The final stages of the Lory Student Center revitalization project were completed this summer, and the most striking improvements that returning students and employees will notice are on the second and third floors on the north side.
The expansive new two-story space for Adult Learner and Veteran Services features lots of open seating, offices, a kitchenette/pantry, a computer/study lab, huddle spaces and an outdoor patio facing the foothills.
The main entrance on the second floor is marked with a new wooden, plant-accented sign which serves as a backdrop to a new LSC seating area where RamTech used to be. With the expansion, ALVS now has about 6,200 more square feet than it had in its former LSC office space. Read more about it on SOURCE.
A grand opening for the new ALVS offices, including a celebration of the other revitalized spaces, is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 1, featuring a noon ribbon-cutting and remarks by CSU leaders, an open house and light refreshments.
Third-floor improvements
The two major third-floor conference rooms on the north side of the LSC have been remodeled and renamed. The North Ballroom has been renamed “Never No Summer” in honor of the Arapaho Tribe’s original name of the mountain range on the northwest edge of Rocky Mountain National Park.
When that 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, and the word “no” was dropped. Western colonization erased or altered many indigenous place names, and in choosing Never No Summer as the name for the room, CSU leaders say they are restoring the rightful Arapaho name and respecting the Indigenous peoples whose ancestral homelands encompass the area.
The Cherokee Park Ballroom and University Club have also been remodeled and renamed to the “University Ballroom” and “University Lounge.” The adjacent Aspen Grille, the restaurant operated by students in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, has been remodeled as well and features a new kitchen teaching area, a new reservable dining area and two all-gender restrooms. A third all-gender restroom featuring a shower and adult changing table has been added near Never No Summer…
