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A one-of-a-kind college experience.

  • Football athletes run onto the field through pink smoke.
  • A skier skis out of a powder slash.
  • A student, looking off into the distance, wears a cap and gown as she stands on a high alpine ridge with a large peak behind her at sunrise.
  • A student walks through sagebrush holding a butterfly net with big mountain views behind.
  • Western Theatre company performs a dance during the dress rehearsal for Tartuffe.
  • A graduate student wearing a cowboy hat smiles as he stands on Verzuh Ranch wetlands with cattle and Whetstone Mountain behind him.
  • A skier slides a rail in front of the library while students cheer for him in the background. A motion blur effect is used in this photo.
  • A professor demonstrates how to inject a water sample to a student as they stand outside in front of a pond.
  • Seen from Van Tuyl Ranch, the collegiate "W" on Tenderfoot Mountain is lit on fire during the first night of Homecoming weekend.
  • A rainbow is seen above Taylor Hall at sunset
  • A skier grabs her skis while jumping in the air on a blue sky day with mountains in the background.
  • A student in the crow section holds his hands up in a W during a football game.
  • An ROE land-based class in single file backpacks up a flat mountain meadow with the Castles and West Elk Peaks in the background.
  • Mechanical Engineering students create a rail for Rail Jam in the Maker Space in the Rady Building.
Life at Western Colorado University is anything but ordinary. Here, you won’t just sit in a lecture hall—you’ll dive into hands-on courses, connect with professors who know your name, and explore big ideas in small classes. Surrounded by a Rocky Mountain backdrop, your education goes far beyond the classroom, blending academic challenge with real-world application.

News

Dr. Pat Magee holds a taxidermied bird and gives a lecture while on a field trip with his ornithology class at Mill Creek.
Press Release

Western Designated Bird Friendly Campus Amid Dramatic Bird Declines

If Western Colorado University’s campus is any reflection of the wider world, then you’ll see and hear about 30 percent fewer birds on campus today…
Mountain Sports

Trail Team Competes at Pikes Peak Ascent & Marathon
General

A Burning Question: Western Colorado University researchers challenge long-held assumptions about wilderness, fire, and what it means to care for a landscape
Newsroom

Events

Dec 20

Winter Park JNQ

Saturday, December 20, 12:00am
Dec 20

Women's Basketball vs Pittsburg State University

Saturday, December 20, 1:00pm
Dec 21

Winter Park JNQ

Sunday, December 21, 12:00am
Dec 22

Yoga

Monday, December 22, 6:00am
Dec 23

Yoga

Tuesday, December 23, 7:30pm
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Mt. Crested Butte peeks through a low layer of clouds in a blue sky day.

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