won the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and Solution Generation Leadership in Climate Change Award.
=== Birth of the ThunderWolves ===
Prior to the 1995–96 academic school year, the University of Southern Colorado (now Colorado State University Pueblo) adopted the "ThunderWolf" as its mascot. The ThunderWolf came to life as USC looked to modernize its image following more than 60 years as the "Indians."
The original ThunderWolf logo was put into place prior to the 1995–96 school year. Designed to elicit fear and reverence, the original logo contained a detailed head of a ThunderWolf with a mountain range in the background. After a few years of use, the logo was eventually scrapped for a more easily reproduced logo that contained the letters "USC".
The logo remained in use until the University of Southern Colorado changed its name prior to the 2003–04 school year to Colorado State University Pueblo.
== Campus ==
CSU Pueblo is located north of CO-47 in Pueblo, Colorado, a city of approximately …
