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The Crested Butte News reports that Western State Colorado University is re-branding as Western Colorado University . The institution was founded in Gunnison, CO in 1901 as Colorado State Normal School . The name changed to Western State College of Colorado in 1923 and to Western State Colorado University in 2012.

Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO developed a self-guided walking tour of the campus that features a dozen historically significant buildings.  The sites on the tour are all listed on the  National Register of Historic Places or the State Register of Historic Properties .  The initial web page includes a helpful map with hot links to pages for each of the respective buildings.  You can also find a 20-page .pdf, " Colorado College Historic Building Walking Tour ," with information on the institution and each building included in the tour.  Colorado College was founded in 1874.