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SEARCH PROSPECTUS: ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS FRESNO STATE 4 POINTS OF PRIDE 5 PRESIDENT SAÚL JIMÉNEZ-SANDOVAL 5 LOCATION 5 LEADERSHIP AGENDA FOR THE NEXT ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS 6 APPLICATIONS, INQUIRIES, AND NOMINATIONS 8 SEARCH PROSPECTUS: Associate Vice President for University Communications 2 California State University, Fresno (Fresno State), campus leadership in advancing the regional and one of 23 campuses in the California State University national stature of the University. As a key member of system, seeks as its next Associate Vice President the senior leadership team, the AVPUC will oversee for University Communications (AVPUC) an the University’s internal and external communication instrumental advisor to the new leader, President strategies, media relations and crisis management. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, and a critical partner with SEARCH PROSPECTUS: Associate Vice President for University Communications 3 FRESNO STATE Fresno State, nestled in the center of California, Fresno State offers a diverse array of co- serves as an anchor to one of the richest agricultural curricular opportunities to complement students’ valleys in the world and one of the most culturally college experience, with more than 300 student diverse regions in the country. The University’s organizations, including club sports teams, fraternities roots date back to 1911, when the doors of the then and sororities. In addition, academic excellence Fresno State Normal School opened to 150 hopeful and athletic accomplishments go hand-in-hand at students. Today, Fresno State has come a long way Fresno State. Fresno State is a Division I member of from its modest beginning and is a minority-serving the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the institution with federal designation as a Hispanic- Mountain West. The Fresno State Bulldogs begin Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and their Athletics Centennial this year. A decade after Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution Fresno State Normal School was founded in 1911, the (AANAPISI), reflecting the ethnic and cultural richness inaugural seasons of competition for Fresno State’s of Central California. The University serves over football and men’s basketball teams debuted in 1921, 25,000 students and offers degrees in 71 bachelor’s, while baseball debuted that same academic year in 48 master’s and three doctoral subject areas, and nine the spring of 1922. Fresno State currently sponsors six certificates of advanced study programs housed within men’s and twelve women’s sports at the varsity level. its eight schools and colleges. In the first 100 years of Fresno State Athletics, the Bulldogs have won multiple national championships, Deeply committed to the success of its students, over 215 team conference championships and over 345 Fresno State admits, enrolls and graduates hard- individual conference championships, and produced working students from families of all income levels over 350 All-Americans, Olympians and community in larger numbers than ever before. Ninety percent leaders – with athletic and academic excellence of Fresno State’s students hail from the surrounding representing the Pride of the Valley around the world. San Joaquin Valley and 65.7% are the first in their families to earn a college degree, changing the future For more information about Fresno State, visit trajectory of their families. It’s a statistic virtually www.fresnostate.edu. unparalleled among doctoral universities in the United States. More than 82% of students receive assistance through grants and scholarships, and Fresno State has improved its first-year student retention to 86.8%, QUICK FACTS (FALL 2020) with the goal of increasing the 6-year graduation rate to 70% by 2025. While 80% of recent Fresno State Total Student White: 18% graduates remain in the Valley to become the next Enrollment: 25,341 generation of leaders, innovators and critical thinkers Other/Unknown: 7% in every industry, to date more than 235,000 alumni • Undergraduate: 89% are transforming communities globally by serving • Graduate: 8% Non-Resident Alien: 5% every state in the nation and across the world. • Postbaccalaureate: 3% Service to the region is an important part of Fresno Average Undergraduate Female: 60% State’s mission and “learning by serving” is at the Age: 22 core of the University’s identity. Students, faculty and staff have contributed over 1 million hours of Male: 40% Average Graduate volunteer service each year for 12 years in a row, and Post Baccalaureate enriching the area and driving approximately $40 African American: 3% Age: 29 million of economic impact annually. The prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of American Indian: First-generation Teaching awarded the University its Community less than 1% Undergraduates: 65.7% Engagement classification, acknowledging its extensive partnership with the region. Through Asian: 12% Pell Grant Eligible transformational applied research, technical Undergraduates: 59.4% assistance, training and other related public Hispanic: 55% service activities, the University builds meaningful Faculty: 1,481 partnerships and linkages with community benefit Pacific Islander: organizations, arts programs, business, education, less than 1% Staff: 880 industry and government. SEARCH PROSPECTUS: Associate Vice President for University Communications 4 POINTS OF PRIDE For the fifth consecutive year, Fresno State placed Fresno State won five national awards from the among the top three best public universities for American Association of State Colleges and graduate-rate performance in U.S. News and World Universities. The awards were for International Report’s 2021 Best College rankings. Education (2015), Leadership Development and Diversity (2014), the Christa McAuliffe Excellence Fresno State is ranked among Washington in Teacher Education (2014), Student Success and Monthly’s top 30 national universities that best serve College Completion (2017) and Civic Learning and the country in the areas of social mobility, research Community Engagement (2019). and civic engagement. As a testament to Fresno State’s outstanding Money Magazine has ranked Fresno State as No. 7 commitment to diversity and inclusion, the University for Most Transformative Colleges in the U.S., “where was awarded the 2020 Higher Education Excellence students beat the odds by doing better than would in Diversity Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity be expected from their academic and economic magazine, one of the oldest and largest diversity- backgrounds,” and No. 40 for Best Public College. focused publications in higher education, for the seventh year in a row. PRESIDENT SAÚL JIMÉNEZ-SANDOVAL In May, the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees appointed Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, Ph.D., to serve as the ninth president of California State University, Fresno. Dr. Jiménez-Sandoval has a deep history with Fresno State and an even longer association with the Central Valley, having grown up minutes from campus. He first joined the University as a faculty member in 2000. Over two decades of service, he served as professor of Spanish and Portuguese, coordinator of the Spanish Master of Arts degree, chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, interim associate dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, provost and interim president. LOCATION Fresno State is located in the heart of San Joaquin Boasting approximately 300 days of sunshine a Valley in Central California, with a multi-ethnic year, Fresno is the fifth largest city in California and population of over 527,000. The surrounding area the 10th most diverse city in the United States. The offers breathtaking natural scenery, including the University is within a one- to two-hour drive of three San Joaquin River and Shaver and Huntington lakes national parks – Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon within the Sierra Nevada mountains; vast agricultural – and Fresno is within easy driving distance of San bounty with nearly 8.9 million acres of the world’s most Francisco, Los Angeles, the Monterey Peninsula, and productive farmland; fresh farm-to-table experiences Lake Tahoe. Beaches, sailing, lakes, camping, fishing, and ample dining cuisine from around the world; a hiking and ski resorts are nearby. And, unlike other vibrant arts scene alive with the creative talent of local major metropolitan areas within California, Fresno and artists who showcase an array of art forms and styles the Valley offer some of the most affordable housing of expressions; and the amenities of a large city as markets in the entire state. well as the charms of nearby small towns. SEARCH PROSPECTUS: Associate Vice President for University Communications 5 LEADERSHIP AGENDA FOR THE NEXT ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Reporting to the vice president for University The AVPUC will directly oversee an executive assistant; Advancement and serving as a member of the public information officer; senior writer/editor; social University Cabinet, the associate vice president for media specialist; and communications specialist. The University Communications will work in partnership University seeks a seasoned communications executive with the director of University Brand Strategy and who will provide an effective infrastructure in which the Marketing, the communications staff, and the deans staff can grow, learn