As work on the LSC’s North End Renovation nears completion, we invite you to stop by to see the transformation for yourself! 

We’ve added a new level – 6,200 additional square feet – to the Adult Learner and Veteran Services (ALVS) offices, redesigned both levels of the CSU Bookstore, created an open and airy lounge outside of the ALVS and Off-Campus Life (OCL) offices, and reinvigorated the North Entrance and landscaping. The North Ballroom has been renamed Never No Summer (Nii-cii-ciicei’I)* and has been transformed to emulate the Never Summer Mountain Range, with layers of texture, wood, and color to emphasize its natural features.

The student-run Aspen Grille has been redesigned and upgraded, including two gender-inclusive restrooms and a private, reservable space. We’ve also added several works of art to enhance the revitalized areas, featuring an impressive collection of African pottery on loan from CSU’s Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, that fills display cases on Level 300 just outside the elevator doors. 

A generous donation also allowed us to add to the existing solar photovoltaic array on our rooftop, which generated more than 100,000 kilowatt-hours of clean, zero-carbon energy last year. 

The LSC Community would like to thank everyone who worked to make this revitalization possible, especially students who voted to support renovation work with student fees. In addition, many thanks are owed to Haselden Construction and the architectural firm Hord Coplan Macht (HCM) for their commitment to the project. We’d also like to recognize Project Manager Tracey Abel of CSU Facilities Management for her oversight and guidance, as well as Terry Adams, also of Facilities Management, for help with furnishings. Additional thanks to Environmental Specialist Stacey Baumgarn, and Utility Engineer Carol Dollard, both of CSU Facilities, for their insights and support in installing the additional photovoltaic cells. 

The North End Renovation is the final phase of a 20-year Master Plan to reinvigorate the space of the LSC to better support the long-term needs of the building and the LSC Community. 

*Nii-cii-biicei’i (Never No Summer) 

The Arapaho Tribe’s name for this mountain range situated at the northwestern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park is Nii-cii-biicei’i (knee-jee-bee-jay-ĭ), which translates to Never No Summer. When the name was provided to the Colorado Geographic Board in 1914, it considered the word a double negative and difficult to pronounce in the English language. Thus, the word “no” was dropped from the name. Western colonization erased or altered many indigenous place names. In choosing Never No Summer as the name for this ballroom, we are restoring the rightful Arapaho name and respecting the Indigenous peoples whose ancestral homelands encompass this area. The Colorado State University Land Acknowledgement maintains the connection Native peoples and nations still have to this land, and the education and inclusion we must practice in recognizing our institutional history, responsibility, and commitment.