Partners in Education
CSU/SigEp and its many alumni are committed to sustaining and expanding its partnership with Colorado State University. We believe this relationship is the key to creating both the educational experience that enables young men and women to become their best and to help advance the University’s mission of setting the standard for public research universities in teaching, research, service and extension for the benefit of the citizens of Colorado, the United States and the world.
CSU/SigEp
CSU/SigEp Undergraduate Scholarships are dedicated to continuously recruiting, recognizing and developing the most talented men on the Colorado State campus. Scholarships are awarded to top students who exhibit academic excellence, demonstrate leadership skills, and commit to their health and well-being.
The CSU/SigEp Learning Community combines curricular, co-curricular, and residential living in a purposeful way to encourage collaboration among students, faculty members, and staff to enhance students’ academic and social development. Curriculum and events focus on scholarship, leadership and the development of life skills.
Walter Scott Jr. 1953
The Scott Bioengineering Building, opened in 2013 and provides 122,000sf of modern collaborative laboratory space for research in four theme areas, designating labs for systems and synthetic biology, bioanalytic devices, environmental engineering, and biomedical engineering.
The Walter Scott, Jr. Undergraduate Scholarships enable us to recruit and support academically gifted and talented students to pursue undergraduate engineering degrees at CSU. Each year approximately 20 incoming freshman students from Colorado and across the U.S. are selected to receive these renewable scholarships.
Up to 30 outstanding first-year graduate students are selected each academic year to receive Walter Scott, Jr. Graduate Fellowships. These awards recognize prior academic accomplishments and research excellence, as well as the potential to enhance the College’s research programs.
Four Presidential Chairs in the College’s Areas of Excellence have been established through this gift. The title of Presidential Chair is the highest and most prestigious honor that Colorado State University may award to a faculty member and recognizes sustained excellence in research and scholarly activity.
Richard L. Monfort 1943/Kenneth W. Monfort 1951
The Monfort Excellence Fund is an inseparable part of CSU’s learning, teaching, research, campus culture, and public mission.
The Monfort Lecture Series Represent extraordinary opportunities for the community and for the educational experience of our students.
The Monfort Family Foundation established the Monfort Professors Program to support early career faculty at CSU with unrestricted support for advancing their research, teaching, and career. Each year, two faculty members are selected as Monfort Professors by a committee appointed by the Provost. They retain this designation for two years and receive $75,000 per year.
Monfort Scholars receive funds for tuition and fees, a room and board stipend and a book allowance for four years if they maintain academic standards.
In recognition for all the support Ken and the family have given the University, the campus Quad was was dedicated in memory of Ken and renamed the Monfort Quad.
Joseph F. Phelps 1950
The Joseph Phelps Endowed Chair supports a distinguished faculty member in the department. Endowed chairs help the University attract and retain top-quality faculty.
The Phelps Internship Placement Program was made possible through a generous endowment donation. This permitted the start-up of the program and the assurance of long-term support. The naming of the program is in recognition of this gift and the support of Mr. Phelps throughout the history of the Construction Management program at Colorado State University.
The Phelps Placement Office is located in Guggenheim Hall and serves to assist students throughout their academic careers with career services and job placement.
John Quincy Phelps Memorial Garden at Danforth Chapel on the CSU Oval, in honor of his brother John was killed near the end of his freshman year in 1940.
Gary B. Halley, 1963
Gary B. Halley Financial Data Lab and Classroom in Rockwell Hall - West. Students learn in the midst of state-of-the-art facilities including the Gary B. Halley financial lab with 30 workstations, 16 Bloomberg® terminals, and sophisticated analysis software. We provide opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students to participate in student-managed investment funds (summit, pioneer and veterans).
The Gary B. Halley Pioneer Scholarship is awarded to graduate students in the College of Business Majoring in Business Administration.
Albert M. Hornung, 1961
Hornung Family Alumni Welcoming Space in the event hall at the Alumni Center was made possible by a generous donation by Al Hornung.
Charles Noah Shepardson, 1917
In 1974 CSU’s Dean of Agriculture Donal D. Johnson announced that the agriculture building on campus would be renamed Shepardson Hall to honor Dr. Charles N. Shepardson
Elwood L. Nye, 1915/William C. Nye, 1920
The Nye Trophy CSU’s most coveted athletic award was created by Brothers Elwood and William Nye, both who ran track for Harry Hughes. In 1928 the three men had a discussion while at an alumni function about recognizing the college’s top student-athlete.
The the next day Elwood & William presented Coach Hughes with a formal proposal, that the trophy would go to the school’s top senior athlete and would be sponsored and presented by William and Elwood Nye.
The first Nye Trophy was awarded in 1929. There have been 43 Nye Trophy winners inducted into the CSU Sports Hall of Fame, 22 winners have played in the NFL, 6 that have played in the NBA, 2 College Football Hall of Famer’s and 1 Pro Football Hall of Fame.