Long-Term Food Waste Mitigation Program Shows
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April 2013 Lory work INSIDE: kicks into BEST TEACHERS p.3 & 4 high gear by Courtney Riley WHY I LOVE CSU p.15 ext month, the Lory NStudent Center will undergo some major changes to prepare for the new renovations that will transform the building COMMUNITY into a larger, more updated EVENTS gathering place for students, faculty and sta . “One of the big Business Day reasons that the students overwhelmingly voted for The College of Business 2013 Business Day, this (renovation) is that it Wednesday, April 3, will really needs to be updated, celebrate the fortitude and Last year, CSU ranked 16th in a nation in the RecycleMania competition, which is a waste reduction competition among including the pipes and resolve of entrepreneurs over 650 schools nation wide. This years competition ended on March 31st. Photo by Mary Willson. stu you don’t see day to and others who have day,” said Doni Luckutt, succeeded in the face of director of marketing for tremendous obstacles. A the LSC. “We keep it up half-dozen speakers will Sustainability moves past very well, but it’s time that inspire the entire community it’s upgraded.” with discussions revolving e new LSC will be around this year’s theme, Earth Day: long-term food expanded by 40,000 square “Defying All Odds.” The feet, and the main ballroom, event is free and open the public and begins at 9 a.m. waste mitigation program which is already one of the in the Lory Student Center largest meeting spaces in Theater. Northern Colorado, will be shows environmental progress enlarged to nearly 17,000 Contemporary Artist by Mary Willson during Spring Break Spring Cleaning to boost square feet. Music Series participation. “ e branding of the wenty-six percent of what is thrown away rough many on-campus programs building is going to be On Wednesday, April 3, Ton the Colorado State University campus throughout the year, CSU is committed to excellent,” Luckutt said. CSU alumnus Branden could have been recycled, and 36 percent mitigating its environmental impact. e “It’ll talk about our land- Sipes, will be performing could have been composted, according to the recycling rate on campus has climbed from grant mission and what acoustic originals that university’s annual waste audit. at’s why 26 percent to 56 percent, according to CSU’s that means for students combine rock, pop, faculty, sta and students are encouraged to and faculty and sta . Our and folk infl uences. An Green Initiatives blog at http://sustainability. catch RecycleMania. colostate.edu/education/minor-global- Alumni O ce will also have engaging solo performer, RecycleMania is an annual waste reduction a presence, so we’ll really his performance begins at environmental-sustainability. competition among more than 650 schools be able to show students 7:30 p.m. at the University Although CSU has plenty room to Center for the Arts. nationwide. Last year, CSU ranked 16th in improve within waste reduction, the school is our everyday graduates the competition. is year’s competition taking steps toward its goals through various and their extraordinary On Thursday, April 18, ended on March 31, and departments across accomplishments.” Dakota Blonde will perform programs and organizations. campus have been recycling unwanted items See Events page 7 See BEYOND page 6 See LORY page 13 2 CSU Faculty & Sta Life | April 2013 College of Liberal Arts School of Education College of Veterinary Medicine & Program traveled to University Center for the Arts The School of Education Diversity Biomedical Sciences schools in Arizona, New Mexico and southwestern CSU’s School of the Arts hosted Committee announced the 2012- Equine Sciences Colorado on an educational the special master class by the 13 Research on Diversity Fellows “Horse Sense,” which debuted in this March. The fellows receive a outreach tour March 17-22, to 2009 Van Cliburn International February at the Denver Museum stipend to support their research show school children how science Piano Competition joint gold of Nature and Science, is a and will present their work as part can be fun. medal winner, Nobuyuki Tsujii, documentary exploring the world of of the School of Education Critical For the participating K-12 in March at the University Center equine health at CSU. The privately Dialogues on Diversity Series. The schools, the week-long program for the Arts. This event was funded film is a joint project of Fellowship is supported by the enhances student interest in the presented to the community as a Colorado State University and CSU Office of the Vice President for sciences through experiments with free opportunity to hear from the Chapman University in California. Diversity and the CSU Bookstore, everyday objects that demonstrate artist, with an audience Q&A after The documentary, narrated by Gov. along with individual contributions. scientific principles. The program the performance. The master class John Hickenlooper, showcases also engages parents and the was filmed