CSU Alumni Stories

When Was the Last Time You Went ‘Around the Oval’?

Did you know that when you become a member of your CSU Alumni Association, you not only make an incredible impact on students and the university but get access to amazing benefits, too? One of those benefits is our flagship alumni publication, Around the Oval.

Celebrating CSU’s Best Teachers

A teacher is someone who inspires; someone who motivates; someone who leaves a mark on a generation. However you define “teacher,” Colorado State University has some of the best, and tonight, we celebrate them.

A Kinship with the Colorado River

Michael Elizabeth Sakas (B.A., ’13; M.S., ’23) shares a unique kinship with the Colorado River. Not just because she is one of the 40 million people who rely on it for drinking water, but because for most of her professional career she has come to know the river intimately. Now, she's poised to help protect it.

CSU News and Sports

Honors Program receives gift for endowed chair

Alumni and longtime Honors Program supporters Nadine and Dr. John “Jack” Murray have pledged $1.5 million to endow a chair named for Donald Mykles, a professor in the Department of Biology and the former director of the Honors Program.

Professional Resources

Beating Imposter Syndrome

Imposter Syndrome is the psychological phenomenon in which you feel like you don’t deserve your accomplishments. You might feel like you don’t belong, don’t deserve your success, or are “out of place."

Salary Negotiation for Women

Wage discrimination has been illegal since the Equal Pay Act passed in 1963, but it still continues. Before the pandemic, it was estimated that, if we kept going at the rate we were going, the wage gap would close in 2059.

Join the CSU Alumni LinkedIn group

Rams are everywhere, and they're hiring. The Colorado State University LinkedIn group lists jobs and provides networking opportunities for all CSU alumni, whether you're entering the workforce for the first time or changing career paths.