"As Colorado State University settles into this holiday week and the start of winter break, I simply want to say that I am humbled and honored to take on the responsibility of serving as the 16th president of CSU."
Colorado State University honored more than 2,300 graduates at its fall commencement ceremonies held Dec. 16-17.
The University is set to honor the 2,300-plus students who have navigated the challenges of 2020 and 2021 to earn degrees.
The 31-member Search Advisory Committee was made up of people who represented a variety of campus and community stakeholder groups including tenured and non-tenure-track faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, the agricultural community, community and business leaders, as well as members of the CSU System Board of Governors.
"The announcement of this plan marks a significate step forward amid several years of calling attention to the issue of graduate assistant compensation."
The new program is drawing in professionals from a variety of backgrounds but with a common interest in solving food system challenges in new and collaborative ways.
CSU graduate students presented their research, entrepreneurship and creative arts while competing for over $20,000 in scholarships during the 2022 GradShow on Nov. 16.
Nalini Nadkarni, Professor of Biology at the University of Utah, will be the keynote presenter at Grad Show 2022 on Nov. 16 in the LSC Theater at 4 p.m.
In the first Fall Address held since 2019, Interim President Rick Miranda reflected on what former Colorado State University President Al Yates said during the aftermath of the Spring Creek Flood that inundated campus in 1997.
As Miranda gets ready to assume the interim role on July 1, he took some time to discuss his priorities as well as the search for the new president of CSU.