Engagement
The College of Applied Human Sciences provides a broad range of outreach activities which are in keeping with our land-grant heritage and the University goal of applying intellectual and academic resources to social, economic and community development in Colorado, the nation, and the world. Our faculty are engaged in real-world partnerships which assist our fellow citizens, and provide our students with unparalleled learning opportunities.
Our extension specialists, such as in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, provide valuable health, nutrition, and food safety information to the public. Outreach efforts in the Human Performance Clinical Research Laboratory in the Department of Health and Exercise Science offer heart attack prevention evaluations to underserved populations. The Center for Community Partnerships in the Department of Occupational Therapy offers several programs which assist citizens with disabilities. The teacher licensure program prepares tomorrow’s educators and gives students hands-on experience in the partner school program. The College also has a role in Colorado State’s commitment to a multi-institutional program to be offered under the auspices of the Colorado School of Public Health (jointly operated with UC Denver Health Sciences Center and the University of Northern Colorado).
Browse the links below for a sampling of outreach efforts in the College of Applied Human Sciences. For additional information about outreach efforts at CSU, please see the CSU Extension website.
Centers & Institutes
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| Design and Merchandising | Linda Carlson | linda.carlson@colostate.edu | 970.491.5811 | 970.491.4376 |
| The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, formerly the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection, is a resource dedicated to excellence in instruction, scholarship, and service in fields of learning which address the interrelationships among material artifacts, history and culture. As a teaching and research facility the Museum offers the opportunity to explore the cultural significance of textiles, dress, and interior furnishings in their historical and contemporary settings. As a museum, its function is to collect, document, preserve, and exhibit artifacts. Of particular importance are the artifacts that identify the development and historic context of the world, including Central Asia, India, China, and Japan. Download Overview |
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| Occupational Therapy | Patricia Davies | patricia.davies@colostate.edu | 970.491.7294 | |
The efforts of the Brainwaves Research Lab focus on two programs of research investigating the development of sensory processing (auditory and somatosensory) and cognitive abilities in children during the period of 5 years to 18 years of age utilizing electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs) methodologies as well as traditional behavioral measures obtained from a variety of neuropsychological assessments.
In our research on sensory processing abilities, we are examining sensory registration and sensory gating in children with and without sensory processing disorders. This work is a result of our interests in conducting treatment effectiveness studies in clinical populations served by occupational therapists and other applied health professionals. The purpose of the present effort is to better understand the experimental conditions that produce the most reliable electrophysiological measures of sensory registration and sensory gating of the auditory system in normal adults and children 4 to 10 years of age. With our refined Sensory Gating (P50) ERP paradigm we have shown that children with sensory processing disorders display deficiencies in their ability to gate repetitive sensory (auditory) information and are exploring the interrelationships of the ERP measures with behavioral manifestations of sensory processing deficits.
In our research on the cognitive development in children and adolescents, we are using a variety of ERP paradigms (e.g., ERN, CNV, Novelty-Oddball) to measure the changes in the functioning of the prefrontal cortex which are critical for the development of higher order cognitive abilities, specifically executive functions. An emphasis of this research is to understand more about the changes in brain function during adolescence and how those changes impact function in everyday activities. Current methodological efforts are focusing on the reliability and stability of the various components of ERP paradigms when recorded from children, adolescents, and young adults, and to determine if reliability improves when controlling for specific state and trait characteristics of the participants. A unique aspect of this work is our demonstration of the usefulness of multivariate statistical techniques as a means of understanding individual differences.
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| Occupational Therapy | Cathy Schelly | cathy.schelly@colostate.edu | 970.491.0225 | 970.491.6290 |
| The Center for Community Partnerships (CCP), in existence since 1985, is part of the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Center for Community Partnerships provides services for people with disabilities and barriers to employment through individualized, community based and meaningful vocational opportunities. Center for Community Partnerships also works with families, employers, educators, students, professionals and community members to promote full participation in the community for these individuals. Download Overview |
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| Human Development and Family Studies | Jenn Matheson, Ph.D., LMFT | jenn.matheson@colostate.edu | 970.491.5991 | 970.491.7975 |
| The Center for Family and Couple Therapy provides high-quality therapy services to families, couples, individuals, adolescents, and children. Affiliated with CSU's Marriage and Family Therapy Program, the Center offers services to both CSU students and community members. The CFCT is dedicated to empowering families, couples, and individuals to strengthen their relationships, resolve troubling issues, and achieve personal well being. The CFCT is committed to creating a safe environment that honors diverse backgrounds, family forms, and experiences. Download Overview |
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| School of Social Work | Nancy Banman | nancy.banman@colostate.edu | 970.491.0996 | 970.491.7280 |
| The Center for Lifelong Learning and Outreach Education (CLOE) was developed to reach out to the people of Colorado, especially CSU School of Social Work(SOSW) alumni, as well as social workers and social service providers in the rural areas of the state. CLOE’s mission is to administer and integrate degree and non-degree educational programs that extend outside the on-campus degree programs of the SOSW while maintaining high-quality programs that are consistent with the mission and goals of the SOSW, the College of Applied Human Sciences, and Colorado State University. Download Overview |
