Running Down a Dream
Hannah Saunders Wurster (M.S., ’16; Ph.D. ’18) co-founded The Willow Collective, a network of private practitioners who support maternal, infant, and early childhood mental health services in Northern Colorado.
Feature Stories
Health Care Globetrotters
Michael Henry (B.S. ’03) and Kathryn Bulger (B.A., ’06) knew each other in passing when they attended Colorado State University, and reunited years later to begin a journey together that has taken them all over the U.S. and Europe.
Member Spotlight: Len and Jan Carpenter
These Alumni Association Life Members have been season ticket holders for CSU football, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball for decades.
Astronauts, the Elderly, and Telomeres
Imagine the excitement of being part of the NASA Twins Study, researching health effects due to extended time spent in space, while a student at CSU. Jared Luxton (Ph.D., ’20) not only participated in this and other groundbreaking research projects, he became so skilled at working with large data sets that it launched him on a wonderful career path.
Class Notes – January 2021
A monthly listing of alumni accomplishments, milestones, and announcements. Catch up on your classmates and submit your own announcement!
CSU News and Sports
CSU in Photos: 2020 in Review
It was an unprecedented year at Colorado State University. The events that transpired across the country in 2020 were unimaginable just a few months before the start of the year. Still, amidst the uncertainty, the campus community remained stalwart, blazing new trails in research, scholarship and social justice — embodying what it means to be a CSU Ram.
Colorado 4-H participant Gitanjali Rao named TIME’s Kid of the Year
Rao is an active Colorado 4-H participant, organized and funded, in part, by Colorado State University Extension.
Becky Hammon Becomes First Female to Head Coach NBA Game
Proving yet again there is no limit, Becky Hammon lifted the ceiling on her career and women's advancement in December when as she became the first female in NBA history to assume a head coaching role during a regular season game.
CSU researchers identify promising model for studying human aging
The proportion of older adults aged 65+ is projected to more than double by the year 2060, driving research into the process of musculoskeletal decline. Researchers at Colorado State University’s Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging believe they have found an animal model that will help them better understand it and find ways to curtail the symptoms.
Professional Resources
Most-needed Job Skills in a Pandemic and Post-pandemic World
As many of us are observing safer at home suggestions, are working at home, or are looking for work, we are left to wonder what the world and job market will look like in the next months and possibly years.
Optimize your social media in this competitive market
If you are in the job search, or even considering one within the next year, now would be a great time to clean up your social media presence and further build your brand.
Free Workshops Aim to Prevent Local Business Closures
Free faculty-led workshops through CSU’s College of Business aim to help local business owners navigate this altered landscape and avoid permanent closure.
Advice for Finding a Remote Job
Two researchers at Harvard have spent nearly 30 years studying the reasons that we tend to fall short of our goals and have given us brilliant solutions for reversing the natural human tendencies that cause it.