CSU fundraising in high gear

FORT COLLINS – What was once a mind-boggling fundraising goal of half a billion dollars for Colorado State University’s first campus-wide campaign is looking more like a sure thing.

But that’s not slowing down fundraisers as they face the possibility of another recession in the months ahead.

The seven-year campaign that kicked off in 2005 with a “quiet phase” and little publicity passed the $436 million mark as of Sept. 12, raising more than $11 million in just the last two months.

Campaign fundraisers say they owe the ongoing success of…