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| Applied Human Sciences | 970.491.6331 | 970.491.7859 |
| The work of the Center on Aging encompasses the search for solutions to the unique problems created by the demographic shift to an older population, prevention of excess disability, optimization of qualify of life for the elderly. Download Overview |
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| School of Social Work | Sue Tungate | ccp@cahs.colostate.edu | 970.491.4695 | 970.491.7280 |
| The mission of the Colorado Collaborative Partnership is "to promote the capacity of health and human services systems to partner across organizations, disciplines and with community members, using a collaborative, client-centered, strengths-based philosophy, which encourages the development of new ideas, creative problem solving and the equitable participation of all stakeholders." |
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| School of Social Work | Marilyn Thayer | marilyn.thayer@colostate.edu | 970.491.2580 | 970.491.7859 |
| Since 1989, Colorado State University and the Poudre School District have engaged in an educational partnership to address the multifaceted needs of neighborhoods that are often considered the most in need in our Fort Collins community. During the first thirteen years, programs primarily focused on meeting the educational and literacy needs of children and families. In 2002, funding from the Office of University Partnerships (HUD) helped transform Even Start to become the Community Organizing to Reach Empowerment (CORE) Center to strengthen family literacy programs while expanding to provide comprehensive services to meet the prevalent perennial needs of the residents. Through a new partnership with the Poudre Valley Health System, CORE was able to relocate to a larger facility to become a Community-Based Learning Center. |
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| Food Science and Human Nutrition | Chris Melby | chris.melby@colostate.edu | 970.491.3373 | 970.491.7252 |
| The Consortium for Human Nutrition is a joint effort of Colorado State University and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. A formal agreement between the two universities exists which fosters collaborative efforts between faculty and graduate students in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at CSU and the Center for Human Nutrition at the UCHSC. The mission of the Consortium is to improve the nutrition and health status of the people in Colorado and the region by collaborating in teaching, research and outreach educational activities in human nutrition. By sharing ideas and resources between institutions, professors and students are able to expand research and outreach opportunities in cellular/molecular nutrition, clinical nutrition and metabolism, and nutrition education. |
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| School of Social Work | Ben Granger | ben.granger@colostate.edu | 970.491.2776 | 970.491.7280 |
| HABIC (Human-Animal bond in Colorado) is a program that celebrates the bond between humans and their companion animals, and puts that bond to action in service programs that provide an environment of animal-assisted activities and animal-assisted therapy. In order to effectively do this, HABIC trains human volunteers and carefully screens these individual’s animals both medically and behaviorally. Once prepared, these human-animal teams work cooperatively with professionals in a variety of community facilities to help specified clients meet their individual goals. Founded in 1993, HABIC is a service outreach program of the College of Applied Human Sciences, specifically the School of Social Work. Download Overview |
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| Health and Exercise Science | Richard Israel
Matthew Hickey | richard.israel@colostate.edu
matthew.hickey@colostate.edu | 970.491.3847
970.491.5727 | 970.491.7677 |
| The Human Performance Clinical/Research Laboratory supports the educational, research, and public service mission of the Department of Health and Exercise Science and Colorado State University by promoting hands-on learning experiences for students, providing a forum for research, and promoting the benefits of healthy lifestyles to citizens in the community and the State of Colorado. The HPCRL provides the state of the art facility required for research, outreach and disease prevention programs, and serves as a venue for clinical training and experience for undergraduate and graduate students. The original HPCRL facility, which opened in May 2000, contained 6200 gsf of research and clinical outreach space. In July 2008 a new addition of 1100 gsf of wet lab space was added; and, a new 4000 gsf research addition opened in January 2010. Thus, the HPCRL now houses 11,260 gsf of administrative, clinical, and research space. Download Overview |
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| Applied Human Sciences | Brian Dunbar | brian.dunbar@colostate.edu | 970.491.5041 |
| The Institute for the Built Environment (IBE), founded in 1994 at Colorado State University, is a multidisciplinary research institute whose mission is to foster stewardship and sustainability of the built environment through a research-based, interdisciplinary educational forum. Built environment refers to the totality of all that humans have changed or rearranged within the natural environment. The IBE, originally established by faculty in the College of Applied Human Sciences, brings together professionals and students from the related fields of design and construction to solve problems through research related to the built environment. Download Overview |
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| Occupational Therapy | Matt Malcolm | matt.malcolm@colostate.edu | 970.491.2646 | |
| The NeuroRehabilitation Research Laboratory (NRRL) is a clinical research lab affiliated with the Department of Occupational Therapy at Colorado State University. Our research seeks to improve the processes of rehabilitation for persons with nervous system damage, and to investigate neural factors related to recovery. NRRL is staffed with a team of rehabilitation scientists and therapy trainers, and is supported by other healthcare professionals. The NRRL team is committed to providing high quality clinical research that will inform healthcare practice for individuals with a disability.
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| School of Social Work | Marc Winokur | marc.winokur@colostate.edu | 970.491.0885 | 970.491.7280 |
| The Social Work Research Center represents a collaboration between Colorado State University (School of Social Work) and community partners, such as the County Departments of Human Services in Colorado (i.e., Larimer, Boulder, Adams, El Paso, Arapahoe, Pueblo, Weld, Broomfield, and Jefferson Counties). Download Overview |
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