April is Earth Month at CSU!

Colorado State University is renowned for its commitment to sustainability, and goes beyond mere observance of Earth Day; we turn April into a month-long celebration! Housing & Dining Services Sustainability invites you to participate in this year’s exciting line-up of activities. 

Throughout April, CSU is orchestrating over a dozen events as part of Earth Month. These include insightful discussions on critical sustainability matters, engaging workshops, and the CSU Earth Day Festival on Monday, April 22nd. Among this year’s festivities are workshops exploring the environmental impact of sustainable eating and going from climate grief to hope.

Here are some of the highlights:

The Annual CSU Drag Show- Theme: Mother Earth 
Sunday, April 14, 6:00 – 9:00pm 
LSC Grand Ballroom 

Featuring the amazing performances from Drag Performer’s from all over Colorado with an extra special headliner! 

Tree Campus Arbor Day Planting 
Friday, April 19, 1:00pm  
Corner of College Ave. & University Ave. 

Student volunteers and community are welcome to help plant trees, more info at: www.fm.colostate.edu/arboretum 

E-Waste & Sneaker Collection and Compost Giveaway 
Friday, April 19, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Moby Arena

Come by and collect CSU’s own compost for your gardening needs and recycle your e-waste and old sneakers!  Only tennis shoes are acceptable (no sandals, flip flops, boots etc.) 

CSU EARTH DAY FESTIVAL 
Monday, April 22, 10:00am – 2:00pm 
LSC West Lawn 

Join us in celebration of Earth Day at the LSC Sutherland Sculpture Garden. This year we are hosting sustainability workshops in the LSC during the festival! Feel free to drop in on any of these workshops: 

Earth Day Workshop: Climate Grief to Active Hope Workshop   
Monday, April 22, 10:00am – 12:00pm 
LSC Room 312 

Earth Day Workshop: Sustainable Savors: Exploring the Roots of Responsible Eating   
Monday, April 22, 12:00pm-1:30pm 
LSC Room 308 

A full lineup of events for Earth Month can be found at https://green.colostate.edu/earth-month/. Continue to check back to the link for the latest events. We hope to see you there! 

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The HDS Communication and Morale (CAM) committee is highlighting staff members and areas of HDS, helping us all better understand what it is that we all do, who we are, as well as share some of the interesting things that we are doing.

A special thank you and acknowledgment goes to our amazing dining employees. When you have the best combination of talent, skills, and attitude, you get the great performance of this team.  Despite being short-staffed this year, dining employees provided outstanding service to the largest incoming class of students in the university’s history. Through multiple shut downs due to the pandemic and challenging weather, these essential and committed workers still show up and perform at the highest level. Thank you, dining employees, for your dedication and superior service!

RDS At A Glance:

  • 3 full-service dining centers serving all-you-care-to eat meals
  • 149 full-time employees
  • 499 student staff
  • > 1,472,385 meals served to date this fiscal year (most swipes at The Foundry with 434,800)
  • 55,012 sandwich orders to date this fiscal year at Braiden RAMWich (Grubhub)
  • 120,965 orders to date this fiscal year at Durrell Express (Grubhub)
  • The top-selling Grubhub items:
    • Fountain Drink
    • French Fries
    • Custom Ramwich
    • Chicken Tenders
    • Cheeseburger
  • Top-selling Marketplace & Café Items
    • Smoothies
    • Smuckers Uncrustables
    • 20 oz. Latte
    • Chocolate Croissant

Move In Volunteers Needed

As we are preparing to welcome students for the 2022/2023 academic, we need your help to welcome them and get them settled in before they start classes! Please check with your supervisor and sign up for the shifts you are able to assist during move-in week!

Move-in is Monday, August 15th through Friday, August 19th (we’re anticipating the busiest days to be Monday–Wednesday, which are designated Move In days) with additional needs, supporting Dining through the rest of August serving meals at lunch and dinner. Each of these volunteer shifts provides you and your team with opportunities to interact with and support our first-year and returning students! You can sign up for as many shifts as you like.

There are many different volunteer opportunities available including, RamCard customer service, traffic, and directions, dining meal service, cardboard corrals, etc.  HDS Move-In Assistance Sign-up

Fraternity and Sorority Life are for coordinating volunteers to move students into their rooms again this year. They have great experience over the years and continue to support move-in with this process.

Please contact Christie.Mathews@colostate.edu with any questions or particular needs.

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