The pursuit of a passion inspires a legacy gift

Although Susan Metzger grew up in a piano-playing family, it was four decades before her latent musical aspirations found expression and eventually led her to Colorado State University. To help students realize their dreams, she recently made a $2 million planned gift to create two scholarships for undergraduate or graduate students studying viola or piano.

Founders Day Medal awarded to the late Joe Blake, prominent donor and first chancellor of the CSU System

This year’s Colorado State University Founders Day Medal is being awarded posthumously to Joe Blake, who was the first chancellor of the CSU System, a former member of the Board of Governors and a prominent donor to the College of Liberal Arts.