Susan E. Borrego will serve as interim president of California State University, Stanislaus in Turlock, effective August 2. She is expected to serve as interim president for the 2023-24 academic year.
According to the most recent federal data available, California State University, Stanislaus enrolls just over 9,000 undergraduate students and nearly 1,300 graduate students. Women make up 67 percent of the undergraduate student body.
Dr. Borrego most recently served as chancellor at the University of Michigan-Flint, from 2014 to 2019. She currently is a consultant project director and special assistant to the president for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Earlier, she held senior administrative roles at California State University, Dominguez Hills and California State University, Monterey Bay.
“Working with first-generation students at regional comprehensive universities has been a primary focus in my career, and that is what makes me excited to join such an inclusive university,” said Dr. Borrego. “I am drawn to Stanislaus State’s close-knit community and its collective drive to better not only the lives of its students but also to elevate the region and broader society it serves.”
Dr. Borrego earned a bachelor’s degree in speech and communication from Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho. She holds a master’s degree in social science from Azusa Pacific University”‹ in California and an educational doctorate from Claremont Graduate School in California.