For more than a century Warner College has been at the forefront of research addressing the most pressing natural resources challenges at regional and global scales and education focused on training new generations of natural resource professionals. Throughout that time the College has fostered a tight knit, passionate, sense of community among its dedicated students, faculty, and staff; that spirit of community is integral to the College’s culture and success.
The College produces innovative applied and fundamental research that ultimately informs stakeholders and the scientific community about earth systems and the sustainable use, management, and stewardship of natural resources and the environment.
Vision
To be a global leader in natural resources education, research, and outreach, enabling solutions to critical natural resource issues in Colorado and around the world.
We Value:
- An interest and passion for a better world
- Education and mentoring
- Creating and sharing scientific understanding
- Stewardship and service
- Collaboration and creativity
Commitment to DEI & Principles of Community
One of Warner College’s longstanding strategic goals relates to ensuring the College’s community reflects the diversity of our world in as many ways as possible, and striving for inclusive excellence throughout the College. We are committed to demonstrating CSU’s Principles of Community in our actions and in how we all build our community’s inclusivity and intention.
Honors & Distinctions
3
University Distinguished Professors
1
University Distinguished Teaching Scholar
2
Members of National Academy of Sciences
4
Nobel Prize Winners
2007 Nobel Peace Prize
Scientists in Warner College shared the prize for their contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Meet Warner College Dean A. Alonso Aguirre
A. Alonso Aguirre is Dean of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. He is a two-time alumnus of CSU and Warner College, as well as winner of the College’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He is the first Latin-American to be Dean of Warner College. Dr. Aguirre’s academic mission is to provide the next generation of environmental science, sustainability, and policy leaders with unique educational and research opportunities that are transformational and transdisciplinary in nature within the context of globalization and international markets.
Previously, he was a Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia. There, he headed an academic and research program using One Health/Planetary Health to understand wildlife diseases and their links to human health; he also was chair of the University’s Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee. For the past 30 years his work has focused on the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems under the tenet “health connects all species in the planet,” developing practical, sustainable, and effective solutions understanding local socio-economic factors and a solid grasp of complex national and regional health and environmental policies. His collaborations highlight transdisciplinarity, integrative research, socio-ecological systems and resilience, while building local capacity in over 25 countries. Dr. Aguirre cofounded the emerging discipline of Conservation Medicine, the Journal of EcoHealth and the International Association of Ecology and Health.
He has published over 160 peer-reviewed papers and 5 books. Dr. Aguirre was appointed to the Board on Life Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences and served in the expert panel of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. He has advised governments of several countries of the Americas, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe and briefed the Mexican and United States Congress on many health and ecological issues linked to anthropogenic change. He has received numerous awards including the Conservation Merit Bicentennial Award from Mexico and the Harry Jalanka Memorial Medal from Finland.
Warner College Facts & Figures
Fall 2021 Student Body
2445Total Students
1652Undergraduate Students
354Graduate Students
412Distance Learners
Diversity in Student Body
17.7%Underrepresented Minority
56%Colorado Residents (undergraduates)
21%First Generation (undergraduates)
60%Female Identifying
3%International Students
10%in University Honors Program (undergraduates)
6%Veteran