Retirement: Keeping Connected with CSU
- CSU's Home Page
- Today @ Colorado State
- From the President's Office
- College and Departmental Resources
CSU's Home Page
An excellent URL, http://www.colostate.edu/ to include in your list of Bookmarks or Favorites with links to much of the news and administrative information you might need from CSU. An interactive search capability can find even obscure bits and pieces of CSU's inner workings. A Search for "Retirees" brings you to many relevant sources. The EVENTS column on the Home Page lists many university related events for the coming week. This link, http://events.colostate.edu/, takes one directly a whole university events calendar with links to specific calendars for, inter alia, Athletics, Music Theater and Dance.
Today @ Colorado State
The mission of Today @ Colorado State is to provide the campus with a balance of event listings, news, information, and announcements. This electronic newsletter provides a brief roundup of campus information, news announcements, and events every weekday morning. Academic events such as departmental seminars, dissertation defenses, etc. are included toward the bottom. Today @ Colorado State lists only University-related news or events sponsored by official and recognized University groups, organizations, or departments, including student organizations. Subscribe to this resource at the following: http://www.today.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=subscribe_unsubcribe.
From the President's Office
The President's Office website, under the heading Communications, offers a variety of up-to-date sources of information on major trends, changes, accomplishments and other items of interest to the wider university community. Three among them may be of interest.
- CSU Matters: News items on research grants, research breakthroughs, and major institutional announcements, in a brief, easy-to-read format.
- Comment Quarterly: Issues concerning Colorado State and higher education. Perspectives on how the University is anticipating and responding to national and statewide developments.
- The Competitive Edge: A free, monthly electronic newsletter for business leaders and economic development leaders in Colorado. Subscription required at: http://www.edge.colostate.edu/pages/subscription.asp.
College and Departmental Resources
Several colleges produce world class newsletters, annual or quarterly reports which are available to their retirees if your interest is made known. Most departments also use faculty/staff listserv mailings that can help one keep in touch with daily events in your former institutional homes.