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2023年5月24日

萨克拉门托 State’s incoming president is “Made at 囊状态” and proud of it.

科罗拉多州立大学董事会于5月24日星期三宣布任命J. Luke Wood为该校第九任校长。 伍德来自圣地亚哥州立大学，他是该校负责学生事务和校园多样性的副校长兼首席多元化官。

Wood, 41, will assume the presidency July 16, after the departure of 即将退休的总统罗伯特·s·尼尔森, who has led the University since 2015.

伍德很清楚他想当总统的动机。

“It’s about investing back in the community that invested in me,” Wood said. “I know what 囊状态 is capable of doing. 我是一名黑人男性，曾经是寄养儿童，第一代大学生，在食物和住房方面都很困难，但我之所以能够毕业，是因为那里有很棒的人，也有现成的支持体系。

“If 囊状态 can do that for me, it can do that for anyone.”

Wood, who earned his bachelor’s degree in Black History and Politics as well as a master’s degree in Higher Education Leadership at 囊状态, has deep roots in Northern California.

“It’s really about furthering the good work that’s been done around student success, diversity and inclusion, and seeing how we can further continue those trajectories to continue to be even better every day.” ——即将上任的萨克州立大学校长卢克·伍德

他在西斯基尤县的麦克劳德镇长大，和他的同卵双胞胎兄弟约书亚（也是萨克州立大学的校友）一起在一个很大的寄养家庭长大。 高中时，他在萨克州立大学参加了美国退伍军人协会加州男孩州立暑期项目。

“I just had a wonderful experience,” Wood said. “I got to see the campus, and after that there was no other institution on my radar.”

Wood在囊状态期间是一名高度参与的学生领袖，曾担任联合学生公司（Associated Students 公司。）的董事会成员和多个副总裁职位。

当他们还是萨克州立大学的学生时，他遇到了他未来的妻子，圣地亚哥州立大学儿童与家庭发展教授伊达拉·埃辛。

“We met at the Hornet’s Nest. 我看见了她，向她走去。 I walked her to class, and we’ve been together ever since,” Wood said. “囊状态 gave me two degrees and a life partner.”

他们有三个孩子，年龄在7岁到14岁之间，经常去萨克拉门托看望家人。

伍德参加了萨克州立大学的客座讲座，以及上赛季黄蜂队的季后赛。

“囊状态 is my home base,” he said, emphasizing his enthusiasm for his new job as president.

“For me, it’s coming home.”

Wood credits 囊状态’s 教育机会计划, which helps low-income and educationally disadvantaged students succeed in higher education.

“I would never have graduated if not for EOP,” Wood said.

After leaving 萨克拉门托, Wood attended Arizona State University, where he earned a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with an emphasis in higher education.

伍德于2011年开始在博彩平台担任教授。 第二年，他与弗兰克·哈里斯三世（Frank Harris III）共同担任社区大学公平评估实验室（CCEAL）的主任。CCEAL是一个研究和实践中心，旨在缩小有色人种学生与同龄人之间的公平差距。

2017年，他成为圣地亚哥州立大学第一位被授予杰出教授称号的黑人教师。

Wood has served as SDSU’s chief diversity officer and member of the president’s cabinet since 2018, and was named vice president for 学生事务 and Campus Diversity in 2020.

今年早些时候，加州参议院任命伍德在新成立的加州种族平等委员会任职，以解决全州的结构性种族主义问题。

An author of 16 books and more than 180 publications, Wood’s research focuses on racial inequality issues in education, particularly community colleges. 他还研究了K-12学校男生和有色人种学生被停学的过度曝光。

“I’m a scholar, so I greatly value scholarship and high-quality teaching,” Wood said.

伍德与萨克州立大学临时教务长兼学术事务副校长卡洛斯·内瓦雷斯（Carlos Nevarez）合著了四本关于大学领导力和组织变革的书。

“I couldn’t be more pleased to welcome Dr. J. Luke Wood to 萨克拉门托 State as our new president. I have worked with Dr. Wood as a scholar, colleague, and friend and I know his commitment to innovative, equity-based education will serve our students well,” Nevarez said. “Moreover, his experience perfectly aligns with 萨克拉门托 State’s strategic imperative as an Anchor University, and he will be a tireless fighter for inclusivity and belonging on our campus.

"I also want to thank President Nelsen for his service over the last eight years and for inspiring us all to put students’ success and wellness front-and-center in the work we do every day. I look forward to finding opportunities to work with Dr. Wood to build on President’s Nelsen’s exceptional legacy.”

Trustee Diego Arambula, chair of the 萨克拉门托 State Presidential 搜索 Committee, called Wood a “champion for access, educational excellence, and student success.”

“He is an equity-driven leader with a demonstrated history of innovation, who will continue to elevate 萨克拉门托 State’s vision during its period of continued, transformational growth.”

博彩平台顶住了全国大学入学人数下降的趋势。 去年秋天，萨克州立大学招收了30,883名学生，而尼尔森担任校长的2015年只有29,000名，使其成为科罗拉多州立大学系统中第六大校区。 Sac州立大学在2022-23学年达到了科罗拉多州立大学设定的招生目标。

四年制毕业率大幅上升，从2016年的9%跃升至2022年秋季的28%以上。 Those improvements reflect University efforts to meet and surpass goals set in CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025.

Further, a record 9,574 students 2023年春季毕业于萨克州立大学.

“President Nelsen has done an incredible job in increasing graduation rates and creating a sense of community at 囊状态,” Wood said. “So, it’s really about furthering the good work that’s been done around student success, diversity and inclusion, and seeing how we can further continue those trajectories to continue to be even better every day.”

On becoming 囊状态’s ninth permanent president (there were two interim leaders), Wood joins a list that began with Guy West, who served from the 1947 founding to 1965. 其他总统还有罗伯特·约翰斯（1966-69）、伯纳德·海恩克（1970-1972）、詹姆斯·g·邦德（1972-78）和w·劳埃德·约翰斯（1978-83）。

Donald R. Gerth (1984-2003) was the University’s longest-serving president. 亚历山大·冈萨雷斯（2003-15）紧随其后，最终交给尼尔森。