To the Metropolitan State Community:
Happy New Year! On this first day of my appointment as President of Metropolitan State University, greetings and best wishes for this new fiscal year to each of you.
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President Ginny Arthur
It is a great and humbling privilege to serve this unique and special university as its President, in concert with you, my colleagues. We have a bold, inspiring and socially significant mission. After the holiday I look forward to sharing my thoughts and engaging in a campus dialogue about our shared vision and the future pathway for our university.
For today, July 1st, I want to wish a happy “birth” day to our new colleges, and recognize their deans and office managers for their hard work in bringing the colleges to their starting point:
- College of Community Studies and Public Affairs: Dean Frank Schweigert, Associate Dean Shonda Craft, and Natalie Bearth
- College of Liberal Arts: Dean Craig Hansen and Donna Colburn
- College of Nursing and Health Sciences: Dean Judith Graziano and Laurie Landwehr
- College of Sciences: Dean Tom Nelson and Janice Kwallek.
Also, I want to wish a happy “new year” to our continuing colleges, and to their leadership:
- College of Individualized Studies: Dean Carl Polding and Lorri Skwira
- College of Management: Dean Kat Lui & Dina Inderlee
- School of Urban Education: Dean René Antrop-Gonzalez and Lupe Sanchez
- Library and Information Services: Dean Chris Shafer and Victoria Smith.
Our colleges are now well aligned to support the university’s mission and vision.
This is also a significant day for members of the faculty who have been granted tenure or have been promoted. Congratulations to each! They have done exemplary work and I look forward to their ongoing contributions.
Promoted to Full Professor:
- Marjorie Webb, Nursing
- Judith Graziano, Nursing
- Christine Milbrath, Nursing
- Nadine Haley, Urban Education
- Rosa Fagundes, Urban Education
- Marcia Hagen, Management
- Cindy Kaus, Math
- Victoria (Tori) Sadler, CWA
- Janet Enke, Social Sciences
Tenured and Promoted to Associate:
- Pat Borchert, Management
- Andrew Carlson, CWA
- Katherine Johnson, Math (Statistics)
- Sarah Dimick Gray, Natural Sciences
- Michelle Desilets, Library
Promoted to Associate:
- Carol Reid, Nursing
Tenured:
- Quan Zhou, CWA
I also warmly welcome Dr. Carol Bormann Young as our interim provost. I am deeply appreciative that she is willing to take on this new challenge on relatively short notice. She is a trusted colleague, who is smart, knowledgeable and sensible. We will all enjoy our work with her.
Finally, I want to wish each of you a restful and safe Independence Day weekend. I hope you will return refreshed for the great work ahead.
My best wishes,
Ginny Arthur, President