by New York City’s Peter “The Intersection of Latinas/os, CSU’s equine programs including community, provides teachers Rosen for a documentary about the Agriculture, and Higher Education the Orthopaedic Research Center, life of Tsujii. alternative methods of teaching Study” by Shannon Archibeque Equine Reproduction Laboratory, science, and fosters student Additionally Tsujii performed in a of the Engle Ph.D. Program, Equine Hospital, and Equine development in cross-cultural and concert at the Lincoln Center for the Educational Leadership, Renewal, Sciences undergraduate program. global awareness as well as civic Performing Arts in Fort Collins. and Change, investigates Latina/os, The story of equine health is told and social responsibility. agriculture, and higher education through the experiences of clients, from a Critical Chicana Feminist faculty, staff and students. College of Applied Human epistemological perspective using Additional showings of “Horse Sciences CSU and its College of Agricultural Sense” are scheduled for April Sciences and Department of Animal Early Childhood Center 2, April 27 and May 9. For more Sciences as a case study. Colorado State University’s Early information, go to the College of Childhood Center celebrated its new “Adolescents with Chronic Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical location at the historic Washington Health Conditions: Barriers to Sciences website at www.csu- School with a special dedication Academic Success and Finding cvmbs.colostate.edu ceremony and open house on March the Positive Within the Negative 9. Lise Youngblade, department Study” by Julie Hill of the M.Ed. Editor head in Human Development Program, Counseling and Career Native American Cultural Center Courtney Riley and Family Studies, and Development, seeks to examine and Little Shop of Physics Karen Assistant Editor/Photographer Rattenborg, executive director of the barriers to academic success Native American Cultural Center and Mary Willson the ECC, were featured in a story of adolescents with chronic health Little Shop of Physics visited the in the Fort Collins Coloradoan conditions. Four Corners Region over Spring Assistant Editor/Applause about the opening. The center is Break. Through the collaboration, Joi Dandridge committed to partnering with the students from NACC, the Advisors Fort Collins community to care for Department of Physics, and the Kim Blumhardt children in their earliest years to College of Engineering Women Dell Rae Moellenberg ensure later success in life. and Minorities in Engineering Kimberly Sorensen Designer Save the date to Celebrate! Verretta Andersen Send in your Applause Colorado State University will honor faculty and staff who have reached service milestones during the 2012-13 fi scal year at the annual Celebrate! Do you have news from your CSU Life is published monthly through CSU Milestones event. This all-University will take place at 3-5 p.m. department or unit you would like a partnership with CSU Department of on Thursday, May 9 in the Lory Student Center Theatre. To personally to share with the rest of the CSU External Relations and Rocky Mountain Student Media. The publication is mailed congratulate a Milestones honoree or group of honorees, please email your community? Send it to celebratory message to [email protected] no later than Tuesday, to faculty and staff on campus. [email protected] Contact us at May 7. Your message might be used during the Celebrate! CSU Milestones for inclusion in our Applause section. event on May 9. [email protected] CSU Faculty & Sta Life | April 2013 3 Meet 2013’s Best Teacher Award winners ach year, students and alumni have an Eopportunity to recognize the positive impact a Colorado State University teacher has had on their lives. From 100 nominations, six teachers are selected by a committee. is year’s Best Teachers will be recognized at an awards dinner on Monday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lory Student Center eatre. For tickets and additional information, visit the Alumni Association. is year’s Best Teacher Award recipients are Jane Choi, Michael Gross, Gretchen Irwin Casterella, Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Greg Lu, and Brian Tracy. e awards ceremony will be on Monday, April 15, 6:30 p.m, in the Lory Student Center Main Ballroom. Gretchen Irwin Casterella, Ph.D., Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Business “I love the energy I see in students -- the sparks of intellectual curiosity and interest in the topic, the smiles when they solve dicult design problems, the insightful questions they ask, and the condence they build over the course of the semester.” ~ Gretchen Irwin Casterella Gretchen Irwin Casterella is an associate professor Michael A. Gross Mark Lee in the Department of Computer Information Systems She earned her B.F.A. from Parsons School of Michael A. Gross is an associate professor at Colorado State University. She holds a Ph.D. and Design and her Master of Landscape Architecture in the Department of Management at CSU.