TO: Sonoma State University Faculty, Staff, Students and Community
FR: Wenda Fong, Chair, CSU Board of Trustees, Chair Implementation Committee for the Selection of the Chancellor
Dear California State University Community,
The California State University Board of Trustees has launched the search for the CSU’s next chancellor, and invites and encourages you to play a critical role in the selection of the next leader of the nation’s largest, most diverse and most consequential four-year university.
The search process includes three open forums where CSU stakeholders will have the opportunity to directly share their thoughts regarding the necessary characteristics of the next chancellor with the committees responsible for guiding this comprehensive and inclusive recruitment. The open forums will be hosted at the following locations across the state. Please note that attendees will have the option to participate virtually at each open forum and that all forums will be livestreamed here.
South
The California State University, Office of the Chancellor February 7, 2023, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Dumke Auditorium
401 Golden Shore
Long Beach, California 90802
Register here for virtual public comment (no registration required for in-person attendance)
Central
California State University, Bakersfield February 8, 2023, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. The Doré Theatre
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, California 93311
Register here for virtual public comment (no registration required for in-person attendance)
North
San Francisco State University
February 9, 2023, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
McKenna Theatre (Creative Arts Building)
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, California 94132
Register here for virtual public comment (no registration required for in-person attendance)
For additional information regarding in-person or virtual participation at the open forums, please visit the Chancellor Search website. At this website, you will also find detailed additional information about the search process, as well as opportunities to submit feedback, to complete a survey to help inform the recruitment or to nominate a candidate for chancellor.
On behalf of the CSU Board of Trustees, I urge you to participate in this vitally important process – one that will impact generations of students and help drive California to its brightest future.
Sincerely,
Wenda Fong
Chair, CSU Board of Trustees
Chair, Implementation Committee for the Selection of the Chancellor
