The College of Applied Human Sciences houses many different centers and institutes within our departments and schools. Browse the list of active centers and institutes below to view descriptions and contact information.
Occupational Therapy
Director: Marla Roll
Voice: 970.491.2016
Fax: 970.491.6290
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The Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC) ensures equal access to technology and electronic information for students and employees with disabilities as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act and Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. This primarily occurs through the use of adapted computing. The ATRC is located in the Occupational Therapy Department at Colorado State University.
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Design and Merchandising
Director: Linda Carlson
Voice: 970.491.5811
Fax: 970.491.4376
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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.
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Occupational Therapy
Director: Cathy Schelly
Voice: 970.491-0225
Fax: 970.491.6290
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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.
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Human Development & Family Studies
Director: Jenn Matheson
Voice: 970.491.7472
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The CFCT 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.
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School of Social Work
Director: Nancy Banman
Voice: 970.491.0996
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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.
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Applied Human Sciences
Director: Manfred Diehl
Voice: 970.491.1767
Fax: 970.491.7975
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The work of the Center 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.
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Applied Human Sciences
Director: Marilyn Thayer
Voice: 970.491.2580
Fax: 970.491.7859
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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.
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Director: Chris Melby
Voice: 970.491.6736
Fax: 970.491.3875
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.
Human Development & Family Studies
Director: Linda Carlson
Voice: 970.491.7392
Fax: 970.491.7975
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Educates undergraduate students about young children and their families. Provides a site for conducting research and high-quality early childhood pre-school care for the community.
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School of Social Work
Director: Ben Granger
Voice: 970.491.2776
Fax: 970.491.7280
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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.
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Health & Exercise Science
Director: Richard Israel
Voice: 970.491.3785
Fax: 970.491.0216
Co-Director: Matthew Hickey
Voice: 970.491.5727
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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. This 5,730 square foot facility was dedicated on May 1, 2000.
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School of Social Work
Director: Victoria Buchan
Voice: 970.491.5211
Fax: 970.491.7280
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A research and outreach program in the School of Social Work providing evaluation and assessment of community organizations, agencies and programs.
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Construction Management
Director: Brian Dunbar
Voice: 970.491.5041
Fax: 970.491.4855
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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.
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Construction Management
Director: Lenora Bohren
Voice: 970.491.1805
Fax: 970.491.7801
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The National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety (NCVECS), at Colorado State University, was established in 1976 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NCVECS was originally established to assist states across the nation in developing their vehicle emissions control programs. The Center's research and training efforts have grown beyond the original EPA mandate. The research and testing activities at the Center are diverse. They include conducting the EPA's National Tampering Survey since 1984, laboratory research on alternative fuels and conversion kits, after-market devices, and other emissions-related research.
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Food Science and Human Nutrition
Director: Melissa Wdowik
Voice: 970.491.8615
Fax: 970.491.3875
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The Nutrition Center @ CSU was established to enhance health and quality of life through nutrition outreach, research, and collaboration with community groups. The Center also provides training and practical experience for students in the department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and is a community outreach service of the department.
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School of Social Work
Director: Marc Winokur
Voice: 970.491.0885
Fax: 970.491.7280
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The Center for Social Work Research 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).
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