CSU board names McConnell to president position

FORT COLLINS — The board of governors of the Colorado State University System has completed the final step of the process of appointing a new president of CSU and has confirmed the appointment of Joyce E. McConnell to the post.

McConnell will become the 15th president of CSU, the state’s land-grant university. Currently serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University, McConnell, who will assume her new role on July 1, said she is honored to be selected to help lead what is an exceptional institution of higher education.

“CSU is…