Our Reach & Partnerships
Together, We Can Build Thriving Communities
Engagement is the way universities and communities learn and work together to exchange, develop, and apply knowledge. Engagement enhances all missions of a land-grant university – teaching, research, service, and extension – so that individuals and communities thrive from learning.
We work in partnership with individuals, communities, organizations, policymakers and many others to enable the co-creation of solutions to needs in our Colorado communities.
Engaged Institutes
Through our engaged institutes and centers, the university, communities and individuals come together around civic, community and economic development needs, research, teaching and service.
CSU Around the State
Colorado State University’s campuses and centers around the state serve local communities and facilitate community-based research opportunities with faculty. Students can also find connections to internships, apprenticeships and service opportunities.
The Provost’s Council for Engagement
The Provost’s Council for Engagement serves to advance the practice and recognition of our integration of academic scholarship and community engagement.
Community Insights
Learn about the stories of our Colorado communities. In the Office of Engagement and Extension, we work in partnership with individuals, communities, organizations, policymakers and many others to enable the co-creation of solutions to needs in our Colorado communities. We start with learning.
National and Statewide Partnerships
We work in partnership with individuals, communities, organizations, local leaders and many others to enable the co-creation of solutions to issues and needs in our Colorado communities. Here are some of our partners:
AmeriCorps
As America’s uniting front for community service, improvement and projects, AmeriCorps delivers its promise of bringing people together to solve our nation’s problems. Here in Colorado, through the Office of Engagement and Extension we bring people power to some of our communities most complex challenges. You can read about our six-year partnership to bring 4-H STEM opportunities to children outside of school in communities throughout the state, at https://co4h.colostate.edu/4-h-stem-americorps/
Colorado Department of Agriculture
The mission of the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) is to strengthen and advance Colorado agriculture; promote a safe and high-quality food supply; protect consumers; and foster responsible stewardship of the environment and natural resources.
CSU and the Colorado Department of Agriculture partner in a variety of ways to complete applied research, outreach to producers and consider how Colorado policies and programs affect farmers, ranchers and food businesses.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.
Through cooperative agreements and collaborations with USDA’s various agencies, from the Ag Marketing Service to the National Resource Conservation Service to the Economic Research Service to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, CSU performs engaged scholarships that involves key industry, government, academic and community organizations to assess how changing market and policy conditions affect the competitiveness and resiliency of producers and food businesses.
