Meet the Provost of Colorado State University - Pueblo.
The Office of the Provost is responsible for ensuring the quality of student learning by overseeing the curriculum and leading new initiatives in education. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Peter K. Dorhout is the chief academic officer for Colorado State University - Pueblo. In this capacity, Provost Dorhout provides leadership to academic programs, research, and outreach involving faculty, students, and staff. He oversees the quality of programs of instruction and research through collaborative work with the college deans, along with the director of Continuing Education, the University Library, Student Academic Services, Admissions and Records, and Technical Services, addressing issues such as effective planning, good management, and program reviews. In addition, the Provost is responsible for review and approval of all academic programs and policies as well as the appointment, promotion, and compensation of the faculty.
Provost Dorhout is eager to help students find answers to their questions and to insure that their experiences at CSU-Pueblo meet or exceed expectations. He is personally available to all students and can be reached at 719.549.2313 or peter.dorhout@colostate-pueblo.edu.
Or, you may contact his executive assistant:
Barbara Painter
Phone: 719.549.2313
Fax: 719.549.2071
E-mail: barbara.painter@colostate-pueblo.edu
About Dr. Peter K. Dorhout.
Dorhout has served Colorado State University-Fort Collins as vice provost for graduate affairs and assistant vice president for research since 2004. As the leader of the Graduate School, he led strategic planning efforts in Teaching and Learning, negotiated new graduate programs with and among campus and interuniversity units, monitored graduate teaching and research assistant budget needs, coordinated international research activities, coordinated recruiting, retention, and graduation efforts focused on graduate education. To facilitate these ends, he served on the President’s Cabinet, the Council of Deans, and the Council of Research Associate Deans.
As a professor of chemistry, Dorhout is a recognized expert in solid state and materials chemistry and environmental chemistry. He has had active programs in solid state f-element chemistry and nanomaterials science. He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and reviews while presenting 130+ international and national invited lectures on his chemistry. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society and the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. He served on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Nano Techonoly Association, the National Graduate Curriculum Committee for the Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium and the ROTC Advisory Board for CSU.
Dorhout earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1985 and a doctoral degree in inorganic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989. He researched part of his thesis while at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he has had a 22-year collaborative relationship in nuclear materials and spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University. He received CSU’s Undergraduate Research Mentor Award in 2001-2002.