Residential Dining’s Buy 5 Get 1 Free Faculty/Staff Meal Deal is Back!
This February, with every block of five faculty/staff meals you purchase, you will receive a sixth one free.
CSU Housing & Dining Services
CSU’s on-campus shuttle, Around the Horn, helps visitors, students, faculty and staff get across the university’s nearly square-mile campus more conveniently and quickly. Around the Horn services are free to employees, students and visitors, thanks to generous contributions by the Division of Operations and ASCSU.
Around the Horn will provide rides to 14 stops at locations across campus identified by input from students and employees. During summer months, including the first week of service, the shuttle will run every 30 minutes. During the academic year, starting August 25, the shuttle will run every 10 minutes. The shuttle route is a loop from the southeast side of campus, to and around most of the Oval, across to the Lory Student Center, and down to Moby Arena.
The shuttle system is a partnership with the City of Fort Collins’ Transfort service. As part of the same funding package from the university, Transfort also is beginning service to the university’s Foothills campus, Veterinary Teaching Hospital and additional routes down Elizabeth Street.
The CSU Alumni Association offers a variety of discounts, programs, events, services and deals for its members.
Membership Discount: CSU employees receive a discounted membership rate of $40 per year (regular rate is $50) for individuals or $50 for joint membership (regularly $60). You do not need to be a CSU alum to join!
An Alumni Association membership is a charitable contribution. Your gift provides access, support, and community for current students and long-graduated alumni alike. You can join for the year by making a one-time gift or set up a payroll deduction pledge.
Benefits of Membership:
Discounts:
Programs:
Honors: The Distinguished Alumni Employee Award honors our graduates who have “enhanced the University’s mission, reputation, or campus morale, and who represent the University with professionalism, enthusiasm, and dedication.
Colorado State University’s Housing Partners Program helps CSU employees save money on housing through a network of real estate professionals offering discounted services to CSU employees.
CSU employee meal plans are offered throughout the year at a discounted rate ($11.50 for a single employee meal). These meals include dining at all Residential Dining Centers, Marketplaces, and Express locations on campus – whether for dine-in or to-go meals. Bringing a guest? Just swipe your card twice. Meals can be purchased at any time during the academic year in any quantity. Unused meals expire on June 30th.
New this year, you can use Grubhub to order food through our venues using your purchased meals.
The CSU Bookstore has added a selection of Women’s Professional Apparel to meet the growing demand for stylish professional wear, including cardigans, shirts, jackets, and accessories. Please stop by the bookstore to check out their selection or visit their website. New inventory is being added throughout the year. They are also taking suggestions for new merchandise, including different jewelry options. If you have any suggestions for merchandise ideas, please contact them.
Do you know that your RamCard is not only your employee ID, it is also your all-access pass to tons of on- and off-campus perks and discounts? Just a couple of these perks include:
Did you know that Ram Country Meats, in the Department of Animal Sciences, offers competitively priced meat sales to the campus community? Employees may place orders online and then stop by the store on campus to pick them up. The program is student-run and operated, and all proceeds go to the Meat Processing Facility. Catering for your next CSU event is also available!
RamTech in the Lory Student Center offers computers, tablets, software, and accessories at discounted prices for personal purchases by faculty and staff. Products include Apple, HP, Dell, and Microsoft.
Additionally, RamTech staff can help you with computer repair and diagnostics, updating a Windows 7 computer to Windows 10 with a discounted license, and trading in your old computer. Instructions to access your free Office 365 license. Hours and details are online.
Recycled Cycles offers all employees a Standard Bicycle Tune-Up at $80 (normally $99). Service includes adjusting brakes, gears, and bearing surfaces; truing wheels; lubing and tightening all components; and a sparkling clean bike wash. Offer available at the CSU location only (Lory Student Center lower level across from the transit center).
Important factors
We know there are many details employees consider when looking for their next place to call home, so we have gathered those details for you. You can review eligibility criteria to determine if you qualify on the employee housing programs web page. When comparing rent amounts, we know it is important to ensure you are comparing total costs. At Rendezvous Trail apartments eligible employees receive discounts on items such as parking and grounds’ fees, in addition to discounted rents. You can review a breakdown of expenses under total costs. Details such as aesthetics, floorplans and alternative transportation are also top of mind for many employees and can be found on the employee housing website and the leasing company website.
Making the move
If you are interested in making Rendezvous Trail apartments your next home you are encouraged to review the items above, and then if you believe you meet the eligibility criteria you should submit the pre-screening form.
Still have questions?
Please feel free to reach out to the Employee Housing Programs Coordinator at [email protected] with any questions.
As a university employee, you may ride any Transfort line for free as part of your C2C benefits. This includes all bus routes and the city’s bus rapid transport system, MAX, will which provides service from south Fort Collins to downtown, stopping at stations at Prospect Road, University Avenue and Laurel Street, as it passes through campus. As part of the university’s financial package that helped launch Around the Horn and expand Transfort routes, MAX and all Transfort lines are free to students and employees, with a CSU ID.
Want to try transit, biking to work, or carpooling, but aren’t sure where to start? Parking and Transportation Services offers free alternative transportation resources to employees to help faculty and staff find the best routes for their commute, download Transfort apps on their phones, navigate bike trails between campus and their home safely, and connect them with potential vanpool partners, among other benefits. Education and Outreach programs are provided by Parking and Transportation Services.
Are you familiar with all that The Spoke has to offer CSU employees? So much more than just helping you fix your bike (no charge for labor, BTW, if you participate by learning how to do the repairs yourself). Don’t really want to know how to fix, but prefer to leave it to the experts? The Spoke offers competitive pricing for parts/labor. Need equipment? Check out the plethora of offerings at The Spoke, including: Tubes, Tires, Brake Pads, Chains, Lights, and Locks; Need to register your bike? The Spoke’s got you covered! Extended hours and Mobile Spoke? Check out the website for full details.
BenefitHub, the State of Colorado’s Work-Life Employee Discount Program, offers a variety of discounts on goods and services to state employees.
Zipcar essentially functions as a car “library,” allowing faculty, staff, and students to check out an automobile for a minimal charge on an “as needed” basis.
Zipcar service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all students, faculty and staff 18 years old and older, as well as members of the local community ages 21 years old and older. Gas, insurance, reserved parking spaces, roadside assistance and up to 180 miles of driving per day are included in the regular hourly and daily Zipcar rates. Cars can be reserved for an hour or up to four days. Rates on all CSU vehicles start as low as $8 per hour and $66 per day (24 hours).
