall flavors— perfect to pair with a roast! Serving size: 1 cup Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients: • • • • • • • • • • •

3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard ½ tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar ¼ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2.5 cups butternut squash, peeled and cubed into 1-inch pieces 2 cups parsnips (about 2 medium-sized), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces 2 cups Brussels sprouts (about ½ pound), trimmed and halved 3 cups Yukon Gold potatoes (about 2 potatoes), cubed into 1-inch pieces Cooking spray

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 450°F. 2. Combine olive oil, mustard, thyme, apple cider vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl, stir with a whisk. 3. Combine butternut squash, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, and potatoes in a large bowl. Add mustard mixture to squash mixture; toss to coat. 4. Spread vegetable mixture in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450°F for 35 minutes or until browned and fork-tender, stirring gently with a spatula after 25 minutes.

Nutrition Information / Amount per serving: z • • • • •

Calories 140 Protein 3 g Total fat 5.5 g Total Carbohydrates 22 g Saturated fat 1 g

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Dietary Fiber 4 g Cholesterol 0 mg Sodium 123 mg Sugars 3 g Added Sugars 0 g

Check out the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center website for more recipes at chhs.colostate.edu/krnc/. CSU employees receive 50% off nutrition counseling services thanks to Commitment to Campus.

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shamrockfsw.com

IF YOU SERVE FOOD, WE SERVE YOU! CSU STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF! Save 10% off your purchase each time you shop. Simply show your CSU ID at checkout and SAVE!

Located at 200 W. Foothills Parkway in Fort Collins. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED. Offer good through December 31, 2019. Subject to termination at any time.

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