A message from Presidential Search Committee Chair Ronald Law
Mar. 10, 2022
Dear SUNY New Paltz Community,
I write to thank you for your participation in the SUNY New Paltz Presidential Search process and for your recent engagement with the finalists during their on-campus visits.
The Presidential Search Committee has met to review and discuss the on-campus visits and the campus community survey results for each candidate. After its meeting on March 2, the search committee forwarded to the College Council the candidates the committee deemed acceptable for the presidency. The committee is required to forward at least three candidates.
A message from Presidential Search Committee Chair Ronald Law
Dec. 21, 2021
Dear Campus Community Members:
The New Paltz Presidential Search Committee has worked diligently over the past weeks to review candidate materials. We recently met virtually to conduct the final review of applications and to select a candidate group for initial virtual interviews. We used the rubric the committee established to evaluate each candidate in a consistent, fair, and balanced way. Throughout this process, the committee honored its commitment to select a diverse pool of candidates.
A message from Presidential Search Committee Chair Ronald Law
Oct. 6, 2021
Dear Campus Community Members:
Dear Members of the Campus Community: It is with great anticipation that we are starting the process to identify the next President of SUNY New Paltz. The College Council, SUNY Leadership, and the entire SUNY New Paltz community extend our warmest appreciation to President Donald Christian whose strategic and dynamic leadership has helped to establish a robust foundation for SUNY New Palt’z future.
August 23, 2021
Dear Campus Community Members:
I write to update you on preliminary steps I’ve taken this summer as Interim College Council Chair, in coordination with the SUNY Chancellor’s Office and Shelly Wright, Campus Liaison to the presidential search, to begin the process to find a successor to President Donald P. Christian when he retires on June 30, 2022.
SUNY New Paltz President Donald P. Christian announces 2022 retirement after 12 years of leadership
May 25, 2021
SUNY New Paltz President Donald P. Christian announced today his intention to retire at the end of June 2022, after a 45-year career in higher education and 12 years as president. Christian was appointed as the College’s eighth president in 2011 after serving as interim president in 2010-11, and provost and vice president for academic affairs at New Paltz in 2009-2010.
