CIS

Bookstore 

The CSU Bookstore is located in the Lory Student Center. Proceeds from the CSU Bookstore go back to students and the CSU community. CSU insignia items, school supplies, and art supplies are available as well as textbooks for every class at CSU.

Coffee Shops 

Coffee shops are great places to grab a refresher and dive into studying or group meetings. Here are the locations of some coffee shops on CSU's campus.

Sweet Sinsations - Lory Student Center
Intermissions - Lory Student Center
Sweet Temptations - Behavioral Sciences Building 
Morgan's Grind Café - Morgan Library 
The Bean Counter - Rockwell Hall 
Ram's Horn Express - Academic Village

CSU Transit Center 

The CSU Transit Center is located on the first floor of the north end of the Lory Student Center. It includes a Transfort customer counter, flat screen monitors displaying departure times and news stories, and an indoor passenger waiting area to make public transportation more comfortable and convenient for CSU students and visitors.

Transfort, Around the Horn

Transfort is the local Fort Collins bus service that offers a multitude of stops close to student living areas and runs schedules that complement CSU class schedules. This mass transportation system cuts down on pollution and brings students right to the center of campus. CSU students account for nearly thirty-five percent of Transfort's ridership!

Public transportation options are available to get you to campus and around Fort Collins. All students and employees receive a Transfort transit pass (on their Ramcard) thanks to the investment by the Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU) and Parking and Transportation Services. You can ride any Transfort route in the city along with MAX. Your transit pass can also get you to Loveland, Longmont, and Boulder via the FLEX, as well as the Greeley/Evans area via the Poudre Express.

Lory Student Center 

The Lory Student Center is the dynamic hub of campus, serving more than 20,000 people each day. It encourages the lifelong learning development of students, faculty, staff, and community members. Lory Student Center services and programs create a stimulating and supportive atmosphere to complement academic learning and social enrichment. You may reach Campus Information and Box Office at (970) 491-6444.

CSU Mountain Campus 

Nestled in a beautiful, secluded mountain valley at an elevation of 9,000 feet, CSU’s Mountain Campus provides field research and education, retreat and conference facilities, a challenge course, and world-class hiking. The Mountain Campus is located 50 miles west of Fort Collins and is adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park, the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area, and Roosevelt National Forest. The campus is typically open from mid-May to mid-October and is available for field studies and research, academic classes, retreats, conferences, workshops, meetings, and much more. 

CSU Sports and Athletic Facilities 

Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium

Canvas Stadium, Colorado State's on-campus college football stadium, opened in 2017. With a seating capacity of 36,500, the field is named in honor of legendary former head coach Sonny Lubick. The facility, includes nearly 800,000 square feet of space, features a club area and meeting space available for use by the community.  Included in the facility is the Iris and Michael Smith Alumni Center, the Collaborative for Student Achievement, as well as classroom and study space. CSU’s on-campus stadium provides the latest in fan amenities and technology to guarantee an amazing fan experience.

Glenn Morris Field House

The Rams' indoor track and field training facility is the venerable Glenn Morris Field House, near the Jack Christiansen Track. This historic venue, built in 1924, underwent a renovation in 1998.

The venue contains three main wings: the south area, which includes the indoor track; the middle area, which houses offices and locker rooms; and the north area, which is where the basketball team formerly played and now is used for indoor court sports.

Indoor Practice Facility

The Indoor Practice Facility is designed for use by multiple sports programs at the University.

Features:

  • Gymnasium easily encloses a regulation basketball court and two half courts
  • Volleyball configuration can accommodate two full-length courts
  • Contains a synthetic-turf football field (including one end zone)
  • Features a four-lane, 70-meter track and a unique shoe-changing room adjacent to the football field
  • Has flexibility to allow the softball team to set up batting cages on the football field
  • Will provide shelter for any student-athlete in each of the Rams' 16 varsity sports
  • Includes training room, equipment storage, lobby and trophy display case, and restrooms
  • Uses an innovative air circulation system.

Jack Christiansen Track

One of the finest track and field facilities in the region in a picturesque setting lends itself comfortably to annually hosting marquee events, including the 2011 and 2005 Mountain West Track & Field Championships. Such is the history surrounding the Jack Christiansen Memorial Track on the east side of CSU's main campus.

