Empowering students, championing innovation, and strengthening communities
These aren’t just priorities at Colorado State University, they are the tangible results of your generosity in action. Throughout 2023, you helped turn goals into momentum, galvanizing the palpable energy that fuels brighter futures for all. Thank you!

Opportunity and Student Success
Together, we expanded horizons.
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From small towns to big cities, Alliance Partnership Summer Institutes bring high school students from historically underrepresented backgrounds to campus to explore their interests and build confidence – not only in their knowledge and skills but also in their ability to apply to college and earn a degree.
Your generosity helps equip Rams and future Rams with the tools for success.Breaking Down Barriers
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As a 28-year-old woman with Down syndrome, Anika Pounds has worked washing dishes, doing laundry, and cleaning health club machines. But she wanted more. Through the RAM Scholars program, Anika and her fellow RAM Scholars gained hands-on, real-world learning from expert teachers and peer mentors, illuminating new agricultural careers.
Supporters like you help amplify CSU’s land-grant mission, expanding opportunities for all.From Farm to Able
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College of Business alum Pat Brisnehan likes to say as you go through life, some of the finer people you meet went to CSU. He and his wife, Linda, are furthering that tradition through the Brisnehan Family Scholarship, which supports first-generation business students as they find their passion, explore their career options, and, like Pat and Linda, help others along the way.
Your gifts equal more than just financial assistance – they help turn dreams into reality.High School Sweethearts Give Back
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“We aim to provide a broad exposure to the field of agriculture so that when RAM Scholars finish the program, they will know exactly which next steps they want to take on their career pathway.”
Deborah Fidler, director of the Developmental Disabilities Research Laboratory and professor of human development and family studies
“After completing their Summer Institute program and projects, our students go back to their high schools feeling more confident that they can succeed in college because they just have.”
Patricia Vigil, director of University partnerships and student success
“This is about more than just me: It’s about my family, my community, and helping to set the pattern for every first-generation student who comes after me to come to college and experience the opportunities that come with it.”
Blanca Avalos, business and hospitality student and Brisnehan Family Scholarship recipient

Research and Innovation
Together, we pioneered solutions.
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Sophomore Jian Cohen, who was born without hands, received an invaluable gift at CSU’s E-Days event: more independence. Over six months, a team of biomedical engineering students partnered with Jian to build prosthetic arms and a driving simulator. The new limbs enable Jian to eat comfortably in public, and the simulator represents a game-changer for Jian’s goal of learning to drive.
Donors like you help catalyze collaboration and life-changing innovation.Redefining “Possible”
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To help ensure all patients have access to the same amazing diagnostic imaging their dog Lucy received in 2010, Jeffrey and Tiffany Neu funded the Lucy & Family PET/CT Suite and the Lucy & Friends CT Suite at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital. The suites house new state-of-the-art equipment that places CSU at the forefront of veterinary imaging.
Support like yours helps provide access to cutting-edge technology.For the Love of Lucy
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Researchers at CSU are working with industry partners in Fort Collins to develop a green energy heat system for New Belgium Brewing that will drastically reduce the company’s carbon footprint. The work is an important step toward decarbonizing steam heat production, which currently powers a variety of industries beyond brewing.
Your generosity helps uncover strategies for a cleaner, more sustainable future.Green Beer, Green Future
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“This is honestly a game-changer for me.”
Jian Cohen, computer information systems and business administration student, who received prosthetics designed by CSU engineering students
“The two new machines, the dual-energy CT and the new PET/CT, again put CSU at the leading edge of veterinary imaging. The type of images they provide and the speed at which the images are acquired help the entire hospital provide world-class care to our patients and their families.”
Dr. Elissa Randall, professor of veterinary diagnostic imaging

Connection and Community
Together, we propelled progress.
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CSU’s 10th annual Women in Science Symposium brought together multidisciplinary, multicultural voices to explore the inextricable links among animal, human, and planet health. Speakers discussed how approaching health through a multicultural lens increases scientific literacy and collaborative problem-solving for a better world.
Supporters like you help unlock vital discussions for a healthier planet.Women in Science Symposium Spotlights One Health
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The documentary Elevating Voices saw its premiere in 2023 – a film created by CSU students with support from RELIGHT Creative about environmental justice and the importance of elevating diverse voices in conservation. As part of the project, students also received mentorship from members of Next 100 Colorado – a BIPOC coalition for and by the next generation of environmental leaders.
Generosity like yours helps students build the future they believe in.Elevating Voices for Conservation
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Tim is a pup from Mile High Canine Rescue who was born with carpal flexor contractures. He’s learning to walk, thanks to expert care from the physical therapy team at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, so he will be ready for his forever family.
Your gifts help serve animal patients while training the brightest veterinary minds.A Pup’s Progress: Tim Learns to Walk
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“A multicultural one-health approach can increase relevance for learners, increase participation, increase environmental and scientific literacy, and increase collaborative problem-solving.”
Meena Balgopal, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and a discipline-based educational researcher in the Department of Biology
“Environmental health is human health and vice versa. Conservation issues are universal … in order to bring messages of sustainability to a wider audience, equitable conservation communication is important.”
Caroline Baker, conservation leadership, ’22, Elevating Voices filmmaker

Rams’ Collective Impact
Together, we soared higher.
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On Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28, Rams from across campus and around the world came together to help support CSU students experiencing food insecurity. Thanks to their gifts to Rams Against Hunger, more than 10,300 meal swipes, usable at any campus dining hall, were donated.
Donors like you help students thrive, not just survive.Rams Take a Swipe at Hunger
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On May 4, Rams came together to showcase the power of collective philanthropy for CSU’s annual Day of Giving. Throughout the day, 1,162 gifts resulted in $152,646 raised to fuel the programs and passion areas that make CSU the world-renowned institution it is.
Your generosity helps maximize the impact on your fellow Rams.Rams Unite for Day of Giving
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Alumni Association members nurture connections and invest in the future of the green and gold community. Building links among Rams across counties, state lines, and even oceans is an incredible source of pride at CSU.
Supporters like you are the backbone of this effort, making it possible to meet and support Rams where they are.Ram Pride by the Numbers
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“With this incredible support, more students can thrive and focus on making the most of their experience at CSU instead of simply surviving and trying to make ends meet.”
Michael Buttram, CSU’s basic needs program manager
“Day of Giving is an opportunity to celebrate and support critical resources that strengthen student communities and help us all succeed. Every gift on Day of Giving has an impact that ripples. Community is about coming together, about our strength when we show up for each other.”
Andrew Brown, journalism and media communication, ’23
A year made possible by you
As we reflect on 2023, one thing is abundantly clear – your commitment, generosity, and dedication to Colorado State University is the reason CSU continues to emerge as the modern land-grant university. When that is combined with the drive of students and the innovative spirit of our faculty, staff, and researchers, the possibilities are truly limitless. Thank you for another wonderful and impactful year.