Name: Family-Friendly Grand Opening
Start: 2022-01-15T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2022-01-15T18:30:00-07:00
Location: Vida @ CSU Spur

Spur closure CSU Spur will open at 10 a.m., December 3, due to snowy conditions. Events and programs remain scheduled. Visit safety.colostate.edu for more information.

Join the grand opening event of the Vida building at CSU Spur, during CSU Day at the Stock Show!

Stop by for lots of family-friendly fun as we open our first building at the new CSU Spur campus:

See horses walk on underwater treadmills
Get your photo with a 9-foot kitten statue
Watch veterinarians do surgery on dogs and cats
Try your hand in the mock veterinary exam room
See educational demos
Grab your CSU Spur swag
… and lots more!

CSU Spur is open to the public starting Jan. 8 and will be open every day from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. during the National Western Stock Show. Come by anytime for lots of incredible activities, and don’t miss the grand opening event on Jan. 15 — bring your friends and family … we can’t wait to see you there!

Don’t forget to grab your rodeo tickets to CSU Day at the National Western Stock Show on Jan. 15, learn more through the CSU Alumni Association.

About CSU Spur

CSU Spur is a new, free educational year-round public destination in Denver that will open its doors to K-12 students, families, and visitors to learn about food, water, and health.

CSU Spur is built upon the belief that students can be anything they want to be, and will showcase real science and real careers, including the ability to watch veterinarians perform surgery on dogs and cats, horses assisting with human therapies, and horses undergoing rehabilitation and strength training on underwater treadmills. Learn more at CSUSpur.org.

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.

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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