Lynnette Zelezny Appointed President of CSU Bakersfield
March 21, 2018 - The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees has appointed Lynnette Zelezny, Ph.D. to serve as president of California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). Zelezny currently serves as provost and
vice president for academic affairs at Fresno State University.
"CSUB provides an excellent education for its students, affording them, their families, and indeed the entire Kern community, the opportunity for a vastly better future," said Zelezny. "I look forward to engaging with the CSUB campus community and university supporters in making that outstanding educational experience even more accessible."
Zelezny becomes the fifth permanent president of CSUB and the first woman to serve in that role. She will join the campus in her new capacity in late June. Zelezny succeeds Horace Mitchell, who will retire from the university at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. Congratulations!