AI AND DIGITAL TECH
Building project is enabled by largest combined gift in CSU history
May 22, 2025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY will construct an innovative new academic building that will transform engineering education for generations to come, thanks to two landmark philanthropic gifts and a strategic investment from CSU students.
The ambitious vision for the Don and Susie Law Engineering Future Technologies Building was spurred by a $10 million gift in 2020 from the Laws, two alumni who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to strengthening the undergraduate and graduate engineering experience at CSU.
Signaling an extraordinary acceleration toward new levels of excellence for engineering research and education at CSU, the new building will become a reality, thanks to a $50 million commitment of existing fees from students and – inspired by the student investment – a $50 million matching gift from the Walter Scott Family Foundation.
The Don and Susie Law Engineering Future Technologies Building will be a 165,000-square-foot interdisciplinary learning hub situated in the heart of CSU’s campus, with classrooms, laboratories and other innovation spaces that focus on ways digital technology and artificial intelligence will shape and transform engineering and related fields.
“The Law Building will be a transformational addition to the CSU campus. It will place our engineering programs among the very best in the country,” CSU President Amy Parsons said. “Don and Susie saw the need for just such a building at CSU years ago, and we would not be moving forward with this project without their tremendous vision. Our stalwart supporters at the Scott Family Foundation have always believed in CSU and, more importantly, believed in our students. And our students made an impressive commitment not for themselves, but to ensure that future Rams benefit from a state-of-the-art learning environment.
“We are incredibly grateful for this unwavering support from the Laws, the Scott Family Foundation, and our students,” Parsons said. “Together, these historic investments will further strengthen our national reputation for academic and research excellence across our institution, allowing us to recruit and retain the most talented students, faculty, and staff.”
Don and Susie Law are alumni and longtime supporters of Colorado State’s engineering education programs. They contributed $10 million to ignite the Don and Susie Law Engineering Future Technologies Building project. Photo: John Eisele / CSU Photography.
When finished, the Law Building will bring together students from engineering, computer science, and other disciplines across campus to study and apply digital engineering and artificial intelligence in partnership with industry to tackle society’s most pressing challenges. The building will sit immediately east of the Lory Student Center on the site of the existing Glover Building.
Allen Robinson, dean of the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, said the Law Building will create an innovative, hands‐on learning environment that will equip students with the modern skills they need to be leaders in their field.
“Our goal in this new building is to help equip all CSU students – not just engineers – to be innovators and leaders in areas like smart infrastructure, climate and weather prediction, and environmental sustainability – all of which will become increasingly dependent on AI technologies in the future,” he said. “The integration of computing and engineering is driving technology innovation. The cutting edge of this is artificial intelligence. The new building will bring together students and faculty from across campus at this critical nexus.”
The university will continue to fundraise for the building.
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