Mary Pedersen, a distinguished educator and veteran administrator, has been named to serve as the next Provost and Executive Vice President at Colorado State University.
Pedersen, who comes to CSU from Cal Poly where she most recently served as Interim Provost, will assume her duties at CSU on Aug. 1. The Provost is the chief academic officer of CSU works in concert with the president, deans, vice presidents and the campus community to strengthen the university’s reputation as an internationally recognized land-grant institution of higher education.
“Dr. Pedersen’s excellent academic, research and leadership experience make her uniquely positioned to serve as the Provost of Colorado State University,” President Joyce McConnell said. “We are thrilled to welcome her and know her visionary and skilled leadership will move us forward through a challenging time to great success. She fully understands the deep commitments CSU, as Colorado’s land-grant institution, has to access to a quality education for our students, to their success and to the transformative scholarship and research contributed by our excellent faculty across all disciplines.”
McConnell also praised Rick Miranda, who served as CSU’s Provost and Executive Vice President for more than a decade and helped CSU successfully grow student enrollment, expand the physical infrastructure of campus, and reach record-levels of research productivity.