This monthly roundup is designed to spotlight opportunities that help you thrive in advancing the Land Grant Mission. Explore trainings, resources, and highlights for teaching, research, and engagement, curated to support your work and amplify your impact.

Interim Dean Rich Conant has started weekly drop-in office hours for the Spring 2026 semester. Stop by his office on Tuesdays from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. to ask questions, share concerns, or offer ideas.

Rich is also inviting the College to submit creative and constructive budget-related ideas via electronic suggestion box.

The Warner College of Natural Resources Dean's Distinguished Lecture titled: Breaking Ground: Women Leading in Natural Resources that was originally scheduled for March 10, 2026, has been postponed. The College will send out updates regarding this event in future digests. 

Feb. 19-20 | Denver, CO  

Interested in renewable energy, agriculture, sustainability, or climate solutions? The Colorado Agrivoltaic Conference is looking for volunteer notetakers. This is a great opportunity for graduate students to support shared learning while gaining access to an exciting, cross-sector convening. Sign up to volunteer through the link above. 

Feb. 26-27 | Fort Collins, CO  

FRSES is a completely student-organized and free scientific symposium that has highlighted graduate and undergraduate research from across the Front Range for over 30 years. Students are asked to submit abstracts, and faculty are needed to volunteer as judges. 

May 19-21 | Fort Collins, CO  

The Western Collaborative Conservation Network's Confluence 2026 is a national gathering for collaborative conservation practitioners, researchers, students, and emerging leaders who are working across differences to address complex social and environmental challenges. While Confluence is rooted in the Western United States, it welcomes participants and perspectives from across the country.

Early-bird registration deadline is Saturday, Feb. 28. Regular registration closes on Tuesday, May 5. 

June 14-17 | Oxford, United Kingdom 

The four-day conference will explore the theme, “wildlife and human wellbeing.” Among other topics, Pathways Europe 2026 presenters will share research on wildlife and nature connectedness; wildlife as a muse or model for the arts; agriculture, food production, and wildlife; wildlife and leisure; human-wildlife conflict and coexistence; wildlife values; symbolic nature; and human-animal relations.

The registration deadline is Monday, March 2. 

June 16-18 | Fort Collins, CO 

The Evolutionary Demography Society is a scientific organization dedicated to fostering conceptual integration across demography, population ecology, and evolutionary biology. Their aim is to advance understanding of how environmental, ecological, and evolutionary forces shape patterns of fertility, mortality, aging, and migration in humans and across the tree of life.

Registration and abstract submission are currently open for the conference. The early-bird registration deadline has been extended to Saturday, Feb. 14. 

The final registration deadline is Sunday, May 17. 

Oct. 11-14 | Denver, CO 

The Geological Society of America presents Connects 2026, convening geoscientists from across sectors to exchange research, explore applied solutions, build professional networks, and engage in conversations that shape the future of Earth science. The meeting offers technical sessions, field experiences, professional development, and cross-sector dialogue that support science, innovation, and informed decision-making.

The deadline to submit a proposal is Thursday, Feb. 19. 

Dec. 7-11 | San Francisco, CA

The American Geophysical Union's annual meeting is the largest gathering of Earth and space scientists, convening 20,000+ attendees from 100+ countries to share research, connect, collaborate, and inspire each other. 

The submission period for session, town hall and workshop proposals for AGU26 will open in March.

Learn more about upcoming conferences and events on the Warner Wire webpage. 

The Warner College Council is still looking for college faculty to attend the Networking Mixer on Thursday, Feb. 26 to help Warner College students make connections and work on their networking skills. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the form through the link above no later than Thursday, Feb. 19.

Outstanding Grad information coming soon!

Nominate a Fall 2025, Spring 2026, or Summer 2026 Bachelor’s graduate to be a commencement speaker. There will be two recognition ceremonies and will therefore need two speakers: 1) Forest and Rangeland Stewardship and Ecosystem Science and Sustainability; and 2) Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Geosciences and Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. Deadline to nominate a student is March 1. 

Performance evaluations for the 2025 year should be completed in the Warner College Intranet Evaluation system, no later than the end of March. Evaluations for the 2026 calendar year will be moving into Workday. More information about performance evaluations and other HR changes will be coming out later this week via email. 

View the funding opportunities available to researchers on Pivot-RP this week. This list will be updated frequently by Chris Myrick, research associate dean for Warner College, so bookmark the link above and check back often. 

Find all of the Workday announcements from both CSU and Warner College in one location. 

