Search for Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
About the Search
The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President has extended the timeline for an internal search for the next Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (VPFA), driven by changes to the position description.
The Search Committee seeks candidates to provide leadership for faculty affairs and faculty success at CSU. The VPFA will develop and maintain programs and processes to support the development and success of faculty. The VPFA shapes faculty culture, supports academic excellence initiatives, and ensures the University can attract and retain top-tier talent in an increasingly competitive and changing higher education landscape.
The VPFA is an executive officer of the University and a key academic leader who champions faculty success across all career stages. Reporting directly to the Provost and Executive Vice President and serving on the Provost’s Leadership Team, the VPFA guides faculty development, policy, and strategic planning to foster academic excellence and a thriving faculty body. In collaboration with Deans, Department Chairs and Heads, and Faculty Council, the VPFA advances initiatives that support faculty recruitment, performance, promotion, tenure, and retention, while ensuring compliance with institutional policies, accreditation standards, and federal regulations and upholding shared governance and academic freedom.
Learn more about the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President.
Campus Open Forums
Thank you to the campus community for your participation in the two finalist interviews held recently for Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and for your input through the feedback forms. The search committee is now meeting to summarize feedback from the search process and will prepare a report for the Provost and Executive Vice President.
Search Timeline
- November 18: Position posted
- December 1: Application deadline (for full consideration)
- December 11-12: Finalist interviews
Search Committee
Co-chairs
- Lise Youngblade – Dean of Health and Human Sciences
- Kim Miloch – Chief of Staff and Associate Vice Provost
Committee Members
- Ray Black – Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies (College of Liberal Arts)
- Ryan Brooks – Master Instructor, Animal Sciences (College of Agricultural Sciences)
- Gregg Dean – Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology (College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences)
- Ken Reardon – Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering)
- Eric Toman – Professor and Department Head of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship (Warner College of Natural Resources)
- Beth Walker – Dean of Business (College of Business)
- Steve Benoit – Associate Professor of Mathematics (College of Natural Sciences)
Support
- Kristin Mravinec – Administrative Assistant, Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Equal Opportunity Coordinator
- Sarah Blessinger – Senior Human Resources Business Partner
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Top 6%
in the nation for faculty
17:1
student-to-faculty ratio
$498.1M
total research expenditures in FY2023
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 upholding our Principles of Community. In the last decade, CSU has produced all-time highs in enrollment 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 rate their education as excellent and say they would choose CSU again. We also are extremely proud that CSU has been recognized repeatedly as being among the most sustainable higher education institutions in the world. We were the first-ever institution to earn a Platinum rating in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), and in 2023 we became the first university to earn a fourth consecutive Platinum rating.
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