CSU Pueblo's 2025 Presidential Search

Good Afternoon,

We invite you to participate in an important, in-person listening session with CSU System Chancellor Tony Frank, focused on gathering input on the search for CSU Pueblo’s next President.

Whether you're a member of the broader Pueblo community, or campus community, your perspectives and priorities are essential in helping identify the qualities, experiences, and values we seek in our next campus leader. Your voice will help ensure the search process reflects the needs, aspirations, and identity of both the university and the region it serves. This is your opportunity to help shape the future of CSU Pueblo. 

Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: CSU Pueblo Occhiato Student Center Ballroom

Let us know you’re coming: https://forms.office.com/r/yMLAr7af9a 

If you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Thank you for being a vital part of the CSU Pueblo community!

Megan Lorenz

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System will soon be discussing the search for the next president of CSU Pueblo. As we prepare for these discussions, we are reaching out to seek the opinions of a broad, diverse group of people who are connected with and care about CSU Pueblo and its future.  

We would like to invite you to complete this short survey at the link below to share your thoughts on what qualities the Board should consider in its next president. Your honest, candid feedback in this survey will provide an important foundation for the search process. Responses are anonymous.

https://colostate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0upu53dGaYGiGbA

If possible, please complete and submit the survey by June 15.

If you know others who might want to share their views, please feel free to share this link. We will also make it publicly available soon. 

Thank you for your time – and for your ongoing support of Colorado State University Pueblo. 

Sincerely, 

-tony

Dr. Tony Frank

Chancellor

Colleagues,

I’m writing with updates concerning the CSU Pueblo presidency.  Since the appointment of Interim President Munn, I’ve been in contact with many colleagues and search firms around the country, trying to assess the status of regional comprehensive presidential searches.  As you know, the traditional presidential search cycle kicks off in August or September, culminating in the spring with the naming of a new president who typically comes on board the following summer.  This cycle also matches with the academic calendar, allowing the best opportunity for campus and community engagement. So the question when considering deviating from this cycle is this: is there a compelling reason to enter the marketplace off-cycle?  As I reported to the Board of Governors at the May meeting, there does not appear to be anything pushing us to move ahead of the upcoming search cycle that would begin this August.  I base that conclusion on the results of our own recent search, the challenges that currently face American public higher education, reports from colleagues and friends about the depth of search pools, and my confidence in the executive team at CSU Pueblo.  All of these would, to my mind, argue for us following the traditional search cycle.

That approach provides us time to accomplish some important tasks.  Over the summer, we can gather a lot of input – critical to the success of the search.  We’re finalizing a refresh of the presidential attributes survey we utilized in our last search, and we anticipate that going out with a wide distribution relatively soon.  We’ll schedule some constituency-based Zoom listening sessions to further gather input, and the tapes of those listening sessions will be posted to a search website along with access to the survey for those who can’t attend a session.  Guided by that input, System staff will refresh a draft position description, potential process timelines, and the skeleton of a search advisory committee (not names so much as constituencies to be represented).  I’ll take those documents to the Board at their August retreat, and that would set us up to establish a search advisory committee that would finalize the timeline and position description before we kick off our process in September.  Importantly, the Board will utilize the input to determine the type of search to be conducted, so for those of you who have yet to weigh in on this aspect, please spend some time thinking about the pros and cons of various approaches in addition to the qualities you think are most important for success.

I think it goes without saying that leadership matters to a university, particularly in the challenging times we face, and not having a permanent president on board can create some anxiety in our community. But again, I want to express my confidence in the leadership team at CSU Pueblo and the experience they bring to our campus. And I also know that the Board can count on the CSU Pueblo community to engage with this process and help them find the best president to lead CSU Pueblo into the future.

Thanks in advance for your input and ideas.

- tony

TONY FRANK

Chancellor

Colorado State University System