Waded Cruzado announced as next president of Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities

The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities today announced that Waded Cruzado, president of Montana State University and a champion of the public and land-grant university mission, will become the association’s next president July 1.

Cruzado has served as MSU’s president since 2010 and has led transformative growth at the institution, which has set records in enrollment, retention, academic excellence, research and fundraising during her tenure. This past summer, Cruzado announced her retirement from MSU as of the end of the academic year.

Cruzado is well known for bringing greater...