CSU – Pueblo hires Garcia as new Auxiliary Services Director
 
Pueblo - A New Mexico administrator with more than 27 years of experience in student development and services at a variety of institutions has been named the Director of Auxiliary Services at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Selected from a candidate pool of more than 60 applicants from across the country, A. Ramón Garcia will begin his duties on Oct. 17.

As Director of Auxiliary Services, Garcia will provide leadership and direction for administrative units with budgets totaling more than $8 million, including the Occhiato University Center, the University Bookstore, the Belmont Residence Hall, the Child Care Center, contracted dining and catering services, conferences, campus vending, and miscellaneous self-funded enterprise activities. In addition to managing staff in these units, the director is responsible for negotiating contracts with outside service providers; maintaining strong customer relationships with students, student organizations, and other campus and community constituencies; and developing marketing and service campaigns to promote Auxiliary Services.

"CSU-Pueblo offered me an opportunity to grow professionally, to utilize my experience and expertise in a much broader scope than where I am now,” Garcia said. “The people I met at CSU-Pueblo during my interview were another attraction for me. I sensed a real desire to move forward and be proactive rather than reactive.”

Garcia’s service orientation and extensive experience in student life caused him to emerge from among an extremely qualified pool, according to Joanne Ballard, Vice President for Finance and Administration.

“We must keep in mind that our students (customers) are THE reason we exist, for without them, there would be no need for us. Service to our students must be a focus for the entire division if we are to be successful in providing them with resources and services that let them know we care about them as a whole and are not just doing our jobs,” Garcia wrote as part of his application.
Since 1991, he has served as Director of the Campus Union and Auxiliary Operations at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. From 1983-91, he was the Assistant Dean of Students at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, where he designed and coordinated the University’s ID card system, assisted with various capital improvements within the University, and coordinated more than 70 student organizations. He was also Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Tex., and a Living Center Director at California Baptist College in Riverside, Calif.

Garcia earned a bachelor’s degree in Religious Education from Howard Payne University and his master’s degree in Religious Education from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, Calif.

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