Please note, all supervisors are required to complete the Supervisor Foundation Series through CSU’s Talent Development program. Please review your status and ensure you complete each of the trainings as soon as you can. 

Experts from across Colorado State University will tackle a variety of questions during the spring installment of the Ram Talks speaker series. All talks are held on Wednesday evenings from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Fort Collins Welcome Center in Old Town Square. Doors opening at 5 p.m. at which time food and beverages will be provided.

On Feb. 11, Tristan Kubik, rare invertebrate biologist for the Colorado Natural Heritage Program, and Melissa Schreiner, CSU Extension entomology specialist will be giving a talk titled: Are Insects Romantic? A Debate.

The 10-Week “CEMML Connect” Virtual Presentation Series kicked off on Feb. 4. All presentations will be held on Wednesdays from 2-2:45 p.m. MST, with the exception of Tuesday, March 10. All presentations will be recorded and added to the link above the day after. 

The next presentation will be Feb. 11 with Asma Hanif on the topic: “From Compliance to Readiness: Data-Driven Water Risk Management for Air Force Installations”

JSET is hosting a weekly seminar series during the Spring 2026 semester on Wednesdays from 12-1 p.m. The first seminar in the series will be held on Feb. 11 and is titled: "Transdisciplinary research in times of poly-crisis: Biocultural conservation, entangled ecologies, and just transformations--insights from the Américas." Seminars are hybrid: join in-person in MSNR 402 or on Zoom (Code: 899 8672 6373, Passcode: 279009). More information about JSET's seminars will be available soon through the link above.

The Colorado Natural Heritage Program continues their Green Bag Seminar Series in the Spring 2026 semester. Held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, the series aims to connect the campus community and partners working in natural resources and conservation. All presentations are in-person and virtual. 

The next speaker will be with John Sanderson, director of the Center for Collaborative Conservation on Feb. 18. His talk is titled: Collaborative Conservation: What it is and why it is more important now than ever.

Learn more about AI in the classroom by attending one of the many workshops hosted by The Institute for Learning and Teaching during the Spring 2026 semester. 

The Office of the Vice President for Research and the Research Acceleration Office  announced the release of the third phase of the Catalyst Ready, Set, Go Program, one of several strategic initiatives under the OVPR. The Catalyst Program’s Go Request for Proposals supports interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams in pursuit of large-scale extramural funding with high-impact outcomes. Proposals for Go are due Monday, March 9 by 5 p.m. MST

The program aims to create a synchronous submission process for strategic funding requests to the OVPR. The submission window for Cycle 1 closes on Monday, March 2 at 5 p.m. MST and Cycle 2 closes on Friday, May 1 at 5 p.m. MST.

Find more opportunities on the Warner Wire webpage. 

Colorado Natural Heritage Program's Siegele Conservation Science Internship Program is an opportunity for CSU undergraduate students to work alongside conservation professionals and practitioners to gain experience in the many aspects of field sciences that support natural resources and biodiversity conservation. This is a paid internship. Students cannot be graduating in Spring 2026. Please encourage your students to apply by Monday, March 2.

Tuesday, Feb. 10 | 5:30 p.m. | MSNR Room 345 and Virtual on Zoom 

Undergraduates who may be interested in graduate school or curious about where a graduate degree in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources could take them, are invited to attend the department's Graduate Programs Alumni Panel. 

They will hear firsthand from alumni representing each of the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources graduate programs — Conservation Leadership, Communications for Conservation, Master of Tourism Management, M.S. in HDNR, and Ph.D. in HDNR — as they share their educational journeys and career paths.

Interested students can attend in-person or by accessing the Zoom link below. 

Mountain Sentinels is assembling a worldwide group of undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, youth, practitioners, and local and Indigenous community members dedicated to mountain well-being and sustainability. The Fellows Program is open to individuals living, working, or raised in a mountain community. Applicants are invited to submit a proposal for new or ongoing projects. Individuals who are under-served and/or under-represented in science are encouraged to apply. The deadline to apply is Sunday, Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. MST. For more information about this opportunity and to apply, click the link above. 

The deadline for undergraduate students to present at MURALS is Friday, Feb. 13 and abstracts must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 20. Faculty/staff guides and poster judges are still needed to help make MURALS as successful event. 

CSU Demo Day is a platform that celebrates innovation across various disciplines and CSU STRATA invites students and postdocs to share their idea or method on Tuesday, April 14 at the Lory Student Center. Over $11,000 in cash prizes are awarded to participants across the university ecosystem. Abstracts are due on Friday, March 6.