New CSU leadership for Advancement
Colorado State University has announced that alumnus Brett Anderson, former managing partner of Accenture, has been named the new vice president for Advancement. Anderson takes over for Joyce Berry, who is returning to the position of dean of the Warner College of Natural Resources, replacing Joseph O’Leary, who resigned to return to the faculty. Anderson will lead the Campaign for Colorado State University, announced in August 2009, which seeks to raise $500 million in the next three years. A 1987 CSU graduate and longtime member of CSU's Campaign Leadership Council, Anderson had a successful business career as managing partner of the global business and technology company Accenture before joining CSU as a consultant last year to strengthen the University's presence in the Denver market. Anderson will serve as vice president through the conclusion of the campaign in 2012. Berry is returning to the Warner College at the request of the faculty in the College, where she served as dean from 2004-2006 and as associate dean and assistant dean from 1999-2001.
Among America's Best
U.S. News and World Report in August ranked Colorado State University among the nation's best universities. Colorado State was in the top tier of public and private doctoral universities, ranking 64th among public universities and 128th overall, in the magazine's 2010 "America's Best Colleges" edition. Other Colorado universities included in the top tier were the Colorado School of Mines, University of Colorado-Boulder, and University of Denver. The publication's rankings follow a record-breaking year for research support at CSU, including pioneering work in renewable energy, infectious disease, and biomedical research, which helped push research expenditures close to $312 million in 2008-2009 — among the highest levels of federal funding for universities nationwide without a medical school. Access the complete list of U.S. News and World Report rankings and methodologies at www.usnews.com.
Green homes Colorado
The Colorado State University Green Homes Certificate Program has a new home at the CSU Loveland Learning Center. The program — which regularly has a waiting list in Denver — has been added in Northern Colorado to meet the growing need for green-construction professionals. Developed by CSU's Institute for the Built Environment, the accelerated evening program covers green residential building, new construction, and remodeling. The evening sessions run 12 weeks — the most recent series began Sept. 16 — and is designed for interior and architectural contractors and builders, planners and commissioners, facility managers, and built-environmental engineers who work in the construction and design industries. Coursework addresses site and home design; high performance HVAC systems; indoor environmental quality; active renewable energy systems; sustainable building and finish materials; natural home building techniques; construction waste recycling, deconstruction, and remodeling; green home economics; and green rating systems, including LEED Homes, Built Green, and ENERGY STAR. For information about future programs call (970) 491-3260, or register online at www.ibe.colostate.edu.
Military friendly
Colorado State University Continuing Education has been named a "Military-Friendly School" by G.I. Jobs Magazine. Colorado State is among the top 15 percent of colleges, universities, and trade-schools nationwide to receive the honor. Criteria include a school's VA-approval of GI Bill benefits, CLEP (College Level Examination Program) acceptance, credit for military service, Reserve and Guard policies, access to flexible learning options, veteran programs, veteran student composition, and assets dedicated to recruiting military students. The honor will be recognized in a Guide to Military Friendly Schools. CSU's Division of Continuing Education delivers educational opportunities in support of the University's land-grant mission, providing graduate and undergraduate degree programs, professional development training, certificate programs, online courses, and industry-specific training.
Sustaining sustainability
Village Earth honored Colorado State University Professor Bryan Willson in August with the Maurice L. Albertson Medal in Sustainable Development. Willson is founder of the CSU Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, which is recognized as a world leader in the research of natural gas engines, two-stroke engines, alternative fuels, and hazardous air pollutants. Willson helped develop the two-stroke engine retrofit technology that is decreasing dangerous vehicular air pollution in Asia. He co-founded Envirofit International in 2003 to commercialize the engine-retrofit technology and Solix Biofuels in 2006 to commercialize technology to produce oil from algae and convert it into biodiesel. Willson is co-founder and director of the CSU-based Global Innovation Center for Energy, Environment, and Health and serves as director of CSU's Clean Energy Supercluster. In May, Willson received the "Scientific American 10" designation, an honor roll for innovations that benefit humanity, along with President Barack Obama, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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