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Event Series: 2nd Saturday at CSU Spur

2nd Saturday at CSU Spur (Arts & Science)

Name: 2nd Saturday at CSU Spur (Arts & Science)
Start: 2025-02-08T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-02-08T14:00:00-07:00
Location: CSU Spur

February 8 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Every 2nd Saturday of the month, visit CSU Spur for free, family-friendly fun presented by Canvas Credit Union. This 2nd Saturday, explore arts and science with family-friendly activities like papermaking, music and podcast labs, trout watercolors, a collaborative mural activity, and more!

February 2nd Saturday activities include:

Timed events:

10-11 a.m.: Meet a greenhouse and hydroponics expert (Terra 4th floor)
10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Spur Music Lab: Colorado Youth Mariachi open rehearsal (Hydro theater)
11:15-11:45 a.m.: Temple Grandin Equine Center demonstration (Vida 2nd floor)

Ongoing programs (10 a.m.-2 p.m.):

Papermaking (Hydro 1st floor)
Hands-on activities with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (Hydro 1st floor)
Canvas Credit Union activity table (Hydro 1st floor)
Colorado State Forest Service activity table (Hydro 1st floor)
Water properties diffusion activity (Hydro 1st floor)
“Hearts & Science” Makerspace activity with the Nancy Richardson Design Center (The Shop)
Spur Music Lab: Open mic with guest artist Ryan McCurry (piano) (Hydro 2nd floor)
Spur Music Lab workshops (Hydro 2nd floor)
Podcast Lab: What do art & science have in common? (Hydro 2nd floor)
Interactive stream table (Hydro 2nd floor)
Trout watercolor activity (Hydro 3rd floor)
Kid’s mock laboratory (Hydro 3rd floor)
Ardent Mills Teaching and Culinary Center: Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center (Terra 1st floor)
Dragonfruit lemonade Italian ice demo with the Food Innovation Center (Terra 1st floor)
Art activities (Terra 1st floor)
Kid’s mock kitchen (Terra 3rd floor)
Food package design activity (Terra 3rd floor)
Soil color activity with the Soil, Water and Plant Testing Lab (Terra 3rd floor)
Fruit art activity with the Mayor’s Office of the National Western Center (Terra 3rd floor)
Make flowers out of coffee filters and cicadas out of clothespins with Denver Extension (Terra 4th floor)
Dumb Friends League surgeries (Vida 1st and 2nd floors)
Virtual reality for ages 9+ (Vida 1st floor)
Kid’s mock vet clinic (Vida 1st floor)
Collaborative mural activity (Vida 2nd floor)

Plus, enjoy food, coffee, and drinks available for purchase from Western Daughters.

*All activities subject to change or cancellation.

Details

Date: February 8
Time:
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Series:

2nd Saturday at CSU Spur

Organizer

CSU Spur
Phone 303-534-6290
Email csusystemspur@colostate.edu
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Venue

CSU Spur
4817 National Western Drive
Denver, CO 80216 United States + Google Map
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KATHLEEN GALVIN

University Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

Dr. Kathleen Galvin is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography and former Director of the Africa Center at Colorado State University. She is also an Advising Faculty member for the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, where she founded the Human-Environment Interactions specialization for graduate students interested in a robust academic background in social-ecological systems.

She has conducted interdisciplinary social-ecological systems research in the drylands of East Africa and East Asia. Galvin has worked with local communities on land-use change, biodiversity conservation, food security, and climate change impacts and adaptation. She uses social-ecological systems frameworks, simulation modeling, and geospatial tools to understand human-environment issues and interactions. Her current research examines local perceptions of climate change and environmental issues, and explores actions to achieve viable solutions in Kenya. Another project focuses on understanding the trade-offs of community-based conservation for people and the environment throughout Africa. She has just completed a NASA grant to understand household decisions, ecosystem change, and atmospheric water recycling in Kenya through modeling for water futures.

She has taken on transdisciplinary science, linking science with society to ensure that her work’s impact goes well beyond the academy. As a lead author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, 2019), she was instrumental in linking the science of biodiversity and ecosystem services with diverse governance and knowledge systems worldwide.

She is a Fellow in the Society of Applied Anthropology, a past Fellow in the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 2012, she received the National Sustainability Science award from the Ecological Society of America for her team’s efforts to use their scholarship to collaborate with pastoral communities and policymakers in eastern Africa. In 2017, the College of Liberal Arts awarded her the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor Award, recognizing a career of outstanding research, teaching, and service achievement.

2nd Saturday at CSU Spur (Arts & Science)

Details

Organizer

Venue

Hours

Location

CHRIS SHAFFNER

JAMES HENDERSON

EMMA TROLLER

PETER CULP

KATHLEEN GALVIN

CHRISTINA SOHN

BORIS NIKOLAEV

ELIZABETH BABCOCK

ALEX BUDAK

KAREN SCHLATTER

LINDSAY ROGERS

JARED ROMERO

JULIE DAVIES O’SHEA

GIGI KARMOUS-EDWARDS

MARA WALLER

TOM VILSACK

KATE WATKINS

TONY FRANK

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