Search for Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
About the Search
Colorado State University seeks a visionary and transformational leader to serve as its next Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. The College welcomes and celebrates unique perspectives in the pursuit of solving global challenges.
The Dean will enhance and strengthen the College’s commitment to global excellence in agricultural research, education, extension, outreach, and engagement. As part of CSU’s land-grant university heritage, the Dean, in collaboration with faculty, will develop the connections and vision to strengthen the College and University’s reputation as a national and international leader in areas related to food safety, food security, wellness, and economic prosperity through the sustainable use of natural resources. The Dean will provide leadership for building and enhancing strategic partnerships and collaborations with units across campus and multiple key external stakeholders.
The Dean serves as chief academic and executive officer of the College, overseeing responsibility for faculty and academic professional staff development, budgetary oversight and planning, academic and curricular issues, constituent engagement, fundraising, and facilities development.
Learn more about the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Search Timeline
- December 6 – Committee received charge
- Week of January 1 – Job posted
- February 9 – Application deadline (full consideration)
- Early March – Semifinalist interviews
- Mid-March – Committee meets to select finalists
- April – Finalist interviews
Campus Open Forums
The search committee has selected four finalists for Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. The campus community is invited to an open forum for each of the four candidates. Open forums will include presentations by the candidates and opportunities to ask questions.
One business day prior to each campus open forum, each candidate’s CV, cover letter, and feedback form will become available on this website.
Candidate 1:
Tuesday, April 9, 10-11 a.m.; Lory Student Center Room 372-74
Candidate #1 Application Materials | Candidate #1 Feedback Form | Candidate #1 Open Forum Recording (behind CSU NetID login)
Candidate 2:
Tuesday, April 16, 10-11 a.m.; Lory Student Center Room 324
Candidate #2 Application Materials | Candidate #2 Feedback Form | Candidate #2 Open Forum Recording (behind CSU NetID login)
Candidate 3:
Tuesday, April 23, 10-11 a.m.; Lory Student Center Room 372-74
Candidate #3 Application Materials | Candidate #3 Feedback Form | Candidate #3 Open Forum Recording (behind CSU NetID login)
Candidate 4:
Tuesday, April 30, 10-11 a.m.; Lory Student Center Room 372-74
https://zoom.us/j/99660784885
Candidate #4 Application Materials | Candidate #4 Feedback Form
Search Committee
Co-Chairs
A. Alonso Aguirre – Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources
Sue VandeWoude – Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Committee Members
Matt Camper – Assistant Dean of Teaching Practice and Academic Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences
Terry Engle – Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Animal Sciences
Todd Gaines – Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Biology
Mengmeng Gu – Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Mark Gustafson – Former CSU System Board of Governors, Agricultural Industry Executive
Erin Karney – Executive Vice President, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association
Dallas May – Chair, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission
Paula Mills – Chief of Staff and Operations, College of Agricultural Sciences
CJ Mucklow – Interim Director of Field Operations, CSU Extension
Taylor Szilagyi – Executive Vice President, Colorado Farm Bureau
Dawn Thilmany – Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Kelly Wrighton – Gordon and Joan Bishop Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Support
Mary Dolce – Executive Assistant to the Dean, WCNR
Shamera Loose – Executive Assistant to the Dean, CVMBS
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62
sustainability-focused
academic programs
$59.2M
in research expenditures
in FY2023
425
degrees awarded
in 2022-23
11
research centers
across Colorado
Agricultural Sciences at CSU
Colorado State University is home to the College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) and the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station (AES). On campus and around the state, CAS and AES partner with communities and industry to meet global challenges in food safety, food security, wellness, and economic prosperity through the sustainable use of natural resources.
Our students come to CSU from many different backgrounds, and they often come to agriculture with a common interest — making the world a better place where plants, animals, people, and the natural world meet.
At the College of Agricultural Sciences, unique perspectives are welcomed and celebrated. Anyone is welcome to take a seat at the table to learn, grow, discover, and make a positive impact on the world together.
Our Mission
In the context of a changing climate, we meet global challenges in food safety, food security, wellness, and economic prosperity through the sustainable use of natural resources.
We excel in our 21st century land-grant mission by integrating intentional discovery, inclusive learning, and collaborative engagement.
Our Vision
Revolutionizing how we nurture people and our planet.
Our Purpose
Together, we promise future generations a vibrant agriculture, a healthy environment, and thriving communities.
Our Values
Actions manifest our essence. With CSU’s Principles of Community as a guide, we serve with excellence, intention, rigor, optimism, empathy, creativity, and wisdom.
View the CAS Strategic Plan to learn more.
About Colorado State University
Colorado State University is one of the nation’s top public research universities and an institution on the rise. CSU is committed to inclusive excellence and to upholding our Principles of Community. In the last decade, CSU has produced record enrollment, built on all-time highs in student diversity and student success; record fundraising far outpacing ambitious goals; groundbreaking research driven by a highly productive faculty; a campus revitalized by a transformational building campaign; and, perhaps most important, an unrivaled learning environment where nine of 10 recent graduates say they would choose CSU again and rate their education as excellent. We also are extremely proud that CSU has been recognized repeatedly as being among the most sustainable higher education institutions in the world. In 2023 we earned our fourth consecutive Platinum rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS) and we were the first university to earn four and the first-ever institution to receive a Platinum rating. To learn more, visit about.colostate.edu.