Administration

At its November meeting, the Boulder Faculty Assembly approved a resolution and received updates on the GI Bill, the Buff Undergraduate Success Leadership Implementation Team and more.

Just over two years after the completion of the 2019 report by the Graduate Task Force on Stipends and Benefits, CU Boulder is addressing the task force's top priority and remitting mandatory fees for graduate students on assistantship appointments.

Base-building increases for eligible university staff and faculty, an increase to stipends for graduate students, graduate student fee remission and one-time retention incentives will take effect in the spring.

The search for a permanent chief human resources officer is on temporary hold while university leadership further assess the needs of the campus. Jacobsen will continue to serve in the interim, and Landis has been appointed deputy chief.

Kevin MacLennan, a longtime employee in CU Boulder admissions and enrollment management, was named the new associate vice chancellor of enrollment management in October.

Diddams, who joined CU Engineering as a visiting professor, will become a full professor and will serve in a leadership role in the newly formed Quantum Engineering Initiative.

The administration of CU in D.C. is relocating to provide greater visibility and the opportunity to reach more students in various colleges and majors.

Chancellor Philip DiStefano and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Akirah Bradley-Armstrong sent a letter to CUSG leaders on Wednesday to respond to recent complaints and begin restoring operations after months of internal tensions.

As work to transform graduate education is well underway, Provost Russell Moore has officially accepted the Graduate School strategic plan.

As part of the 2021 State of the Campus event, Chancellor Philip DiStefano reflects on the past pandemic year with gratitude and gives a look ahead to a year focused on student well-being, improving diversity, equity and inclusion, and continuing the rigorous academic work that makes CU Boulder a leading research university.