Regarded as one of the region's finest facilities since it opened in 1989, the venue has provided a backdrop for success for the Rams. As a result, the program has the ability to attract some of the region's finest athletes. The facility enjoyed a complete renovation in 2017.

Moby Arena 

Moby Arena is a cozy and intimate playing facility nestled in the heart of the university's central campus area.

With a capacity of 8,745, the whale-shaped venue features the pride and tradition of the Rams' program that dates back 100 years, and a newness associated with a recent renovation to the arena's concourses, athletic training facilities and locker rooms. The FNBO Moby Loft is an additional space along the south baseline where fans can enjoy beer and other refreshments alongside their fellow Ram fans.

Ram Field

CSU's softball facility, Ram Field, has been the home of the school's varsity softball program since its opening in 1995. The diamond is a state-of-the-art, NCAA-regulation field, just south of Moby Arena, complete with a high-quality sound system. The foul lines are 200 feet from home plate, and the center-field fence is 225 feet away.

University Tennis Courts 

The University Tennis Courts are one of the finest tennis facilities in the nation. The $2 million dollar facility that opened in 2010-2011 features 12 post-tensioned concrete courts, eight of which are lighted for night play. For information about use of the Tennis Complex, visit Campus Recreation.

Student Recreation Center 

Campus Recreation actively promotes the pursuit of a balanced, healthy lifestyle to a diverse university community by providing quality programs, facilities, and services that encourage personal growth, leadership development, and employment opportunities. Students paying full student fees for the current term are automatically eligible for Campus Recreation programs and services including use of the Student Recreation Center. Memberships are available to part-time students, employees, and spouses/partners. Inquire at the Service Center in the Student Recreation Center lobby for more information. To learn more about Campus Recreation at CSU, pick up a copy of the Campus Recreation Guide or check out Campus Recreation's website.

Study Spaces 

In addition to spaces in residence halls, among the shelves in Morgan Library and throughout the floors of the Lory Student Center, CSU offers a variety of other study spaces. Some study spaces are reservable through the library reservation system. 

Some popular options include:

  • Behavioral Sciences Building 
  • TILT Building -Russell George Great Hall
  • Morgan Library - Group Study Rooms and The Cube
  • The Durrell Center
  • Clark Building - A-wing study lounge
  • Scott Bioengineering Building
  • The Microbiology Study Lounge
  • Rockwell Hall West.

University Center for the Arts 

Located at 1400 Remington Street, the University Center for the Arts (UCA) is an exquisite venue for music, theatre, dance, and art where future generations of arts professionals – be it in performance, creative production and design, education, music therapy, or research – are becoming contributors to the essential vitality of our culture and society, and advance knowledge in the arts through discovery, dissemination, teaching, and preservation. The building was originally constructed in 1925 and received extensive renovation in the 2000s in order to house music, theatre, and dance performance venues, museums and galleries, rehearsal spaces, classrooms, and more.

Fort Collins, Colorado offers an exceptional environment for performing and visual art students through close connections to the surrounding community and its thriving arts culture. The city is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the country; the inviting Old Town architecture is complemented by a prime location at the foot of the Rocky Mountains with breathtaking scenery and almost infinite opportunities for first-rate outdoor activities.

University Libraries

LIBRARY

The University Libraries is the heart of learning, research and artistry on campus, connecting curious minds to vital information and knowledge. The Libraries provides students and faculty with the resources, tools, guidance and space they need to critically engage with the global information landscape. 

With millions of physical and digital materials at users’ fingertips, friendly librarians guide users in how to find, evaluate and use library resources in their research and artistry. The Libraries’ physical collection features diverse types materials such as books, maps, magazines, technical reports, archives and manuscripts. Popular digital resources include databases, e-books, scholarly journals, streaming media, and newspapers. Some course materials are also provided through the Libraries. 

The Morgan Library, located on main campus, is the go-to space for studying and collaborating on campus. With four floors of space, students can choose from a range of options for quiet study areas and more than 20 group study rooms available for reservation. Students can browse more than a million books at the library and check out technology to support their academic work, including laptops, chargers, video cameras and study accessories.  

Veterinary Teaching Hospital 

CSU's south campus contains the Veterinary Teaching Hospital including the research and teaching programs and the federal Natural Resources Research Center.