Waded Cruzado
Encyclopedia
Waded Cruzado-Salas, is a Puerto Rican professor, educator, and university administrator. She is the 12th president of Montana State University-Bozeman.
. She is the oldest of four children and lived in a household where her grandmother took the lead in her education. Cruzado's parents sent her to a private, parochial school where she learned a love of literature. She was the first of her family to attend a four-year college.
, Cruzado became faculty at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM)
in 1990. In 1993, she became Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences at UPRM. In 1998 she was named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the same college, later serving as Dean, 1999-2002. In 2003, she became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University
(UNM) in Las Cruces. She was Executive Vice President and Provost from 2007–2010, being interim President from 2008-2009. She became President of Montana State University-Bozeman in January 2010.
Using the listening sessions, Cruzado has re-invigorated MSU's land-grant mission of educational outreach across Montana communities, and the unique educational relationships between MSU's four campuses of Bozeman, Billings, Havre, Great Falls and county Extension Agents and Agricultural Experimental Stations. Cruzado persuaded the Montana Board of Regents to move the headquarters for a two-year college to the MSU campus to strengthening MSU's land-grant mission of community educational outreach and give students enrolled in the two-year programs the ability to participate in MSU student services.
Cruzado reorganized the university governance structure and supported cross-campus and community teamwork solutions. She delayed some investments in new programs to ensure MSU could absorb cuts without resorting to employee layoffs. During her first year as president, faculty members had a $110 million in research grants, student-athletes grade point averages raised to a 3.0 GPA or higher, the football stadium expansion project reached its $10 million fundraising goal, and she brought Microbiology students, faculty, and administrators together to come up with a new plan for reorganizing the Microbiology Department.
Education and Biography
Cruzado was born and raised in Mayaguez, Puerto RicoMayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...
. She is the oldest of four children and lived in a household where her grandmother took the lead in her education. Cruzado's parents sent her to a private, parochial school where she learned a love of literature. She was the first of her family to attend a four-year college.
Degrees
- BA 1982, University of Puerto Rico (UPR)University of Puerto RicoThe University of Puerto Rico is the state university system of Puerto Rico. The system consists of 11 campuses and has approximately 64,511 students and 5,300 faculty members...
, Comparative Literature - Magna Cum Laude - MA 1984, University of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity of Texas at ArlingtonThe University of Texas at Arlington is a public research university located in Arlington, Texas, United States. The campus is situated southwest of downtown Arlington, and is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. The university was founded in 1895 and served primarily a military...
, Spanish - PHD 1990, University of Texas at Arlington, Humanities
Professional
After a brief tenure as instructor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto RicoPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is a Roman Catholic university located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses in the areas of education, business administration, arts and human studies and science, leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate Degrees. Its campus is also home...
, Cruzado became faculty at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM)
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez in Spanish , is a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant state university located in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico...
in 1990. In 1993, she became Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences at UPRM. In 1998 she was named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the same college, later serving as Dean, 1999-2002. In 2003, she became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
(UNM) in Las Cruces. She was Executive Vice President and Provost from 2007–2010, being interim President from 2008-2009. She became President of Montana State University-Bozeman in January 2010.
Publications
Publications authord by Waded Cruzado:- Frehill, L., Serrano, E. Cruzado, W. "Effective Strategies to Diversify STEM Faculty: A Toolkit." National Science Foundation, 2005.
- Cruzado, W. Prologue, Roasario Ramos Perea, Te canta el coqui, Mayaguez: Gallo Galente, 1997.
- Cruzado, W. "Aire, mar, tierra: la literature infantile y la education ambiental." Atenea (XVI. 1&2), 1995.
- Cruzado, W. "El agua, la fuente, el espejo; las obsesiones duplicantes de Carlos Fuentes." Sea Grant College Program (I.1), 1993
- Cruzado, W. "La huela arabe en la literature medieval." Atenea (XI. 1&2), 1992
- Cruzado, W. "Taking another look at bilingualism." Vista. (Vol.3.6), 1989
MSU President
When Cruzado took office in January 2010, her first act as MSU president was to conduct "listening sessions" at every campus and extension office, in order to meet with students, faculty, and staff involved with the University's goals.Using the listening sessions, Cruzado has re-invigorated MSU's land-grant mission of educational outreach across Montana communities, and the unique educational relationships between MSU's four campuses of Bozeman, Billings, Havre, Great Falls and county Extension Agents and Agricultural Experimental Stations. Cruzado persuaded the Montana Board of Regents to move the headquarters for a two-year college to the MSU campus to strengthening MSU's land-grant mission of community educational outreach and give students enrolled in the two-year programs the ability to participate in MSU student services.
Cruzado reorganized the university governance structure and supported cross-campus and community teamwork solutions. She delayed some investments in new programs to ensure MSU could absorb cuts without resorting to employee layoffs. During her first year as president, faculty members had a $110 million in research grants, student-athletes grade point averages raised to a 3.0 GPA or higher, the football stadium expansion project reached its $10 million fundraising goal, and she brought Microbiology students, faculty, and administrators together to come up with a new plan for reorganizing the Microbiology Department.