Colorado State University is investing in our students by renovating and expanding two key buildings that are central to the university’s mission.

Our investment in tomorrow prepares a future workforce by supporting students from nearly every major offered by the university, as well as strengthen the university’s collaboration with internal and external partners on animal and human health.

Clark Revitalization

Nearly every CSU undergraduate student has an educational experience in Clark A. In 2017, 1,173 classes enrolled 50,896 students who were taught in Clark.

  • Clark is 255,000 square feet of poured concrete built in 1966-1968 in the “new formalism” style of architecture by James Hunter who did 25 other buildings on campus.
  • The Clark building generates over $100,000,000 each year in undergraduate and graduate tuition.
  • Approximately 70% of undergraduates across all colleges take at least one class in the Clark Building in a given year.
  • In 2017, 1,173 classes enrolled 50,896 students who were taught in Clark.In 2017, 1,173 classes enrolled 50,896 students who were taught in Clark.

With the largest classrooms at CSU, embarking on this revitalization project requires extensive coordination and cooperation among all of our students, faculty, staff and visitors.

KEY FACTS:
  • Clark was approved for renovation by the Board of Governors in 2022.
  • Due to the increased costs, CSU will move ahead with a revised project plan using the $135 million budget. The project will focus on Clark A and B, with limited work on Clark C.
FUNDING:
  • When originally bid in 2019, the project was estimated to cost $135 million.
  • CSU received funds for the renovation over two years from Colorado: $38 million in 2022 and $24 million in 2023. The state will likely provide additional funding in 2024 and 2025.
    Approximately $11 million will be raised through donations. The remainder of the funds will be a mix of bonds and other university measures.
  • Since the project estimates in 2019, construction costs have increased by 150%.

Veterinary Health and Education Complex

For 140 years, CSU has led innovations in veterinary medicine, animal care, biomedical discovery and public health. The Veterinary Teaching Hospital is a paramount symbol of CSU’s excellence in teaching and research, with the veterinary program consistently ranking among the top three in the nation for decades.

Students can best learn veterinary medicine in an environment that integrates hands-on learning, teaching and collaboration, yet the university’s teaching hospital, built in 1978, is outdated and cramped. Our clients, some of whom travel to CSU from around the world, are also better served in re-imagined spaces that facilitate seamless connections among teaching, research and state-of-the-art clinical services. To be ready for the next century, CSU must modernize its facilities.

  • The Veterinary Health and Education Complex will expand the CSU veterinary medicine program capacity by 120 student slots by 2030.
  • This addresses a critical statewide and national shortage of veterinarians.
  • Upgrade outdated technology and workspace design to better serve clients, students and the academic and research mission of veterinary programs.
  • The new space also provides better service to people, pets, large animals and livestock in need of veterinary care.
KEY FACTS:
  • The first phase of Veterinary Health and Education Complex construction was approved by CSU Board of
    Governors in the Fall of 2023.
  • The the complex will add 213,000 square feet to the existing hospital, which will be remodeled and is 225,000 square feet.
  • Classrooms, laboratories, office and student spaces that allow for collaboration.
  • The new space will consolidate all veterinary medicine students into one location; they currently attend classes on two of the university’s campuses.
  • This opens 10,000 feet of space on CSU’s main campus, making room for more than 275 undergraduate biomedical sciences and other
    students.
  • The current Veterinary Teaching Hospital was built in 1978.
FUNDING:
  • The new complex is a $230 million investment in both new construction and remodeling of old space.
  • Funding is a mix of state money, private donations, university bonds and other college and university funding.